Antiques Roadshow painting is worth 10 times more | TV Shows

An Antiques Roadshow visitor walked away surprised after studying a painting she purchased for $300 is now worth big bucks, following a wedding ceremony airloom’s worth reaching 5-figures on the show.

The Antiques Roadshow appraiser, Debra J. Force, delivered a stunning shock after a visitor confirmed off a colourful LeRoy Neiman illustration tied to Playboy Magazine.

(*10*) the visitor explained, following the show’s most horrifying gadgets that consultants refused to worth.

“We were at the Cherry Auction and decided to go ahead and bid on it. Then won it.”

Force confirmed the piece was an genuine LeRoy Neiman, who is an American artist recognized for popular culture arywork.

“He was a very popular artist,” Force said.

“Originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, and studied here in Chicago at The Art Institute. His claim to fame was painting all kinds of sports events, and he did portraits for some famous people, Muhammad Ali, Sylvester Stallone.”

She famous Neiman had a long connection to Playboy.

“He was an illustrator for Playboy Magazine for about 15 years,” Force said.

“The painting was made for an article about his travels to Morocco. The title of the piece is ‘East Meets West.’ You’ve got the young American woman versus the Moroccan woman. And it’s printed in color in the January 1970 issue of Playboy.”

The paintings’s condition was honest, though not good. Force identified that the mat inside the body had slipped, hiding Neiman’s signature.

“You need to definitely have this taken out and repositioned,” she suggested. “Perhaps they can also flatten that bulge.”

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She explained that although the piece was not one of Neiman’s Playboy Bunny drawings, which usually promote for more, its originality and connection to the magazine still gave it strong worth.

“This is an actual illustration,” Force noted. “In a gallery setting, it would be worth $10,000.”

The visitor appeared shocked. “Really? I paid $300!” she said.

Force ended the appraisal by reminding viewers that Neiman died in 2012 and his work continues to appeal to collectors.

“I learned a lot, wow,” the visitor added, clearly moved by the expertise.