This month’s submissions include a rare 19th-century American lithograph, an early Missouri coin silver mustard ladle, and a midcentury cabinet radio/record player, all descended through families.
An important distinction when shopping for American antiques is the difference between vintage and antique. By definition, antiques are items that are over 100 years old. Anything younger is vintage .
Identifying furniture can be tricky. Crediting a maker is often a matter of “style” or “attributed to.” Some makers’ names come to mean entire styles or time periods, like Chippendale ...
That piece of silverware was more than its simple, artfully molded curves; it was a— however small—piece in the chain of ...
An Antiques Roadshow guest’s valuable chair ... He began: “So I love anything tribal and that look. What do you love about it?” The guest explained: “When I bought it in 1965, I’d ...
An Antiques Roadshow guest has refused to return a painting to the original owner after it was revealed how much it was worth. This is going to make the next family meeting a little awkward.
A BBC Antiques Roadshow guest has been floored by ... it has got more sentimental value about it I would say." "And do you have it in your house on display?" Aguilar asked. The man's wife said ...
Inspecting the item, Jon gushed: 'One of the most remarkable things about the Antiques Roadshow is after many, many years working on it, time after time, I see things I've never ever seen before ...
You can check if your notes are worth anything on eBay, just tick "completed and sold items" and filter by the highest value. It will give you an idea of what people are willing to pay for some notes.
An Antiques Roadshow guest humorously claimed ... expert John Benjamin meeting with a pensioner eager to discover the worth of four buttons his wife had bought. "Let me ask you sir, where did ...
Antiques Roadshow expert John Benjamin valued a set of Faberge buttons for at least £1,000. (Image: BBC) "In other words, what you bought for your £2.26 -". "My wife bought", the guest ...