WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Antiques Roadshow. An Antiques Roadshow expert confessed that he didn’t “have a clue” when it came to putting a price on an unusual object. The BBC series ventured to Aston Hall, Birmingham where expert Paul Atterbury met with a guest who had a love for all things to do with space which tied in with the item he brought in.
“Simple question, where were you in July 1969?” Atterbury first questioned. The guest replied: “I was in school, following the space programme along with lots of other children I’d imagine. But unlike most of the children from my generation, they grew out of space and I didn’t.
” Atterbury stated: “So that moment, that we all remember who are old enough, it changed your life”, with the guest stating that he had been “hooked ever since”. Referring to the item in front of them, the expert continued: “And this is the Fallen Astronaut and here’s in effect, the only work of art on the moon. How did you get it?” “Well I spotted it online, bid on it and thankfully nobody else did because they didn’t believe it was genuine," the guest commented with Atterbury replying: “So everybody thought it was a fake.
” The Antiques Roadshow expert went on to elaborate that the piece was created by Belgium sculptor Paul Van Hoeydonck after NASA in the 1970s wanted a memorial on the moon for the 14 astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the pursuit of space. The guest explained there were four edit.