Plate Smashes Antiques Roadshow Record
A plate taken to BBC’s Antiques Roadshow to be valued turned out to be worth a fortune.
Its owner, Wendy Jones, kept it for years on a sideboard at home without suspecting it was worth a fortune and only decided to take it along to the popular BBC show as her husband was taking some books.
They were staggered when it turned out to be the most valuable plate in the shows history, estimated at a whopping £100,000.
The oval plate was commissioned for King Frederick II between 1750 and 1755 and is decorated with the crest of the Hohenzollern family, and there are other examples in museums across the world.
Mrs Jones said: “The plate actually belongs to my son because he was left it by his grandmother.
“We are not sure where the plate came from but my son’s paternal grandmother did marry into a German family.
“When I heard how much it might be worth I was shocked.”
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