Antiques Roadshow guest angers fans with reaction after item is valued at £80,000

An elderly gentleman on the Antiques Roadshow was left speechless after discovering his Lowry painting could fetch up to £100,000 at auction.

The hopeful guest brought the artwork to Stonor Park in Oxfordshire and shared a brief backstory of how he acquired it. The BBC show's expert was visibly taken aback by the piece.

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Upon examining the painting, the expert commented: "He painted the mood of the nation, I think. Provenance of Lowry is crucial. Now thankfully, on the reverse of your picture you have a label from the {undisclosed] gallery that represented Lowry as you know and sold many of his works and you also have this letter."

He further explained: "And this letter was sent to you from the director of the gallery in 1998 and he says 'further to your letter of the 29th July the painting by Lowry was sold by us in 1965 for £175 and its got all of the labels and stock codes..'."

The expert then revealed: "In terms of value, I think if your painting were to come up for auction, I would expect to see it sell for a figure in the region of £60-£80,000.", reports the Mirror.

The guest chuckled in disbelief and simply responded with " Ok thank you."

This isn't the first time a guest on the BBC2 show has been stunned by a valuation, as another participant was recently amazed after presenting a baseball that had been kept in a drawer in his home.

The baseball, which boasts signatures from some of the biggest names in the game, made it a prized possession. The Express quotes the guest: "Well my dad loved baseball, how he got these balls, I don't have any idea but when he passed away, we the siblings were kind of divvying up his things, the balls were there and I said I'd take them."

On where he kept this invaluable item, he noted: "Oh they were in a sock drawer, a dresser drawer and I didn't think they were much of anything."

Baseball specialist Phillip mused: "The first baseball here on the right is really interesting, because you see there's [a signature from] Babe Ruth right here on the sweet spot. And then when you flip it over to this side, right here, you have Lou Gehrig and then when you flip it over again, you have what I call the key signature. Not that it's the most important player but that's right here, Joe Girardi."

Phil went on to explain the role of this specific autograph in authenticating the item: "Joe Girardi was the key signature as he only played on the Yankees for one year and by having him on the baseball, we're able to identify this as a 1927 Yankee baseball."