When the team visited Powis Castle and Garden in Wales on the programme, expert Grant Ford examined a colourful painting with an interesting backstory.
During the episode, the guest brought in a painting of a Scottish scene that she had picked up in a charity shop.
They explained that after having a family holiday to the Highlands of Scotland, she and her family were driving back to their home in Shropshire.
However, soon the rain started coming down and she didn’t have any raincoats for her children, who were aged 10 and 12 at the time.
So, she decided to stop off at the nearest charity shop to see if they had any raincoats. The guest joked: “I didn’t get a raincoat, I got a painting,” to which Grant replied: “Gosh, I wish I was there before you.”
Expert Grant Ford examined a painting of a Scottish scene on a recent episode of the BBC show (Image: BBC)
The expert admitted that the oil-on-canvas painting was a “confident colourist” style, “clearly signed lower-right Cunningham”.
After asking if she had found out any more about the artist, the guest admitted that she had done a “wee bit of research”.
She explained: “On the back it told me that he was a artist, who studied at the Glasgow School of Art. He was born the same year as my own mum, so 1926.”
Grant concurred with this, while he added: “He was very much sort of born and bred in Lanarkshire but centred in Glasgow.”
The artist, John Cunningham, “taught a great deal and then when he retired from the Glasgow School of Art as a teacher and a senior lecturer, he became a sort of professional artist in 1985″.
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The guest was taken aback by the valuation given her £25 spend 10 years ago (Image: BBC)
When asked what the guest paid, she remarked: “£25 ten years ago,” to which Grant responded: “I just think that’s an amazing piece of luck because this is a very sought after painting. And actually, it holds quite a lot of value.”
In terms of that value, Grant determined: “I can confidently say that it’s worth £4000 to £6000.”
And it’s safe to say that the guest was taken aback by this impressive valuation, adding: “Oh, wow! That’s quite astonishing. For £25, I’m glad I bought it.”
The John Cunningham painting was valued between £4000 and £6000 (Image: BBC)
John concluded: “You could have found a raincoat that day, luckily you found a brilliant painting.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Mark Hill found himself being intrigued by a ventriloquist’s dummy with an unusual hairpiece, while Geoffrey Munn inspected a love token crafted from a swan’s feather woven with gold that had survived for over 300 years.
Runjeet Singh also challenged host to put three exquisitely designed ceremonial Indian weapons in order of value.
Antiques Roadshow airs Sundays from 8pm on One.