Antiques Roadshow guest speechless as 30p charity shop | UK News

“I asked my mother, you know, with her grandchildren, as she was going around to charity shops [and]she got me a few books, and then they’ve been in the house…But I didn’t really take much notice of it until I got my daughter a Winnie the Pooh teddy. And then I thought, ‘Oh, I’m sure I’ve got one [a copy] somewhere. So I was searching in the cupboards and then I came across this one,” she shared.

Impressed Clive continued to study the ebook. “This is amazing, absolutely, a wonderful find from a charity shop,” he said.

He acknowledged a tear on the mud wrapper and a tiny nick on the quilt but described it as “the most gorgeous copy”.

The ebook also featured a romantic inscription indicating it had been a Christmas present but Clive appeared to deem this unlucky before enquiring as to how a lot her mom had paid for it.

“Oh, I shouldn’t think more than 20p or30p,” she said breezily as Clive regarded intrigued telling her he may worth it at £1,400.

The lady’s jaw dropped as she tried to course of what he had said and she was briefly left speechless before managing to stutter: “So sorry, – seriously?”

She repeated the determine a number of instances clearly astonished. When Clive confirmed she had certainly heard proper she regarded at the group surrounding them and giggled.

“Oh, my mother would be over the moon, because she loved this programme,” she gushed unable to comprise her delight at the large valuation.

As Clive thanked her for bringing it in she could not stop grinning telling him: “I’m thrilled. Wow. Well, I was lucky. I didn’t sell it!”