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Nora Brodie Hoare watercolors, Hollywood prop houses, auction
prices in 2004 and valuable highboy chests that are missing
their tops.
FYI correspondent Clay Reynolds tracks down one of a trio of
brothers to find out what they did with the rare collection of
watercolors by their great-grandmother, Nora Brodie Hoare, after
the artwork was appraised on ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, JR in 1998. It's
lights, camera, action, antiques and collectibles at two very
different Hollywood prop houses with expert Rudy Franchi, who makes
a show-stopping discovery among the aisles of objects used in
famous movies. Then, viewers find out how 2004 stacked up when it
came to breathtaking auction prices. What were some of the highest
price tags in the world when the gavel came down on paintings,
furniture, books and sports memorabilia? "Why Not Take All of Me?"
could be the theme song for J. Michael Flanigan's report on the
puzzling phenomenon of valuable highboy chests that are missing
their tops. The tops, which may be masquerading as small chests of
drawers, could boost the value of the pieces from five figures to a
million dollars and more.