Watching Antiques Roadshow...

[Sherlock77]

I enjoy collecting things, mostly vintage photographs.

One thing I enjoy watching is anything on TV related to antiques, like Antiques Roadshow on PBS

And then I get this feeling, constantly, of why I didn't inherit a valuable antique from family, some person who has an item worth several thousand dollars

Or someone who acquired something from a thrift store that is worth tons of money

I do know the people they show on TV are a small percentage of the people who showed up, as I just watched the Viewers Feedback booth at the end of the episode

But just why couldn't it be me with something super valuable!

I did just buy a painting from a local artist, paid $250 for it, maybe it will be worth the same price in 20 years still...

 

[tlc]

I enjoy that show. Sometimes I wonder if I have anything that's worth anything. Maybe this 1969 Ampeg BT-15 flip top bass amp I've had for 25 years, but mine is solid state and seems only the tube ones are worth something. Usually everything of mine is worth more to me than to anyone else, and I'm ok with that.

 

[Progster]

I'm hoping that some items in my music collection might be valuable by the time I retire... but that would mean selling them and no longer having them in my collection, and I don't want that either. Sadly I don't have anyone who would be interested in keeping them to pass onto when I die. I don't have anything super-valuable, though.

 

[Fridgemagnetman]

I'm hoping that some items in my music collection might be valuable by the time I retire... but that would mean selling them and no longer having them in my collection, and I don't want that either. Sadly I don't have anyone who would be interested in keeping them to pass onto when I die. I don't have anything super-valuable, though.

As I was reading this I put on my old stripy jumper,face mask and swag bag.
Then you hit me with the last sentence.

I guess I'll go get changed.

 

[Wolfnox]

I always liked that show. Though i was never sure if they got the money. Or thats the insurance they needed to get on the item.

 

[Tom]

I know just the thing....

 

[Mia]

Have watched it myself over the years. The things that people collect or inherit or find fascinate me. Items that I would never buy or acquire that often seem horribly ugly. If I saw it somewhere, a particularly valuable item and I didn't like it, I wouldn't buy it. I've seen art valued that I would walk away from, that people hang in their homes.
My interest when I go into thrift stores, is to find hand-made items that someone donated that are representative of highly skilled individuals. Quilts, loomed blankets, hand made clothing, local pottery, that are valuable to me.

 

[GrownupGirl]

I wish they had more antique toys on the show. One time I saw someone on it who had a stuffed toy and a Little Golden Book of the gremlin that was going to be in an animated movie in the 1940's by Walt Disney and Roald Dahl, but the movie never got made. Like to know how the owner got their hands on them.

 

[Juliettaa]

My interest when I go into thrift stores, is to find hand-made items that someone donated that are representative of highly skilled individuals. Quilts, loomed blankets, hand made clothing, local pottery, that are valuable to me.

I love stumbling across items like that. They've been made with such care and devotion to the craft.

Made to last. Unlike some of the junk in high street shops!

 

[Sherlock77]

I always liked that show. Though i was never sure if they got the money. Or thats the insurance they needed to get on the item.

With any collectable, the item is really only worth what someone will pay for it... On the show they are usually quoting either what an auction estimate is or what a dealer would charge for it...

The antique market is fairly volatile, rarity does not always equal high dollar value, it's a very demand driven market, one of the main things that drives value of an item is how many different people like to collect it...

 

[Wolfnox]

Thanks i always wondered about that.

 

[Sherlock77]

Have watched it myself over the years. The things that people collect or inherit or find fascinate me. Items that I would never buy or acquire that often seem horribly ugly. If I saw it somewhere, a particularly valuable item and I didn't like it, I wouldn't buy it. I've seen art valued that I would walk away from, that people hang in their homes.
My interest when I go into thrift stores, is to find hand-made items that someone donated that are representative of highly skilled individuals. Quilts, loomed blankets, hand made clothing, local pottery, that are valuable to me.

All of that is subjective, we all find beauty in different things... I know a few collectors and often feel like I'm lower tier, because I can't afford the expensive items they purchase... I almost never spend more than $50 on an item related to vintage photography...

 

[tlc]

Sometimes I wonder how well the place is guarded. Or if they're actors or it is staged. If it's real then it's probably pretty well off camera. People find out they got a fortune on their hands, there are probably people waiting to steal it too.

 

[Sherlock77]

Sometimes I wonder how well the place is guarded. Or if they're actors or it is staged. If it's real then it's probably pretty well off camera. People find out they got a fortune on their hands, there are probably people waiting to steal it too.

I'm fairly certain the people are real... As for security? I suspect there are some measures taken... I imagine people have to sign a consent form to appear on public TV, plus they don't use full names

I suppose there is the possibility of... Wow! That's my co-worker or my neighbour who owns a $75K painting... Why I'm certain there needs to be full consent...

 

[Progster]

All of that is subjective, we all find beauty in different things... I know a few collectors and often feel like I'm lower tier, because I can't afford the expensive items they purchase... I almost never spend more than $50 on an item related to vintage photography...

This is how I feel about music collecting. I belong to a Facebook group where all the members have good incomes and can afford to buy all these box sets, anniversary special editions, mint/new vinyl receords, which are expensive whether old or not, expensive audio equipment or go to concerts. I'm both financially and geographically disadvantaged. I definitely feel lower tier. Also, I'm after some pretty strange and obscure things which don't mean much to other collectors, and not so interested in collecting classic albums such as Beatles. Not that I have anything against the Beatles Greek or Romanian prog/folk rock at the moment. I think all the time about collecting, and constantly worry about the amount of money that I'm spending on music, when I also need other things. I also worry about it being pointless - that I collect - hoard - then eventually die - so what's it all for? In this digital culture where nearly everyone streams and so few people buy music, very few people appreciate physical copies of music.

 

[GrownupGirl]

The part of the show I actually like best are the closing credits where they show people who brought something they hoped was going to be worth a lot of money but it turned out to be really cheap. They never seem really upset or disappointed by it, though.

 

[Streetwise]

Sometimes I wonder how well the place is guarded. Or if they're actors or it is staged. If it's real then it's probably pretty well off camera. People find out they got a fortune on their hands, there are probably people waiting to steal it too.

I don't know which version you watch if you watch the British version sometimes there are programs afterwards where the things they have brought have been sold at auction

 

[tlc]

I don't know which version you watch if you watch the British version sometimes there are programs afterwards where the things they have brought have been sold at auction

I think I have seen some episodes where they compared value today to value on earlier shows.