ANTIQUES Roadshow were left open-mouthed at a HUGE offer for an old pen passed on by a late husband. The show parked up at Christchurch Park in Ipswich for Thursday's episode, leaving Mark Hill with the task of valuing a rare Japanese pen.
The guest brought along a Japanese dip pen alongside a matching pencil, both in excellent condition. The pen was bought by the guest's late husband, who was a fan of antiques.
But she was very surprised by the valuation from the antique expert - who said it was worth up to £30,000. Mark said: "If you were writing a letter by hand in the 1920s or 30s and you were a rather wealthy person, you might have written a letter with this pen here. "And it doesn't look much like a pen.
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