Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

I found them at a flea market in Georgia on a back road about ten years ago. They were six dollars.

APPRAISER

And you didn't have to haggle.

GUEST

I did not have to haggle, no.

APPRAISER

They are part of a costume. A clown shoe basically, right?

GUEST

Yes.

APPRAISER

They are a man's shoe. They're not really expensive men's shoes. They're maybe from the '30s, '40s, and then they have a very durable leather extension. What I found so interesting about this was that you found them in rural Georgia. And it made me think about someone making their own shoes for a costume, that was their job. and then traveling around to small areas bringing shows and laughter. And I would put a value in a retail shop of about $500 on them.

GUEST

Really?

APPRAISER

I would.

GUEST

That's great.