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Article: Just for fun: we've lassoed yet another caption-hungry photo....(THE LAST WORD)
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- Antiques Roadshow Insider
- Article date:
- April 1, 2009
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Appraiser John Hays of Christie's couldn't help himself: A guest brought in a pair of chaps, so he tried them on. They turned up in Omaha, Neb., during a 2004 Antiques Roadshow event, accompanied by the elk- and moosee-antler chair pictured below. The large size of the elk, as illustrated by his antlers (the "legs" of the chair) helps make the chair valuable: $6,000-$9,000. As for the chaps, or "woolies" (shown folded and placed in the chair), they're worth around $1,000. But back to the Hays photograph: Give it a close look and then send your most clever caption attempt(s) to AR Insider Captions, P.O. Box 550, Clinton, MA 01510 (e-mail: ...