antiques roadshow.

The show is EVIL.

Yeah there is an American version of the Roadshow - they show both of them here. The UK one came here for two shows and it was pandemonium. I guess they had no idea how popular the show has become in Cananda. They only just aired those two in January. Have they been shown over there yet?

favourite memory howevah: a hideous old woman with a pug dowg who looks EXACTLY LIKE HER is asking the price of some uber-oogly old vase or something. instead of smashing it instantly as anyone not actively evil would do, the expert tells her the price, in the low thousands... the old woman cannot speak for astounded greed: instead her eyes go crossed and her tongue protrudes

pls explain

It's a show where you bring in your old stuff and parade it in front of antiques experts, who discuss it with you while you wait for them to cut to the chase and tell you how much you can flog it for.

There was a good Frasier wherein Frasier & Niles wanted to watch Antiques Roadshow but their dad wanted to watch his favorite game show. They fought for a while, but he let his sons have their way. When they tuned into the roadshow, Frasier's dad said, "It's my gameshow! :D" Then he laffed ass off at the people's reactions in suspense while Frasier & Niles discussed the wares.

xp - and Britishes have to pretend it's an insurance evaluation rather than auction value

enjoying this show v. much. good £40-60k painting on sunday. and everyone being very creepy about a cartoon of hitler's bare arse.

yeah, that hitler cartoon and the "show it to the children, they'll LOVE it" stuff was o_0; most kids would be like "you made me stop playing xbox for this??".

The 'tiques is the best possible show for a Sunday early evening though, whilst slurping tea and ruminating on the impending working week.

WHEN U FUCK WITH ANTIQUES ROADSHOW U FUCKIN' WIT DA BEST!

"Now, if we turn this around, you'll see these maple inlays on the drawers...this is very indicative of the philadelphia school of cabinet making around the 1860s...now...if we look underneath, you'll this mark indicating that this was made by the Withers Brothers Cabinetry Company of East Neck Pennsylvania, who are considered one of the finest practitioners of the Philidelphia style...now, we do see some slight chipping on the corners here, which will bring down the valuations...still, I'd say at auction you could expect to bring between $8000 and $10,000"

Antiques fetishists in the UK lucky enough to get home for 5.30pm can currently enjoy Antiques Road Trip in which two experts attempt to outdo each other at auction by trawling round local antiques dealers, selecting potential bargains and, with the aid of the obvious presence of a BBC film crew, haggling them down to 1/3 of the marked price or whatever they paid for it originally, whichever is smaller.

"C. Paddington Wilcott was a highly regarded landscape painter of the late 1800s, he's known for painting nature scenes primarily in the Hudson River Valley area...Now, what's interesting about this painting is, one, it's size. It's very rare to see a Wilcott painting of this size. Secondly, it's a winter scene, and we know of very few existing Wilcott winter landscapes. Now, if you would have brought this to me 10 years ago at the height of the Wilcott market, I would have valued it at $20,000 to $25,000. In the last 10 years, 1800s Hudson Valley landscapes are not as highly prized, but that said, considering it's size, it's subject matter, and the very good condition it's in, I'd recommend you insure it for at least $15,000. A very nice piece, I was very excited when you brought it in"

i fuckin' love that New Yawk dude that appraises watches and shit