Antiques Roadshow guest shocked by value of 'fascinating' heirloom jewellery she thought was fake
Expert Geoffrey Munn was presented with two accessories during an episode that originally aired in 2006.
A guest brought along pieces of jewellery she inherited from her late mother and explained how she had always assumed one of them didn't contain real jewels.
One was a brooch which was shaped like a bee and the guest explained: 'Well that was left to me by my mother and through her mother from my mother, so I know where that came from.'
She went on the reveal that when her mother passed away, she was able to choose something and selected the second item.
'I don't even know if it's real. We never saw it, my mother never wore it and my father didn't know where it came from. Never seen it before,' she revealed.
The expert was surprised and clarified: 'Well, it certainly is real. Actually, it's the most fascinating jewel.'
Geoffrey explained the item appeared to be 'inspired by 18th Century France'.
He said it wasn't 'an 18th Century jewel' and instead was 'an 18th Century revival one and blue enamel, diamonds, a little ruby in the front'.
While the bee brooch was dated from the 1890s and Geoffrey complimented the 'salon sapphire' it contained.
The conversation then moved onto the value of the jewellery and the guest shared the bee brooch had been previously priced up at £4,000.
Geoffrey said: 'Well £4,000, that's a little while ago because I think that's a very desirable thing.
'It's very concentrated, it's very animated, it's by a superb maker and everybody wants this thing, honestly they do.
'And value is to do with measured want, that's all that value is. And I'm going to tell you in measured want that that's £10,000.'
The guest was taken aback by the valuation and Geoffrey then went on to look at the jewellery piece she thought was fake.
He said: 'Not quite the same gasp-inducing figure but still substantial at £4,500.'
The valuation visibly shocked the guest and she commented: 'That's very gasp if you think that it was sort of loose and Ma never wore it.'
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