Meet antique alumnus Marc Allum

Niall Murray talks to the man who’s on the money when it comes to odd items on Antiques Roadshow.

When Marc Allum talks about a 50p car-boot sale bargain that brought £1,500 at a Sotheby’s auction, it sounds like a typical Antiques Roadshow fairytale.

But this one describes how one of the BBC show’s experts on all-things miscellaneous, made one of his first ventures into the trade that has seen him become a regular on-screen valuer since 1998.