Antiques Roadshow expert unveils collectible ‘naughty’ kitten with hidden 'risque' side
An Antiques Roadshow guest brought in a bronze kitten worth thousands of dollars, which had a secret "risque" image.
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WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Antiques Roadshow.
An Antiques Roadshow expert showed off the hidden “naughty” side of a bronze kitten that’s deemed a “collectible”.
The PBS series ventured to Birmingham for filming where expert Gary Piattoni was presented with a kitten figurine that the guest had owned for almost 20 years ago.
She stated: “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.”
When asked if she could “guess”, the guest estimated that it was “probably about $5”.
Piattoni commented: “Well it’s really charming and it’s a bronze. It’s what they call an Austrian cold-painted bronze.”
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He then continued: “This cat also has a secret, doesn’t it?”, with Piattoni then opening up the figurine to reveal a squatting naked woman image inside.
“The cat opens up and it converts to a little naughty image here.
“It’s kind of, what I would think, an early Transformer. This was probably done around 1910.
“There was a very famous artist who made these, his name was Bergman and he did large scale sculptures.”
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“But he always signed his small ‘naughty bronzes’, ‘Namgreb’ which is ‘Bergman’ spelled backwards and he always signed his pieces.
“This piece does not have Bergman’s signature so I have to assume it is a colleague or a contemporary of his.”
Despite not being work from Bergman, it still had the Austria mark on the back which indicates it is Austrian bronze.
“So what you’ve got here is a lovely little naughty bronze by day, kitty, and by night, a very risque image.”
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Concluding, Piattoni said: “Value on a piece like this, because they’re highly collectible, is $2,000.”
Upon hearing its true value, the guest giggled: “Oh my goodness.”
“Isn’t that fantastic?” Piattoni probed with the kitten’s owner agreeing, smiling from ear to ear.
Antiques Roadshow is available to watch on PBS.
