Early Colt revolver valued at £150,000 - Antiques Roadshow - BBC 

Dude is the definition of British stoicism - didn’t flinch at the price.

The true key to being an Englishman: When your time comes and you make your appearance on Antiques Roadshow, when told the items value you must not show emotion as you secretly sell it and spend the cash in your head.

Antiques Road Show = one of the OG reality shows. And still good to watch.

Pawn Stars be like: "best I can do is fifty bucks"

The expert can’t hardly contain himself. Fantastic

Antiques roadshow, very civilized compared to pawn stars.

Out of all the stuff I’ve seen on this show, this is right up there. It’s so cool. Imagine in our grandchildren’s age how even cooler it will be. Not to say it’s use was not horrific. It sure was

The British underwhelmed reaction... "This is worth a hundred fifty thousand ..." Oh really that's nice

Love them or hate them, firearms have a vast history and I love the stories they have.

The Paterson is so rare because it had a bad habit of blowing up, there's one in the Gettysburg museum that's blown up. It's also one of the most counterfeited guns because of its value. Colt was on the verge of bankruptcy then they produced the Colt Dragoon

"Mr. Webley, I trust you have a license for that firearm?" "I does for this one" "What do you mean by 'this one'?"

I believe the man knows exactly what he's got before this starts. Fun though.

So english, everybody else gasping and the guy is like "oh well", like it´s nothing haha.

"I'm open to offers!" That was a great line.

Hell of a find. Hell of a buy. He was very prescient.

Beautiful, beautiful piece of weaponised art.

Fun watching two civilized Englishmen discuss a groundbreaking American firearm... A one thousand fold increase in value! True it was over a 40+ year period, but still an incredible investment!

well played that man for buying it back in the day.

“The big book of firearms which all boys have....” in British accent

You're correct, correct, correct. Wow you know a lot about it mister, you're correct about all of it.

I was worried for his tummy getting punctured by the table.

I love that 'ohhhhhh' in the background when revealing the value 😁

I hate to say it but i cant get enough of the english antiques roadshow because brits just make it so much more interesting. Especially seeing things that in the states would have huge values be not that valuable cause they are considered modern in england but old in the states.

That was THE most perfect crowd reaction gasp I ever heard. 3:45, go ahead and defy my statement.

This is the “44 long” British rappers be talking about in their raps

A similar early Patterson sold at auction n the US for....$1,000,000._ Its worth a lot more in the US.

Pawn stars “I will give you $150 but I’m taking all the risk here”.

I love the gasp when the value is revealed...

Beautiful firearm

This expert will never get called by Rick and his pawn shop

The crowd gasps in unison at the valuation.

They never checked to see if the serial numbers matched, if the numbers matched it would be worth alot, if the numbers dont match the value drops significantly

Brilliant

I would love for Forgotten Weapons/InRange to have a look at this gun.

Love this!

"The story goes that back in 1835, when Halley's Comet was overhead, the same night those men died at the Alamo, Samuel Colt made a gun... a special gun. He made it for a hunter, a man like us only on horseback. The story goes he made thirteen bullets. This hunter used the gun half a dozen times before he vanished, the gun along with him. They say this gun can kill anything."

Good for him.

wish they hadn't spoiled the valuation in the title

The way he left it cocked is messing with my OCD

Does it kill demons? If so I'm going to need to borrow it.

The best I can do is 150 bucks and I’m taking a risk here

Elegant and charming people.

The English doing understatement better than anybody else since... well, probably since ever. That, and resourcefulness are the two key pillars on which England is built

I read an account from an Indian raider long ago - I think he was an Apache. He said they had no real trouble raiding against muzzle-loading firearms but when repeaters came in they couldn't knock over a farmhouse without losing 2 or 3 men.

He knew it was worth a lot...A lot!!! If he spent that much 40 years ago he would know all about that gun by now. And the exact value of it..

