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Antiques Roadshow guest blown away as diamond brooch is valued at eye-watering figure
Antiques Roadshow was bought to tears after she discovered her diamond brooch was worth £20,000.The popular BBC show, which airs on Sunday nights, took viewers to Brodie Castle & Estate in Scotland where they got to see a variety of unusual antiques during the latest episode.But many fans of the show were left stunned when they discovered how much the lady's brooch was worth and that it included 14 karats.READ MORE: Baffling Antiques Roadshow episode shows dead moth used to make Queen's wedding dressJewellery specialist Susan Rumfitt spoke highly of the art-deco item and told the guest: "In an auction, I would expect this to fetch an excess of £20,000."After hearing the staggering number, the woman replied: "Oh my goodness. It's taken my breath away that one."She added: "Oh crumbs, it brings tears to my eyes." Susan asked: "And you will still wear it, wont you?"The lady replied: "Yeah absolutely."Seeing the unexpected discovery on their screens, fans headed over to Twitter to share their thoughts on the valuation.One viewer wrote: "The diamonds were more valuable than she thought...£20,000!"Another chimed: "Size of these diamonds!!!"Meanwhile a third person wrote: "Art deco diamond brooch, that'll do nicely for my collection, just need £20,000 but if had £20,000 all be gone on electric & gas."The news comes after another guest was also left gobsmacked by the value of their rather unusual vase.A man bought the item on the show while confessing he only paid £7.99 for it.Chinese ceramics expert Lars Tharp inspected the man's vase and said: "In fact it’s not one vase, it’s two vases.
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