We’ve all fantasized about finding out that something we own is worth a fortune, but we know that it’s quite unlikely to be the case. The people who do think they have a chance at turning their old stuff into thousands of dollars go on Antiques Roadshow to see how much it’s actually worth. While most end up not getting as much as they were hoping for, a few people have truly struck it rich. From one of the rarest baseball card collections of all time to the best hand-me-down in history, let’s take a look some Antiques Roadshow items that made their owners crazy rich.
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$1 million jade collection | 0:00
$1 million lost painting | 0:40
$1 million baseball cards | 1:34
£1 million+ Faberge flower | 2:14
$1.5 million rhino horn cups | 2:54
$1.5 million pocket watch | 4:00
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What was the most unexpectedly valuable thing you've ever seen on Antiques Roadshow?
When Antiques Roadshow first aired as a US show on Boston PBS, there was an episode that featured at the end a British family, whom brought in a wooden cradle for a baby. It had some sort of cartouche that read they -- whomever originally owned the cradle, were related to the British Monarchy. The Cradle was worth 1 or 2 million. I've Never seen the clip from the episode, online. Can you find it?
The chief blanket
Shakespeare notebook.
@@TheOlmecindian That was the one I thought of too.
The Alaskan Inuit helmet that looked like a rusty mess worth over $150k
I still remember the time a man brought in a Navaho Chieftan's blanket from the 1860s, which hung for years over the back of a chair in his home. The appraiser called it a national tresure and said its value was at least half a million dollars.
Lol his reaction was great
And it sold for over 1 million. You can see it in the Detroit Institute of Arts!
I remember that. What dreams are made of.
@@karmatt3098 wow
It was a chief's wearing blanket...absolutely amazing
I love Antique Roadshow ♥️
Love the Diego painting ❤️
So glad to see how surprised the fellow was. Most Americans,have no idea of the importance of artist's like Rivera, Siquerios, and many other Mexican painters. Glad to see it away from the back door.
What's so important about them?
You missed out so much information. The reason that jade collection was so valuable was due to the fact one of the largest pieces had an imperial inscription on the Base
So what was all the other information he missed out seeing as you only pointed out 1 piece?
Yeah the ad for the show suggests the bowl alone, the thin simple one is worth 710k to over 1.4M, but it's the entire collection that is worth that much. I hope she sold it, no sense in hanging onto it
@@SnowbordrWRX What was the size of that bowl featured on the AR television commercial? The ad showed it passing thru various stages of it's life w/ diff owners. It appears to be 10 or 12' inches wide there. But seeing the bowl sitting in front of the lady's arm, far left, it looks to be much smaller, almost by half. * The commercial shows it filled with cheese puffs used as a snack serving bowl. Just really curious regarding actual size. Anybody know?
Well you better get your money back, Karen!
Great examples. My favorite was the baseball card collection with the personal note. Awesome!
I remember this show being so popular because everyone with out cable got this channel for free. Everyone had this show on. It was a very interesting show. So many memories as this show played in the background
I love , love, love The Antique Road Show. I love to watch it & see the Antique Items that People bring in . I love to see the unique Items & ones that are worth alot of money. I like to really listen to all the Peoples Stories behind & with the Antiques that they bring to the Antique Road Show. I like the People on The Antique Road Show The Appraisers & All. I love the Different States that They Go To Too.
Rick from Pawn Stars: it's worth $1 Million Dollars. I'll give you $13.50.
More like 1.35 lol. Rick isn't that generous.
Lmao gold! Actually that's a bit too much, hes usually doesnt offer that much
@Michael then he finds out his Weiner is to small for the rubbers
And of course he will be taking all the risk😂
"Yeah, he said it was worth $1 million, but I need to have room to make a profit. And it may sit around the shop for a while. Highest I can do is $14.75. Take it or leave it."
Lol this show is just fun to watch because you learn so much regarding items.
Friend of mine was doing the demolition on a house with his uncle and they found a bottle of 1936 Hennessy cognac sealed ...... they drank it. Later they discovered that it was worth well over $1,000.00
How did it taste?
Umm ok
I found a penny and it was worth a penny
Kenny M Did you pick it up...and all the day you had good luck?
Glad they enjoyed the bottle.
Thank you for including their reactions between the explanations.
Personally, I would have liked to hear the explanations by the experts.
$1 Million.....Damn....best reaction ever!!
To all the people saying they should destroy the rhino cups I say what a waste. These are artifacts from the 17th and 18th century from when the world was a much different place. People would take an animal for all they're parts not just the horns. People kill an elephant to feed a village type of thing. I'm not advocating for modern killing for horns but these items are gorgeous pieces of history that should be preserved. If we destroyed everything that had a negative impact on something or someone else we wouldn't have much left.
