I fucking love it when...

[pixy0stix]

That used to be my favorite show.

... annnnnd I just turned to it.

[5thofjuly]

Have you ever seen the Will and Grace episode about that very topic?

[pixy0stix]

I love the people trying to look interested in the appraisal when all they want to know is the price.

[lilibet]

Dh and I have been enjoying these updated episodes. It's crazy what has jumped in price and what has fallen big time. And the 90s fashion is an added bonus.

[lasagnasshole]

Jul 28, 2014 20:54:57 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Jul 28, 2014 20:52:20 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

That used to be my favorite show.

... annnnnd I just turned to it.

On the flip side, you just missed someone whose $50.00 folk art pottery jug (c. 1830) appraised at $30k, with an updated 2013 value of $100k.

Ahhhhhh... A harpy plate!!!! lasagnasshole

I'm really confused. 

[EloiseWeenie]

Jul 28, 2014 20:54:57 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Jul 28, 2014 20:52:20 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

That used to be my favorite show.

... annnnnd I just turned to it.

On the flip side, you just missed someone whose $50.00 folk art pottery jug (c. 1830) appraised at $30k, with an updated 2013 value of $100k.

Ahhhhhh... A harpy plate!!!! lasagnasshole

It's always the jugs! They always go for some crazy amount of money.

[5thofjuly]

Jul 28, 2014 20:58:19 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Jul 28, 2014 20:56:01 GMT -5 5thofjuly said:

Have you ever seen the Will and Grace episode about that very topic?

NO!!! How have I not? I loved Will and Grace.

Grace and Jack LOVE when that happens and mock the people all the time, so when the show comes to town the decide to BE those people...except the crappy teapot the purchased at the lesbian thrift store turns out to be worth a ton of money. Cue arguments and physical comedy.

[pixy0stix]

DAMMIT! DH came home and changed my channel to WWE.

[mominatrix]

I once saw the twin American stuff appraisers speak, bought a book, had it autographed, and got a big hug. One of them was wearing the softest black cashmere turtleneck ever.

[AJL]

Jul 28, 2014 21:05:25 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

I once saw the twin American stuff appraisers speak, bought a book, had it autographed, and got a big hug. One of them was wearing the softest black cashmere turtleneck ever.

The Keno brothers! I love those guys.

[LoveTrains]

Jul 28, 2014 21:05:25 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

I once saw the twin American stuff appraisers speak, bought a book, had it autographed, and got a big hug. One of them was wearing the softest black cashmere turtleneck ever.

They used to do the live auction at the gala for the history museum that I used to work for. 

They are dreamy. 

[pamela]

Jul 28, 2014 21:03:48 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

DAMMIT! DH came home and changed my channel to WWE.

Not ok. Change it back.

[vanillacourage]

Jul 28, 2014 20:54:57 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Jul 28, 2014 20:52:20 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

That used to be my favorite show.

... annnnnd I just turned to it.

On the flip side, you just missed someone whose $50.00 folk art pottery jug (c. 1830) appraised at $30k, with an updated 2013 value of $100k.

Ahhhhhh... A harpy plate!!!! lasagnasshole

She had two and sold one of them for $52.50.

OMG, a story like that is a litmus test for an optimist vs a pessimist.

[elleblue]

Jul 28, 2014 20:58:03 GMT -5 EloiseWeenie said:

Jul 28, 2014 20:54:57 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

On the flip side, you just missed someone whose $50.00 folk art pottery jug (c. 1830) appraised at $30k, with an updated 2013 value of $100k.

Ahhhhhh... A harpy plate!!!! lasagnasshole

It's always the jugs! They always go for some crazy amount of money.

Well duh. Jugs are always popular. 

[jillboston]

Does anyone think they have any valuable antiques? I know my MIL believes the boxes of junk antiques she brings every time she steps foot in my house are.. I DO think some of DH's Springsteen memorabilia is worth something.

