Antiques Roadshow appraisal 1/3/22 AND 1/24

[BobC]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

L-R, her guesses at grade were 3.5-4, 5, 4 (I think),

And don’t get me started on TPGing!

Aaaaaahhhhh, so the appraiser did mention and take potential TPG grades into consideration. I'm not going to get you started on TPGs, just wondered how an AR appraiser could possibly ignore TPG grading, and still hope to give people even somewhat reasonable value estimates. And like you, still think the appraisal was way to high, even if TPG graded at her estimates.

By the way, you did say the appraiser was a "her", right? Not trying or intending to be or appear sexist, but I find that to be very odd when you think about how the hobby is so very male oriented.

[ooo-ribay]

^^^^ https://www.isa-appraisers.org/find-...9/leila-dunbar

[ruth-gehrig]

I responded to an online ad regarding a porcelain railroad sign and struck a deal after emailing and then speaking with this elderly gentleman on the phone. He wanted paid with money orders which I sent and once he received them and packed the sign up discovered the fedex shipping was considerably more than he charged me. He called me up and apologized saying he hadnt shipped anything in years and didnt realize the increase in costs. He asked if I wanted to cancel the deal or send him some more money to cover actual shipping costs. I sent him additional money and then I got a call from his daughter and she really apologized for the situation. We chatted for a bit telling her my main interest was antique baseball. She introduced herself as Leila Dunbar. She's a good lady and I've always enjoyed her sports appraisals on the Roadshow.

[drcy]

Dunbar was director of sports auctions at Sotheby's, so she's no slouch.

I had interaction with her once, and found her very pleasant.

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by BobC

Aaaaaahhhhh, so the appraiser did mention and take potential TPG grades into consideration. I'm not going to get you started on TPGs, just wondered how an AR appraiser could possibly ignore TPG grading, and still hope to give people even somewhat reasonable value estimates. And like you, still think the appraisal was way to high, even if TPG graded at her estimates.

By the way, you did say the appraiser was a "her", right? Not trying or intending to be or appear sexist, but I find that to be very odd when you think about how the hobby is so very male oriented.

She is on the show often, & does baseball item appraisals sp all the time.

[BobC]

Thank you all, I did not know that about Ms. Dunbar. Haven't watched new AR episodes in quite a while and was not familiar with her. Still, she appears to be more of an exception than the norm when you think of baseball card experts.