sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Aug 5, 2014 0:58:08 GMT
people sell the items that they have appraised on the show. Do you think the Roadshow people help the attendees find buyers or auctions to participate in?
I also wonder if, in the filmed features, an expert has ever broken a valuable piece. Like, flipped a vase over to talk about the writing on the bottom and had the piece fall apart. Or knocked a Tiffany lampshade off onto the floor.
I have a gruesome variation on this speculation of someone finding out their item is worth tens of thousands, then dropping it in the parking lot as they leave. It *has* to have happened.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2014 0:59:17 GMT
Love that show. Love it.
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Post by Scrapbrat on Aug 5, 2014 1:02:58 GMT
I love this show! I doubt if any of the experts have broken anything. They are pros and know just how to handle things. But your parking lot scenario has probably happened!
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Post by 1lear on Aug 5, 2014 1:07:59 GMT
I love the show! I've always wanted to take something to have appraised. My luck, however, would be finding out something I paid $3,000 for was only worth $30.
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Post by back to *pea*ality on Aug 5, 2014 1:08:07 GMT
I really enjoy that show! But I gravitate towards nostalgia & vintage. American Pickers is another favorite.
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Post by tania7424 on Aug 5, 2014 1:09:27 GMT
I love that show! I really like the ones where they compare appraisals they did 10+ years ago to now. DH and I try to call if it's gone up or down in value.
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Aug 5, 2014 1:11:22 GMT
I love that show! I really like the ones where they compare appraisals they did 10+ years ago to now. DH and I try to call if it's gone up or down in value. That's what I'm watching now. Lots of them are the same in 13 as they were in 98, which really means they've gone down, I keep telling myself. I feel disappointed when they haven't appreciated.
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Post by amandad74 on Aug 5, 2014 1:14:48 GMT
They came to Atlanta one year and my dh and I had tickets to go. We were allowed 3 items to be apprised (I think - it's been a few years). We had a lamp, vase, and I can't remember what else. Painting maybe? Anyways, we didn't have anything of value (which we figured already but they were the only items that deemed worthy to bring). The best part was hearing everyone's stories and seeing the items in person. That was so much fun! We did not make it on tv, but was a great experience to be a part of. The experts were so helpful and friendly. Amanda
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Aug 5, 2014 1:18:44 GMT
That's so cool, Amanda! Our family heritage was not wealthy, so we certainly have no heirlooms of value. Did you show up in the background on the filming?
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Post by akathy on Aug 5, 2014 1:19:43 GMT
I like that show too. I hardly ever remember to watch it though.
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Post by myboysnme on Aug 5, 2014 1:21:13 GMT
Sounds like Amanda had a much different experience than me. I went to that show quite a few years ago. It was a horrible experience. They now give out tickets in advance but back then you lined up at about 9am and they gave out 3000 tickets. We were 3 blocks from the convention center. After 3 hours we made it to the entrance, so we decided to stick it out. What we didn't know was that now we were herded into a large room where we snaked lines up and down, up and down until 6 pm. Yes, TEN hours of going up and down the length of a room about the size of a basketball court.
At about 6pm we went through the doors where the appraisers are and the filming is taking place. The appraisers were trying to gin up enthusiasm but really, they were over it since anything they thought was interesting had already been secretly pulled out of line hours earlier.
I did meet the Keno brothers who appraised a chair I brought for the amount I paid. They were very nice. However, the folk art guy who appraised my walking wheel had no idea how old it was, what wood it was made of, nothing. He was worthless. My mom had an old German glass boot with gold German script. The lady told her it was probably a candy holder. I did my own research later and translated the German - it was a freaking beer glass.
Anyway, it is NOTHING like it looks on the show. Imagine thousands of people all trying to see an appraiser. Now cram them all in a room for 10 hours. That's Antiques Roadshow. Still like the show though, lol! My mom showed up in the background on the episode so we bought the DVD for her.
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Post by amandad74 on Aug 5, 2014 1:22:07 GMT
No, sadly we didn't. Which is fine because more than likely it would have been a backside shot or some unflattering pose. Still an awesome experience.
