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There are a few large treasures in the man cave/Barn Mahal that would be Antique Roadshow worthy…. but I refuse to be one of those poor schmucks shuffling along in line all day hauling these heavy and quite cumbersome objects.
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The apple press?
Definitely old.
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The butter turning table?
Definitely interesting.
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The manual wooden washing machine?
Definitely not. It weighs a ton!
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As you know, we have a few antiques and collectibles in the man cave/Barn Mahal.
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These WWII posters greet you on entry.
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But we know how old they are and how much they’re worth.
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We have a dedicated WWII corner with ration books and various ephemera as well.
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We could take the old Victorian stereoscopic viewer and cards.
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Or the quite large handmade model biplane.
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The husband has all kinds of oddities…
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From left to right –
Montamower, vacuum cleaner, wagon wheel jack.
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And a table of assorted torture devices tools… but are they Antique Roadshow worthy?
I don’t know.
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When it comes to wanting a weird and unusual item to bring to the Antique Roadshow, I don’t think you can beat what’s hanging on our wall.
Do you see it?
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It’s a bizarre rock crystal piece that’s been gracing my family’s homes since the late 1800’s.
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What is it? Good question.
My grandfather traveled the world at the end of the 19th century and brought this back from Egypt in the early 1880’s or ‘90’s.
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When I was a child I was sure it was pirate treasure because of the skull and crossed bones.
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But the story was it came from an ancient tomb.
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For over 100 years no one in my family knew what it was, so back in 1994 I contacted a museum curator.
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Turns out they weren’t sure either. Early Christian or ancient Coptic?
Interesting.
And in case you’re wondering, I did send photos to Christie’s and Sotheby’s… both of whom sent back replies stating it fell below their $5,000 value requirement ($10,657 in today’s dollars) for auction. And if they’re not auctioning? They’re not identifying.
So…
Another definite Roadshow possibility.
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If we get picked to go to the Antique Roadshow taping in Maine this summer, I want to bring something unusual.
Something you haven’t seen a hundred times before.
This might fit the bill…
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My father was of Scottish ancestry, but born and raised in England. This framed print was passed down through his family and though it doesn’t currently hang in our home…. it is interesting.
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Mine is clearly hand colored.
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And the only other one I could find on line is in the National Portrait Gallery.
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A distinct Roadshow possibility…
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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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