Antiques Roadshow guest gobsmacked over whopping value of poster he found in bin

10 July 2023 , 11:27

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An Antiques Roadshow guest was shocked to learn the value of an old poster (Image: BBC)

They say one man's trash is another mans treasure – and that was certainly the case for one gobsmacked Antiques Roadshow guest.

Fans tuning in to the latest episode of the BBC’s long-running easy viewing show were intrigued when a guest appeared to have a poster he had found in a bin valued on the show.

Sunday night’s episode came from Newbury Hall in Yorkshire where a guest appeared with a poster from the 1985 concert Live Aid – which was held by Bob Geldof to raise funds to tackle poverty in Africa.

The iconic music event saw performances from Sir Elton John, George Michael, Queen, Madonna and David Bowie among others and raised £100 million for famine relief in Africa.

The guest salvaged a Live Aid poster from a bin (BBC)

The Antiques Roadshow guest had been at the event and salvaged a poster from the mega-concert after he saw it had been thrown in the bin.

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He explained: "I was feeding the crew, they had been there all week and needed feeding, poor guys, they needed looking after.

"I remember during the show going looking for certain items which had been thrown out of my personal laundry, someone threw it out thinking it was rubbish."

Antiques expert John Baddeley was stunned to hear the story about the poster, and gasped: "So you sent laundry off to be cleaned and someone thought it was junk?"

Antiques expert John Baddeley guessed the poster could be worth as much as £12,000 (BBC)

The guest said: "At the refuse area, that was where I found this, I didn't find my laundry but I did find this, which did make up for it slightly."

John then left his guest stunned when he made his evaluation about the poster.

He said: "If you ever decided to sell it, I would have thought at auction today you would get between £8,000 to £12,000."

John then joked: "How much was your washing worth?" The BBC guest laughed: "That's incredible... about 60p!"

Viewers were also stunned by the huge price tag that went with the old poster – with many left speechless it could fetch such a high price at auction. One viewer tweeted: "What a great story."

However, others were surprised to see a 40-year-old poster being evaluated on the show at all – with one asking: "Aren't 'antiques' supposed to be over 100 years old?"

Meanwhile, other concerned fans were startled to see Antiques Roadshow airing at the unusually late time of 9pm. One anxious fan tweeted: "Why is #antiquesroadshow now on after the watershed? What kind of antiques are they viewing?"

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Sunday’s episode aired later than usual as the BBC had coverage of Wimbledon airing until 8pm, pushing regular programs into later time slots.

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