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Antiques Roadshow couldn’t believe what they were seeing when some “public hair” was given a jaw-dropping value.
The hit BBC One show was back on TV screens on Sunday night (June 11) for another look at Brits attempting to bag some serious cash.
For one hopeful, he was flogging a collection of papers, envelopes and pictures from a range of romantic poets.
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These poets included Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Williams Wordsmith and Robert Southey.
And in the three envelopes were strands of each poet’s hair – which certainly got the show’s loyal legion of viewers talking.
Especially when specialist Justin Croft gave the strands of hair a whopping value.
When asked how he managed to accumulate the collection of items, the man, who is a descendant of one of the poets said: "They were handed down my father, grandfather and so on.
“The hair was taken if a couple was going to be parted as a keepsake.”
While carefully handing the envelopes, Justin chimed in and said: "Think about that being cut from the poet’s hair on his deathbed, is incredible moving isn it?"
Then it was time to talk money with the specialist saying: "If we want to talk value, with the picture and locks of hair, without a show of a doubt we’re looking at £30,000 – £40,000."
Taking to Twitter, viewers were left with their jaws on the floor after hearing the offer.
“Pubes” mused one person, as someone else proclaimed: “£30-£40k!”
A third chimed in and mused: “pubic hair ?” while a fourth said: “30 to 40 thousand quid for ancient hair cuttings.”
It comes after last week's episode that saw viewers puzzled over why one item was being classed as 'an antique'.
One keen collector attended the antiques event in London's Stoke Newington and brought his Lewis Hamilton memorabilia to be valued. The collection included a Mercedes racing helmet and a set of race overalls worn by the race winner himself in 2008 when he won the F1 2008 world championship.
The racing enthusiast was astounded to be told his items were worth in the region of £10,000.
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