PUBLISHED: PUBLISHED: 21:01, Sun, Jun 16, 2019
Antiques expert Joanna was thrilled when she set eyes on a Van Cleef and Arpels necklace and diamond brooch on this evening’s episode and left one guest stunned by the valuation she delivered.
Taking a look at the two items, she declared: “First of all, I got very excited when I first saw this because these green stones were so vibrant in the sun and the way that it glistened.
“I did think initially they were paste. And then, I looked at the box and inside the box is this magic word in the jewellery industry called Van Cleef and Arpels.”
Probing the guest, she asked: “How did you get these?”
“Well, my great-grandfather, he invented the sprinkler and went into buildings to put out fires and my grandfather was in the manufacturing side of things,” the guest explained.
“He travelled around the world and around the world, he picked up those things for his wife. And these two, are two of them.”
Joanna couldn’t wait to inspect the items as she turned her attention to the diamond brooch.
“This is what we call a target brooch,” she said. “It’s english, beautiful diamonds.
“If you look at the back of it,