[Scout'sHonor]

Jul 29, 2014 9:55:19 GMT -5 jillboston said:

Does anyone think they have any valuable antiques? I know my MIL believes the boxes of junk antiques she brings every time she steps foot in my house are.. I DO think some of DH's Springsteen memorabilia is worth something.

I think my mom is counting on her junk/antiques being worth something as her retirement $.  I wish I were kidding.

[pixy0stix]

DH has some football cards, and autographs that could fetch some money. Other than that, no not really. My gma was convinced her glassware was worth a lot. It's only worth that if you take the time to sell each individual piece.

[Daria Morgandorffer]

When I go home to my Dads house, we watch AR for hours at a time. It totally is best when you're like "IT'S A FAKE!" and it is.

But the absolute best is the rare person that doesn't believe the appraiser and storms out, hehehe.

[nomad100]

I have a vase from MIL that was GMIL's. It is a Roseville or Zanesville or something. It is probably worth something.

[laurenpetro]

i just did a quick google and i think i have something awesome. i wish i could get this show to come around by me and be all "i don't know. it was in my uncle's house" and play dumb.

[mominatrix]

Jul 29, 2014 9:55:19 GMT -5 jillboston said:

Does anyone think they have any valuable antiques? I know my MIL believes the boxes of junk antiques she brings every time she steps foot in my house are.. I DO think some of DH's Springsteen memorabilia is worth something.

valuable is all relative.


back when I used to live in Ma, I'd do Brimfield every year, do auctions (cheap entertainment!) around the Valley and Berkshires, do flea markets, etc. I was buddies with a couple guys who were really into it, and I'd tag along. I bought a few things along the way that I'm positive are worth more (by several times) than I paid for them. But none of them are 'valuable antiques'.


Best things I have:

- a couple Soviet propaganda posters (one's big, in black and white and red with an imposing figure of Lenin; the other's commemorating the anniversary of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial and features a central Statue of Liberty holding, not a torch, but a billy club). They're fun. I got them for a song at Brimfield from somebody who didn't know what they were doing. They're old, but from the early 60's, so not the high time of Soviet propaganda.

- old Heywood Wakefield furniture. Bought at auction and flea markets when I was first out of law school and had no money at all, but my genius friend said, "listen, you can buy this stuff, or you can buy stuff from Ikea. In a decade, the Ikea stuff will be dead. This stuff will be worth at least what you're paying for it." And boy, was he right. I also have a reproduction Cherner chair.

- some old jewelry that's beautifully designed. A couple pieces by listed artists. A couple decorative things that appraisers would find interesting.

[jillboston]

Jul 29, 2014 10:31:54 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

Jul 29, 2014 9:55:19 GMT -5 jillboston said:

Does anyone think they have any valuable antiques? I know my MIL believes the boxes of junk antiques she brings every time she steps foot in my house are.. I DO think some of DH's Springsteen memorabilia is worth something.

valuable is all relative.


back when I used to live in Ma, I'd do Brimfield every year, do auctions (cheap entertainment!) around the Valley and Berkshires, do flea markets, etc. I was buddies with a couple guys who were really into it, and I'd tag along. I bought a few things along the way that I'm positive are worth more (by several times) than I paid for them. But none of them are 'valuable antiques'.


Best things I have:

- a couple Soviet propaganda posters (one's big, in black and white and red with an imposing figure of Lenin; the other's commemorating the anniversary of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial and features a central Statue of Liberty holding, not a torch, but a billy club). They're fun. I got them for a song at Brimfield from somebody who didn't know what they were doing. They're old, but from the early 60's, so not the high time of Soviet propaganda.

- old Heywood Wakefield furniture. Bought at auction and flea markets when I was first out of law school and had no money at all, but my genius friend said, "listen, you can buy this stuff, or you can buy stuff from Ikea. In a decade, the Ikea stuff will be dead. This stuff will be worth at least what you're paying for it." And boy, was he right. I also have a reproduction Cherner chair.

- some old jewelry that's beautifully designed. A couple pieces by listed artists. A couple decorative things that appraisers would find interesting.

