BBC Antiques Roadshow expert tells guest to 'go home' as he stops show

An Antiques Roadshow expert left a guest shocked after telling him to 'go home' on the BBC show. But Jon Baddeley was not trying to get rid of them, but instead encouraging them to find more treasures like the ones they had brought to be valued.

The man had a treasure trove of 1960s rock 'n' roll posters which all carried the same artist's signature. They told Jon: "I am that artist. I grew up just north of San Francisco and I was about 19 when I went to work for the Fillmore Auditorium, and some of these posters were for them."

Jon went on to ask about the guest's experiences with the dawn of the hippy era in San Francisco. They replied: "Yes, it was," and confessed to getting a bit carried away with the times: "I can remember and I'm afraid I indulged a bit too much."

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Jon noticed two very similar posters and asked, "Why is that? " The guest unfolded the story: "Well, it was a Blues show. I did this artwork of a complete - Blues musicians at the top and a street scene with people dancing (at the bottom).

"But Bill Graham, who ran the Fillmore Auditorium, had had lots of trouble with the police, and he thought that would be provocative. So he and the printer changed the poster. But as far as I know, this is the only copy of the original."

Jon said: "And then that went to production and around town?" The guest confirmed: "And it is still on T-shirts to this day."

When it came to the valuation, Jon remarked: "When you talk about value... individually, these all are in incredibly good condition, they belong to the artist, and they're very rare."

He added: "So they're gonna be worth £200, £300, £400, £500 - maybe even up to £1,000. But the great value is the one at the end because that is one of one - it's the only one known in the world - so that could be worth £2,000 or £3,000."

Jon encouraged the artist to explore for more hidden gems at home, EdinburghLive reports. He told him: "But more interestingly, you also own the original artwork so please, please, please go home and see if you can find them because they could be worth many thousands each."