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In anticipation of our possible trip to the Antique Roadshow taping this summer, I’ve been silently walking around the house wondering what we should take.
Yes, we have hundreds of antiques… but it should be something special.
Something unusual.
Something expensive.
Something the dealers won’t roll their eyes at once we step away from the appraisal desk.
In a perfect world I would have taken this…
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A large Audubon print of canvas back ducks in Baltimore harbor.
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Years ago we thought this was the real deal. It was the right elephant folio size to be an original…
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It had the correct identifiers…
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The right printer and date.
It was a gift to my parents from a wealthy family friend and had been hanging on my parents wall since the 1960’s. My mother always told me it was worth a fortune.
She was right about that..
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But when my husband and I took it to Christie’s auction house in NYC 30 years ago we were told it was an only a good quality restrike from the 1940’s, worth approximately $3,000.
While that’s not chump change, and it may have appreciated some since then….
Nope.
Not Roadshow material.
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River's world..... 
Well, you were good to find out the value of the print, so no need to take it. That’s done. Which leads to the question: what will you take?
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Stay tuned…
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Maybe one of the antique doohickies in the basement or barndamenium? You know one of those rusted out gadgets the hubs is hoarding, I mean its worth a try.
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Two items per ticket holder. Two tickets.
I’ll let him pick his own…
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Take your husband. I hear older, handyman Marines are drawing a pretty penny these days. Just one penny, but damn, it’s pretty.
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Ha!
I am taking him… but no matter what he’s worth, I’m keeping him.
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Anything I inherited that was worth anything was stored improperly by my parents and lost value quickly! They just weren’t into that kind of thing! Good luck – I hope you find something with an interesting history that will be revealed!
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That’s a shame. It’s always nice to have things with family history, even if the value is only sentimental….
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I’m curious to find out what you will take.
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So am I!
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This is a great thought exercise. I don’t have any $3,000 ducks, but I’ve got a rare carriage lantern style copper lava lamp that’s worth a few bucks. And a Pet Rock. Good god, I really do like the 70s, I guess!
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I wish there exited a metal-detector-style contraption, but for valuable antiques. You just walk around your house and see if it starts beeping wildly. Suddenly, it pays for itself!
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I could definitely use one of those.
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Not a fortune, but It’s a keeper though!
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