# Anyone ever been on Antiques Roadshow? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674 "2016-01-10T06:00:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/1 "2016-01-10T06:00:38Z")
My inlaws got tickets and brought in a painting we were hoping would be worth over $10,000 but they appraised it as only around $300. Its interesting the peoples stories about how they got the items. Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/2 "2016-01-10T13:07:41Z")
No, but I enjoy watching it - the original and still best, since it doesn’t have a reality-show component. I do know a few of the musical instrument experts they use - they use very well-regarded folks in the vintage guitar and strings world. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/3 "2016-01-10T22:19:58Z")
We tuned in one time just in time to see most of a segment of a semi-relative of ours. Was descended from the brother a very famous figure in American History and was in possession of some letters from that person to the brother. Despite the last name being the same, it was so common I would have never have guessed the connection. Anyway, it turns out the Famous Person actually didn’t have many “personal” writings known and so the producers really wanted to do a piece about letters and did a nice early segment. So it was a “go to the head of the line” situation. Unfortunately, there is only one person in line to inherit them next and this is _not_ the person you’d want to be in charge of these. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/4 "2016-01-10T22:43:34Z")
Wife made it to the taping, but didn’t make the program. Not really very close, is it? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/5 "2016-01-10T22:49:08Z")
No, but one night I was watching a missed episode and at the end when they interview people who brought worthless shit, there was a co-worker! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/6 "2016-01-11T04:33:03Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > No, but one night I was watching a missed episode and at the end when they interview people who brought worthless shit, there was a co-worker! 🆒 What did s/he bring in, and how much was it worth? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/7 "2016-01-11T04:44:37Z")
It’s so funny to compare the US Antiques Roadshow and the British version. British version they have lots of stuff worth about $100. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/8 "2016-01-11T04:50:19Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > 🆒 > > What did s/he bring in, and how much was it worth? Well, that was about seven years ago, so I don’t really remember, but I think it was in the neighborhood of under $50. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/9 "2016-01-11T04:56:03Z")
The only time I’ve ever seen a real, honest-to-god double take was on _Antique Roadshow_, when a man was told that the sword his parents found hanging in the attic of a house in Virginia and gave to him to play with, was a Richmond-made cavalry sabre belonging to a high-ranking Confederate officer, and worth about $30,000. "_What?!!_ Guy’s reaction was priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/10 "2016-01-11T05:25:58Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Wife made it to the taping, but didn’t make the program. > > Not really very close, is it? :rolleyes: The same thing happened to me when they visited Albuquerque in 2014- although I am visible for a few seconds in the background of someone else’s segment! ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/11 "2016-01-11T06:33:42Z")
Go on youtube and look for the episode where an old family indian blanket, one they used to just leave on the back of a chair, yet they knew it had history, turned out to be worth over a million dollars. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/12 "2016-01-11T06:43:36Z")
OP, why did they think the painting would be worth so much ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/13 "2016-01-11T06:45:01Z")
On TV, no, but we got into one they did in San Jose. I brought paintings from the Congo, 1962, which weren’t worth anything. My wife brought a roll-monica - a harmonica which played music on a roll. The music, which still had its boxes, was worth more than the instrument, a couple of hundred dollars. It was my father-in-law’s, and we’ve never tried to sell it or anything. We got tickets too late for bringing furniture, but desks just like the desk my computer is one have been on. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/14 "2016-01-11T14:55:49Z")
Pepper Mill has been to tapings of Antiques Roadshow twice, but didn’t actually get on camera. She did get her stuff appraised, though. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/15 "2016-01-11T15:44:41Z")
Here is the one with the indian blanket:[LINK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqv5w5RPR2E) ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/16 "2016-01-11T17:43:46Z")
I did go to one of the shows, but didn’t make it on air. One of the jewelry appraisers (I had taken a collection of early 1900s native American-made jewelry to be looked at) gave me his business card, though, and told me to give him a call for a private look-see. When I went to see him a couple weeks later, he told me my collection was worth about what I’d thought it would be. But there was one particular piece - a very primative-looking pin - that he appraised for $1,500! That was a real surprise as I’d thought it was the least impressive piece in the bunch. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/17 "2016-01-11T21:11:53Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > The same thing happened to me when they visited Albuquerque in 2014- although I am visible for a few seconds in the background of someone else’s segment! Interesting! Albuquerque is where she was also. Did you see her? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/18 "2016-01-11T22:29:23Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Interesting! Albuquerque is where she was also. Did you see her? 😃 I think I did- was she carrying around an item that looked very old, like an antique? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/19 "2016-01-11T22:46:42Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > The only time I’ve ever seen a real, honest-to-god double take was on _Antique Roadshow_, when a man was told that the sword his parents found hanging in the attic of a house in Virginia and gave to him to play with, was a Richmond-made cavalry sabre belonging to a high-ranking Confederate officer, and worth about $30,000. > > "_What?!!_ > > Guy’s reaction was priceless. Yeah-that was the episode that hooked me on antiques roadshow-at least until I found out that it was all a fraud that was [staged](http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-07-08/news/0107080276_1_juno-sword-antiques-roadshow) by the appraiser. Haven’t really been able to watch the show since. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674/20 "2016-01-11T23:23:20Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Yeah-that was the episode that hooked me on antiques roadshow-at least until I found out that it was all a fraud that was [staged](http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2001-07-08/news/0107080276_1_juno-sword-antiques-roadshow) by the appraiser. Haven’t really been able to watch the show since. Oh, my god - that article you linked to is heartbreaking. Those sons-of-bitches, I hope they’re living under a bridge drinking Sterno, now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674.md?page=2)