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Bargain Hunt fans left fuming as expert suffers major loss in £70 garden pottery

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READ MORE: Bargain Hunt expert floored as bizarre 19th-century vampire item rakes in huge profitJonathan bought a pair of early 19th century garden-themed pottery figures – a male and a female – holding a flower pot with leaves decoration on the back."I'm a keen gardener and I think people do buy into these but I like to buy something with a bit of history," he told host Charlie Ross."They've got a lot of extremities and it gets damaged, okay, you're going to find a little damages but it seems there's a little bit more than I recognised when I bought them."I paid £70 for them.

I didn't anticipate that there is probably only 20% original."Couple Andrea and Bruce were not confident that the Staffordshire figures would sell well and decided to "give it a miss".Auctioneer James Lewis of Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers noticed the two figures were heavily restored, which could be a problem affecting the price."Because of all the restoration, I'd give an estimate of £30 to £50.

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