![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/antiques-roadshow-guest-walks-off-set-with-sour-face-after-nightmare-reveal/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/xx-xx-xx.jpg&description=RIPPED OFF Published : 11:14, 1 Aug 2023 Updated : 11:14, 1 Aug 2023 ANTIQUES Roadshow expert Will Farmer has revealed how one guest was left moritified after the valuation of their item. The expert told how the guest "faced dropped" after they received "bad news" that an alleged 17th-century glass bottle they had brought in to Antiques Roadshow had gone down in value. 4 Will Farmer revealed in an exclusive interview how one guest walked off set Credit: BBC 4 Will has been a presenter on the show for many years Credit: will_farmer99 - Instagram Will Farmer has been a presenter on the BBC series since 2004 and has given valuations to hundreds of items over the years. The Clarice Cliff specialist is known for his expertise in ceramics and glass, and in a recent interview with Express.co.uk , he opened up about where his passion for vintage and antiques originated from, his TV career, and other topics. Will admitted that he "likes to put on a show" when delivering valuations, then discussed the time when he was presented with a vintage green glass bottle but had to become the bearer of bad news. Will said: "A gentleman pulled this green glass bottle out of his bag and I looked at him and said 'What would you like to know?' "He said, 'I want to check the date of it' and I said, 'Are you a collector, have you inherited it? Where is it from?' and he said he'd bought it from an antique shop so I knew I had to tread carefully." He then asked how much the green bottle was sold to the man for, which, explaining: "'It was sold as a very rare 17th-century glass bottle' and he said he'd paid £1,000 for it." The expert then went to discuss matters with his colleagues, who gave him an insight on the man's item and confirmed his suspicions of the bottle being a fake. Will then returned to the man and told him the item was not worth the £1000 it was purchased for and that it was not a special green glass from the 1700s, but a supermarket commercial oil bottle. Will continued: "I){kind=link}
ANTIQUES Roadshow expert Will Farmer has revealed how one guest was left moritified after the valuation of their item.
The expert told how the guest “faced dropped” after they received “bad news” that an alleged 17th-century glass bottle they had brought in to Antiques Roadshow had gone down in value.
Will Farmer has been a presenter on the BBC series since 2004 and has given valuations to hundreds of items over the years.
The Clarice Cliff specialist is known for his expertise in ceramics and glass, and in a recent interview with Express.co.uk, he opened up about where his passion for vintage and antiques originated from, his TV career, and other topics.
Will admitted that he “likes to put on a show” when delivering valuations, then discussed the time when he was presented with a vintage green glass bottle but had to become the bearer of bad news.