JohnCenaFan28
12-18-2008, 07:36 PM
A woman who bought a plant and vase for £1 at a car boot sale has sold the glass container for £32,000.
The owner, who has not been named, thought the vase was junk and was about to throw it away but decided to have it valued on the Antiques Roadshow.
Sunday's programme from Dumfries House, East Ayrshire, will see the 1929 vase valued at £25,000 - the most expensive piece of glass seen on the show.
It was created by French designer Rene Lalique and is unique as the mould was broken in the production process.
Speaking on the show, the owner said: "We were clearing out the loft and it's been in there. We bought it for the plant because it looked nice in the bowl and we paid a pound."
Roadshow veteran Eric Knowles told the Daily Mirror: "I've been waiting over 25 years for such a piece to come in, and this was the stuff of dreams.
"They'd dumped it in the attic after the plant in it died and were about to throw it away. We had a lot of clouds in Dumfries but this was the cloud with a silver lining. It's worth at least £25,000."
The couple has since sold the antique at a London auction for £32,450
-Nova
The owner, who has not been named, thought the vase was junk and was about to throw it away but decided to have it valued on the Antiques Roadshow.
Sunday's programme from Dumfries House, East Ayrshire, will see the 1929 vase valued at £25,000 - the most expensive piece of glass seen on the show.
It was created by French designer Rene Lalique and is unique as the mould was broken in the production process.
Speaking on the show, the owner said: "We were clearing out the loft and it's been in there. We bought it for the plant because it looked nice in the bowl and we paid a pound."
Roadshow veteran Eric Knowles told the Daily Mirror: "I've been waiting over 25 years for such a piece to come in, and this was the stuff of dreams.
"They'd dumped it in the attic after the plant in it died and were about to throw it away. We had a lot of clouds in Dumfries but this was the cloud with a silver lining. It's worth at least £25,000."
The couple has since sold the antique at a London auction for £32,450
-Nova