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Antiques Roadshow guest staggered after discarded cigarette box is given huge valuation

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Antiques Roadshow guest was left astonished after finding out an fancy-looking item that had been thrown away by its previous owner was worth a fortune.The man explained on last night’s show that his father-in-law had discovered the cigarette box completely discarded while on a plastering job “40 or 50 years ago”.Designed to look like a safe, expert Gordon Foster revealed it was made of solid silver and created by the famous brand Dunhill London in 1931.“I think that’s been done to look like a fire-resistant safe from that period.“In those days, the 30s was in fashion and you needed a special container to have your cigarettes in.“It’s obviously been much used and played with.”The guest explained he gives it to any young members of the.

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