Andy McConnell is best known for starring on s as the glass historian and expert.
Throughout his time on the show, the 71-year-old has made hundreds and thousands of pounds from antiques which get appraised at auction houses across the UK.
Andy also currently holds the records for both the highest and lowest-value items to ever broadcast on Antiques Roadshow.
The lowest was a jar of Shippams fish paste, which he got from a 10-year-old girl who had found mud larking on the Thames and valued at 30p.
While the most expensive was a “seven chandeliers hanging in Bath’s Assembly Rooms by Jonathan Collet dating from 1771,” the expert valued each of them at £1m.
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Antiques Roadshow star Andy is the resident glass expert (Image: BBC)
Despite this, Andy revealed that he’s been losing money since his appearances on the show have whittled down.
Speaking to , he admitted: “I lost money last year and didn’t need to pay any tax. I’m spending money keeping my glass in storage.”
After opening a shop in Rye called Glass Etc in 2005, but after he and his wife got divorced, the expert was forced to sell up in 2020 “for £725,000, having purchased it for £500,000.”
When questioned about his financial loss, Andy shared: “Years ago, I did 11 of the 12 locations for Antiques Roadshow.
“But today, I’m about as fashionable as a verruca – a posh, white, heterosexual and ageing man.
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Andy McConnell revealed he’s lost money (Image: BBC)
“I’m yesterday’s news. It’s an unavoidable fact, even though I don’t necessarily agree with it. But it’s astonishing that I’ve got away with having worked for the for 20 years.”
Despite this, Andy hopes to switch gears, return to TV and take part in the plethora of hit reality competition shows.
He revealed: “I’d do every show going, including I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!, Dancing on Ice, and SAS: Who Dares Wins for £2. They’d be a hoot!
“Philip Mould put me up for Mastermind. It was terrifying but thrilling and my pet charity got £3,000,” Andy added.