Antiques Road Trip's Izzie Balmshow shocked as broken Humpty Dumpty pot makes huge profit

Antiques Road Trip expert Izzie Balmshow was left completely speechless after finding out her broken Humpty Dumpty pot made an enormous profit.

During an episode of the BBC show, Izzie and fellow export David Harper were in Fife, Perthshire, when they discovered a blue tobacco pot.

Izzie immediately fell in love with the item - which she saw at the back of a glass cabinet - but was heartbroken when she saw that it was broken in the past.

She still decided to take a gamble with the tobacco pot and it all turned out well for her.

"I was really excited when I saw this, and now, I'm really disappointed, so this is probably a tobacco jar, although you could use it as a tea caddy or a biscuit barrel," Izzie said.

"We've got this Humpty Dumpty type figure on the top, smoking a pipe and holding a mug there, and then it's got this lovely silver rim."

She took a chance with the £90 pot (BBC)

"So it's London, 1920, and we have here the Royal Doulton stamp. Now, the reason I was excited is firstly (because I) absolutely flipping love that colour, isn't it stunning?"

The expert said she never saw a Doulton tobacco jar like the one they discovered. But she was 'disappointed' when discovering the broken parts.

"It's obviously been dropped and smashed, and it's just such a shame because it was probably in pristine condition, quite a good rare item," she said.

It was previously broken in the past (BBC)

"It's priced at £145, now everything is telling me that that is too much money for this being a broken item."

After bargaining with the shop assistant, she ended up purchasing the tobacco pot for £90.

The auctioneer started the bid off at £45, to which it immediately went up to £50 as bidding commenced through the internet.

Here's where it started getting shocking for Izzie.

It was sold for £240 (BBC)

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"55. 60 for you? 60, thank you, the internet and 70? 70 is bid - 75. Internet, we need 75?" the auction continued.

Izzie shouted: "Oh, come on!"

The auctioneer continued: "£80 online. 85 is the bid. Online at 90, 95 is next."

Izzie began yelling out: "Come on. Come on, come on. Come on!"

It kept going up until the auctioneer ended with: "240 is bid. At £240, I will sell, are we all done? At £240, gavels up, fair warning, sold!"

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