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An Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned following the valuation of two family heirlooms, after the expert shared his reluctance to look at the items.

A GUEST on Antiques Roadshow warmed viewers' hearts when she revealed the sweet reason she won't sell her rare picture frame. The woman told the BBC One show hosts that she wouldn't let go of it despite the valuation being thousands of pounds.

Antiques Roadshow expert Gordon Foster was delighted when a woman brought in her dad's old golf machine, which he bought for "not much" in the 1960s.Presenting the BBC show on Sunday (March 7) at Kenilworth Castle in the Midlands, Gordon reveals the 1930s curiosity is basically an "early computer" and worth a lot of money today.He explains: "It’s an early computer and it’s a golf game.

Antiques Roadshow guest was left astonished after finding out an fancy-looking item that had been thrown away by its previous owner was worth a fortune.The man explained on last night’s show that his father-in-law had discovered the cigarette box completely discarded while on a plastering job “40 or 50 years ago”.Designed to look like a safe, expert Gordon Foster revealed it was made of solid silver and created by the famous brand Dunhill London in 1931.“I think that’s been done to look like a fire-resistant safe from that period.“In those days, the 30s was in fashion and you needed a special container to have your cigarettes in.“It’s obviously been much used and played with.”The guest explained he gives it to any young members of the