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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chandler In Las Vegas, post: 922230, member: 10068&quot;]You got me at the blimey <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> I think that this points out what someone pointed out to me many years ago about the differences between Americans and Brits. If you watch episodes of British Antiques Roadshow you will have the Brit appraiser paean melodically about the history of a piece, the significance of a piece, and why a piece has meaning. They will endlessly extol the fine points of a WW2 neighborhood battle station badge, what it is, who they were issued to, why they were issued and when they were worn before stating that they are quite common because of the nature of the Nazi bombings and worth about 15 pounds. American Antiques Roadshow is more about getting to the value. You brought in an original oil painting by X, who is a major artist of the Y group and it&#039;s nice you were his neighbor because of provenance and it is worth $25K. In some ways I envy the Brits. And nobody, NOBODY, can enter a great hall and stare at the ceiling like Fiona Bruce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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