Fascinating

The days of being able to stumble upon great finds like this at flea markets, pawn shops, auctions, estate sales, military surplus stores, and even firearm shops are sadly loooong gone. With quite literally everyone having internet access anytime someone stumbles upon something which looks antique/interesting they can simply Google search it, find out it's approximate value, and put it on sale at the highest price they can find. There are businesses which deal with liquidating estates, they research quite literally everything which looks remotely old hoping to get a nice big score, which is now rare even for them. I remember even in the early 2000's you could still stumble upon good deals & the occasional decent find at flea markets, estate sales, and the like. I don't necessarily mean finding an item worth $400,000 for $20, but finding something worth $400 - $600 for $200 - $300. Like a WW2 era firearm such as a Soviet SVT-40, or other WW2 era uniform pieces, medals, badges, etc. Definitely not like that anymore. Not only that but the prices themselves have skyrocketed on many things. Like an original WW2 German Kar98k would have been $300 - $500 in the early 2000s if it was matching numbers. Now people are trying to get $2000 - $4000 out of them. Even one in seriously bad condition like the rifles rearsenaled by the Russian post-war I see people asking$1200+ for about a $300 rifle.

God made man. Colt made them equal. Best ad line ever

i wish we knew if he put in an auction and how much he got for it.

Amazing

Open to offers, good on him. Pass it on and go enjoy your retirement.

If that were from the "first few months" of 1837, it would have a single, double, or early triple-digit serial number.

The lady in blue says it all. She's back there but knows. This is extraordinary.

I would love that gun!

I think Sam and Dean Winchester have been looking for that.

That’s the base price for the Colt. I could see a bidding war with rich collectors going way beyond the appraisal.

Take this into Rick's Pawn Stars shop and you'll be lucky to get $10,000 for it.

Oh I love how everyone gasps when the appraisal price is high!

Very nice gun

Rick: Best I can give you is 200 bucks

Sam Colt and John Browning. American ingenuity at it's acme.

That was actually very undervalued at £150k

You just walked in here with the holy grail. Let me get my guy look at it

Funny how the amount its worth takes peoples breath away #peace

Nice !!!

That belongs in a museum. Good on him for preserving it so well too

In 2014 RIA sold one at auction for $195,000.00 USD.

When he said what are you going to do with it? Don't you mean what am I going to do with the £150,000

Jeeze. I'm going to have to stop using the one I've got to knock nails in with.

the Colt of Supernatural

British parliament: WE NEED ANTIQUE CONTROL

This is the gun that started it all

in Britain one must never give the impression that one needs or wants money. That's why when one enters a British shop one is treated like a distasteful inconvenience.

"I have no reason not to doubt = I have reason to doubt.

Rick from pawns would've said I need to take it to the range to test it before I value it.

God bless our English brothers and sisters!

Looks like a gun out of Borderlands or some pixel game. I love it lol.

I didn't have a big book of firearms as a kid

"I think it's worth £150,000." "Oh well." Coolness personified.

The Alamo was less a battle and more a massacre.

A cool cat indeed AND he looks like David Warner the actor.

Who else was waiting for the onlookers sharp intake of breath..nice valuation for the old guy.

Looking at an inflation calculator, and assuming 1977 as the year of purchase (translating "40 odd years" into 40 + 1), that gun was just under 1,000 GBP in 2018 money. What amazes me is that you could get a Patterson back then for such a low amount. I mean... even back then it was ~140 years old and I'm sure people already knew how important this model was.

Thanks I was looking for that trigger for so long , it’s the only reason David Gilmour is still alive...

The gunfight at OK Corral was on Wednesday, October 26, 1881,

You can tell this appraiser doesn’t know antique firearms because he never looked for serial numbers…… those serial numbers are critical when assessing value.

Bang bang

Wow!

Was used in the battle of Bandera Pass 1841 Texas

An 1837 colt now would be worth in the millions and a prototype one I couldn’t imagine the price.

I know the lady who owns the picture Jessie James was adjusting when he was shot dead.

Gramps got a lot of friends now.

"...correct....correct...correct..." "Well if you knew all this, why did you bloody bring it in?"

The expert reminds me of Mick from Wolf Creek....Winner!

I hope he didn't give it away at that price, it's worth several times that today.

The serial number will be under the wooden grip, stamped, usually three numbers or more, but this might be a low two numbered gun.

chumley offered him $1500 and he is taking a risk .

My, that is a big one.!!

Bit like that scene in Taxi Driver...

The guy was way WAY off. This gun sold at auction for $ 977,500 US (about 700 000 BP)