A woman brought a “naughty” cat statue to the experts at Antiques Roadshow and was blown away by their valuation.
The unnamed woman explained that she bought the piece of art for roughly $5 (approximately £3.92) nearly two decades earlier.
But the bronze cat statue contained a secret as it was a “transformer cat” and turned into a “risque woman”.
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Posting to TikTok, the beloved TV show shared a clip, believed to be from 1999, with the text “What ‘naughty’ secret is this antique cat hiding?” added over the screen.
The owner of the unusual artwork explained they had the piece for more than 17 years.
She said: “I got it in Florida about 17 years ago and I got it at an estate sale but I don’t know what I paid for it, I forgot. Somewhere probably about, somewhere probably around $5."
The expert then adds: “Well, it’s really charming and it’s bronze, it's what they call an Austrian cold-painted bronze.
“This cat also has a secret, doesn’t it? The cat opens up and it converts to a little naughty image here.
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“I would think, an early transformer, this was probably done around 1910, there was a very famous artist that made these named Burgman but he always signed his ‘naughty bronze’ as ‘Nam Greb’ which is ‘Bergman’ backwards.”
The expert pointed out the ornament di not feature either of the signatures, so he assumed that it was the work of a contemporary or colleague.
He continued: “What you have got here is a lovely little naughty bronze. By day, Kitty, and by night uh a very risque image.
“Value on a piece like this, because they’re highly collectable, is $2,000.”
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The owner of the piece exclaims “Oh my goodness” before agreeing with the expert that it is “fabulous”.
Taking to the comments people dubbed the piece of art “Cat Lady approved”.
Another dubbed it the “Transformer cat”.
“I can’t seem to understand what’s going on inside here,” a third pondered.
One user asked “What is the 2023 valuation?” to which Antiques Roadshow replied, “Our last update was 2018 for $2,000-$3,000 Auction”.
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