I can blame them. Just because the rest of the world seems content with mediocrity doesn't mean I have to be, and neither should they. They know they're being watched by people who will call them when they bluff. They have no excuses as far as I'm concerned. Why bother getting any good appraisers if they're not ALL going to be up to snuff?
That said, I still enjoy the show very much. I just have to suspend the disbelief a little, like watching anything out of Hollywood. Best to all, Robert >From: "funk" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: Antique Phonograph List <[email protected]> >To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Re: Edison Phono on Antique Road Show this week >Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 19:42:03 -0500 > >The Road Show has some of the best appraisers in the world in the the more >high profile areas: furniture, painting, jewelry, militaria, american >pottery, toys & dolls. With respect to music, they have quite good >appraisers of musical instruments (violins and guitars). But, let's face >it, wind-up phonographs and related records/accessories has a relatively >narrow collecting base. Hence, they'll use an appraiser with some >generalist knowledge and let it go at that. Cam you really blame them? > > >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >[email protected] > >Phono-L Archive >http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
