LiberalHeart
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Fri May-12-06 02:43 PM
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Frank Boos, Fixture on PBS Antiques Show, Dies at 70 |
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS (AP) -- The bow-tied appraiser on the PBS program "Antiques Roadshow" has died at his home near Detroit. Frank Boos was 70. http://wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=4897273
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Fri May-12-06 02:53 PM
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1. Was he the one who always said things like... "Well, if you would have |
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left this chest in its original condition, it would have been worth fifty thousand dollars but because you repainted it...."
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Fri May-12-06 02:56 PM
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2. I met Mr Boos many times |
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My grandmother G was a well-respected, longtime antique dealer here in Saginaw. Her sales and purchases often involved Mr Boos and his then-partner, Mr Stalker, and their gallery in Birmingham, MI. As Gram got too old to drive (she lived to 93), I was shanghaied into chaufferring her down there and hanging out for an hour or two while they all conducted business. Mr Boos always made sure I was comfortable and provided very good coffee -- a treat after an 8:30 am, 100-mile run down I-75. Can't say I learned much about antiques, though -- not even through osmosis. John Although I did learn quite a bit about I-75. Exit 69 is Big Beaver Road. Heh.
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Fri May-12-06 09:32 PM
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5. My parents used to go to Boos and Stalker |
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I spent many a boring hour there listening to the rents prattle on about assorted antiques in the 70s LOL
I like antiques but to this day I don't like looking for them (deliver them and I will enjoy---but I am not shopping for them)
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Fri May-12-06 10:02 PM
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Are you in Michigan? Come to FUNDAY on June 17 in Saginaw. Details are over in the MICHIGAN forum. John I do live in a house built in 1877. But the only antiques in it are Polly and me.
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Sat May-13-06 08:35 AM
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8. I'll check it out thanks! |
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Yep I am in MI and does this weather leave a lot to be desired today or WHAT?
Grrrrrrr---what the hell happened to spring?!?
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Fri May-12-06 03:41 PM
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3. I couldn't place him at first |
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so I googled a photo and the light went off, damn, I liked him. RIP Mr. Boos.
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Fri May-12-06 09:28 PM
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4. I'd boo too if I had to spend my life peddling antiques. |
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Sat May-13-06 09:53 AM
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10. Myself, I can't think of anything more lovely EOM |
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Sat May-13-06 12:32 AM
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7. Somebody died, and somebody named Frank booed? That's DISGUSTING!!! |
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Oh, his NAME was Fank Boos? never mind...
:blush: rocknation
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Sat May-13-06 08:57 AM
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9. It's lovely that some Antique Dealers have garnered a bit of fame! |
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Sports figures and mediocre singing talents- everyone knows their name.
Antiques Roadshow has helped bring appreciation for the Arts and Crafts into the American's public life. That's a terrific developement.
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Sat May-13-06 10:51 AM
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that he was confined to a wheelchair and always gave appraisals for fine silver. Mr. Boos was one of the original members of the Antiques Roadshow cast. Rest in peace Mr. Boos.
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