What happened with the woman that got the Million-Dollar appraisal on Antiques R

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   bethperryposted 10 years ago

   What happened with the woman that got the Million-Dollar appraisal on Antiques Roadshow..
   
   for the four jade carvings, including a dragon-design bowl that had been ordered to be made at Imperial command? Altogether the items were appraised for 1.07 million. My husband and I saw the episode the other night and it was taped in Raleigh, NC (I believe the year was 2009). I am curious if the lady sold her pieces at auction and if so, how much did she get for them? Thanks!

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   Old-Empresarioposted 10 years ago

   You might be able to look it up on Google by typing in some key words.

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      bethperryposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I tried but all I could find were articles written around the time the episode came out.

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   The Examiner-1posted 10 years ago

   Her son, very carefully, took it in and got it appraised at the $1,000,000,000. About 30 years ago she received an offer of $5,000 and refused it thinking she could get $10-20,000 at that time.
   At the end of the show, I guess, he was told (she was not there) it could be sold for $700 - $1,000 at an auction. He bubble wrapped it to put back under the desk. So I assume that was not sold. The link to the site where I found the information is below:
   
   http://gothamist.com/2014/08/12/antique … hp#photo-1

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      bethperryposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Kevin, that is interesting, but the vase is not the items I saw. There were four pieces of carvings of green jade. Thanks anyway!

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      The Examiner-1posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Beth,
      I believe that this link site is what you are looking for. there is a video on here and you can catch some info on here, near the end, giving a close answer: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/200902A05.html

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      bethperryposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Kevin, thank you! There's a link for an interview with the lady too. Much appreciated!

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      The Examiner-1posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for choosing my answer Beth! :-)

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