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Antiques Roadshow expert Clive Farahar stunned an unsuspecting guest with a whopping five-figure valuation for her unique Beatles autograph.
In a special edition of the long-running BBC One show that celebrated 100 years of the iconic broadcaster, memorabilia from over the last century was brought in by members of the public to be valued by the experts.
One guest, a former make-up artist who had worked on the now-defunct BBC show Top of the Pops in the 1960s, was thrilled when Clive took a shine to her unusual - but valuable - item.
The unnamed woman had brought in a daily call sheet from an episode of TOTP in 1965, just days before they flew to the US.
Clive was delighted with the TOTP memorabilia (BBC)“Four of the most famous signatures from the last half-century,” Clive explained to those gathered around him.
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“There’s Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. And this is dated Saturday 10th, April 1965.”
The Beatles performed Ticket to Ride to an empty studio, as Beatlemania had already gripped the nation, and may have caused hysteria among the young audience members.
The autograph was worth thousands (BBC)“They sang the song, they performed it in front of the cameras with an empty studio and inserted it…” Clive said.
The female guest then confirmed she had all four of The Beatles in her make-up chair before their performance.
“And I (made them up). All four of them came in, they were wearing their new suits they were about to try out because they were about to go to America to do Shea Stadium,” she explained.
She then presented a stunned Clive with the four powder puffs she had used on the legendary musicians.
The guest also brought in powder puffs she used on The Fab Four (BBC)“I’m going to have to ask who’s is who’s,” Clive asked.
“I’ve no idea,” she replied. “But the powder is still on them!”
“I can see! You can see… There's Beatles DNA here!” Clive quipped.
In addition to her Beatles artefacts, the guest also brought in a camera script from Top of the Pops, which gave the crew instructions on how to shoot the Fab Four.
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The female guest had previously worked as a make-up artist on the long-running BBC music show (BBC)“Very often we have these on the show, and the signatures have been rushed. Or they’ve fallen off the page or something like that. But you’ve got four absolutely gold-plated signatures here, they couldn’t be better!” Clive shared.
“You’ve got the four lovely powder puffs and then this great script here, which I think is rather fun,” he added, as he revealed his long-awaited valuation - £4,000 to £6,000.
“Good heavens! Really?” the guest exclaimed.