Antiques Roadshow expert values mysterious portrait An Antiques Roadshow guest appeared on the BBC show with an item that he thought was going to bring him some big money. Taking their hidden treasure to Stonor Park in Oxfordshire, one visitor presented a portrait from one guest with a deep familial connection to the experts. Chris Yeo was intrigued by the item as he asked for extra information.
He said: "You brought this in today. What can you tell me about it?" The Antiques Roadshow guest replied: "My father recently passed away and we've been going through sorting out his house, under the stairs we found about 30 pictures, nearly all by people called Stead which is my surname! This chap particularly appealed to me." Delving into the intricacies of the portrait, Yeo said: "Well if you look at the picture itself, it's an engraving and the gentleman in question is probably a minister, possibly a pastor, and holding what we imagine to be a bible or prayer book, possibly.
"We can date this picture absolutely accurately because it is dated, 1934, along with the signature, Leslie Stead. What relation was he to you?" READ MORE Antiques Roadshow guest admits rescuing valuable cartoon from 'garbage can' [LATEST] The item was only valued at £120 maximum (Image: BBC) The guest responded: "He would've been my grandfather's brother so my great-uncle I believe." He added a bit more information about the painting as he said: "I know a little bit, Leslie Stead was an illustrator, he famou.
