Antiques Roadshow guests wowed by price of ‘Kennedy dead’ poster they nearly chucked out

WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Antiques Roadshow.

An Antiques Roadshow guest ordered her husband to tell "the truth” when he shared how they came across a valuable and historic newspaper poster.

BBC expert Clive Farahar was on hand at Roundhay Park, Leeds, when a married couple presented him with a very interesting banner from the 1960s.

Reading the words out loud, Farahar began: “‘Kennedy dead’ I mean, this is absolutely shocking announcing stark news just like that.

“Evening Standard, London newspaper, where did you find this?”

The man replied: “Well growing up in London in the 1950s, my parents had some utility furniture”, with the expert interrupting him to explain that utility furniture was items made during the war.

The guest continued: “And one of the items was a sideboard which I inherited. Earlier this year, we needed some space in the garage -”

It was in an unexpected moment that the guest’s wife then stated: “The truth.”

Farahar queried what she meant as she commented: “I decided the garage was a tip. And we needed to tidy it up.

“And he said the sideboard was just full of old paintings and you know, the sort of stuff you keep.”

Her other half continued: “The drawers were properly lined. The last one was this [newspaper banner] folded over.

“It was probably laying there for 60-odd years.”

The expert asked where they both were at the time former President John F Kennedy was shot, with the man sharing: “I was at school but it was sort of the event where one world stopped another another world started I thought.”

His wife then remarked: “Well in 1963, I was eight, and I was hiding behind the sofa and I heard my mother say ‘Will there be another war?’”

“And that was it, wasn’t it? That was the scary thing and you was in the right place, you was behind the sofa, absolutely right,” the expert said.

“As far as poster art is concerned, it is so stark isn’t it? As a piece of poster, it’s hard to think of it being valuable.”

The woman then chipped in again to add: “That nearly went in the recycling bin.”

“Oh no you didn’t?” Farahar asked with a stunned look.

Referring to her husband, she explained: “You came out the garage and went ‘Ooh look at this! This is really -’ and I went “put it in the recycling bin.’”

With a grin, Farahar said: “But instead you brought it to have it valued on the Antiques Roadshow. I’m going to put £1,000 on this.”

Upon hearing the figure, the duo began cracking up with her exclaiming “My God!”

“You nearly got rid of it! You nearly dismantled it!” Farahar joked, making the pair laugh even more.

The wife giddily said: “£1,000!” as the expert added: “And here it is on the Antiques Roadshow.”

Simultaneously, the pair simply stated: “Wow.”

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