The Value of Origins

Origins matter to humans. The Antiques Roadshow has held the interest of its viewers for over thirty-five years with a simple formula of determining the origins of items people have not properly valued. The side table found at a yard sale for twenty dollars that is actually an antique worth five hundred thousand. 

The thrift shop painting that turns out to be a van Dyck worth $673,000. Who made the item often determines its worth. It’s enough to…