Antiques Roadshow last night

[mancmo]

There was some guy on last night who found some paintings. They told him that some were worth about �300-�500 but there was one at the end (which i missed coz the phone rang) and he ended up crying as did his daughter!!!

Could someone tell me how much he got told this was worth?

Thanks xx

[Tizzi247]

I think they said it was worth between �20,000-�30,000. I think there was a small amount of damage and the expert said that if it had undamaged it would be worth in excess of �100,000!

Fiona spoke to them at the end and they said that they had never liked the painting and were going to sell it. Lucky them!

[dot.hawkes]

It was a repeat show actually, i remember seeing it sometime last year, i thought they were showing a new series but obviously not.

[Mr Veritas]

I agree dot,
They have seamlessly ( and crafitly) run the new programmes into the repeats!
In the past one series ended and then a few months later we had a repeat of the series before last.
Now they seem to think we are so stupid that we won't notice,or see the (R) symbol in Radio Times etc.
mancmo,
In case you wondered WHY the painting was worth so much,here is a biography of the painter Winslow Homer:~
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winslow_Homer

He was undoubtedly THE most important American painter of the 19th Century.

[elcee45]

I missed the beginning where did he find the paintings?

[Mr Veritas]

elcee,
He used to go fishing,and always passed some skips,and the paintings were on the skip!
I bet someone is kicking themselves for throwing them out?