WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Antiques Roadshow. Two Antiques Roadshow guests seemed underwhelmed when they were told the extortionate value of a piece of artwork they purchased two decades ago. Expert Frances Christie was on hand to analyse paintings brought in by guests when they visited the BBC show at the Pollok Country Park in Glasgow.
While shooting an episode of the daytime series, Christie was delighted to meet a couple who had in their possession a piece of art that she was particularly delighted to see. She said: “Now, this is a really exciting picture to find on Antiques Roadshow because it’s by an artist who grew up around here, Dorothy Steel, who really should be so much more well known than she is.” Answering the expert’s question on how it came to be theirs, the man said: “Found it in a charity shop not far from here about 20 years ago, and I could see straight away it was a quality painting and certainly worth the £5 they charged me for it.
” Christie queried what drew him to the painting, to which he replied: “Well it’s a typical west of Scotland scene there, you can see the docks with shipyard cranes in the background. I’m guessing it’s either in Port Glasgow or Greenock where Dorothy Steel was from. “It just appealed to me, the colours, it’s got that impressionist softness, the light [and] the subject matter most of all.
” His partner added: “It has that mid-century look which is really nice and nice kind of flatnes.
