A guest on Antiques Roadshow couldn’t stop grinning when he learned the whopping value of a ‘rust bucket’ bike bought from a clearance shop. 

During a previous episode of the BBC show, expert Adam Schoon was presented with a late 19th century child’s bicycle. 

He commented: ‘Well I’m a really keen mountain biker used to carbon fibre, Kevlar, aluminium, and you bring me a rust bucket. Where did you get your rust bucket?’

The owner revealed he had purchased the item from a house clearance shop in North Shields.

‘I just saw it laying there and I had a feeling, ‘I think that’s going to be worth a bit of money’,’ he explained.

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A guest on Antiques Roadshow couldn’t stop grinning when he learnt the whopping value of a ‘rust bucket’ bike bought from a clearance shop

During a previous episode of the BBC show, expert Adam Schoon was presented with a late 19th century child’s bicycle

The guest admitted he did some research before purchasing and added: ‘So I thought ‘how am I going to get this on the cheap?’ So I went and picked a few of the items in the shop and I made the guy an offer for the whole lot.’

He said that in the end, the bike cost him ‘about £200’.

The bicycle was missing a handle so the guest added ‘an old file handle’ and varnished it. He also repaired the seat and filled in any holes in the woodwork.

‘Fantastic,’ Adam commented. ‘Well when I first saw it I didn’t know whether it was a fake or whether it was real.’

 The expert pointed out the two handmade rivets and iron tyres.

‘Originally, if this is right. It would’ve had a leather seat, just a little bit of token comfort. You’re sat basically on a spring and that’s it,’ he explained.

Adam revealed that it was a real, American ‘period’ bicycle and dated to the 1880s.

He said: ‘In this condition, it’s clearly worth £2,000, you have done well.’

The guest was visibly shocked and grinned as he exclaimed: ‘£2,000! Incredible!’ 

Adam revealed that it was a real, American ‘period’ bicycle and dated to the 1880s. He said: ‘In this condition, it’s clearly worth £2,000, you have done well.’

The guest was visibly shocked and grinned as he exclaimed: ‘£2,000! Incredible!’

Another guest on Antiques Roadshow was left floored by the whopping value of a ‘grotty’ item that had been abandoned in her garage for 20 years.

During a previous instalment of the BBC show, expert Marc Allum was presented with a designer piece of luggage at Beaumaris Castle.

‘It’s a pretty kind of grotty looking old piece of luggage this, it looks like it’s had a really hard life,’ Marc commented.

The guest had acquired the Louis Vuitton chest after a family friend pᴀssed away and didn’t originally realise the possible value of it. 

He dated it to around 1890 and noted that though it needed ‘quite a bit of work’ he still gave an impressive valuation. 

‘As this stands, it’s worth in the region of £2,500 to £3,500 at auction. It’s a really nice thing,’ Marc explained. 

Antiques Roadshow airs on BBC One and is available to stream on iPlayer.