Scott Knight imagine if we destroyed items owned by nazis say a cup or one of their arm bands. You wouldn’t be able to have museum to teach about the wrongs
Envyous people.
How Dare Any One Person Have Power To Destroy History. Virtue Sacrificing A Sacrificed Rhino’s Horn Wont Bring It Back Or Prevent The Nexts Death. ISIS Destroys History, Architecture, Monuments, Everywhere They Conquer. I’m Certain They Say It’s Honorable For Muslims Everywhere, But Theres Those Of Us Around The Globe Who Wish To Preserve All Mankind’s History. Is It Fair To Destroy Art In Pursuit Of Eradicating A Medium?
I understand your reasoning but saving those peices and holding them at such an extraordinary value only perpetuates the black market for rhino horns even more because they're worth a lot of money, and when something is worth a lot of money people will do horrible things to get it. Rhinos are killed in horrific ways, and their numbers are dwindling. Mother's eyes are gauged out while their babies helplessly watch. Poachers saw her horns off while she's blind and leave her for dead with the baby desperately trying to revive its mother. Selling ANY rhino horns or elephant tusks no matter how old they are perpetuates the market and drives poachers to kill more to make more money. You shouldn't care about some old sculpture carved from a rhinos horn, you should care about your great grandchildren walking the same earth as rhinos still do and being in awe of what a magnificent and priceless creature they are.
@@mr.meeseeks5127 I get what you're driving at but the main point of history is to learn from it. Think of all the things that people marvel at that came about through death. The pyramids, great wall of China, Mayan monuments and pyramids etc.,etc. All built by slaves that where worked to death. Should those things all be destroyed as well?. A smart person learns and recognizes wrongs done but a stupid person will continue to do the same things over and over.
Still waiting for those Beanie Babies to rake in the 💰
Nic B......I finally gave up... gave two 30 gallon trash bags full to my grand-girls and let them have havoc on the whole bunch! That was probably the highest and best use they will ever have. Included those dang Mc Donald’s give always that I waited hours for at the drive throughs and ate way too many kids meals resulting in a worthless collection and about 20 pounds I sure didn’t need! Was fun though and let me have a project with my teen age boys.
Never shut up I never collected them but my daughter’s grandma did. She’s still adamant that they’ll be worth something.
My grandfather collects collectors items... I told him if it's advertised as a collector's item, you're overpaying and you'll be dead before it's worth anything. He disagrees, yet he hasn't proven me wrong. Maybe at his funeral I'll bring it up 🤣
My favorite all time reaction was from the owner of the jade collection: “Damn!” 😂😂😂
I'm so glad I subbed to this channel. Every day I find interesting or humorous videos in small bite-sized portions that go great with my morning coffee. Thanks!
😁😁😁😁 Thats exactly what I'm doing now!!! Lol and I just subscribed too... I've noticed videos from this channel before in the recommended list under a diff video I was watching but thought the channel was for like hard rock/heavy metal music related things 😂😂😂
it's like watching the news... a little bit of this, a little bit of that, and none of it lasts very long!
Damn, I wish I had an attic!
Clearly, you haven't seen 'Hereditary;
@Black.Flaps .Dont.Matchdamn.
you have more chances of getting haunted than finding anything valuable
Me too. 🥲
I wish I had a house.
Props to to you guys for adding the bit about rhino horns. !
I love Antique Road Show n I love to hear the worth of a item n to see old valuables. ♥️👍
Really
Hello how are you doing Shelly
There is a set of the 1914 Goudee uncirculated set of baseball cards an old man had and right before he passed away his wife sold the set back in 2012 I think. The 32 card set was all uncirculated cards that had never been touched by hands. The set sold for $880,000 dollars. The cards were soo intricate that each card was graded a 10 condition for the sensitive set.
Liking just for the rino PSA. I am so proud Grunge
The value of the Faberge flower had very little to do with military and everything to do with Faberge. Everything made by Carl Faberge is insanely valuable. He was the best jeweler who ever lived.
Was.
@@uncletiggermclaren7592 Thank you for correcting me. I changed "is" to "was". But now I am still confused: doesn't my sentence now imply that someone else is the best?
