Graham Lay

{{Short description|British antiques expert (1960-2016)}}

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| name = Graham Charles Lay

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| birth_name = Graham Charles Lay

| birth_date = 19 January 1960

| birth_place = Willesden, Greater London, UK

| death_date = {{death-date and age|27 November 2016|19 January 1960}}

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| occupation = Military antiques expert

| years_active = 1988–2016

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| television = Antiques Roadshow

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Graham Charles Lay (Willesden, Greater London, UK, 19 January 1960{{Cite web |url=http://www.wallisandwallis.co.uk/graham-lay |title=His obituary by former colleague Roy Butler |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230095426/http://www.wallisandwallis.co.uk/graham-lay |archive-date=30 December 2016 |url-status=dead }} – 27 November 2016[https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2016/tributes-pour-in-for-antiques-roadshow-militaria-expert-graham-lay/ Tributes pour in for Antiques Roadshow militaria expert Graham Lay]) was a British antiques expert specialising in arms, armour and militaria, and military history, probably best known for his many appearances on BBC TVs Antiques Roadshow[https://archive.today/20120913175431/http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/antiquesuk/aboutseries/appraisers/lay.html Graham Lay profile; BBC Antiques Roadshow] television programme, where he had been one of the team of experts since 1988. He was regularly seen wearing a 'Blue Peter' badge.

He appeared as an expert on other BBC TV antiques programmes such as 20th Century Roadshow, Priceless Antiques Roadshow and Bargain Hunt. In Series 1, episode 6 of 20th Century Roadshow, recorded at Imperial War Museum Duxford, he valued a World War II Spitfire MkIX aircraft at between £1,000,000 and £1,500,000: the highest price for anything ever valued on the show.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}