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cajuntiger · 9 February 2014, 03:30 AM

Latest episode from Detroit has a woman who found a small cardboard box full of watches in her Fathers office. She thinks they might be worth "a few thousand"...she's in for a nice surprise. A few Pateks, Cartier, Rolex and more.

Cc1966 · 9 February 2014, 03:31 AM

It happens...

RolexJNJ · 9 February 2014, 04:09 AM

Looks like the appraiser is wearing a Daytona!

cajuntiger · 9 February 2014, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by RolexJNJ

Looks like the appraiser is wearing a Daytona!

yep, and it showed well in the close ups. Her 80 year old father was ill and they were "liquidating" his stuff when they found the box. Mostly from the 70's.
I hope my kids don't find my watches some day in a small box...with no understanding of the values. :)

Dan Pierce · 9 February 2014, 06:04 AM

That was a particularly good segment.
dP

toph · 9 February 2014, 09:56 AM

I love stories like these. Great find

Kingface66 · 9 February 2014, 10:49 AM

For us Rolex rookies out here, what was the final tally??

cajuntiger · 9 February 2014, 11:28 AM

50-60k...mostly in Pateks

RolexJNJ · 9 February 2014, 01:09 PM

Not a bad score!

coralfarmer84 · 9 February 2014, 01:51 PM

Does this really happen?

HL65 · 9 February 2014, 10:08 PM

Very cool!

watch watcher · 9 February 2014, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Kingface66

For us Rolex rookies out here, what was the final tally??

Prices seemed inflated, which is often the case on this show. The ordinary steel Datejust was estimated at 3-4 K.

Skip to about 17:00 for the goodness.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/video/index.html

iclick · 10 February 2014, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by watch watcher

Prices seemed inflated, which is often the case on this show. The ordinary steel Datejust was estimated at 3-4 K.

There was mention of this on the "Spotter" thread last week (starting with Post #937).

The criterion was "insurance value," which is in no sense the market value of the watches. I wish they would standardize by stating either all three values (auction, retail, and insurance) or just one. If just one I think the auction value would be the best for most participants should they ever decide to sell the item(s). If they sell to a retailer the items will bring retail minus the shop's profit margin, and insurance values are much higher.

Vincent65 · 10 February 2014, 03:55 AM

they invariably give an estimated market value.

SAAS · 10 February 2014, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by watch watcher

Prices seemed inflated, which is often the case on this show. The ordinary steel Datejust was estimated at 3-4 K.

Skip to about 17:00 for the goodness.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/video/index.html

Cool, thanks for the link

harry in montreal · 16 February 2014, 02:00 PM

Very enjoyable. I have one of those pateks. He said is worth dbl what I thought. He's wrong.

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