@@Deezhan Well. I am not sure how you can measure these things. Esthetics are always subjective. What would be "better" anyway? Something made with materials that didn't exist in his time? Something made for modern customers? ( Many of his greatest works were made to order by Russian noblemen . . . people who live lives of luxury made possible by the fact they owned, and brutalised hundreds of thousands of "hereditary vassals" and they had no hesitation in burning people alive to teach their neighbours respect. It can not but taint something to know it was made for such a customer ) Would they be "better" objects if they measurably had no imperfections because of modern tools?. He didn't do the actual work on many of "his" pieces, he just designed them and had his tradesmen make them, or make the majority of it. So if someone designed something today, and put it through a CDC and 3D Printer . . .. Anyway, I don't think there are too many people wishing to have these overly elaborate jewels made by a modern artist, so it is oranges and apples.
I was watching that episode with the jade carvings, I almost fell of the couch!
40 years ago, we found a family photo album in Globe, AZ that dated from the mid to late 1800's. We tried for years to locate the family, finally gave up and donated it. It's in the photography collection of the National Museum of Black American history and Culture, D.C. I also had a postcard written by H.P. Lovecraft to Robert E. Howard. Donated that to the Howard museum in Cross Plains, TX. That's where stuff like that belongs.
Cool Story Allan Foster. Thanks for Sharing it.
Good citizen.
I donated your comment to google because that's where it belongs.
Very classy! I'm impressed by the fact that you tried for years to find the family. A kind and generous thing to do. ❤
It's nice that you have more money than common sense.
thank you for getting to the point of each section. This is what it is, this is what it appraised for......Straight to the point!
I really need to find something like this at a flea market.
0:38 "Damn." That's an understatement.
That first woman saying damn! 🤣🤣
i would sell as fast as possible, so much money, so much to see in the world
thank you for the rhino message---both hilarious and necessary
Incredible finds.
that was super fun to watch. thanks for the post grunge.
Glad you enjoyed it!
OMG!! Kill the music! Why would you put such AWFUL music in a video with such wonderful stories? Aghhhhhhhhhh😫
Actually, I come here to hear the music.
It didn’t bother me.
@@jjgreybeard how is this "adhd music"
needless to say....
Lovely music. I listen to it daily.
My mum used to make me collect McDonald’s toys wouldn’t even let me take them out the little plastic bag. Said they will be worth lots in the future. 30 years later they are on eBay for about 30p
Yeah. Comic books I read in the 60s that cost 25-cents now sell for $35.00. 'mint condition,' 'original packaging.' Autographed items are discounted because they're not 'mint.'
I sometimes think about all the amazing items like these... that ended up in landfills for multitudes of reasons, the main one being that the average person has no clue what they're worth. Horrrrrible.
It breaks my heart to see kids or Grandkids fly in from out of state to clean out Grandma's house. I've seen dumpsters get filled with no regard whatsoever for the belongs. They get in, clean up, and put the house up for sale. Today's generation doesn't seem to care for "keepsakes" like previous generations. Maybe it has to do with the depression or rationing during world war II. Our kids don't want any of our stuff even though quite a bit has some real value. side note: Our treasures are insured for a cool mil.
I think younger generations treasure their grandparents immensely, but not their “stuff.” Most times what people leave behind is just a burden of posessions.
Love it when your average home owner gets left something so expensive. You can tell who's got ££ & those genuinely over the moon.
So true,u get wealthy people showing off items they know are expensive and others almost praying theirs is worth something.
My favorite is the last guys reaction. "No" followed by a nervous chuckle. 4:32
I could never even be a miniscule percentage lucky of what these folks were
Omg the diego rivera painting is beautiful
Best thing I found in grandparents house? A Civil War photo album from one of my ancestors who served in the Civil War. Pictures of him in uniform ( Union) and the gem of the photos was an autographed photo of Abraham Lincoln.
That's awesome
I really like this video great job 👍
Cellar Door Love you ...l
I paid for a painting in 1997 at a yard sale and paid $7 for it..I had it appraised two months ago and it was valued at $25..Big gains
I was watching the episode with the Diego Rivera painting with my Grandma. They just hung it on the back of some door!!
4:05 just watched that episode...that guy has the greatest reaction ever!
I love this old things so much that I wrote a series of romance novels about an antique shop whose owner works to return personal items to those who should have them. 📚📕📖
LOVE that reaction at 0:33 - now THATS priceless!
Awesome.
DAMN !!!!!! Would of said the same thing .
That is one hell of a pocketwatch!
gears, springs, and jewels. Amazing craftsmen.
Best show on tv for a couple of decades
Amazing
She said DAMN lol
goood rhino info fam
So much better, than going to Rick‘s pawn shop
Swapnil Gaur I’ve been to Ricks pawn shop in Vegas. It’s a joke, don’t waste your time. Half the building is used for selling their cheap t shirts and mugs. We stayed about 15 minutes. Biggest waste of cab fair in my life.
