The guest on the BBC One show revealed to Antiques Roadshow expert Ronnie Archer-Morgan that he sourced the figure in a charity shop over ten years ago, paying just £1.50 for it. Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest entertainment news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly Showbiz newsletter We have more newsletters Antiques Roadshow has dropped one or two bombshells to guests over the years.
And previously, one person was left utterly dumfounded when he was told the true value of a charity shop find. He assumed the African item would have been worth around £200,000 before experts gathered at an auction at Wollaton Hall, where Ronnie Archer-Morgan investigated a tribal African figure one man picked up on a whim. "When you unwrapped this, my heart really skipped a beat," Ronnie told the owner of the antique figure, as we previously reported .
"It's one of my favourite tribal African figures. Where did you get it?" In response, the BBC One guest revealed he'd found it in a charity shop in Cambridge more than ten years prior. Recalling when he first set eyes on the antique piece, the owner said: "It was right among the junk, and it cost me the grand total of £1.
50. I was intrigued by the fact that it looked as if somebody had put a lot of work into making it." Sharing his expertise, Ronnie revealed: "It's from a tribe, in Gabon.
They are just south of Nigeria and this is a.