‘Antiques Roadshow’ Appraisal Brings Woman To Tears
Antiques Roadshow has plenty of big moments when people learn more about the history of their valuables. However, in one episode, the woman who brought a painting to get appraised had a history lesson to deliver, and it was a message that left the woman in tears.
Here is what her painting was and why her story was so emotional.
Woman Brings Unique Painting Onto Antiques Roadshow
A woman brought an interesting painting on Antiques Roadshow and asked expert Allan Katz to give his estimate on it. According to the woman, the painting is by New Haven artist Winfred Rembert. It’s entitled Moonshiners. The painting was accomplished using a hand-carved tool painting on leather.
“And not only was it an art that he learned in prison, but it was his experiences growing up in the Jim Crow South in the 50s,” she explained. She said she and her husband wanted to support him and went to his house in New Haven. She then described Winfred as a “sweet man” who was “nearly lynched” (via The Express).
“And we bought this, his painting,” she said. There were 12 or 13 others, but this was the one that they had their eyes on and wanted to take home with them to help support him. The woman said she paid $1,200 in cast to purchase the painting from Winfred.
Allan Katz was familiar with Windred and told the woman more about the artist. “He grew up in Cuthbert, Georgia, because his mother had given him away as a child. She had him out of wedlock,” Allan said. “He grew up picking cotton, uneducated, could not read or write, and around the age of 19, he joined the civil rights movement.”
A group of white men chased him during one march, so he got into a car and took off. The police quickly caught him, and he was imprisoned for car theft with no trial. He escaped but was captured again, and then a group of men with nooses hung him upside down from a tree and assaulted him. It was Winfred who spent the next seven years in prison.
What Is The Painting Worth On Antiques Roadshow?
Winfred learned to read and write while in prison and met his wife, Patsy. He started painting when he was 50 or 51 and learned to tool leather in prison. The Antiques Roadshow expert said that Winfred died in 2021 at 75.
According to Allan, Winfred’s paintings tell the story of his “very emotional, very, very intense” hardships. Allan also said that Winfred saw a psychologist later in life and suffered from PTSD. The woman said that when they met him, he was a kind and quiet man.
Allan said the last time he saw the artist was at a function honoring someone who had helped him. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house, and the woman began to tear up when he told her the story. “I’ll always remember that,” Allan said.
He then dropped the bomb. He said that museums want pieces like these, and this painting is worth between $101,000 and $125,000.
What are your thoughts on this valuable painting and the story behind it? Let us know in the comments.
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