{"id":129979,"date":"2023-09-11T15:59:32","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=129979"},"modified":"2023-09-11T15:59:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:59:32","slug":"we-bought-an-old-trunk-for-25-from-a-junk-shop-we-used-it-as-a-toolbox-but-had-no-idea-it-was-worth-a-fortune-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/tv-and-movies\/we-bought-an-old-trunk-for-25-from-a-junk-shop-we-used-it-as-a-toolbox-but-had-no-idea-it-was-worth-a-fortune-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"We bought an old trunk for \u00a325 from a junk shop – we used it as a toolbox but had no idea it was worth a fortune | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
AN Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned after learning the actual valuation of their old \u00a325 junk shop item.<\/p>\n
Antiques expert Hilary Kay revealed that the trunk given to the man by his mother-in-law could be worth a fair amount.<\/p>\n
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On Sunday evening's episode of Antiques Roadshow, a guest handed in an old designer suitcase he found at his wife's mother's house, which she had purchased for \u00a325 at a junk shop in the 80s.<\/p>\n
Seeking to find out how much it was worth, the man came on the BBC show and was enlightened by Hilary about the hidden treasure.<\/p>\n
He was shocked to discover that the \u00a325 trunk was actually a vintage piece of Louis Vuitton luggage estimated at five to seven thousand pounds.<\/p>\n
The man explained: "I came by this by chance! I went down to see my mother-in-law to help her do some DIY, and I asked her where her tools were, and she said they were in a shed in a box.<\/p>\n
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"I walked into her shed, saw this, opened it, found all the tools, went back, did the DIY and said: 'By the way, I think you've got something quite special in the shed!'<\/p>\n
"And so she said: 'Well, if you want it, you can have it but never sell it!'"<\/p>\n
Hilary studied the Louis Vuitton luggage and gave the guest all the essential details he needed to know about it, including that it was from just before 1896.<\/p>\n
After the host revealed that with the right buyer, it could go for anything between \u00a35,000 to \u00a37,500, the guest exclaimed: "Wow!"<\/p>\n
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