Two Antiques Roadshow guests were left disappointed after learning the ‘modest’ price of their ancient bronzed item.

An elderly couple had hoped their artefact could be worth thousands but they were quickly humbled down by an expert’s verdict in a repeated episode aired on Sunday.  

As host Fiona Bruce whisked off to Glasgow’s Pollok Park, the pair drew expert Will Farmer’s attention’ after introducing a bronze sculpture, crafted by Boris Schatz.

The antiques auctioneer said: ‘The gentleman here before us looks very studious, very thoughtful and very considered. But I want to know, what’s the connection with him to your life?’

One of the guests offered: ‘Well, this is of Jeremiah. Founder of the Bezalel Art Insтιтute in Jerusalem, and he is related to my great-grandparents. And they gave this as a wedding present to my grandparents.’

The sweet pair proceeded showing the expert a wedding pH๏τo featuring her great-grandparents. 

Two Antiques Roadshow guests were left disappointed after learning the ‘modest’ price of their ancient bronzed item

An elderly couple had hope their artefact could be worth thousands but they were quickly humbled down by an expert’s verdict in a repeated episode aired on Sunday

Will then explained about the origin of the item: ‘So Boris Schatz is one of those great names, certainly within the art world within the Jewish community and was actually considered the father of Israeli art. 

‘I mean, he’s held in such great esteem, and through his work, he sort of very much wanted to define work that was relevant to him, to the Jewish community, to Scripture. 

‘When you look at a lot of his work – as you say, this is a depiction of Jeremiah – there are all those connections through.

‘Now, in terms of this specific piece, the original work of Jeremiah was created in 1911, and the original work is actually an upscale bronze. And we’re looking at a piece that’s roughly 59-60 centimetres by 73.

‘So a considerably larger work than yours here. So what do you have? Well, you actually have a later interpretation using a process which is a process called an electrotype. 

‘So it’s a scaled-down copper example, but that in itself means that it made the larger work accessible within the community.’

Ultimately, the fine art expert gave his verdict: ‘The large-scale early bronze, they turn up occasionally and they do tend to be somewhere in the region of £4,000 maybe even £5,000.

He added: ‘These electrotypes, of course, were made to be more affordable for everyone, and so because of that, you’ll find there are quite a few out there.

The pair drew expert Will Farmer’s attention’ after introducing a bronze sculpture, crafted by Boris Schatz

The expert told the couple: ‘The large-scale early bronze, they turn up occasionally and they do tend to be somewhere in the region of £4,000 maybe even £5,000’

Will ultimately gave his verdict, saying: ‘Yours, I’m afraid, we’re looking a little more modest, in the low hundreds. It may be sort of £200-£300,’ he told the couple’

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‘Yours, I’m afraid, we’re looking a little more modest, in the low hundreds. It may be sort of £200-£300,’ he told the couple.

Once learned about the value of their item, they decided to keep the heirloom to continue pᴀssing it down the family generations instead of selling it.

It comes after the BBC show saw a guest being left stunned by the eye-watering value of a book she purchased for around £4 earlier this week.

A previous episode of the American version of the show saw members of the public bring on their heirlooms and collectables to be evaluated.

One guest asked expert Francis J. Wahlgren to take a look at a first edition of Anne of Green Gables.

‘My daughter was about 10 years old when we started reading the Anne of Green Gables series and then at a flea market I saw this book and I thought, ‘Perfect! We’ll take it’,’ she explained. 

The guest revealed she had only paid $5, which converts to around £4.