Rick pays cash. These guys just give opinions.
@@testodude Yeah and they give you better appraisals. They have no skin in the game and they enjoy it for the stories as much as anything. Plus they get to see stuff they have never seen before or have only seen in books.
0:32 my favorite response. Very appropriate
Okay, note to self: if you find a collection of antique baseball cards, DO NOT pin them to a board with thumbtacks!!!
lol they were magnets i suspect...looked like thumbtacks alright.
@@ben_mac8670 yes, clearly magnets.
I had no idea you also had Antiques Roadshow in the US! That’s awesome :)
You mean there is one somewhere else? Where? Canada?
@@MrTruckerf No. The show has been on UK televison, and exported to ALL the Commonwealth Countries and extremely popular, since Black and White TV times. Well, 1979 anyway. The US copy-show didn't start until 1997. The longest running US TV primetime series is the Simpsons, 716 episodes. UK Antiques Roadshow has made 856 episodes for the BBC. The UK show frequently has objects 800 to a 1000 years old. And the British evaluators are not "showmen" they are professionals, calm, cautious, and ACTUAL experts, not some guy who has a shop in Vegas.
Actually the American version does have real experts all the time! I have watched the UK version and it’s fabulous just because there are objects that are incredibly old!
Corpus Christi? Whoa! I live there.lol.
Very cool! My grandad gave me a oil painting by some artist I think called Norm Rockwall not sure it's in a closet, but maybe I should get it checked out?
i'll give you $20 for it. i'm takiing all the risk!
WOW!!!
That watch at the end reminds me of the episode of Only Fools and Horses where they find the rare watch.
Let me find something like that and they tell me those types of price. I be like, "you want to buy?"
Titanic Truths some do.
Anyone remember the "enlist " poster some hippie brought in that was in mint condition? It was a confederate civil war poster their version of uncle Sam and was super rare and worth 250,000. The hippie was shocked
So what are the probabilities of finding or inheriting such items?
It’s funny how they try to keep a straight face but actually they’re saying CHA-CHING!!!!!!
"Knick knack...pantload of greenbacks" what fun words all in one sentence 😂
Nicely done as usual, Grunge.
I better hold onto this Timex I have.
One thing obvious about the PBS version... so many expensive finds are setup. Unfortunately real people can rarely mimic real emotion when they find out the value of their "unknown" treasures.
The composure some of these folks have is admirable, lol... I would have leapt into the appraisers arms and starting kissing them!
I friggin love this show!
I have one old antique brass statue but wht i do for auctions
I wish these things where in the country i live in i have alot of antiek
Damn I would definitely pass out if I found out I had something worth of that much value
Ikr
I Take the watch, Patek Philippe 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I used to watch this show it was really cool
They were from the 17th and 18th centuries...so close to ancient and before they were on the verge of extinction. Probably an artifact that should be in a museum. Even though the practice is outdated and inhumane it's still a part of history.
I have old antiques that have value
Went in my parents garage and found 20 pounds of marijuana, can't wait to go to the show and get it apprise.
Hahahahahaha
Leave the weed alone until you can spell “appraised”
Gene Simmons
If it's antique then it's worthless hahaha
Send it to me and I'll appraise it and send it back lol
Don’t forget that all these good programs originate in the UK 😊
One million dollars... Gasp!!!
I wish I was this lucky
How can I attend antique roadshow ???
Please, please re-post without music. It really ruins this video.
Wow that watch, they should make new ones that have all those features.
They do!!!
Im never buying rhino or stuff off exotic animals or animals in general..but I did buy a table and later discovered that it had elephant horn on it. Its second hand and I thought it was marble or something.
I want that watch.
5 minutes of shocked gasps
Had tickets to Roadshow, my bucket list, when COVID hit and it was cancelled
Awe. Claire. I hope you have another chance to go. The COVID 19 messed so, many things up.
Oh yeah. As soon as I'm told it's worth a bundle, it's sold!
Dammm lol tru down to earth person lol
The only thing I found unusual in my grandma's attic was my grandma. She got lost.
Duke Of Hesse 😂😂
I can only hope. LOL
BEST part of this video. The narrator strongly enforcing the DO NOT BUY RHINO HORN, ever! Same with ivory.
The Pawn Stars would offer $500 for all of this stuff!!
"Can you wait 15 minutes, im gonna call a friend who knows alot more about this"
And he's taking a risk
pawn stars is a fake set up show
@@popspapa7059 His friend is in the storage room waiting for his call.
hahaha!
Damn 😂🤣
yup, but only if you can find a buyer.
Rhino horns are worth tons. Got it 👍