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Rob LI have taken things to the Antiques Roadshow twice and each time they approached me regarding whether I was interested in selling. The first time I went, I took a bunch of T201 cards. Lipman looked at them, said the Cobb/Crawford I had was worth $ 1500 to $ 2000 and then asked it I was looking to sell the cards.
The second time I went, I took 10 or 11 19th Century baseballs, a bibbed jersey, several cabinets and tintypes and one or two 19th century bats. Two of the appraisers looked at everything, went to talk in private and then decided I knew too much about what the items were. They figured I knew more about the value then they did. They basically said that if I had come in with a story of "I inherited these or I found these in the attic" then I they would have showcased them. They also asked if anything was for sale.
Good stuff.
Rob L