Antiques Roadshow guest stunned by $3 charity find | TV Shows

A guest on Antiques Roadshow was left speechless after discovering a brooch she bought for about $3 at a charity shop could be worth thousands.

The latest episode, which aired on Sunday, April 27 from Thirlestane Castle in the Scottish Borders, captured the moment expert Susan Rumfitt revealed the hidden value of the find.

The woman explained she had purchased the brooch alongside other pieces of costume jewellery but felt it might be something more. She told Rumfitt it “just didn’t feel like costume jewelery” because of its heavy weight.

Susan Rumfitt then shared details about the brooch’s background, stating it dated back to around 1870 and was made from sapphires, representing devotion, and diamonds, symbolising everlasting eternal love.

Rumfitt explained: “You’ve got a very devotional and romantic piece of jewellery,” pointing out that the brooch featured two intertwined hearts. She added, “Perhaps it was given as a marriage gift,” according to the Express.

In that earlier episode, a Samuel John Lamorna Birch painting was brought in, with the owners sharing that their uncle and aunt had purchased it directly from the artist’s studio during a trip to Cornwall.

“My uncle and aunt used to go to Cornwall on holiday and they found his studio, which is in the picture there, on the way down to Lamorna Cove and they met the artist and bought this picture from him,” one of the owners said.

Expert Alexandra Grill found “The Studio, Lamorna” and Birch’s signature on the back, along with the original sale price of about $25. When Grill estimated the painting’s current worth between $2,500 and $3,750, a gasp was heard from off-camera and the owner asked in disbelief: “really?”