A pair of Antiques Roadshow guests were sent home without the promise of a life-changing sum of cash when Fiona Bruce and co arrived in Glasgow's Pollok Park in 2024.
In the instalment - which airs once more this weekend, having first broadcast back in January last year - one duo caught the eye of Will Farmer thanks to their bronze sculpture.
The bronze item featured a carving of a man that piqued the interest of Farmer, who promptly asked: "The gentleman here before us looks very studious, very thoughtful and very considered. But I want to know, what's the connection with him to your life?"
"Well, this is of Jeremiah," the owner replied. "And it is actually by a guy called Boris Schatz, who was..."
Teeing up her husband, he finished the sentence: "Founder of the Bezalel Art Institute in Jerusalem."
The owner delved further: "And he is related to my great-grandparents. And they gave this as a wedding present to my grandparents."
BBC Antiques Roadshow: Will Farmer was on hand to value the bronze item
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The Antiques Roadshow guest then produced a wedding day photo of her grandparents alongside her great-grandparents, which garnered the awe of Farmer.
After taking in the historic snap, Farmer delivered a history lesson to the pair.
"So Boris Schatz is one of those great names, certainly within the art world within the Jewish community and was actually considered the father of Israeli art," Farmer began.
"I mean, he's held in such great esteem, and through his work, he sort of very much wanted to define work that was relevant to him, to the Jewish community, to Scripture.
BBC Antiques Roadshow: Will Farmer delved into the history of the item
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"When you look at a lot of his work - as you say, this is a depiction of Jeremiah - there are all those connections through."
Turning to the item in front of him specifically," Farmer continued: "Now, in terms of this specific piece, the original work of Jeremiah was created in 1911, and the original work is actually an upscale bronze.
"And we're looking at a piece that's roughly 59-60 centimetres by 73. So a considerably larger work than yours here.
"So what do you have? Well, you actually have a later interpretation using a process which is a process called an electrotype. So it's a scaled-down copper example, but that in itself means that it made the larger work accessible within the community."
BBC Antiques Roadshow: Will Farmer's valuation fell flat
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With the owners of the item gripped, the topic of money soon reared its head.
"But let's consider the values," Farmer said. "The large-scale early bronze, they turn up occasionally and they do tend to be somewhere in the region of £4,000 maybe even £5,000."
The woman raised her eyebrows in shock at the rather large sum of money - but her surprise was short-lived.
Dampening her hopes, Farmer caveated: "These electrotypes, of course, were made to be more accessible to everybody, and as such, there are more of them around.
"Yours, I'm afraid, we're looking a little more modest, in the low hundreds. It may be sort of £200-£300."
The guests stopped short of celebrating as they nodded along as Farmer asked: "Will it go down and continue its journey through your family?"
Rather than selling the item and pocketing the "modest" sum, the owners agreed it'd stay within the family.
