An Antiques Roadshow guest was left in tears after she discovered the huge value of her childhood teddy bear, that been kept for years in a carrier bag.
Sunday’s Christmas special featured only toys as members of the public and experts shared their favourite play things from the past.
And one lady brought in a bear which turned out to be incredibly rare and made by Steiff, now known for making teddy’s for luxury brand Louis Vuitton.
Revealing how she came to own the item the lady explained: ‘It belonged to my great aunt and when she passed away it went to my mum and now I’m the custodian of it at the moment.’
The furry bear also housed a water battle and left expert Bunny Campione almost speechless when she clapped eyes on it.
An Antiques Roadshow guest (L) was left in tears after she discovered the huge value of her childhood teddy bear, that been kept for years in a carrier bag. (pictured with expert Bunny Campione, right)
One lady brought in a bear which turned out to be incredibly rare and made by Steiff, known known for making teddy’s for luxury brand Louis Vuitton
Saying: Well, I must admit, I hope I didn’t give too much of a shock when I saw you coming to my table. I think I screamed didn’t I?’
An excitable Bunny then went on to praise the item before eventually giving her jaw-dropping valuation.
‘So, we are talking about a Steiff teddy bear, circa 1904, incredibly rare colour, a rare size because most of them were smaller than this, and a value wise, £15,000’.
Totally in shock and awe the guest asked ‘What 15?’ before admitting: ‘It’s just been put in a bag in the wardrobe’.
It comes after another guest was previously shocked when she discovered the value of an old broken watch her father picked up at an army surplus store for just £20.
One episode saw members of the public bringing their worldly good to Powis Castle in Wales, with one woman eager to learn more about the timepiece from expert Richard Price – who branded it the ‘rarest of items’
The lady explained how she believed it to be a World War II pilot’s watch and was relieved to discover she had been right.
Richard explained the item had fact been used by Luftwaffe, the German Air Force, and would have had a large leather strap – which was now missing.
An excitable Bunny then went on to praise the item before eventually giving her jaw-dropping valuation of £15,000
Totally in shock and awe the guest asked ‘What 15?’ before admitting: ‘ It’s just been put in a bag in the wardrobe’
Going on to say that if it were a made by A. Lange & Söhne, a German company which provided time pieces to the Nazis, it would increase the price significantly.
He then opened the watch and said: ‘Joy of joy it’s A. Lange & Söhne the one [all collectors] want’.
Richard then concluded the item was from 1941 and said the reason it was so rare and in such high demand was that the company’s factory was bombed in 1945.
The lady, flabbergasted by the news, said how her father picked it up in Weymouth for £20 in the early 1970s and that he loved ‘poking about’ in old shops.
Before asking: ‘Was it a good buy?’.
‘Pretty good buy’ Richard exclaimed, ‘I think i would be very happy if I had paid £20’.
He again referred it was the ‘rarest of items’ that ‘all collectors want’ before revealing it to be worth between £8,000 and £10,000.
In total shock the lady joked: ‘I might not take it home to [my father].
