A couple were left in complete and utter shock on Antiques Roadshow tonight, as a Cartier family heirloom set of earrings and a brooch was valuated at a total of £40,000.
The stunning set was an heirloom gifted from the guest’s mother, and while she had noticed the ‘very well-known’ designer red boxes, the pricing left her speechless.
Joanna Hardy, the expert examining the jewels introduced them introduced them as ‘absolutely gorgeous’.
The owner explained her mother died last year, and left the set to her, as she admitted: ‘I didn’t really know what they were.’
She recalled her mother wearing the brooch on her suit lapel when attending horse races.
She added: ‘My father used to buy her jewelry a lot, and in fact bought all the girls in the family jewelry quite a lot so that was lovely.’
Not all the jewels gifted to her were of this caliber, she jokingly added.
While the family had obtained the jewellery set in the 70s, in reality, the jewels were from the 40s.