ANTIQUES ROADSHOW expert Dendy Easton left his guests gobsmacked when he valued a well-loved painting of theirs, but they refused to sell the pricey item.
"He's a very interesting artist who was born in 1922, he fought in the Second World War with his twin brother and he moved to Cornwall in the late 60s and became a full-time painter."He recalled:"I spent a lot of time in Fowey in the 1970s and you'd see him painting on street corners and you could buy his pictures then for around £10, and he sold them to tourists and you'd see them in the shops.
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