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Post by amandad74 on Aug 5, 2014 1:24:51 GMT
Myboysandme is correct - there are a lot of lines. We had tickets and was there early. We stood in lines all day but the best part was meeting the people in the lines and hearing the stories. The longest line was for paintings.
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Aug 5, 2014 1:25:33 GMT
No, sadly we didn't. Which is fine because more than likely it would have been a backside shot or some unflattering pose. Still an awesome experience. Based on myboysnme 's description, I now understand why most of the background people look like they've been shot up with Novocaine - sort of slack-jawed and glazed over.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 5, 2014 1:29:56 GMT
I love it!
It makes me walk around my house wondering what I could sell stuff for. I have "inherited" a ton of antiques from various family members-most with more sentimental than financial value. But if it meant that I could meet one of the Keno brothers, I would take whatever I could. LOL
We always wonder about security. Like they appraise some little tiny frail old lady's whatever a gazillion dollars. Do they let her just walk out in the parking lot alone? After they had her separated from the crowd and sitting at the table in front of the cameras? I worry about that as much as I do someone dropping grandma's $10,000 vase because they tripped over a grain of sand while looking for their keys (which would be totally me.)
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Aug 5, 2014 1:40:58 GMT
We always wonder about security. Like they appraise some little tiny frail old lady's whatever a gazillion dollars. Do they let her just walk out in the parking lot alone? After they had her separated from the crowd and sitting at the table in front of the cameras? Sounds like an opportunity for an insider racket!
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 5, 2014 1:48:49 GMT
We always wonder about security. Like they appraise some little tiny frail old lady's whatever a gazillion dollars. Do they let her just walk out in the parking lot alone? After they had her separated from the crowd and sitting at the table in front of the cameras? Sounds like an opportunity for an insider racket! I *know*!! They paint a target on you and then send you out into the world with all those unscrupulous antique gangs.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 5, 2014 2:09:01 GMT
My husband and I love Antiques Roadshow!
I read a book many years ago that the Keno brothers wrote. They said at the end of the evening the appraisers can give their card to the people that bring their items in. If I remember correctly, they are not allowed to buy the items on the spot, but I could be wrong about that.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2014 2:14:15 GMT
I just taped an old episode that a girlfriend was on because I didn't see when it first was aired.
She had brought a pair of fertility sticks that her grandfather had purchased in Nigeria back in the 30's.
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Aug 5, 2014 2:19:41 GMT
My husband and I love Antiques Roadshow! I read a book many years ago that the Keno brothers wrote. They said at the end of the evening the appraisers can give their card to the people that bring their items in. If I remember correctly, they are not allowed to buy the items on the spot, but I could be wrong about that. Thanks for that info! Although, it seems sort of like a conflict of interest, huh? maybe the fact that they're televised keeps the appraisers honest.
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Post by momx1 on Aug 5, 2014 4:36:51 GMT
I just taped an old episode that a girlfriend was on because I didn't see when it first was aired. She had brought a pair of fertility sticks that her grandfather had purchased in Nigeria back in the 30's. I just watched that episode last night! I LOVE watching the show. My favorite people are the ones who think their item might be worth a little something and then find out they are worth much more. I remember one episode where a woman had inherited a painting that hung by the bathroom in her mother's mobile home. Turns out it was a painting of one of the early American Cup races! It was worth something like $70,000 to $90,000 and the woman just kept saying over and over "it hung by the bathroom for years."
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 5, 2014 6:44:58 GMT
I love the UK version of this programme.
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Post by kristalina on Aug 5, 2014 6:49:27 GMT
I got tickets to the one in the Santa Clara Convention Ctr this year.
One item I brought, a hand painted piece of china was one that I was going to put up for sale on Etsy. They gave me a pretty conservative value compared to what I had seen them sell for.
The second "item" that I brought was a collection of different art pieces by a certain artist. (Charles Bartlett) Because there were a few originals - oil, watercolor and a few woodblock prints, I got referred to several experts once I was at the front of the line. None of them knew who he was and each looked him up online while I waited. I was a little disappointed because I do know that he's quite collectable. There was a lady in line with me who came over and was blown away by them so. She made my day, actually!
