![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/antiques-roadshow-guest-blown-away-over-eye-watering-value-of-cigarette-case/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10_10_CORO_JEdNNY_CARLA_03.jpg&description=Antiques Roadshow is known for its shock factor but one person was left utterly speechless when she received the valuation for a cigarette case she had inherited from her brother An Antiques Roadshow guest couldn't believe what she had heard after meeting expert Alastair Dickenson. During the latest instalment of the BBC One series, people flocked to Roundhay Park in Leeds, West Yorks to get a valuation on their most prized possessions. But while the show is known for leaving guests blown away, it still doesn't prepare some for the shock factor when they take their items to be valued. This week, antique expert Alastair Dickenson was on hand to offer his opinion on the true value of things and even he was left completely blown away by a cigarette case. A lady attended the event with a golden cigarette case that had belonged to her late brother before she inherited it. However, she had no idea of it's true value or how he came to own the stunning item. Dickenson explained it was the most "elegant cigarette cases" that he had ever had the "pleasure" of handling on a roadshow. "The case is beautifully engraved on the front with flying ducks here but it's also got this very delicate enamel on both sides, black reeds," he said before adding: "Which gives a really nice contrast. "Tell me, where did you get it from?" Responding, the female guest said: "I inherited it from my brother, he's passed away so it was found amongst his belongings." Upon further inspection, Alastair opened up the case and discovered that it was inscribed with "Harold W. Brook.s Racquet & Tennis Club, New York City". However, the woman wasn't aware of her late sibling having a connection with America. "The only thing I possibly may know is his wife may have had some connection with America, a lot of years ago, I wouldn't have thought my brother would have any connection," she told the expert. But Alastair went on to explain there was "something else" on the case which was "far more important," as his){kind=link}
Antiques Roadshow is known for its shock factor but one person was left utterly speechless when she received the valuation for a cigarette case she had inherited from her brother
An Antiques Roadshow guest couldn’t believe what she had heard after meeting expert Alastair Dickenson.
During the latest instalment of the BBC One series, people flocked to Roundhay Park in Leeds, West Yorks to get a valuation on their most prized possessions. But while the show is known for leaving guests blown away, it still doesn’t prepare some for the shock factor when they take their items to be valued.
This week, antique expert Alastair Dickenson was on hand to offer his opinion on the true value of things and even he was left completely blown away by a cigarette case. A lady attended the event with a golden cigarette case that had belonged to her late brother before she inherited it.
However, she had no idea of it’s true value or how he came to own the stunning item. Dickenson explained it was the most “elegant cigarette cases” that he had ever had the “pleasure” of handling on a roadshow. “The case is beautifully engraved on the front with flying ducks here but it’s also got this very delicate enamel on both sides, black reeds,” he said before adding: “Which gives a really nice contrast.