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Episode #124
Correspondent Clay Reynolds hears how some early 1900s Fred Meyer photographs of Native-American ceremonies – appraised at the Charleston, South Carolina, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW for $7,000 to $10,000 – began an authentic Wild West adventure for their owners. Clay's adventures continue at "the Wild West of auctions" as he and expert J.Michael Flanigan brave the 40 acres of simultaneous auction action at Dixon's in Crumpton, Maryland. Then expert Andy Ourant takes a behind-the-scenes look at Vaillancourt Folk Art in Sutton, Massachusetts, which has pulled hundreds of vintage chocolate molds out of retirement to produce contemporary chalkware collectibles. Finally, appraiser Christopher Coover tells the tale of a missing – and dismembered – masterpiece: a 62-page draft of George Washington's first-term inaugural address, which, on the advice of his good friend James Madison, was never actually delivered. Many years later the manuscript found its way into the hands of a scholar and private collector who handed it out page-by-page to his friends. The scattered pages bear no mark to indicate Washington as the author and are likely languishing unrecognized in the dusty recesses of far- flung family libraries – worth as much as $350,000 each, if found.
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