Antiques Roadshow seems to have only a few broad categories of expertise on hand for appraisals, so I doubt they would have anyone qualified to speak to a fine example of uour field of interest. I'd bet if you walked in there with a NIB Herse or '57 Campy crank, Juy 543, or 1st gen Gran Sport derailleur or even a NOS '50s Cinelli or DeRosa, you'd probably be met with a blank stare and sent away. Maybe a TdF winning bike with ironclad provenence would catch their eye, but they'd still probably be incapable of making anything approaching an informed appraisal.
I imagine there are many, many other popular and vital fields of collecting they are totally unqualified to speak to as well where you'll never see anything from on air.
Kurt Sperry Bellingham WA USA
On 6/2/07, GCJ <p2vp26na@intergate.com> wrote:
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> Jerry Moos mentioned Antiques Roadshow with regard to the preference of
> original finish on other collectibles. As a regular watcher, I don't
> recall ever seeing KOF bikes shown. Does anyone know if any have been
> featured, and who the experts would have been to discuss and place
> values on the bikes. From reading CR there are many interesting stories
> about KOF bikes, their builders, and their owners, with documented
> provenance and historical material, that would be of general interest to
> viewers of Antiques Roadshow.
> George Jones Dallas, TX USA