Antiques Road Trip expert horrified as he breaks 188-year-old artefact and gasps 'oh dear me!' in nightmare blunder

An Antiques Road Trip master was near horrified aft he collapsed an almost 200-year-old humanities artefact. 

The valuer was mortified aft he dropped a precious point contempt being warned to beryllium observant pinch it.

The BBC show follows antiques experts arsenic they recreation nan state investigating and pricing quirky and uncommon items. 

And successful an section first aired successful 2017 that was precocious repeated, master Charles Hanson was near blushing aft a travel to Manchester.

The auctioneer and valuer was perusing a postulation of antiques pinch his chap valuer Christine Trevanion erstwhile he picked up an awesome gun. 

Charles was peculiarly attracted to nan royal item, saying: 'This is George IV. It's a duelling-type pistol and it's 188-years-old.'

He discussed its delicate authorities and added that he knew it was aged and good loved because nan grip was 'about to autumn off'. 

The pistol past disintegrated successful his hands and Charles was near truthful shocked each he could negociate was 'Oops'.

After being caught pinch nan surgery gun, nan master sheepishly admitted nan grip had fallen disconnected earlier nan show's narrator called nan prima a 'silly boy'.

But taking it each successful his stride, Charles accepted he now had to bargain it.

He said: 'Oh beloved me. Well that's conscionable great, isn't it? I mightiness person to bargain it now conscionable regardless. It is beautiful tired but nan logic I for illustration it is because it's successful its original condition.'

But he added: 'It would never, it could ne'er beryllium fired now and it's purely a relic. It could beryllium cheap. That's it really. It could beryllium cheap.'

And Charles' blunder is not nan only memorable incident connected nan show. 

Antiques Road Trip master Catherine Southon playfully shoved her co-star Mark Stacey and called him 'horrid' aft he criticised her findings successful a caller episode.

The duo kicked disconnected nan section successful Aberdeen and took a travel done Cullen earlier ending up astatine an auction successful Elgin, Moray.

However, nan travel was not drama-free arsenic Mark dished retired immoderate harsh disapproval to his co-star erstwhile he saw her purchases.

Revealing he was not a instrumentality of her items, Mark quipped: 'I don't cognize what to say... truthful you bought a load of exemplary railway books, you bought a pen... I didn't for illustration it. And, a reproduction fan.'

He added: 'For £172 you should beryllium ashamed of yourself. For that magnitude of money, you could person done truthful well.'

Taken aback by his comments, Catherine pushed him distant and erstwhile he attempted to clasp her, retorting with: 'Get your hands off!'

They later addressed nan disagreement individually, by speaking straight to nan camera.

Catherine appeared wounded by his comments arsenic she questioned: 'Wasn't he horrid?'

'I don't deliberation that was very bully astatine all. He wasn't complimentary astir immoderate of my items. He said, he thought I should beryllium "ashamed of myself", which was a spot of a cutting remark.'

Mark connected nan different manus showed nary motion of remorse arsenic he told viewers: 'I deliberation she's a spot huffy astatine maine because I wasn't overly enthusiastic astir immoderate of nan items she bought. But, I'm not sorry.'