Antiques Road Trip expert Raj Bisram fights back tears as he makes a huge LOSS at auction after forking out on a Victorian bedpost and birthing chair
An Antiques Road Trip expert fought back tears in the latest episode of the BBC One series.
Raj Bisram was bereft as he made a huge loss at auction after forking out on a Victorian bedpost and birthing chair.
Auctioneers Raj and fellow professional Charles Hanson travelled across Wales in a 1971 Volkswagen Campervan where he found and purchased the unique items.
The bedpost, which had been converted into a hat rack, and the birthing chair came to a combined total cost of £330.
Unfortunately, at Tring Market Auctions the Victorian items failed to even fetch what he had initially paid for them, leaving him with an overall loss of £122.
Yikes! Antiques Road Trip expert Raj Bisram fought back tears as he made a huge loss at auction, in the latest episode of the BBC One series
Oh dear: He purchased a Victorian bedpost, which had been converted into a hat rack, and a birthing chair came for £330, but he ended up losing £122 on the items at auction
Devastated! As the hammer fell down, Raj admitted: ‘I think my eyes have just popped out and the tears are about to roll’
As the hammer fell down, Charles remarked: ‘Oh it’s popped out!’ to which Raj responded: ‘I think my eyes have just popped out and the tears are about to roll.’
In another blow, at the end of the episode, Raj was left with just £184.32 in his kitty compared to £520.96.
It comes after an Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned after learning the value of his damaged watch, on Sunday.
Fiona Bruce and the team were at Sefton Park in Liverpool for the latest episode, where one man brought in a Rolex.
The watch was an Oyster Perpetual, named The Explorer and belonged to the man’s stepfather, who gave it to him before he died.
It was looked over by expert Richard Price, who said that it might be even older than the man who brought it in.
After looking over the vintage watch, Richard decided it would have been made back in 1959.
He then told the owner that the strap and the hands of the watch were most likely ‘service replacements’.
Gobsmacked: It comes after an Antiques Roadshow guest has been left stunned after learning the value of his damaged watch, on Sunday
Estimate: Fiona Bruce and the team were at Sefton Park in Liverpool for the latest episode, where one man brought in a Rolex watch
Despite the watch being slightly damaged, with a scratched face, Richard revealed it was still worth an eye-watering sum.
Sharing his valuation verdict, he said: ‘I reckon, that in today’s market, between £7,000 and £9,000.
The shocked owner declared: ‘Wow, it’s a lot of money that.’
Richard added: ‘It’s a lovely, lovely thing to remember him by. And also, it’s a fabulous watch to wear.’
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