But, she never asked; you did.
We were in the first group so we got to see all of the appraisers arrive. Sort of red carpet-ish. Saw Leigh Keno (met him before), Colleene Fesko, Nicholas Dawes, David Rago (I've socialized with him and his wife) and many, many more of the usuals. We did not have a Mark Walburg sighting -- it was 7:30 in the morning, so didn't expect that to happen. If it makes the air, we were in the line screaming, "Welcome to the Antiques Roadshow in Knoxville, TN!" We may have also been in some of the shots during the appraisals -- it's hard to tell where that camera is pointing. My 1958 art poster by Franz Kline (purchased for $40, twenty plus yeas ago) is worth $1,400. It was appraised by Nicholas Lowry (he of the crazy plaid suits). My English porcelain teapots and biscuit jar (purchase price -- about $50) was deemed "rare" by David Lackey, but not valuable --about $350. Tim's North Carolina Mill team baseball photo's, gloves and signed ball were valued at around $1,000 for the lot. Leila Dunbar was hoping that one of Tim's relatives (three in the photo's) had made the major leagues. That would have got him on TV. She was a blast to talk to! His other piece, an English, gentleman's pipe stand made of horn, oak and silver, stumped the appraisers. They didn't know what to do with it. It was eventually given a value of $250, but we all knew that was way off. We met a lot of people in line and had lots of fun. It's all very organized and moves very quickly -- but, we were early in the day. Some people bring some real junk. One woman had a huge carnival teddy bear. What was she thinking?
Does that satisfy you, Girly?
Updated On: 7/17/13 at 09:17 AM