It's true - a lot of the lines were INSANE - like the painting line was 3 hours. There was a 2 hour line to get to the sorting/ticketing for individual experts, then each line was another wait. The painting line was over 3 hours. But we had some weapons and some quilts and those lines were almost non-existent. Super fast. I also brought extra items and was able to walk on to experts who were sitting there waiting for someone. Photography had no lines and I had some stuff for her to look at.
We didn't have anything of substantial value but they did take photos of my sister's document signed by Abraham Lincoln. Not because it was signed by AL but because it was considered "local history" - in that the person named in the document went on to be one of the first Mayors of Oakland, Ca. They said they would include it in their magazine. I didn't even know there was a magazine.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 5, 2014 11:19:22 GMT
I love the UK version of this programme. I do to! Although, I am usually watching in the morning and then I have to do math for the pound/dollar conversion and most of the time give up and say things like "wow! isn't that pretty" or "my, isn't he full of himself" instead.
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Post by Grom Pea on Aug 6, 2014 0:51:10 GMT
I love the show and went when they were in Boston. Unfortunately one of my antiques was a fake but its funny because when I returned home, my momwho had given it to me told me she bought it in a department store....thanks mom.... Anyway this is not road show but it is a person breaking a valuable antique, watch only if you can stand to see an antique youtu.be/oxGWENAv_oA
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 6, 2014 4:16:09 GMT
I got tickets to the one in the Santa Clara Convention Ctr this year. One item I brought, a hand painted piece of china was one that I was going to put up for sale on Etsy. They gave me a pretty conservative value compared to what I had seen them sell for. The second "item" that I brought was a collection of different art pieces by a certain artist. (Charles Bartlett) Because there were a few originals - oil, watercolor and a few woodblock prints, I got referred to several experts once I was at the front of the line. None of them knew who he was and each looked him up online while I waited. I was a little disappointed because I do know that he's quite collectable. There was a lady in line with me who came over and was blown away by them so. She made my day, actually! It's true - a lot of the lines were INSANE - like the painting line was 3 hours. There was a 2 hour line to get to the sorting/ticketing for individual experts, then each line was another wait. The painting line was over 3 hours. But we had some weapons and some quilts and those lines were almost non-existent. Super fast. I also brought extra items and was able to walk on to experts who were sitting there waiting for someone. Photography had no lines and I had some stuff for her to look at. We didn't have anything of substantial value but they did take photos of my sister's document signed by Abraham Lincoln. Not because it was signed by AL but because it was considered "local history" - in that the person named in the document went on to be one of the first Mayors of Oakland, Ca. They said they would include it in their magazine. I didn't even know there was a magazine. That's very cool. Smart idea to bring some extras.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 6, 2014 4:26:50 GMT
I like the show. I met and sold stuff to one of the guys before the show even went on the air. He came to the house. I have a copy of the cancelled check.
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Post by dulcemama on Aug 6, 2014 4:28:50 GMT
I love that show too. I don't think that I have anything that has any value but I have a few things that I would love to learn the history of.
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Post by eastcoastpea on Aug 6, 2014 4:30:42 GMT
Gee, I didn't answer your questions. I'm sure the show has insurance for anything they break. I would think people have to sign waivers as well. I think it would be tricky to refer people to specific buyers because a seller could say that the appraisal was low ball or that the referring source was getting a kick back.
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Post by betty on Aug 6, 2014 5:10:19 GMT
My sister and mother got tickets and my sister's item was selected to be filmed for the show. She was on TV! They were taken to a private room with snacks and drinks. The gave my sister a little makeup fix up and she was filmed. My mom got to sit in the snack room and watch the filming.
They were warned that other people may offer to buy her item while they waited. She was given a value for insurance purposes and an estimated value if she had it repaired. Wow! Much more than the $8 or $12 she paid.
She purchased what she used as a "dog bed blanket" from Value Village thrift store that was actually a Navajo Chief's blanket. She was totally embarassed that there was still some dog hair on it and they brought out lint rollers to clean it before filming and that she had it in a big Walmart bag, half hanging out, nearly dragging on the floor when they saw it. She jokes about how they were wearing white gloves and asking permission to touch her "dog bed blanket"!
She and my mom have tickets to go again in West Virginia soon.
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