This Is Another One Of Those,

'where was my family when the good stuff was being handed out?'

when this 'copy' of a painting by wartime artist Sir William Orpen was first taken to the Antiques Roadshow, it was judged to be nothing special, after experts from the long-running BBC programme did further research, however, they were astonished to find it was an original - and it was valued at an incredible £250,000, the Antiques Roadshow's Rupert Maas said: 'His uncle bought the painting because he loved it and the owner kept it and hung it in his home all these years because he loved it, the current owner was staggered that is was worth so much money, 'he is a modest man of modest means,' Mr Maas added, it is worth more than the owner's house, but also the most valuable artwork ever to appear on the show,

Orpen - an official war artist - was in France recording the horrors of the First World War trenches when he found time to paint his lover - the daughter of the Mayor of Lille, his work shows the attractive young lady with red cheeks wearing an Army greatcoat, well in answer to my question, I guess as usual my folks were at the back of the queue! but I love stories like this, of someones good fortune.