Antiques Roadshow expert stops BBC show and tells guest 'please go home'

Antiques Roadshow expert Jon Baddeley was left gobsmacked when a guest admitted they had 'indulged a bit too much' while discussing the value of their item

An expert on BBC's Antiques Roadshow paused the show to make a request of a guest, after revealing that an item could be worth thousands. The expert, Jon Baddeley, spoke out during a recent episode of the show hosted by Fiona Bruce, urging one guest to take action as they could potentially be missing out on a significant sum.

During a visit to Clissold Park in North London, Jon met a guest who brought along a collection of vibrant music posters from the 1960s. Jon remarked: "So you've kindly brought us today a collection of psychedelic rock 'n' roll posters. What I notice immediately is they're all signed by the same artist, how so? " The guest responded: "Because I am that artist, adding: "So I grew up just north of San Francisco and I was about 19 when I went to work for the Fillmore Auditorium, and some of these posters were for them.

"Mr Baddeley asked: "What was it like out there? I mean, it must've been really exciting. That was the centre for 'Hippydom', flower power..." The guest replied: "Yes, it was.

"I can remember and I'm afraid I indulged a bit too much." Mr Baddeley then queried the guest: "The two posters near you, they're similar but slightly different, why's that?, reports Birmingham Live.

The Antiques Roadshow guest explained: "Well, it was a Blues show. I did this artwork of a complete - Blues musicians at the top, a street scene with people dancing (at the bottom). "Mr Baddeley asked: "But Bill Graham, who ran the Fillmore Auditorium, had had lots of trouble with the police, and he thought that would be provocative," he continued, pointing to an illustration of a policeman on the poster. "So he and the printer changed the poster.

But as far as I know, this is the only copy of the original. "Mr Baddeley asked: "And then that went to production and around town?" Mr Baddeley inquired. The guest replied: "And it is still on t-shirts to this day."

He remarked: "When you talk about value... individually these all are in incredibly good condition, they belong to the artist and they're very rare. "Mr Baddeley asked: "So they're gonna be worth £200, £300, £400, £500 - maybe even up to £1,000.

But the great value is the one at the end because that is one of one, it's the only one known in the world, so that could be worth £2,000 or £3,000. " He concluded: "But more interestingly, you also own the original artwork so please, please, please go home and see if you can find them because they could be worth many thousands each!".