Antiques Roadshow

As you may remember, Kristen's mom was filmed for Antiques Roadshow when they visited Grand Rapids. She had a pair of earrings appraised that were originally cufflinks given to her Grandfather by Czar Nicholas II. The earrings have the Romanov family Imperial Coat of Arms on them and the appraiser thought they might be designed by Faberge. They film around 100 people but not everyone makes it on air. Ilze didn't think she would be on air because the appraiser was nervous and we didn't have much background information. The first Grand Rapids episode airs on PBS next Monday (April 20) at 8pm. Since there is a chance that we'll be in the hospital, Kristen went in to set the DVR to record the show. When we looked at the write-up of the episode, it mentioned the Gilmore Car Collection, a letter written by Gerald Ford to his kindergarten teacher, and cufflinks with the Czar's crest! So it looks like she made the cut and will be on TV next week. We are all very excited!