Ok, I realize that this topic is as fresh as week-old brad but I am becoming physically ill watching "Antiques Roadshow". One rube after another walks in with china sets they bought at a garage sale for $10 that are actually from ancient China and are worth $80,000. Or some guy just brought in two little mini paintings that he purchased for 35 bucks that were by some major painter and are actually worth $60,000-$100,000. And I'm watching this speechless, jaw hanging down, wondering why all my crap is worth exactly crap. Or less than crap.

I'm going to a bunch of garage sales this weekend to see if maybe I can purchase a copy of the Declaration of Independence from somebody for a five spot.

I used to love that show.

There were elements of it that kinda disturbed me and made me wonder though....like when some little old woman (who looked to be Irish or Polish or something) wandered in with a quilt/blanket that turned out to be Native American and some kind of really important, archaeological treasure or something and was apparently worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

I remembered wondering how it got into her family. Especially when the commentator was talking about the history behind the particular Native American group involved and how rare and significant this was to them.

Or how another person had apparently priceless statues from the Tang Dynasty...I was wondering how those got into their family when it looked like they were born in Dakota.

I'm not bumping this thread I promise. I just can't believe in a world where Justin Beiber is about to go to jail, P. Diddy's son is getting a $50,000 scholarship to go to UCLA, and "bath salt" crazed zombies are eating people in Miami this is the best topic I could come up with.

I sort of enjoyed it ten years ago, but I can't watch a second of it at this point.

I watched it the other night because I was bored as hell and absolutely nothing else was on. I usually watch the Antenna Network at night but it was Memorial Day and all they had on were boring ass war movies.

spookymuffin said:

spookymuffin said:

I FUCKING HATE THIS SHOW. I WISH FIONA BRUCE WOULD GO AND DEEPTHROAT THE COCK OF DEATH.

that would liven it up somewhat

it's like a televised posh persons car boot sale

I Antiques Roadshow.

i think the word roadshow is misleading and disappointing

but the actuall program is ok!!!

I agree that it's a bit annoying sometimes, lol. I still find it interesting though, and realizing that makes me feel old every time.

There's another show on Discovery called Auction Kings and that's basically the opposite of Antiques Roadshow. People bring in amazing, unique and historical items and they usually sell for just a few hundred bucks. It makes me want to fly over there and do some bidding myself.