BBC Antiques Roadshow expert accused of 'winding' guest up with eye-watering valuation
dailyrecord.co.ukAn Antiques Roadshow guest was left in disbelief at the valuation of her old train ticket, playfully accusing expert Mark Hill of "winding" her up during the show's visit to Walthamstow Town Hall.The BBC series saw a variety of guests present their inherited treasures, including a vintage railway ticket that caught Mark's attention.
He began by asking the owner when she last took a train, to which she responded it was "sometime last year".Upon his inquiry about the fare, she chuckled: "Got it cheap but not as cheap as this one." Puzzled, he asked: "Why do you call this cheap?" leading her to explain that it dated back to the era of "because that was bought a long, long time ago when they had pound shillings and pence."She recounted how her husband had inherited the ticket and insisted she bring it to the show, despite his own reluctance to attend.
She told Hill: "My husband inherited it and told me to bring it along and I've been trying to persuade him to come today and he said: 'Have you been seen yet?
Have they told you how much it's worth?' And I said: 'Come along, come along', now he's turned off his phone."Mark humorously reacted to her story, saying: "Charming!
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