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Antiques Roadshow guests open-mouthed as expert reveals true value of extremely rare artwork

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ANTIQUES Roadshow guests were left open-mouthed after an expert revealed the true value of their extremely rare artwork. Sunday's edition of the BBC show saw expert Lisa Lloyd meet two cousins who had brought in two hand-made scissor-cut art pieces which they had both received from a long-distance relative.

One of the ladies told Lisa: "We think they were bought by my great-great uncle, Alec Newbegin, who lived in Edinburgh, he was a wine merchant." Alec was a bachelor and left his estate to his two nieces, their mothers, who each received one of the pieces of art.

Lisa revealed the scissor cut lace compositions were made by Thomas Hunter, the Deacon of the incorporation of tailors in Edinburgh in the late 18th Century.

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