What Makes Antiques Valuable?
One of the most popular places where people from all over the country display and have their antiques appraised is at the Antiques Roadshow. The Antiques Roadshow is just as the name describes–appraisers take their antiquing knowledge with them all over the country and locals have their items appraised(Arizona, Utah, Alabama, Wisconsin, Hawaii and Pennsylvania are the Roadshow’s destinations this summer). These shows are then aired on PBS (the U.S. version has been around for over 10 years now!), where people watching from home share in owners’ joy after being informed their oak table is worth tens of thousands of dollars. Viewers also share in owners’ disappointments, wherein a piece believed to be of great worth is, in fact, worth less than what he or she bought it for. Yet while know antiques are old, what makes an antique, an antique? Well, that depends on what item you’re talking about. If the item is a car, 25 years or more is considered to be an antique in the United States. Fo
