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Bristol Post
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Megan Nisbet & George Thorpe

BBC Antiques Roadshow punter's bargain buy worth thousands

An Antiques Roadshow guest was left stunned after being told a painting she bought for cheap from a charity shop could fetch her a handsome profit. The iconic BBC show headed to Powis Castle in Wales to hear from locals who wanted their prized possessions valued by the experts.

One of the guests brought along an oil painting showing Scottish islands. During the segment of the BBC One show, the owner spoke about how she had paid just £25 for it while heading back home to Shropshire from a family holiday.

She told expert Grant Ford it was not what she had originally planned on buying having ventured into the charity shop to pick up a cheap raincoat as the heavens had just opened. Ford went onto say the painting was from the renowned artist John Cunningham, WalesOnline reports.

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