Flirtation, desire, and cut-glass biscuit barrels: Forms of expertise in Antiques Road Trip

Smith, Angela; Higgins, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.dcm.2016.08.002

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“…Attendees' interests and expert comments at Antique Roadshow events reflect shifting concerns, from questions in the 1970s about home insurance to more recent attention to estimates of likely yields at auctions. While Goodey considered insurance estimates subterfuge for socially inappropriate questions about auction sales (Goodey, 1998, 201), Smith and Higgins (2016) suggest they reveal a generational shift, influenced by more profit‐focused TV programs such as Bargain Hunt (2000‐present) or Cash in the Attic (2002–2012).…”

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For love and money: Navigating values at the antiques roadshow event

Cornish,

Weston,

Djohari

et al. 2024

The J of Popular Culture

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Antiques Roadshow Events are held in historic locations across the United Kingdom. On site, experts evaluate objects brought in by attendees, who are often cast as passive recipients, while edited highlights make up the long‐running BBC TV program. Through Collaborative Event Ethnography at one Roadshow Event we show how object stories are navigated through “value talk” between attendees and experts in front of live audiences. Value is not a measurement but a dimension of the thing and its context. Stories and money are both integral in understanding worth, and final valuations are only partially shaped by given expertise.

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