Inside An Epic Antiques Roadshow Find (Plus An Industry Update From Joe Thompson)
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4.7 • 960 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2020
⏱️ 84 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I don't want to say I've seen it all because I haven't seen it all but I'm really blessed that I've traveled the world since I'm 18. |
| 0:06.0 | I went to every major auction in the world, every museum and I've had so many fine things pass through my hands. |
| 0:12.0 | But I got to tell you I think I like more seeing |
| 0:15.4 | that I can change somebody's life by telling them what they have. That they did not |
| 0:19.1 | know that all along they've had sitting in that vault or sitting in that drawer under the socks wherever they |
| 0:24.5 | kept it buried in the backyard you know there's the answer you know to their retirement |
| 0:29.6 | pay their mortgage off send their kids to college, whenever it is. |
| 0:33.5 | I truly love that experience. Oh, Hey everybody. I'm your host Stephen Pulverin and this is Hodincky Radio. |
| 1:02.3 | Way back in January John John Bues wrote a story about |
| 1:05.6 | this Antiques Roadshow segment where a Paul Newman Daytona that had been purchased for |
| 1:09.9 | $345 back in the 70s was now valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars and the veteran |
| 1:16.1 | owner almost passed out live on the show. The clip has since gone viral on YouTube and based on the |
| 1:21.2 | responses we got in the comments on the story |
| 1:23.0 | everybody found it just as crazy as we did. Since then we were able to get in touch |
| 1:27.4 | with a couple of the folks at Antiques Roadshow to get a little bit more of |
| 1:30.6 | the story so joining us today are executive producer |
| 1:33.9 | Marsha Bemco and appraiser Peter Plains, two of the people instrumental in |
| 1:37.9 | bringing this watch to light. They tell us all about how they found the watch, |
| 1:41.7 | how they told the story, and what makes Antiques |
| 1:43.8 | Roadshow such a special project for both of them. |
| 1:46.8 | After that, we've got my conversation with Joe Thompson talking all things watch industry. |
| 1:51.2 | As Joe describes it, it's a little bit like reporting on an |
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