An A ntiques Roadshow guest was left stunned when her £1 car boot sale find was revealed to be worth a staggering amount of money.

The woman, from Ayrshire, brought the small glass vase onto the BBC show without expecting much. She told experts it had been sitting in the attic after a plant in it died. She was ready to throw it out.

A rare work by René Lalique

© BBC This rare vase turned out to be worth a fortune

Expert Eric Knowles identified the vase as a rare work by French designer René Lalique. It was made in 1929 using a process known as cire perdue, or "lost wax".

The method involves creating a wax model, coating it in plaster, then melting the wax and pouring in molten glass. Once the plaster is removed, the final design is revealed. This type of glasswork is r

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