Antiques Roadshow guest's 'gorgeous' Winnie the Pooh book stuns crowd
A guest on Antiques Roadshow was left stunned after an expert revealed a Winnie the Pooh book purchased from a charity shop was worth more than £1,000.
The popular BBC show visited Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey to value treasured belongings and items and see if they are worth a substantial amount of money.
One resident brought her Winnie the Pooh to be valued by expert Clive Farahar, which was the first book in the popular children's book series by A.A Milne.
The book, which had a dust cover, was originally purchased from a charity shop for around 20p to 30p by the guest's mother. She revealed her mother loved visiting charity shops.
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Clive discovered the rare book was a first edition released in 1926. Asking about the book's backstory, the guest replied: "I'd asked my mother, you know, with the grandchildren, as she was going around the charity shops (to buy some books).
"She got me a few books, and then they've been in the house, but I didn't really take much notice of it, until I got my daughter a Winnie the Pooh teddy.
"And then I thought, 'Oh, I'm sure I've got one (book) somewhere'. So I was searching in the cupboards and then I came across this one."
The Antiques Roadshow expert said: "This is amazing, absolutely and a wonderful find from a charity shop. The dust wrapper is a little torn there, but it is mostly all there."
Commenting on the book's good condition, he said: "Beautiful green (colour). The only thing about it, I suppose, I have to say, there's a small nick on the top there, but it is the most gorgeous copy.
"It's got an inscription here and this one is dated Christmas 1944 - 'To the lady of uncertain age from the same admirer'.
"Now, that is romantic. But we don't want it."
Clive asked the guest how much her mother purchased the book for and she estimated it was around 20p to 30p. The expert looked at the collector and said: "20 or 30p? I can value it at £1,400".
The crowd gasped and looked at each other in shock, with the stunned Antiques Roadshow guest exclaiming: "Seriously? £1,400?
"My mother would be over the moon, because she loved this program. £1,400?"
Clive smiled and replied: "That's what I said. Well, thank you for bringing it in."
The guest, still shocked about the book's worth, joked "it was lucky I didn't sell it".
Antiques Roadshow is available to watch on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
