Antiques Roadshow expert says 'I'm done' as he 'walks away' from guest before valuation

AR: Expert says 'I'm done' and walks away from guest

Antiques Roadshow expert Will Farmer said "I'm gone" as he jokingly walked away from one guest on Sunday night. The expert was so impressed by the guest's knowledge about his two chairs that he couldn't contain his excitement.

He began: "Well, here we are before a bold and striking architectural building, and we've got two bold and striking architectural chairs.

"I've got to ask the question, are we cut from the same cloth? Are you a bit of a design nut?"

"I think I am, yeah," the guest replied before adding: "I love the fact that chairs have a fairly simple function. They just have to hold up someone's weight, but the different materials and different designs they can be made of are just fantastic."

Sharing the backstory of who made the chairs, Will continued: "And what we've got here are two amazing examples, but by one designer, that designer is the great Verner Panton, and Verner Panton for people who've not heard of him, is Danish architect, designer.

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Will Farmer walked away from the guest (Image: BBC)

"When we look at his catalog of designs, the one nearest to you is considered an icon of 20th-century design. This chair is featured in collections and museums all over the world. This is strictly called the Panton chair, known as the S-Chair.

"And it's so clever because it was a single molded piece. It took him 10 years to actually get to a production-ready design. It didn't get shown until 1967in Geneva."

However, Will went in to point out a "problem" with the earlier designs of the chair as the guest explained: "They snapped."

The BBC star added: "I'm a fairly sturdy chap, I'm not going to plonk myself on that, and actually, they enhanced the design by inserting strengthening supports under the back. This chair woke the world up."

Turning his attention to the other chair, Will said they were designed for IKEA. He shared: "This is where they became really clever. they actually employed a number of key designers."

Will Farmer asked the guest what he thought the chairs were worth (Image: BBC)

Will soon shifted his attention to the value of the chairs but before he told the guest what they were worth, he asked: "So come on, you know your stuff. You tell me which is the rarest."

Pointing to one chair, the guest replied: "I think that one is because I think IKEA didn't sell very many of them."

Will agreed: "I think it didn't sell well, so they didn't make many more. It's believed around 4,000 were made. So throwing the ball back at you again, what are they worth?"

The guest didn't hesitate as he guessed one chair was worth £500 and the other between £800 and £1,000. However, Will couldn't believe it as he joked, "I'm done" before walking away from the guest.

"You take the table, it has been really nice meeting you," he said before quickly returning back to the guest. He beamed: "You are spot on!"

Antiques Roadshow is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

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Antiques Roadshow expert says 'I'm done' as he 'walks away' from guest before valuation

Antiques Roadshow expert says 'I'm done' as he 'walks away' from guest before valuation

Antiques Roadshow expert says 'I'm done' as he 'walks away' from guest before valuation

Antiques Roadshow expert says 'I'm done' as he 'walks away' from guest before valuation

Antiques Roadshow expert says 'I'm done' as he 'walks away' from guest before valuation