Antiques Roadshow!

My family has loved Antiques Roadshow for as long as it has been on the air.  We love to guess the values before they state them and we're usually pretty close. My mom has arranged many estate sales (in which she often buys almost as much as she sells), and she has a good eye for antiques. 

 

When it was announced that there would be a show in Boise, we all entered the drawing for tickets and waited to hear that we had been chosen.  Weeks later my mom's name was picked!  She had two tickets to attend the event, but now the problem was who she would take.  Dad didn't want to go because of the crowds, and all 5 daughters were dying to have the other ticket!  Finally, they put our names in a hat and drew......my name!  Hurray for me!

The day of the event was pretty exciting!  It was fun watching everyone haul their junk through the parking lot with hopeful faces. 

Of course, my mother immediately made friends with the people in line with us!  That's just who she is, and it has always made my life more interesting.  The woman was from Canada and had brought a jade (?) statue.  We found out later that it wasn't really jade, but it was pretty.

As a consolation prize for Karen, who really wanted to go, I took her painting, which ended up being worth about $200.  It was awkward and a little heavy, and I sure wished I had brought my art deco ring instead! Our stuff wasn't worth much, but it was interesting.  Mom brought some linen bedsheets from the mid-1800s.  She had been told they were hand-loomed in Denmark from plants grown by the family who made them.  The expert verified that they were definitely hand-loomed and the rest of the story could very well be true, too.  They were worth $75-$100 each.

My only wish in going to Antiques Roadshow was to be able to see the Keno twins, and I did!  One of them walked past me on the way to the bathroom and bumped my shoulder!  I was so excited!  I have touched a Keno brother!  Not sure which one, though.

I entered to win a Subaru Forester, but they haven't called me, yet, so I'm guessing I didn't win.  Oh, well.  Going to Antiques Roadshow was a fabulous experience, and I can't wait to see it air on TV, even if I don't have a priceless antique that I found in my attic!