Antiques Roadshow Hall of Fame

Some of the show's most valuable finds.

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• Patek Philippe Pocket Watch, ca. 1914. APPRAISED VALUE: $250,000. GUEST: "This watch was handed down from my great-grandfather. He was the owner of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch back in 1914 when he received this watch." REACTION TO APPRAISAL: "A quarter-million? What? You're kidding. It can't be. No way. Oh, my... I can't believe it. Are you serious? Oh, my gosh. How do I get it home?"
• Painting Attributed to Antonio Jacobsen. APPRAISED VALUE: $281,000. GUEST: "It's an oil painting from my husband's grandfather. It was from New York City in the late 1800s. An antique dealer was at our house one time and he said it might be worth $2,500." REACTION TO APPRAISAL: "Oh, my Lord in heaven."
• 1907 Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings. APPRAISED VALUE: $100,000 - $125,000. GUEST: "This was actually a home that was designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright for my great grandparents. And we have lots of correspondence. My great-grandmother wrote to him back and forth and she wanted him to build her a remodel of what they already lived in, and that's what this one is. Well, as she basically tells him in her letters, he doesn't know anything, because he's just not getting it. And so for her to tell Frank Lloyd Wright he's just not getting it was kind of a family joke." REACTIO TO APPRAISAL: "Wow."
• John Falter "Saturday Evening Post" Illustration. APPRAISED VALUE: $100,000 - $175,000. guest: "the little girl is me at age five. And the little boy in the pseudo spacesuit was a young neighbor. And we were posing for my stepfather, John Falter, who was one of the artists painting for the Saturday Evening Post. REACTION TO APPRAISAL: "Okay. Thank you."
• Asscher-Cut Diamond Ring, ca. 1915. APPRAISED VALUE: $165,000 - $175,000. guest: "My grandfather owned a jewelry store in a real small mining town. And it was a jewelry store/pawn shop/sporting goods store. He passed away ten years ago, and this was one of the pieces that was in all of the things that he left for me." REACTION TO APPRAISAL: "Really? Okay."
• Philadelphia Spice Box, ca. 1775 APPRAISED VALUE: $85,000. GUEST: "This has been in my family forever. I remember it growing up, always on a table in the corner, and it was something that's always been kind of treasured by our family members." REACTION TO APPRAISAL: "Wow." (When then told by appraiser that if she had not cleaned it so much it would be worth $185,000: "Wow. That's a big difference.")
• Charles Schulz Comic Strip Art, ca. 1955. APPRAISED VALUE: $150,000 - $200,000. GUEST: "I worked for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri. I was a "Peanuts" fan for a long time and came up with the idea to use "Peanuts" on greeting cards. And I had to sell the idea to the creative committee, and they reluctantly tried four cards in test purposes. As a result, they ended up with a whole big line of Hallmark Peanuts' products. And I went out to work with Charles Schulz in 1960 for the first time, and worked with him for 12 years in developing all the Hallmark Peanuts' products. And he gave me some of the original strips and some of the original artwork. This was a group of drawings that he did for a product we called "Snoopy's Daily Dozen." It was an exercise booklet. REACTION TO APPRAISAL: "My God. You're kidding. I had these on a shelf in my closet. Not a good place for them anymore."
• Simon Willard Clock, ca. 1823. APPRAISED VALUE: $75,000 - $100,000. GUEST: "I bought it many years ago out of a house, and I was not into clocks at all. He sort of pushed it at me, and I saw the name on it, "Simon Willard," and I thought, well, you know, that name rings a bell, being from Massachusetts. So I said, "Okay, I'll take it. [It cost] eight dollars. And I call it "Mr. Ugly." APPRAISER: "You're not going to call it that anymore, are you?" GUEST: "No."
• Clyfford Still Oil Painting, ca. 1937. APPRAISED VALUE: $500,000. GUEST STORY AND REACTION: Tune in to Season 12 of 'Antiques Roadshow' in January to find out!