A guest on the US edition of was left baffled when the man appraising their heirloom vase began behaving strangely.
One member of the forums, under the username lludwig, was keen to recount their brother’s experience on the show. Posting all the way back in 2014, they confessed: “Several years ago one of my younger brothers and his wife attended the Antiques Roadshow in Pittsburgh. Despite the appraiser’s best attempts to catch the attention of one of the film crew to come over and film them, he failed.
“My brother has the Irish gift of storytelling and it was hilarious listening to him recount the tale. He took a vase that had belonged to our mother. A vase that was in our house for as long as we could remember. My brother didn’t know any more than that when asked about the provenance.
One Antiques Roadshow appraiser behaved oddly (Image: BBC)
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“The expert became excited when he saw the vase and when he checked the markings on the bottom, he found that it was not made by the company he expected to see. However, he remained upbeat and excited since the company that had made it was not known for making such vases but instead was well-known for making other items.
“The appraiser kept repeating information about it and each time he kept raising his voice. My brother and his wife were mystified as to why the expert kept repeating the info over and over and louder and louder each time. They, of course, were getting excited to hear how much it was worth since he was getting so excited and loud about it!”
The vase made just over $100 (Image: BBC)
Despite the excitement, it was confirmed the vase was only worth just over $100. In spite of that, the appraiser confessed “he had been trying to catch the camera guy’s attention and that is why he kept repeating himself and getting louder each time.”
The user concluded: “He said that he wanted to have it filmed since it was an unusual piece for that company to have produced. So not only didn’t they end up on the cutting room floor, they didn’t even get filmed.”