I've had it with Antiques Roadshow!! All these people with some civil war...

[bridgit]

signal/flare gun handle dug up while digging a trench for some septic tank or other, half rotted, rusted, no barrel, "Well there were so few of these made." value = $2,000

"Well I paid $200 for these 4 - Sun Valley ski posters." value = 10 - $15,000

"This came from my Great Uncle, then to me, he didn't much care for Tiffany." "See this little signature stamp here, this little number here? Do you have any idea how much this is worth?" "Not really." value = 4 - $6,000

"I picked up this stuff at a yard sale, paid $52." "What we have here is classic American Folk Art." value = 15 - $30,000

"My mother purchased this painting for $40." "Oh, well, what we have here yada-yada..." value 10 - $15,000

:wtf:

[carly denise pt deux]

1. We only see a handful of the crowd on tv

the majority of people come up to the desk with some kind of antique and the appraiser says.....this is worth .50 cents

[bridgit]

2. that's my redeeming segment of the show, all the people milling about...

with less than worthless stuff in their hands :(

[Digit]

3. That show saved me taking an item to consignment which would have netted me only $10

I took it back home and checked on the internet and I almost lost a bundle.
It is a Steiff stuffed toy bassett hound from the 50's.

[supernova]

4. Oh yeah Steiff people

are very ah... loyal.

I'm still hoping to find a Tiffany desk lamp at the flea market for $25. :rofl:

[barb162]

5. So what's it worth?

[bridgit]

21. geawd i'm series now i'm curious...

:dilemma:

[bridgit]

7. Oh I'll still watch it cause it's interesting, though would just *love* to find...

some lost letter of George Washington's from the front written with wet mud on his boots between some lath & plaster wall renovation value = 300,000 bucks

bet you're glad you double checked :thumbsup:

the guy that had the Sun Valley posters put them in the classifieds for $1,000 later valued at some $15,000 i think it was who knew

[barb162]

6. Oh ,great post

So many times I watch that damn show and some person says here's this Cartier stuff my grandmother left to me. The bracelet, necklace and ring were worth several hundred thousand. The matching pieces were all nicely jewelled and set in platinum. Okay, who has grandparents who could afford Cartier? I haven't watched that show for months.

[bridgit]

9. You know it, barb, "When my family came out west and wandered the frontier...

they acquired this blanket. I think it's Navajo. But I don't know how much it's worth. We use it to gather autumn leaves, and make blanket forts for the kids." value = essentially priceless as a one-of-a-kind, Navajo Chieftain's Ceremonial Blanket and should be placed in the Smithsonian, or Native American Museum in DC behind bullet proof glass; valued for insurance purpose' = $750,000

:wow:

[barb162]

11. I think I saw that show!!!

A guy had an old Navaho blanket and it was worth a real bundle and they use it for gathering leaves or covering a hole in a chair (the chair of course is then found to be an original Chippendale that they were using for a beer stand or something too).

And the people who come in with a perfectly ugly stoneware vase. REALLY ugly puke green. And they'll say it's worth 20,000.

[bridgit]

12. hahaha, most correct, some guy said this evening that his wife needed...

some high valued dresser back cause his underwear is on the floor and she needs to put'em back in there, sheesh!

"covering a hole in a chair (the chair of course is then found to be an original Chippendale that they were using for a beer stand or something too)." :spray: :thumbsup:

[Kali]

13. oh god

don't even want to know - still using Navajo rugs AS rugs. Saddle blankets too.

[bridgit]

14. That's one of the first things they tell them, treat this stuff archivally, never...

display in the sun, or expose to the atmosphere...those 'archive people' are pretty tough about that stuff

[barb162]

27. "Saddle blankets too." Yes, a $20,000 saddle blanket! n/t

[SPKrazy]

8. I loved the Frazier episode where they had some

Czar era antique that they thought belonged to a relative of theirs (Frazier, Niles, and Martin) but it wasn't their relative.

hell i may be mixing the episodes up :P

anyway, i don't watch the actual show much, but it is amazing what people "find" and the value of it...

[bridgit]

10. true, amazing stuff...

:hi:

[txwhitedove]

19. They had a drinking game while watching Antiques Road Show...

you have to take a drink everytime they say "veneer".

:rofl:

[bridgit]

20. pft, good one!!

:rofl:

[idgiehkt]

15. my favorite was the guy with the 18th century chest of drawers

He used the top drawer to hold his movie videos. He was an older man, at least in his 70's, and he looked like he was gonna have a heart attack when they told him it was worth $350,000. He had NO idea, I think maybe he thought it was worth a few thousand. I was worried he would have a heart attack.

But let me tell you, my uncle used to clean up after estate sales, and you would not believe the stuff they would find. That was their business, he and his partner...after the sale they would by the rest for a lump sum, sell most of it on e-bay. And they would find all kind of cash stuffed in books, jewelry, etc. Things people had forgotten about. You can make a killing doing that, and find some really neat stuff, too. :hi:

[bridgit]

16. oh yeah, we know folks that operate several 2nd hand stores from stuff...

they've collected at estate sales, they also bid on storage units & lockers, some times they get bupkis, sometimes they get amazing antiques & heirlooms :shrug:

:hi:

[barb162]

17. They wouldn't be finding any cash stuffed in my relative's stuff.

Who the hell are these people who have cash stashed all over the place?

[idgiehkt]

18. they forget

alzheimers patients and things like that. Truly...once he found a diamond ring that was like a rock, I don't know how many carats, maybe 2??? AND the insurance certificate for it and a fake ring identical to the real one that I guess she used as kind of a dummy or something rather than wear the real one.

[bridgit]

22. wiggy...

:)

[China_cat]

24. My great-aunt May

She was one of those hoarders you hear about. Not animals but everything else...newspapers, magazines, etc. When she died they had to clear out the house and they found thousands in the magazines. A dollar bill at a time over 60 or so years. And they never were sure they found it all.

[KurtNYC]

26. Couches and mattresses

it is common for sanitation workers here to have cash spill out of discarded furniture while they are loading it into the truck. Some people don't believe in banks or maybe they were avoiding taxes and records.

[driver8]

23. Did anyone see the one with the woman from Philly who found a helmet in her

attic? She and her family had moved into a house and when they were putting stuff in the attic they found this helmet - it was a helmet from the 17th or 18 century and was in perfect condition. It was worth about $250,000.

[bridgit]

25. seems familiar *but that's what i'm saying* people must taking long...

extra moments perusing the otherwise oddest of things in their attics wondering if they aren't Antiques Roadshow worthy