BBC Antiques Road Trip host devastated over 'valuable' item expected to triple in price
Margie Cooper "wasn't laughing" as she suffered a guttening loss at auction on the latest episode of Antiques Road Trip. The BBC show watched as she and co-star Tim Medhurst went head to head to find the biggest bargains in the Welsh valleys.
Eyeing up a spoon that cost £10, Margie said: "Oh that's nice!" She went on to admire the details as she said: "That is a silver, art deco, unmarked spoon.
"It's got a planished bowl. Can you see? That's been hammered. Deco is such a great thing to collect, very stylish. Look how stylish that is. And it's been hand made.
"So it says peuter on the label, that's why it says it's £10. But I'm almost certain that it's silver."
Giving her expected valuation, the antiques expert said: "I think that's worth about £30. I'm going to buy that and I think that will sell well at auction. I'm quite pleased with that, it's put a smile on my face, but I could do with five more to make a nice set of six and then I'd smile even more!"
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Margie hoped the £10 spoon would bring her a small fortune (Image: BBC)In total, Margie spent £170 on five items to go to auction, meanwhile Tim spent £148 for his five lots. Being hopeful as her spoon went under the hammer, Margie joked: "I can't lose much can I?"
Tim replied: "No, I'm quite jealous. I'd have snapped that up for a tenner."
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Margie held her head in her hands, failing to hide her utter disappointment. After previously laughing at her co-star's laugh, she wryly said: "I'm not laughing now, am I?"
Overall, Margie didn't have much luck at auction. She had a loss off £5.96. Tim came out on top, making a grand total profit of £125.10.
As his win was announced, he said to Margie: "Mixed emotions because it's our last auction but we did so well, didn't we? But it's our last one. I'm going to really miss you."
BBC Antiques Road Trip host devastated over 'valuable' item expected to triple in price
BBC Antiques Road Trip host devastated over 'valuable' item expected to triple in price
BBC Antiques Road Trip host devastated over 'valuable' item expected to triple in price
BBC Antiques Road Trip host devastated over 'valuable' item expected to triple in price
BBC Antiques Road Trip host devastated over 'valuable' item expected to triple in price
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