// Focus on the email input box I also have two rare quilts. In 2010, Walberg hosted a series on CMT titled Your Chance to Dance. View Amin Jaffer . See the surprising allegations against well-regarded twin art appraisers. }); View Bill Harriman. This Faberg ornament was appraised at 1 million ($1.27 million) by the Antiques Roadshow. New Orleans Auctions Galleries claim the brothers bid against each other with similar results at least two other times. Since 2020, she has bid on more than $230,000 worth of treasures sold by various auction houses through the Live Auctioneers websites and never completed the transactions, according to documents reviewed by The Post. The most expensive watch to ever be featured on Antique Roadshow is also the most expensive item in the shows history: a Swiss pocket watch from 1914 that appeared on a 2004 episode. Leslie Keno was once a director of American furniture and decorative arts at Sothebys. The chances of appearing on Antiques Roadshow are slim . Please log off from any other devices, and then reload this page continue. The Keno brothers, born in 1957 in upstate New York, grew up surrounded by antiques. Going forward, the show's appraisers had to undergo extensive training and background checks. , Specialists. } Article topics. Along with host Mark Walberg and elderly people saying "Oh my!" when they find out their candy dish dates to the Ming Dynasty and is worth $12,000, a common element of PBS's Antiques Roadshow is the presence of appraisers Leslie and Leigh Keno. He said when his staff realized it was the same person, they told her to pay her entire bill and then never heard back. // ------------------------------------------------------------------- In 2011, the brothers co-hosted a reality show, Buried Treasure, on the Fox network[15] in which they visited people's homes searching for valuable art and antiques. Killen said they would lose value if placed up for auction again. The still on-air show, famous for bringing the antiques appraisal business to people's homes, isn't as squeaky clean as its sanitized subject implies. The Keno brothers are veteran vintage car collectors, as well as antiques and collectibles experts. Are Antiques Roadshow appraisals accurate? A celebrity antiques expert known for sizing up treasures on Antiques Roadshow claims he was duped by a woman who scammed his auction house out of more than $100,000 and is suing to recover the cash. Bill Harriman. + ' @media (max-width: 767px){ .close-signup {top:0 !important;} }' } Contact info Agent info Leslie B. Keno was born on 14 March 1957 in Mohawk, New York, USA. + '<\/div>'; Deborah Scott. The suit accuses them of auction misconduct, which resulted in unjustifiably higher purchase prices of auction items.. + '