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A Navajo blanket was appraised on PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow” for $500,000. After seeing the broadcast, a disabled man realized he had a similar blanket which had been sitting in his closet for 7 years. He took it to an auctioneer and its final bid was $1.5 million.

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The only known surviving puppets from the iconic Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer film were rediscovered in 2005 on Antiques Roadshow. They were stored and forgotten in an attic in disrepair after being given to kids as toys.

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1. The Antiques Roadshow appraised a grotesque jug to be worth $50,000, comparing it to a Picasso. Unknown to the appraiser, it was actually made by some random high school kid over 40 years ago. After finding out, he changed his appraisal to $5k, saying it was "not bad for a high schooler"

2. A “grotesque face jug” created as a high school art project in the 1970s was mistakenly appraised by an Antiques Roadshow expert as being worth $50,000.

3. A painting bought by a priest for £400 was revealed on Antiques Roadshow UK to be the work of the 17th Century master Sir Anthony Van Dyck, worth £400,000. The priest was happy to have the extra money to buy new church bells.

4. Van Dyck's "The Magistrate_of_Brussels" is the most valuable painting identified in the 36-year history of Antiques Roadshow.

5. Antiques Roadshow just aired its 500th episode tonight. Since it premiered in 1997, it's toured 99 cities, over 500,000 fans have attended roadshow events, and 1.4 million objects have been appraised by the show.

6. Antiques Roadshow host provoked a storm of controversy when noting that a woman in a painting had fat ankles, calling them "Shropshire Ankles." He eventually had to go and personally apologize for his remarks.

7. THE Cowardly Lion's movie script from the Wizard of Oz was appraised at $150,000 on Antiques Roadshow in 2013.