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You’ve likely seen one of those horrid shows (yes I’m going to show bias here) where people queue up to have a collectibles expert tell them if the thing they are toting is junk or a missing treasure. “Antiques Roadshow” is the most notorious: it’s the PBS/BBC version of hauling a bucket of nickels to the local casino and hoping to hit the jackpot. “Get rich quick” is a common theme in human history, but the producers of such shows feed that habit the way a pusher feeds addicts.
Alternatives exist, and in this universe (no sci-fi travel needed). One such show is “The Repair Shop”, a BBC show that features people getting their odd bits that have personal, usually generational, importance to them, but not specifically any collectible value. Virtually all of the items to be repaired are from 30 to a somewhat over 100 years old. Experts in restoration and repair are called in to the filming site, the Weald and Downland Living Museum in rural West Sussex. Two to four objects are repaire