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Making a stop in Raleigh, 'Antiques Roadshow' still welcomes everyday people with good junk

A woman wheels around a mannequin with vintage military clothing around the Antiques Roadshow filming at the NCMA in Raleigh N.C.
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A woman wheels around a mannequin with vintage military clothing around the Antiques Roadshow filming at the NCMA in Raleigh, N.C.

It鈥檚 been a long time since one of the most popular programs on PBS, "Antiques Roadshow," visited North Carolina's Triangle.

Back in 2009, a woman from eastern North Carolina set an appraisal record back in 2009 with a collection of 18th century Chinese items made of jade.

鈥淚n this bowl here, because of the imperial inscription this would probably be very, very conservatively $400,000 to $600,000,鈥 said appraiser, James Callahan.

When Callahan went on to say how the entire group was valued between $710,000 to more than one million dollars, the woman answered with one word, 鈥淒amn.鈥

Fast forward to May 16, 2023 鈥 the Antiques Roadshow finally made its return to Raleigh.

The crew from the show and Boston鈥檚 WGBH made a stop in North Carolina's capital to record a few shows and maybe discover some hidden treasures. Thousands of people gathered on the grounds of the North Carolina Museum of Art.

Jennifer and Brad Avakian drove all the way from North Palm Beach, Florida for the big day. They pulled around a red wagon full of family valuables 鈥 a table, a painting, a needlepoint collection from the 1800s and a doll. Jennifer Avakian remembers when she opened her email saying they were selected in the roadshow lottery.

鈥淚 lost my mind,鈥 said Jennifer Avakian. 鈥淚 have never wanted to do something so much, like, in my life. I am a super-fan of the Antiques Roadshow.鈥

Appraisers said their table was worth about $200 and so was the doll. The needlepoint collection from Brad Avakian鈥檚 great grandmother was the most valuable with one piece tagged between $600 and $800.

鈥淲e鈥檙e just happy to be here,鈥 said Jennifer Avakian. 鈥淚t鈥檚 like a 鈥榖ucket list.鈥 Check!鈥

Marsha Bemko is Executive Producer of the Antiques Roadshow. She has run the show for 25 years. It's been on PBS for 27 seasons, first airing in 1997.

Jeremy King shows his large painting to appraisers at the filming of the Antiques Roadshow at the NCMA in Raleigh, N.C.
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Jeremy King shows his large painting to appraisers at the filming of the Antiques Roadshow at the NCMA in Raleigh, N.C.

鈥淥ne of a kind items, whatever category you鈥檙e in, have a better chance of having some value because they鈥檙e rare,鈥 Bemko said. 鈥淩arity is what brings good value.鈥

It takes at least five years before the Antiques Roadshow re-visits a city. Bemko says they like a venue where they can invite several thousand of their 鈥渂est friends.鈥

The roadshow invites 70 appraisers from across the country to participate in its shows. And they distribute 2,000 pairs of tickets through a lottery. Bemko said close to 21,000 people signed up for the Raleigh lottery.

鈥淰ery often, very wealthy people know exactly what they own. That鈥檚 not who you鈥檙e watching on our show,鈥 said Bemko. 鈥淲e鈥檙e here to discover what you own, what I own. Everyday people.鈥

It is hard to describe a gigantic framed piece of art brought in to the roadshow by Jeremy King of Greenville, North Carolina. There are fancy chickens everywhere. King is a big University of South Carolina Gamecocks fan.

鈥淚t鈥檚 an oil painting,鈥 said King. 鈥淚t鈥檚 either a great big fake or it is 300 years old. One of the two.鈥

King likely wants it to be the latter; he paid $5,000 at an auction for those chickens.



瓜神app's Leoneda Inge stands with Swan Galleries' Deborah Rogal after she appraised Inge's photograph of Henry Louis Gates. Rogal was one of dozens of appraisers at the NCMA in Raleigh, N.C. for the filming of Antiques Roadshow.
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瓜神app's Leoneda Inge stands with Swan Galleries' Deborah Rogal after she appraised Inge's photograph of Henry Louis Gates. Rogal was one of dozens of appraisers at the NCMA in Raleigh, N.C. for the filming of Antiques Roadshow.

I did not pay anything for the framed picture I put before appraiser Deborah Rogal with Swan Galleries, an auction house in New York City. It was a gift from friend, C.T. Woods-Powell. She purchased it at an estate sale at the Durham home of renowned African American historian John Hope Franklin who died in 2009.

鈥淚t was in the kitchen? Amazing,鈥 said Rogal. 鈥淪o not only is it the photograph, it is the original presentation.鈥

The photograph is of a young Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Harvard University scholar of African and African American history and host of the PBS show 鈥淔inding Your Roots.鈥 Gates is holding Franklin鈥檚 book, 鈥淩ace and History: Selected Essays.鈥

Rogal says she likes the provenance, the frame, the relationship between the two men.

鈥淚t鈥檚 almost a portrait of both of them in kind of a weird way,鈥 said Rogal. I would estimate this at $700 to $1,000.鈥

If I could find out who took the picture, she said the photograph would be worth a lot more.

We won鈥檛 know until next season, in early 2024, if there were any big discoveries and appraisals at this year鈥檚 Raleigh Antiques Roadshow. I do know the adventure was priceless.

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 瓜神app's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 瓜神app as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital 瓜神app Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
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