BBC Antiques Roadshow guest 'storms off' following disappointing valuation
dailyrecord.co.ukBBC Antiques Roadshow experts usually leave people delighted after discovering their item is worth an eye-watering amount of cash.
However, it's not always the case for everyone.Expert Will Farmer, who has been part of the show the past 20 years, discussed some of the most dramatic valuations during a new interview.
He explained how some guests have even walked away from him following his judgements."A gentleman pulled this green glass bottle out of his bag and I looked at him and said, 'What would you like to know?' He said, 'I want to check the date of it' and I said, 'Are you a collector, have you inherited it?
where is it from?' And he said he'd bought it from an antique shop so I knew I had to tread carefully."Revealing what he told the man, he said according to Birmingham Live: "'It was sold as a very rare 17th-century glass bottle' and he said he'd paid £1,000 for it." However Will heartbreakingly had to reveal that what the man believed was worth a fair buck, was in fact nothing more than a plain green glass bottle - and worse still, worth no value at all."I said, 'Gentlemen, before I go and make a balls up here, make a fool of myself, what is this?'" he said.
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