That stuff sounds beautiful! Unfortunately in my MIL's case it is generally crap from the Christmas Tree Shop. And she wants ME to have it! Yays!!

[msmerymac]

Jul 28, 2014 20:56:01 GMT -5 5thofjuly said:

Have you ever seen the Will and Grace episode about that very topic?

There was also an episode of Frasier about Antiques Road Show. They thought they were descended from the Romonovs and had this bear clock that their ancestors had smuggled out of Russia, but it turns out the clock was stolen by the maid, who was actually their ancestor.

[msmerymac]

My mom has some good stuff because she's the only child of an only daughter. So she has all of her grandmother's bone tea cups, wedgewood china, porcelain thimbles, silverware, and jewelry. Some of the jewelry is pretty nice. She gave me a ruby ring that was given to my grandmother on her 16th birthday by her parents when I got married. She has an amethyst ring I love. She has a gorgeous ring that was her great-grandmother's engagement ring, I think - 3 opals. Hell, she had some lavalier necklaces lying around that she gave to my brother's fiance, that she said she thinks belonged to her great-grandmother as well (who died in 1940).

She has a pitcher and bowl that was in the house where her grandmother grew up. It's beautiful, just a simple ivory color, and was lost for years after my parents divorced. My dad recently found it and brought it to me, but I gave it back to my mom. My dad actually built a dry sink for it in our old house, which is now in my garage because I can't fit it in my car.

The bedroom set (just full sized bed and dresser) I had growing up belonged to my great-great (maybe 3 greats?) grandfather and was made around 1850. My mom said it was because he was tall for his age, but no one over 5'6" can sleep in the bed comfortably (which is why they let me use it when I was 4, because my dad was like NOPE).

I also now have an iron bed frame which was one of the beds in the room where my great-grandmother grew up (same house where the pitcher and bowl came from). My mom said there were 3 beds in that room and all 6 girls in the family shared it (but it was a huge room). It's probably covered in lead paint and it needs to be sandblasted and repainted, but I am definitely going to use it. The bed and the pitcher and bowl were in our summer cottage for years - which is now where my dad lives. My mom's grandparents built it in the 1930s and just brought over old stuff they had lying around, which is like ~110 years old.

[sporklemotion]

Jul 28, 2014 21:05:25 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

I once saw the twin American stuff appraisers speak, bought a book, had it autographed, and got a big hug. One of them was wearing the softest black cashmere turtleneck ever.

I haven't watched the show in forever, but I think it was one of these guys who would just go nuts with furniture? Like flipping it over and pulling it apart to show its features? That always cracked me up.
love the Will and Grace episode, too.

[thebulldog]

My mom is convinced that my dad's collection of 60s 70s Playboys are totally going to be worth something. If we get $100 for the whole set i would be shocked.

i be typing from me phone. typos and grammer dont count.

[jlt19]

We have some Lincoln lithograph that I know my mom tried to have looked at but hey couldn't appraise it because they had nothing to compare it to. Not sure what that really means.

I have a lot of Nazi things from my grandpa but those are really hard/controversial to sell.

[mominatrix]

thebulldog if you have issue #1, with the Marilyn Monroe centerfold, and it's in good shape, it's worth some money.

Eta: $1000-1500 auction estimate. www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/36/lot/11690/

[panicked]

There's nothing better than the old ladies who want to tell the ENTIRE backstory on their item and the appraiser has to nicely butt in and tell them that the "Tiffany" lamp that they spent $1000 dollars on is actually worth nothing.

[Jermys]

Jul 29, 2014 9:55:19 GMT -5 jillboston said:

Does anyone think they have any valuable antiques? I know my MIL believes the boxes of junk antiques she brings every time she steps foot in my house are.. I DO think some of DH's Springsteen memorabilia is worth something.

I have pre-war Japanese ivory figurines that my Poppy brought home, an antique tree made of jade, some molas from the late 1800s, civil war medals, and other random stuff that my people have hoarded over the years.