WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Antiques Roadshow. An Antiques Roadshow audience couldn’t help but gasp upon hearing the six-figure sum given to an impressive collection of Blade Runner memorabilia. Filming at Clissold Park, BBC expert Jon Baddeley met with the owner of an array of items from the 1982 Ridley Scott sci-fi movie Blade Runner, starring Harrison Ford.
Explaining where it came from, the guest said: “This collection belonged to my dad, he saw the film when it came out in the cinema and again, he wasn’t too sure of it himself but he waited until it came out on VHS and he saw it and thought ‘Yes, this is great’ and started collecting pieces of memorabilia, posters and everything that was coming out at the time. “And then as his passion grew for it, he decided to go a bit more hardcore and acquire actual pieces from the film himself. “He started collecting pieces in the late 1990s through to the noughties when things were quite a reasonable price and obtainable at the time.
He managed to obtain the stuff directly from crew members themselves.” Baddeley continued: “With all memorabilia, the provenance is really important. “Also there are some quite academic items here like the costume designs, an incredible album, photographs, notes, all the costumes used throughout the film, and that in itself is an amazing museum artifact.
“And behind that, you’ve got the storyboards which, again, gives you the sequence, the pre-production. They p.