Antiques Roadshow guest returns with good stuff | TV Shows
Antiques Roadshow professional Andy McConnell held up an “ugly” vase for all to see. (Image: BBC)
An Antiques Roadshow customer made a second look with a “ferociously ugly” vase following an underwhelming initial encounter with an professional. The show airs this night, Sunday, August 9, on BBC One with host Fiona Bruce visiting Clissold Park in Hackney.
During the episode, glass specialist Andy McConnell appeared considerably puzzled as he gestured toward his next customer and remarked, “Wait a minute, I’ve seen you here before today.”
She then candidly responded, “I came in earlier this morning and I brought you a glass which you said was rubbish so I came back with the good stuff.” It comes after Antiques Roadshow viewers “teared up” as a Goodwill portray fetched 5 figures.
As she made the declare, McConnell reacted with shock before offering his perspective.
“Well you did! Because I remember the glass in question and I didn’t say it was rubbish, I said it was worth a tenner.”
An Antiques Roadshow guest hit back at an professional’s “rubbish” appraisal. (Image: BBC)
He then proceeded with his analysis of two vases she had acquired from the Kosta Boda manufacturing unit in Sweden, where she beforehand resided, experiences The Express.
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right?” McConnell noticed. “So there are people who think they are ferociously ugly. So what’s the appeal?”
She explained, “The colors were the thing, absolutely wonderful colors.
“The Swedes are very good at glass and I believe it is because of the sunshine. The great gentle you get.
An Antiques Roadshow professional was dumbfounded as a guest hit back at his “rubbish” appraisal. (Image: BBC)
“I think that’s all true. The Swedes, in my book, are, with the Finns, the greatest glass makers of the latter 20th Century.”
McConnell then lifted one of the vases to showcase it to the spectators gathered around them. He went on, “And they gave their designers’ license to create really outlandish, whacky things and, this one in particular, I mean look at that ladies and gentlemen.
“This is called an ugly face vase, is not it and it sort of is. Look at that.
“So this is made by creating a mould and blowing the glass into the mould, it then fills the mould and creates shape and the designer of both is Kjell Engman and the story is revealed under here.”
Turning the vase over, the specialist identified the marking on the bottom figuring out it as half of Kosta Boda’s Cancan assortment by Kjell Engman, numbered 95 — corresponding to roughly when the proprietor acquired it.
When questioned about the unique buy price, the proprietor recalled, “I think they were outside what I wanted to pay but I think it was about £50 ($68) back then.”
McConnell assessed, “I think you’ve done alright. I’d say £150 on this one which is a really nice shape, great color but this one is the winner and that’s about £200 to £250 ($270-338).
“So what do you reckon? That’s alright, is not it?”.
An Antiques Roadshow guest brought in two Swedish vases to be valued. (Image: BBC)
The owner responded, “Not unhealthy. But I keep them because they remind me of Sweden and the great Swedish gentle and magnificence of the countryside.”
McConnell then revealed a personal connection, sharing, “Love it. I spent every summer time there for 10 years and I actually, actually miss it.”
Antiques Roadshow guest returns with good stuff
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