A shopper paid $25 for a Victorian brooch at an antiques market in 2024; experts identified William Burges’s work, and the piece later sold for $15,000 at auction

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A brooch bought for just under £20 at an English antique market over three decades ago has attracted attention after its owner, Flora Steel, recognised its design in an old BBC Antiques Roadshow clip. The jewellery was found as a creation of William Burges, the celebrated Victorian-era designer…