Wow! Antique Roadshow

[Magic Mom]

A woman from Raleigh NC had a collection of 4 jade and celadon pieces. A bowl, a pitcher, and sculpture, and a sculpted bowl. Her father bought them from a Chinese man he became friends with in China. They are worth $700,000-1,000,000!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200902A05.html

 

[mikeyandscoobyx2]

I've always wondered how it felt to sell something to someone for 5$ and find out it's worth 5,000,000$.

 

[Pikester]

A woman from Raleigh NC had a collection of 4 jade and celadon pieces. A bowl, a pitcher, and sculpture, and a sculpted bowl. Her father bought them from a Chinese man he became friends with in China. They are worth $700,000-1,000,000!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200902A05.html

I saw that one the other day. The look on her face was priceless! So now the question is Sell or Don't Sell?

 

[Magic Mom]

I saw that one the other day. The look on her face was priceless! So now the question is Sell or Don't Sell?

PBS has a follow up interview with her, and she said she co-owns some of it with her brother and he will want to sell. So she thinks they will have some decisions to make.

 

[agnes!]

SELL. *Especially* now that the episode has aired, interest will be high. I saw that episode and could hardly believe it when the appraiser kept on going up and up and up, I about had a cow when the appraiser said that bit about 'belonging to the Emperor'....those pieces are historic and the potential market for them is HUGE. The entire collection has a world-wide appeal.

agnes!

 

[hellokitty86]

I would definitely be wanting to shout SOLD!

 

[dawson5]

I watched this also and the only thing that kept going through my mind is if she does figure out a way to hold onto it, how much will the insurance rider cost? As lovely as it might be to hold onto, I think I would have to sell it. I can't see being able to afford to hold onto it. They were beautiful pieces.

 

[sdemore]

sell, sell, sell!