From the ArcaMax Publishing, Weird News Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/weirdnews/s-572604-103741
RALEIGH, N.C. (UPI) -- "Antiques Roadshow" appraisers valued a jade
set as high as $1.07 million, the highest appraisal since the show
started traversing the United States.
The collection -- jade pieces from China's Chien Lung reign from
1736-1795 -- belong to an unidentified woman who arrived early at the
Saturday taping in Raleigh, N.C., of the popular PBS show, The News &
Observer in Raleigh reported.
The woman told the appraiser the pieces belonged to her father, a
military liaison to China in the 1930s and '40s, show officials said.
Asian art appraiser James Callahan, who examined the four pieces, said
the dealer steered her father to quality items. The popular PBS series
travels cross-country, helping folks assess the value of collectibles
and heirlooms.
"The dealer selected very fine pieces," he said. "I've never seen
anything like it."
Callahan says the value of the pieces depends on the market for them
in China and that the Chinese government often wants to get such
pieces back.
"Roadshow" workers said the woman's initial reaction was silence,
followed by, "Damn!"