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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaodi" data-source="post: 6005563" data-attributes="member: 1231"><p>The inspiration for my question is, of course, the Antiques Roadshow. An episode I saw years ago had an armoir that had been redone because the finish was all cracked. As it was, the armoir was worth somewhere between $250,000 US, I think. Had it been left with the original finish, it would have been worth over $750,000. It was an American piece, and something my Dad told me, who knows a bit about antiques, was that there is a real difference between American antiques and Canadian antiques (or maybe just Americans and Canadians valuing of them) in that the former are really valued for being in their original form, whereas the latter can have more repairs done without losing as much value.</p></blockquote><p></p>