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Look for Timothy Gordon on Antiques Roadshow
The last few seasons, Timothy Gordon of Gordon Appraisals has become a regular appraiser on this TV show. Look for him once again this season! Preview a few videos below of Tim on the show the last few seasons.
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Featured In Business Insider
This feature article with Timothy Gordon | Gordon Appraisals came out in Business Insider
How To Spot A Fake Luxury Watch “When you’re looking at potential counterfeit watches, you have to inform yourself as to what a real one is like,” Gordon told Business Insider. “You need to know what it feels like, looks like, how much it weighs, and what it sounds like.” “Look for an established dealer with a good reputation,” Gordon said. “Buying a watch from a reputable business that’s more expensive is always better than buying a cheaper version from an untrustworthy merchant.” Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-spot-a-fake-luxury-watch-2014-10#ixzz3GLg3H3yW |
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The James Douglas Morrison Estate
We were in Cloud Nine, California, thrilled and most proud to be appraising the original papers and writings of Jim Morrison…those he left behind at his death in Paris in 1971. The material is staggering…the genius of the man has yet to be revealed. It’s all beyond words to read his thousands of writings and private thoughts, and to be one of the first truly inside of his mind.
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Appraising George Washington Correspondence
Presents a wonderful George Washington letter which I appraised!
A national treasure! It is such an honor to work with items of this magnitude. |
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Timothy Gordon appearance on PBS Frontier House…reruns of me currently running on television
I’m in the main promo scene for the commercial of Frontier House, as well as various scenes. |
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Timothy Gordon – Traveling with PBS Antiques Roadshow as an Appraiser – Baton Rouge La.
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Inspecting a helmet from the Tower of London CollectionThis British soldier’s helmet was made in the 1600′s for the English Civil War and was kept in the armory of the Tower of London. It was later sold by the Crown (in the 1800′s) to raise funds for the restoration of the Tower. Asha MacDonald is shown here inspecting the helmet for research on the London armourer’s hallmark. After some study, I believe it to be S.K. for Sylvester Keene
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Antiques Roadshow Santa Clara, California!
SO EXCITED TO BE an appraiser of Collectibles on PBS Antiques Roadshow Santa Clara!
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17 Carat Diamond “Tuesday” Ring
A recent appraisal for sale. This beauty was called the “Tuesday” ring by my client’s father who owned a much loved restaurant and bar. My client fondly recalled his father wearing his favorite blazer, worn shoes, stained with lemon juice from mixing drinks and this ring on the second day of every work week
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The Face of a Culture
We spent December appraising 5,000 original Native American images from a Montana tribe. These are the priceless visual identity of one people, dating from 1860 – 1960. Without this visual image, 100 years of history would have been buried.
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Frederick Carl Frieseke
“25 years into this, I still smile at my luck in being allowed to work with National treasures such as this. “Sleep”, by Frederick Carl Frieseke. One of my recent appraisals.”
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On the road with PBS Antiques Roadshow as an appraiser of Collectibles!
Wow!.. For two weekends in a row, the most prestigious modern art dealer/expert in America has asked my opinion on paintings.
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Yellowstone National Park
We appraised our Country’s National Treasures in Yellowstone National Park!
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The Famous Virginia City Gypsy Fortune Teller!My new acquaintance knows all, sees all. The world famous 1906 Mills Novelty Vocal Gypsy Fortune Teller machine. Of course we had to disrobe her to she how she “ticked”.
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Priceless 15th Century Books!
Priceless 15th Century Books! Currently in a museum vault in DC appraising beautiful weird and fascinating 14th-17th c. books. Too bad for me. Some are pre-printing press!
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Kensington Palace
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Chinese Funerary Granary
I was honored to be appraising in the vaults of the Phoenix Art Museum last month Here is a priceless Chinese Funerary Granary Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – 9 A.D.)…a miracle that it is still in one piece after all these years.
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