Antiques Roadshow Makes $1.5M Find

July 25th, 2011 | by Matew Dow |

An Oklahoma man has shattered Antiques Roadshow records with a set of Chinese teacups carved from rhinoceros horn. The shows experts appraised the cups, believed to be from the late 17th or early 18th century, at between $1 million and $1.5 million, making them the most valuable antiques uncovered in the television programs 16-year history.

The shows producers say the buyer—who chose to remain anonymous because he lives in a small town and is worried about security—bought the cups cheaply in the 70s and had no idea of their true worth, reports the New York Post. After the appraisal the man quipped: “I guess I wont have to rely on Social Security anymore.”

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