The Deadliest Catch!

[Linchuck]

I like antiques roadshow because you see some stuff and people have no idea what they have. I love the stories that so and so bought it at a flew market for 5 bucks and here it is worth 200k or something. I think that is so cool. One of my favorite stories was this one.

Seymour card table appraised by Leslie Keno of Sotheby's, New York and Leigh Keno of Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York.
A woman brought in a wooden table she had purchased at a garage sale for $25 thirty years ago. Leslie and Leigh Keno examined the table closely and declared it a rare Federal style card table, made by John and Thomas Seymour of Boston in the late 1700s. Not only did the table have its original finish, but its original label was still affixed to the underside. The owner was astonished to learn that in today's market her table could sell for $200,000 to $250,000!

And then a year later the Show did an update: The owner appeared at an auction in Sotheby's and the piece ended up fetching 300,000 or more!