Antiques Roadshow

Antiques Roadshow is one of the popular British Television Show, in which various antique appraisers from all over the world travel to various regions of the United Kingdom to assess the antiques bought in by local people. The show has been running in since the year 1979 and was initially based on a documentary series dating to the year 1977. The show captures the people individually and assesses their products over a one-on-one discussion. The boy being talked about became the youngest collector to have ever appeared on the Antiques Roadshow. He was passionate about antiques and since quite an early age only showed a keen interest in the antiques. He appeared here with a painting, he knew something about and just that he bought it for some $2. Probably when he stepped in here, he wasn’t aware of what a significant find he had made.

Expert Advice

For this boy, seeking an expert opinion was a necessity. Seeking an outside appraisal to know whether your item is worth selling or not is a smart move. Many expensive sculptures, pieces of art, vases end up in thrift stores and shops which value them at a price that maybe exorbitant for their enormous history. Similarly, this boy traveled all the way to Richmond, Virginia in order to discover the worth of his mere $2 costing painting.

The Painting

The painting which the young lad got with him was covered in glass. Looking like any other ordinary painting this one turns out to be the extraordinary one. It wasn’t any modern art or an abstract one, rather it was a simple landscape one. A lady knitting a sweater while another lad sitting beside her. At a glance, it seems to be a typical and usual canvas. But for Weiss, it was a masterpiece.

David Weiss

David Weiss is an esteemed figure in the history of the Antiques Roadshow. He is a Senior Vice President of Freeman’s and heads the European Art & Old Masters department. He is an expert in 19th & 20th Century European Paintings & Sculpture. He has also served as a Vice President at a Washington, D.C. auction house for nearly 14 years. Looking at his expertise and preliminary examination of the boy’s painting; Weiss was the right man to approach for the evaluation of that painting.

The Painting

Weiss finally asks the boy the question he had been waiting for. “How much do you think this painting would cost?” The boy in a low tone says, “it must be around a hundred and fifty bucks or so.” Weiss asked the boy to hold his heart and said, “Today, if your Albert Neuhuys watercolor came to an auction, it would probably sell for about $1000 to $1500.” The boy could not believe what he heard, “Did You Say Thousand?”