I had a great time! I am totally exhausted after waiting in line for about 3 hours just to get into the show area! Once inside we spent another 2 hours in line for the various appraisal areas…but it was still worth it. I personally met both Leigh and Leslie Keno (the twins!) who appraise furniture. I walked up to them, introduced myself, shook hands with both of them and got them to autograph my show ticket! Saw lots of other appraisers that I recognized from the show, but I don’t know their names. I was in the background for one of the filmed appraisals and was filmed in the feedback booth upon leaving. So maybe you’ll see me in January when the show airs. It will be on for 3 episodes, so who knows!

As far as the appraisals of my stuff, here goes —

My clock is a cottage clock made by the Jerome Clock Co from Conneticut around 1840. The base is solid mahogany and the rest of it has a faux wood finish. He said it was in very good condition and valued it at about $650. We paid $65 for it.

The art deco Zenith radio is from the 1930’s. He said it was in excellent condition (it still works!) and was very impressed with the condition of the wood case. He also commented on the Zenith logo where the Z is in the form of lightning bolts. He valued it at $250. We paid $30 for it.

Patrick’s shillelagh (Irish walking stick) was valued at about $100. It is a family heirloom given to Patrick by his grandmother on his father’s side. It came from Ireland and we believe it was either his great or great-great grandfather’s.

The most disappointing were my mother’s 2 pewter springerle cookie presses. No one knew what they were! I waited in one line for over an hour only to have the appraiser tell me he didn’t know what they were and he directed me to another area. The line for that appraiser was at least a one hour wait. It was 7 pm and we were pooped, so I opted not to wait. Patrick feels they must be something really unique since no one seems to have a clue about them. I’ve been unable to locate any pewter springerle presses anywhere on the internet. Everything out there is wood. I talked about this in the feedback booth, so maybe they’ll televise that!

It was still great fun and I’m happy I went. Thanks again, Patrick, for spending 6 hours with your mother in downtown LA seeing lots of weird stuff and a huge assortment of weird people!