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The battered old teapot.
A man who took an old silver teapot along to TV's Flog It is celebrating today after it led to a record 140,000 pounds sale.
Experts on the BBC show valued the item, that originated from the Far East, at 120 pounds, prompting the owner to reveal he had five other heirlooms at home.
After digging the relics out he sold them at auction for the six figure sum, setting a record for the highest amount ever achieved on the popular programme.
The show is very much like the Antiques Roadshow except that people go on to sell their treasures at auction which is also filmed by the Beeb.
The unnamed owner took the 12ins tall teapot along to a valuation day held last month at Longleat House, Wilts.
Pic: HAldridge/BNPS
The battered old teapot.
A man who took an old silver teapot along to TV's Flog It is celebrating today after it led to a record 140,000 pounds sale.
Experts on the BBC show valued the item, that originated from the Far East, at 120 pounds, prompting the owner to reveal he had five other heirlooms at home.
After digging the relics out he sold them at auction for the six figure sum, setting a record for the highest amount ever achieved on the popular programme.
The show is very much like the Antiques Roadshow except that people go on to sell their treasures at auction which is also filmed by the Beeb.
The unnamed owner took the 12ins tall teapot along to a valuation day held last month at Longleat House, Wilts.
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