Antiques Roadshow

APPRAISER

This is by far the most important U.S. gold medal that we've seen come in at the sport's table at ANTIQUES ROADSHOW.

GUEST

Oh boy.

APPRAISER

I would put a value of this at auction of $100,000 to $150,000.

GUEST

Wow. I was right more or less. Thank you. That is incredible.

APPRAISER

You were, and for insurance. I would easily put a value on it of $175,000.

GUEST

Wow. Well, it'll go back in the lockbox. I got to talk about my dad and his Olympic basketball career which is one of my favorite subjects. I get to share it with the world because it was kind of an unknown era of basketball before World War II. The Basketball Hall of Fame has not put my father or the Olympic team in the Basketball Hall of Fame. They turned them down this past year. But, it's a process and we'll just keep doing it. It's not just him, it's the team and all the other people that are on it. Of course, I'm prejudiced for him. He was just a gentle giant. I didn't realize, I didn't realize how important he was and he didn't either 'til about 1980 or '84 during those Olympics when people started coming around wanting to interview him. Then he decided well, maybe that was important. He kept this in a shoe box in the top of his closet. One of my cousins who has worked in Hollywood, she was one of the assistants to the producer of "Field of Dreams." And she grew up in Amarillo with us and knew my dad and she's written a screenplay and she's trying to get it made. But it's a hard road to hoe. But she's working at it. It's about the team getting there and I think she wants to call it "Slam Dunk." This is as important as I thought it was and now I get to share it with other people and I'm just lit up!