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<p>[QUOTE="NickRobin, post: 593866, member: 10617"]Take the roadshow with a big grain of salt. They know very little about the things they are appraising in this day and age. I took a set of the haviland Limoges 39D pattern and the guy could not tell me anymore then what I told him. That was even with a pause and a few minutes after I told him what I had. </p><p>He replied with “ This is grandma China. You will never eat off it. You will keep it in your display cabinet and it will one day get broken when you move houses. Every piece is only worth $3 each.”</p><p>When I see small pieces go for $25 each all day online... </p><p>and a lot of others doing the same thing as this guy.</p><p>Brought two Fashion Calendar clocks to the next table. The guy says “ their worth what you paid for them” and AFTER saying that, he asked me how much I paid for them. </p><p>Quite a long time ago though my dad brought a painting of an old Italian man and it was retailed at $85k</p><p>Stuck it back on the same wall it was on when it was put up as a $5 painting. </p><p>Not a bunch of bright people at this point Not worth the tickets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NickRobin, post: 593866, member: 10617"]Take the roadshow with a big grain of salt. They know very little about the things they are appraising in this day and age. I took a set of the haviland Limoges 39D pattern and the guy could not tell me anymore then what I told him. That was even with a pause and a few minutes after I told him what I had. He replied with “ This is grandma China. You will never eat off it. You will keep it in your display cabinet and it will one day get broken when you move houses. Every piece is only worth $3 each.” When I see small pieces go for $25 each all day online... and a lot of others doing the same thing as this guy. Brought two Fashion Calendar clocks to the next table. The guy says “ their worth what you paid for them” and AFTER saying that, he asked me how much I paid for them. Quite a long time ago though my dad brought a painting of an old Italian man and it was retailed at $85k Stuck it back on the same wall it was on when it was put up as a $5 painting. Not a bunch of bright people at this point Not worth the tickets.[/QUOTE]
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