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So does anyone else here watch Antiques Roadshow?
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Between my personal love of history and the fact that we only get the local stations in the break room at work, I've spent many a lunch break watching antiques roadshow.
I've seen a woman discover a small painting that she was keeping in her bathroom was worth $120,000.
I've seen a woman discover an antique table she thought was worth ten grand was actually a fake work about 1k.
But something no one has ever seen on the show before was something quite this big:
Linkety link y'all.
So, anyone else enjoy this program?
If not, this can be a general thread about history or PBS or something.
I've seen a woman discover a small painting that she was keeping in her bathroom was worth $120,000.
I've seen a woman discover an antique table she thought was worth ten grand was actually a fake work about 1k.
But something no one has ever seen on the show before was something quite this big:
Reuters wrote:First $1 million find for U.S. Antiques Roadshow
Claudia Parsons Claudia Parsons – Tue Jun 30, 1:31 am ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A woman who inherited some Chinese carved jade from her father has scored the first $1 million (601,557 pounds) appraisal from experts on the U.S. television program "Antiques Roadshow," the producers said on Monday.
In a record for the show, four pieces of Chinese carved jade and celadon from the Chien Lung Dynasty (1736-1795), including a large bowl crafted for the Emperor, were given a conservative auction estimate of up to $1.07 million.
"For 13 years, we've been hoping to feature a million-dollar appraisal on 'Antiques Roadshow;' it's been our 'Great White Whale,'" executive producer Marsha Bemko said.
"We're thrilled that, despite this year's slow economy, 'Roadshow' finally captured this elusive trophy," she said in a statement released by Boston-based production company WGBH, which licensed the format from the British show of the same name produced by the BBC.
On both shows, members of the public bring in items to be appraised by professionals in the hope of discovering that junk from the attic is actually a valuable treasure.
A spokeswoman said the appraisal was a record for the U.S. show, which is not affiliated with the BBC original. According to British media, the BBC's version had its first million pound appraisal ($1.655 million) last November -- a scale model of Anthony Gormley's artwork, "The Angel of the North."
The statement said the owner of the jade inherited the collection from her father, who bought the objects in the 1930s and 1940s, while stationed in China as a military liaison.
She brought them to an "Antiques Roadshow" event in Raleigh, North Carolina on Saturday.
Asian arts appraiser James Callahan said the fine quality of the pieces indicated they were not made for tourists.
"He was rewarded by finding a mark on the bottom of the jade bowl that translates as 'by Imperial order,'" the statement said.
The previous highest appraisal on the show was a 1937 painting by American Abstract Expressionist artist Clyfford Still, found in Palm Springs, California, in 2008. The painting had been given a retail estimate of $500,000.
The appraisal of the jade items will be shown in the next series of "Antiques Roadshow" starting January 4 on PBS, the producers said.
Linkety link y'all.
So, anyone else enjoy this program?
If not, this can be a general thread about history or PBS or something.
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I don't have cable, so I watch the PBS channels quite a bit.
I really like Create. I can watch cooking shows all day. Especially Simply Ming and Rick Bayless.
Also Bob Ross.
Love watching some Joy of Painting.
so they say some thing is worth a million bucks
now how do i go about finding that one dude whose gonna pay a million bucks for my crap
Everything is worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it.
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we had a surreal moment the other week in my flat, we were sitting in the living room and we started talking about how lame antiques roadshow is and then I started singing the theme tune and everyone else joined in singing different instruments and then we finished it and all looked at each other and started laughing uncontrollably
Get it on Antiques Roadshow
Those Jade carvings sound like they should be in a museum.
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and it was awesome
You get to watch their dreams get crushed right before your eyes.
if only they hadnt stored it incorrectly or slightly messed with it and ruined it
Ah ok. I couldn't remember the player for sure. Thanks Pip.
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it was in his attic and it had sayers' blood and mud on it and I was pretty much like fuck yeah
I don't know bout y'all, but if I've got multiple feet of silk tapestry, I'm thinking I'd just assume it was worth some change.
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Man, that must suck so much to hear. If it happened to me I'd rather they lie and tell me that it was a worthless pile of crap to begin with.
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Love when little old ladies find out something is worth a lot and now can afford heating bills; it's so sweet