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Antiques Roadshow

Posts tagged Antiques Roadshow from the RareVictorian furniture archive.

My Antiques Roadshow Experience Part II
Antiques Roadshow No. 499

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

The Antiques Roadshow Experience
Antiques Roadshow No. 488

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
Auction No. 487

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
Auction No. 486

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
Antiques Roadshow No. 483

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)
Antiques Roadshow No. 438

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
Video Posts No. 437

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
Video Posts No. 422

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