An Antiques Roadshow guest was stunned to learn that his vast collection of medieval keys was worth thousands of pounds, in the latest episode of the BBC show.
The episode, which aired on Sunday, saw a guest bring along the huge number of keys he’d accumulated after receiving one from his grandfather when he was a child.
Explaining that some of them dated back to the 15th century, he’d built the collection by picking up the keys at car boot sales, before tracking down more selective pieces from private sellers and auctions.
As expert Marc Allum perused the collection, he shared that he was impressed at the size of the collection, and made the surprise admission that all of the keys could be worth a total of £20,000.
The guest appeared somewhat surprised by the huge sum, but remained tight-lipped on whether he’d consider selling his huge collection.
An Antiques Roadshow guest was stunned to learn that his vast collection of medieval keys was worth thousands of pounds, in the latest episode of the BBC show
It comes after another Antiques Roadshow guest confessed in a recent episode that his daughter was probably ‘scared to death’ once he discovered his family’s gambling wheel was worth a small fortune as she ‘keeps it in her living room’.
During the show, viewers got to see expert Brad Witherell appraise a wooden gambling wheel from the 19th Century when the PBS series travelled to Tulsa, Oklahoma for filming.
According to the owner, the wheel had a long and colourful history and he claimed he had inherited the quirky item from his uncle.
He explained: ‘My uncle and aunt came to Oklahoma in 1898.
‘He was a professional gambler, they travelled over Oklahoma, they went to Shawnee, and came back.
‘They decided they liked Tulsa best and at that time, it was called Tulsee Town and he leased a building in Tulsa that had a cigar stand, a barber shop, a billiard parlour and upstairs he had a gambling hall.
‘He operated the cigar stand and soon discovered that there was money in lending money to the gamblers.
‘And when they went broke, they came down and pawned their ring to him or their diamond.
The episode, which aired on Sunday, saw a guest bring along the huge number of keys he’d accumulated after receiving one from his grandfather when he was a child
Antiques Roadshow guest recently confessed that his daughter was probably ‘scared to death’ once he discovered his family’s gambling wheel was worth a small fortune as she ‘keeps it in her living room’
‘The story goes that if it was a big enough diamond and it was enough money, he would go upstairs and win the money he loaned them.
‘He would still hold his diamond for them to pick up and at that time or soon after, the oil boom hit Tulsa and that’s when his business really boomed, but of course, statehood came in, which kind of slowed the gambling situation down a great deal.
Brad then delved deeper into the origins of the wheel stating that it was manufactured by Will & Fink in San Francisco.