Antiques Roadshow after action report.
Possibly more than you wanted to know, but I want to cover all levels of interest.Tickets are free, two to a family who reside close (50 miles?) to the host city, Baltimore, MD, in this case.
Tickets were for specific times, in our case arrive no earlier than 12:30 for a 1:00 entry.
It was held in the Baltimore Convention Center. We arrived slightly after 12:30 and were about 1/2 to 2/3 of the way back in the holding area for our group.
Our group started to move up just before 1:00.
Their projected rate of progress was 500 evaluations per hour. We reached the sorting tables probably about 1:30/2:00 (forgot to look at my watch.)
My wife got tags for two different evaluation tables, dolls and needlework.
I got one tag for militaria. We were out of there, stopped for lunch and were home by about 3:45. The Antiques Roadshow people really have it down pat. Heres the bottom line on our items:
My wifes dolls (two) Japanese, about 100 years old and were gifts when a person attended a Japanese stage production back then.
Value About $30-40 each My wifes needle work (embroidery) - American, about 100 years old, non-commercial.
Value - $200-300 My group of WWI items tracing great uncles RCAF/RAF flying career
Not surprisingly there was variable interest depending on the item.
- The graduation picture (large; 38 x 10 inches) was not even looked at.
- The RAF commission was important linking the group as a whole but individually of less interest.
- The flight log was of interest because of individual entries.
- The two photo albums were quickly scanned with nothing standing out. Apparently if there had been photos of his career-ending crash that would have been of extra interest. (He recovered and was discharged from the service.)
- The splintered propeller was like the commissioning certificate.
- His medals were normal for his participation.
- Oddly the item that received the most interest was the windshield from a SE5A showing projectile damage. My great uncle only flew a DH-9a (bomber/observation); somewhere along the line he had picked up the SE5A (fighter) windshield but the reason is no longer available.
Value - $1500-2000 The items that would have made the group of high interest were missing.
Had I had his uniform and his uniform flight wings that might have been enough to get the desired taped interview.
They were available at the time my mother inherited this group but because they were mildewing my mother passed on them. I assume they were later discarded. Now what?
Id like to donate the whole group of items to an appropriate museum.
Ill put feelers out to the Canadians and British and see what happens.
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