Hodinkee article on antiques road show Rolex find

Walrus · Jan 28, 2020

I can’t speak to what is set up and what isn’t but there was one in my state people were showing up two days prior with items to try to get in. There are loads of people who aren’t shown that have old family heirlooms they never thought worth anything that ended up being worth multi thousands. Having read the reporters article after the show he didn’t go into any detail about setups but it’s TV so I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

gatorcpa · Jan 29, 2020

Walrus
I can’t speak to what is set up and what isn’t but there was one in my state people were showing up two days prior with items to try to get in.

That doesn't make sense to me. Both times I went, you needed tickets to get in. The tickets were free from the local PBS station, but you had to apply for them online (even in 2000).

Walrus
Having read the reporters article after the show he didn’t go into any detail about setups but it’s TV so I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

The only set-ups were the big items I mentioned earlier. No one is going through the trouble of emptying out a 19th Century dresser or taking the Monet off the wall unless they knew for sure it was going to be filmed and they pre-signed all the insurance and appearance release documents.

I'm sure the guy with the Rolex knew he had something special. Probably showed it to a jeweler or Rolex AD years ago. But everything is relative. He was probably thinking five figures, not mid-to-high six figures.
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Lenny Pepperidge · Jan 29, 2020

I did get a bit of a chuckle when he said "Air America Airlines." Something tells me that he was making a hell of a lot more than $400 a month on the side.

Walrus · Jan 29, 2020

gatorcpa
That doesn't make sense to me. Both times I went, you needed tickets to get in. The tickets were free from the local PBS station, but you had to apply for them online (even in 2000).

The only set-ups were the big items I mentioned earlier. No one is going through the trouble of emptying out a 19th Century dresser or taking the Monet off the wall unless they knew for sure it was going to be filmed and they pre-signed all the insurance and appearance release documents.

I'm sure the guy with the Rolex knew he had something special. Probably showed it to a jeweler or Rolex AD years ago. But everything is relative. He was probably thinking five figures, not mid-to-high six figures.
gatorcpa

I only read it in the paper and drove by where they had it it was already loaded with people granted that is my only experience driving by the day or two before and reading it in the paper so many know much more than me on the subject, and many other subjects for that matter

TropicConnie · Jan 30, 2020

janice&fred
I seem to remember some older collectors saying that back in the day Omegas were selling for the same or higher than Rolexes. probably depended on the models but interesting nonetheless.

From my research that's true up until the about 1960's or so for the sports/tool models, although I seem to recall the dressy Omegas like the Constellation and DeVille were priced slightly higher than their equivalent Datejust and Oyster Perpetual up until the Quartz Crisis. A Speedmaster with a bracelet was $185 in 1967. I couldn't track down pricing info for a Daytona in that year but I did find an advertisement from 1964 pricing the Daytona at US$210 so I think it's fair to assume the price would have been slightly more in 1967.

Hodinkee article on antiques road show Rolex find

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