She Paid $1 for This CHINESE JADE at a Thrift Shop... Until This Happened on Antiques Roadshow!
She Paid $1 for This CHINESE JADE at a Thrift Shop... Until This Happened on Antiques Roadshow!
Some of the most valuable Chinese jade ever brought to Antiques Roadshow was found at thrift shops, estate sales, and storage auctions. A white jade belt fitting from a New York thrift shop is now worth up to $6,000. A small jade duck bought for $30 at an estate sale was valued at up to $15,000. A jade vase won for about $20 at a storage auction could bring $15,000, or up to $50,000 if it still had its lid. In this Antiques Roadshow best-of documentary, we uncover imperial carvings, family heirlooms, and hidden jade treasures that left their owners speechless.
This episode features a gold Edward Farmer box set with Ming jade belt plaques worth up to $125,000, a white jade censer bought as a $350 birthday gift and now worth up to $80,000, a Cartier jadeite necklace insured for $75,000, a jadeite peach bowl worth up to $60,000, a collection of Qianlong white jade traded in postwar Korea worth up to $60,000, a rare malachite scholar’s mountain, a yellow jade chilong, and a Zhou dynasty jade spear point more than 2,500 years old. Along the way, experts explain how nephrite, jadeite, carving quality, reign marks, and the Chinese market can turn a small stone into a fortune.
From a $1 jade plaque found in a village junk shop to a gold and jade box worth $125,000, these appraisals prove that the jade carving on your shelf could be worth far more than you ever imagined.
⏱ CHAPTERS
00:02 Mother-in-Law’s Jade Plaque & Garment Hook
01:51 Nurse’s Jade & Lacquer Snuff Bottle
03:15 Last Empress of China Jadeite Brooch
05:07 The “Green Bowl” That Wasn’t Jade
07:15 General MacArthur Jade Brush Washer
09:00 Qing Dynasty Jade Seated Boy
10:31 Thrift Shop White Jade Belt Fitting
12:25 Flea Market Yuan Dynasty Jade Plaque
14:06 White Jade Guanyin in Silver
15:31 Aunt Juanita’s Jade Bi Disc
17:41 Korean Consul General’s White Jade Bowl & Dish
19:44 Jade Pomander & Mughal-Style Censer
21:42 Jadeite & Tourmaline Necklace
23:01 Yellow Ground Chinese Porcelain Vase
24:50 $30 Estate Sale Jade Duck
26:49 $20 Storage Auction Jade Vase
28:57 Great Aunt Hazel’s Jadeite Ring
30:20 Philadelphia Correspondent’s Jade Vase
32:04 Jade & Silver Hand Mirror
33:51 Estate Sale Jadeite Guanyin Vase
35:40 Cigarette Case with 18th-Century Jade Hook
37:34 $600 Jade Table Screen
39:07 $1 Ming Jade Plaque from the Great Wall
41:03 Edward Farmer Gold & Jade Box
43:02 Rare Malachite Scholar’s Mountain
44:30 Grandfather’s Yellow Jade Chilong
46:11 Zhou Dynasty Jade Spear Point
47:57 Spinach Jade Basin
50:04 Jadeite Dragons & Tang-Style Camel
51:33 White Jade Rams from Formosa
53:54 $350 Birthday Gift White Jade Censer
56:16 Aunt’s Cartier Jadeite Necklace
58:22 Jadeite Peach Bowl
1:00:13 Qianlong White Jade Collection Traded in Korea
1:03:07 Jadeite Maidens from New York Chinatown