During ROADSHOW’s 2014 New York City event, one Beatles fan named Ted got the surprise of a lifetime when Collectibles appraiser Laura Woolley told him his John Lennon-autographed sign — which he’d paid just $350 for at auction in the ‘80s — was now worth $50K to $75K. Watch Woolley reminisce about her experience appraising the sign and learn why Ted’s first auction purchase was such a lucky one.

This past spring, ROADSHOW met up with RISD curator Elizabeth Williams and learned what it was like for her to see Michael Grogan's appraisal of a $10,000 to $15,000 Magnussen drawing on her television screen, and what the museum did next to unite the newly discovered design drawing with the finished piece it inspired.

At the 2005 Bismarck event, Asian Arts appraiser Lark Mason met Dee, the owner of a tattered but magnificent silk court screen, several hundred years old and apparently of Chinese origin. Dee said she’d come close to throwing it out, but eventually enlisted Mason’s help to sell it at auction. An auction that would wind up leaving Dee elated, and Mason and his colleagues in shock!

At John Sollo’s first-ever ROADSHOW event he met a guest named Nancy and discovered an extremely rare mahogany chair lived for many years — unloved and unused — in Nancy’s mother’s attic. When to Nancy’s astonishment Sollo appraised it for $80K to $120K, they each nearly needed to sit down. Here, join both of them again as they reunite to chat about their initial 2006 meeting in Philadelphia.

At ROADSHOW’s 2014 Birmingham, Alabama, event, appraiser Colleene Fesko discovered a family treasure with some very personal provenance. It was a portrait of the guest’s great-grandfather, a cavalry officer, painted by the renowned 19th-century American artist Frederic Remington. Five years later, ROADSHOW catches up with Fesko to learn what’s happened to the painting since she first appraised it.

Back in 1997 in Secaucus, New Jersey, appraiser Leigh Keno and his brother Leslie met Claire, the owner of a magnificent mahogany labeled Seymour card table. Several weeks after bringing it to ROADSHOW, Claire called Keno to discuss selling the mahogany table. Hear from Keno about what happened after Secaucus and why keeping some grunge on your furniture is almost always a good thing!

Leigh Keno explains why the value of brown furniture has declined in recent years, and why some types of classic furniture have become potential deals.

John Buxton’s explains who 19th-century U.S. General Kit Carson was and how he relates to the story of the Navajo Ute First Phase blanket, ca. 1850.

Laugh along with Nicho as he tries to get in the zone — outtakes from our interview with ROADSHOW's perennially puckish Posters appraiser.

Allan Katz talks more about how and why he became such a Folk Art fanatic.

Lark Mason describes his initial reasoning on why he believed the Korean screen was Chinese.

Extraordinary Finds premieres Monday, November 4 at 8/7c on PBS.

During ROADSHOW’s 2014 event in Chicago, appraiser Ken Gloss came across a Civil-War-era letter penned by Walt Whitman on behalf of a sounded soldier — a rare piece of literary history that was owned by a guest named Abbie. After Gloss’s appraisal aired, Ken Price, the co-director of the Walt Whitman archive, struck up a pen-pal friendship with Abbie to learn more about her letter.

Watch as Noel Barrett recounts the first time he was called to be on Antiques Roadshow and find out more about his exciting experience since!

Meet Ken Price, the co-director of the Walt Whitman archive, and hear more about his efforts to uncover Whitman's participation in the Civil War as a scribe for wounded soldiers.

During ROADSHOW’s 2014 event in New York City, Sports Memorabilia appraiser Leila Dunbar met Gail, the owner of the earliest known baseball-fan collection in history. Re-watch the iconic one-million-dollar appraisal and see new footage of Dunbar expanding on why Gail’s archive was the greatest she has ever seen on ROADSHOW.

In 2017 at ROADSHOW’s St. Louis event, appraiser Robert Waterhouse was approached by a guest who brought in a bodhisattva. In a recent interview with ROADSHOW, Waterhouse describes the intricate details of the bodhisattva, clarified details only discovered later, reveals its even more impressive present-day value, and explains why it was so difficult to date the sculpture in the moment.

During ROADSHOW’s 2007 Louisville, Kentucky event appraiser Nicho Lowry inspected one guest’s “incredible” collection of posters and maquettes, by a relatively unknown artist named Bern Hill. He put an auction estimate of $37,000 to $42,000 on the whole set. Later, Lowry helped the owner, Greg, sell the posters. ROADSHOW caught up with Nicho recently and learned what happened after the appraisal.

A woman named Joan brought in an exquisite Louis Comfort Tiffany necklace that had been in her family since her great-grandmother received it as a gift in the early 1900s. Jill Burgum gave the necklace a value of $30,000 to $40,000 and recommended that Joan contact the Tiffany archives to confirm the necklace’s provenance. Learn from Jill what happened after Joan followed up with Tiffany.

During ROADSHOW’s 2013 Detroit event, a guest named David brought in the working script for the beloved Hollywood classic, The Wizard of Oz. The script had belonged to the actor who played the Cowardly Lion, Bert Lahr, who was David’s step-grandfather. After expert Simeon Lipman gave the script an insurance value of $150,000, David decided to contact appraiser Catherine Williams to sell it.