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What's It Worth?
Antique Value Having a blog that is well entrenched into the Google search results leads a lot of new site visitors here that send me photos of their items asking, "what is the value of this antique?" The problem is, it
Victor Quetin Pedestal, Paris, 1860
A recent antique appraisal customer supplied the above images of a 19th century pedestal that they had in their possession and were wondering if it were worth restoration of the piece considering the shape it was current
My Antiques Roadshow Experience Part II
I left off with my Antiques Roadshow experience in the last post at the paintings table. Both Chris and I had lugged our final appraisal items through this, our longest line - long enough that it was broken in two, which
I Never Saw a Purple Cow: This Week's Forum Roundup
This past week, we had a huge brush fire burning just blocks from our home and it made me think long and hard about the contents of our house and what we'd be able to save if disaster struck. It was a frightening few hou
The Antiques Roadshow Experience
This past Saturday was the Antiques Roadshow event in Atlantic City, NJ and I invited a friend of mine whom I knew had some items that he had wanted appraised for quite some time. I requested a press pass so that I could
Tweeting Antiques Roadshow Today
For those of you who use Twitter, I'll be Tweeting the Antiques Roadshow experience today as it unfolds in Atlantic City. If you're not following me yet, you can do so here. If you're not a Roadshow fan, today is also th
Ancient Temple Carving Headed To Antiques Roadshow
I had mentioned that a friend of mine is headed to the Roadshow with me with a 200-pound ancient stone carving in hopes of getting a valuation and identification. You might wonder how someone in rural Ohio comes to posse
Antiques Roadshow Bound
You have to try everything once, right? I put myself on the list for the Antiques Roadshow tickets this year and was one of those selected to receive the free tickets. It's a lottery system, so there is never a guarantee
William "Richard" Wright Jr. (1947-2009)
The sad news of the passing of William "Richard" Wright on Sunday at the age of 62 made me pause for a moment and feel very upset that I won't get a chance to hear him unleash his seemingly endless depth of knowledge on
Belter Bidding War
This video is from a 2006 Antiques Roadshow video appraisal done on this pair of John Henry Belter scroll pattern armchairs where the buyer paid $7,000 for them - a result of a heated bidding war where the thrill got the
Antiques Roadshow Herter Brothers "Burn Mark" Parlor Table
As Michael Flanigan said in this Antiques Roadshow appraisal, if this table hadn't been branded "Herter Bros", I would have passed it off as a nice Rosewood Renaissance Revival table. However this is indeed a true Herter
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