Antiques Roadshow is in town.
We're here at the Idaho Botanical Gardens.
This is the second stop of a five city
tour where possibly some Idahoans
will find out if they're a part of
the episodes that will air in 2023.
Now thousands of people are here
possibly to find out if their family
heirlooms are a hidden treasure,
or they're priceless memories,
and I actually brought myself a
couple of books here from my family's
history because I'm curious to
know what is this process like.
Let's check it out.
Come on down, why? How are you great?
What did you bring today?
Access Grant, personal memoirs and
I got this from. These are my moms.
This was a publishing sensation
when it was done and it went through
endless editions that they are correct.
First editions it's it's a matched pair but
really the condition is pretty doggone good.
These these were, I mean US grant.
I mean, we're talking exactly 20
years after the end of the Civil War.
It was still huge,
you know there were still ramifications
are still going on today,
but you do have the correct 1st and
what I would call very good condition
and they would retail in the 300
plus dollar range in that condition.
Nice to hear a little additional history
on it because you know it came from her
great uncle who meant so much to her.
Yes, yes exactly, that's cool.
That's the fun part of doing this.
You get all the family stories.
Marsha, we're here at the
Idaho panicle gardens.
The Antiques Roadshow we are
so excited to have you here.
How's it going today?
It's going great.
It isn't raining number one people
are here and we're appraising
our brains out sometimes.
Do you see that people bring items that,
regardless of how they come up,
being appraised that just their
value is kind of priceless, right?
Because it means something to
them in their family heritage.
You nailed it because what it is is
that people come here often knowing
they're not coming with life,
changing money when they hear it,
but they really.
Want to know and understand what they own?
It's something that's been in their
family for three generations,
4 generations and that is the
big payoff for them.
They really want to know we have the answer.
Antiques Roadshow here at
the Idaho Botanical Gardens.
How many people would you say
are here right now?
Oh gosh,
I think
today we're going to be
able to expect between 3 and
5000 people. OK, and this is
the second large event here at
the garden this year, right?
So how excited are you to be
able to host things like this?
We are delighted. I feel like
after two years of being reduced
capacity or even locked down,
we are so excited to see our community again.
We're a gathering space and it's
wonderful to be able to really
achieve our mission. How long have
you been with the Antiques Roadshow?
This is my 12th year.
Give some advice for someone who's like
you know what I missed out the first time.
I'm missing out again.
You know, if they come through,
I'm going to be ready if
they're going to come through.
Bring something
you don't know anything about.
We all live in the age of
the Internet and it's no fun.
If you've already looked
up everything about it.
The the the best stuff.
Here is the stuff that you really
can't look up on the Internet and
that's becoming fewer and fewer items.
But when you have something like that
that we can share with you what we know,
it makes it a much more fun
experience for everybody
in a show that is so involves the public,
I get to touch people.
We touch lives in that way and this is
my job and I work with a long Time Team.
We've all worked together a long time.
I have a family, but that's my other family,
so I love my team too.
I love what we make.
We love making this show.
And the joy of watching people who enjoy
what we labor over is very satisfying.