I don't really watch this show. In fact, I rarely watch it. However, this is pretty cool. The gist is that her father was stationed overseas in China in the 30s and 40s and befriended a jade store owner. He bought the pieces — dated around the mid-1700s — and brought them back. One was once stolen, sold for $3,000 and tracked down again, but cost them $5k to get it back. The pieces are so expensive, she can't even afford the insurance on them. Can't say I'd fork over even $20 for them, but what do I know about antiques or taste.
She will split the proceeds with her brother.
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Jinx Taylor always thought her father had impeccable taste. Now she knows it's true.
Four pieces of jade that her father bought in the 1930s and '40s at No. 10 Jade St. in Beijing were valued last month at more than $1 million on PBS' "Antiques Roadshow" while the program was in Raleigh, a record appraisal for the show. They're so valuable, in fact, that Taylor can't afford the insurance on the keepsakes and plans to sell them.
"I adored my father," Taylor, who lives along North Carolina's coast, said in a recent phone interview. "He was interesting and a good, generous man. I'm wishing he could see this and see what was going on."
http://www.newsobserver.com/1569/story/1610070.html
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Jade pieces fetch record $1 million + appraisal on Antiques Road Show
