CORAL PEÑA: The 25th season of "Antiques Roadshow" was like no other.

In normal, pre-pandemic times, we'd be holding events and discovering treasures from all across America.

APPRAISER: A watch like this is worth about $400,000.

(laughter) PEÑA: But just as the worldwide crisis changed everyone's plans, "Roadshow" needed to adjust, too.

What did we do?

Well, we visited with some fascinating and famous people who, like so many, have cherished objects they wanted to learn more about.

JASON REYNOLDS: So this is a Rolex officer's watch.

I'm pretty sure this thing is, like, a hundred years old, if I'm not mistaken.

Antiquing is fun, but I don't feel like I have, like, the right place for a lot of antiques.

But I love going and looking, and I have all these ideas.

I'm, like, "Ooh, if I had this house, I'd put that there, and that..." (laughs) I have a friend whose mother never bought anything new except food.

She loved to go to swap meets and antique shops.

That's how it started.

I buy what I like.

So if it's not valuable, well, at least I like it.

If it is valuable, oh, well, that's an extra treat.

Completely different format, because you guys are usually in with all these sorts of people coming in.

So it's almost like a reverse show.

You're, you're coming, coming to me.

So I'm, I'm excited to be a part of it.

PEÑA: The plan changed, but the heart of what "Roadshow" has done for two-and-a-half decades stayed the same.

...makes me uplifted.

PEÑA: Our special guests shared personal stories while our experts delivered unexpected news.

So it's got this gem in there, which makes...

It's like a secret history.

PEÑA: And our cameras recorded it all.

Those stories and surprises are revealed now in this hour of "Antiques Roadshow: Celebrity Edition."

They look good displayed like this.

(laughing): It's not like this in the house.

♪ ♪ PEÑA: In this hour, showing off their ready-for-"Roadshow" treasures are Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, author Jason Reynolds, actor S. Epatha Merkerson, pro golfer and announcer Dottie Pepper, and comedian Jay Leno.

We'll learn how our curious celebrities' objects connect to their pasts, and just like the appraisals filmed at the "Roadshow" events, we'll capture every revelation and unscripted surprise.

Come on inside, I'll show you around.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

♪ ♪ PEÑA: Our first stop today is the Massachusetts home of an Olympian, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.

Good girl.

♪ ♪ (chuckles) I grew up about ten minutes away.

I began skating when I was six, and there just happened to be a rink at the bottom of the hill from where I grew up.

And I just loved it immediately.

I love getting on the ice and feeling that power that you sort of can create your own wind, if you can go fast enough.

So, I always thought that was super-fun, feeling that power.

I got more competitive when I was, like, 15, and started making my first national championships.

But it wasn't until 1991, where I competed at the World Championships, and was third in the world with the U.S. sweep.

It was super-exciting.

And going into '92, I was really excited, thinking, you know, "I'm third in the world.

I got a good shot to maybe getting an Olympic medal."

And I did go get a third at the Olympics, and that experience was amazing, to be able to represent the United States.

The best part of all of it was marching in the opening ceremonies with all the athletes.

It just, coming from an individual sport, I felt like I was really part of a team.

And I'm so lucky I had that experience, because in '94, some of you might remember, it was a bit more chaotic.

And I was so lucky to get a silver medal after being injured and having been attacked, because it was physically and mentally super-challenging getting ready.

I felt support not just from my community here in New England, but also the whole United States, and frankly, the world.

Can high-five?

Can you give me high five?

Come on.

Good job.

PEÑA: "Roadshow" expert Simeon Lipman jumped at the chance to look at Nancy's treasures.

Hey, Simeon.

Welcome.

Thank you.

Nancy, it's very nice to meet you.

PEÑA: Including this torch from the 1996 Summer Olympics.

I got to run in 1996 for the Summer Olympics, which was the first time I was a part of the Summer Games in any way.

I was part of the marathon route here in Boston, and I remember it getting a little heavy as you're running, like, and holding something.

And then it gets lower, and then the fire's near my ponytail, swinging around.

I was a little, like, trying to run like this.

(laughs) It was a little bit of a challenge and a little intimidating.

Yeah, it's got some heft to it, doesn't it?

Yeah, a little bit.

It's an iconic torch, as you said, 1996.

And it was actually designed by a very famous graphic designer named Malcolm Grear.

And he developed it with 22 aluminum reeds.

And those actually represent all the past games.

Oh, cool.

So there's 22 names around that gold band.

Right.

That's gold-plated, of course.

The handle there is Georgia hardwood, for the Atlanta Games.

Wow.

So it's a, it's a great torch and people really, really love them.

And in particular, this year-- '96 was very important.

You had Muhammad Ali lighting the torch in Atlanta.

Mm-hmm.

Over 12,000 people actually carried torches.

Wow!

And 2,000 of those people were former Olympians and Olympic officials.

So how did you obtain this one, in particular?

Well, when you run in the, in the relay, they offer you the opportunity to buy it.

Do you remember what it cost?

I think around $300.

Well, I think you made a great investment.

If it had nothing to do with you, if it was just a torch that somebody else ran with... Mm-hmm.

And obviously, there are a lot of people who did-- it would be worth between $2,000, $3,000.

Cool.

Which is pretty cool, right?

Yeah, that's good investment.

But, but see, but you carried it.

And as a renowned Olympian, that adds a premium to your torch.

Because you ran with this torch, I would estimate that at auction between $5,000 and $7,000.

Cool.

Yeah, and if I were going to insure it... Mm-hmm.

...I'd insure it for $10,000.

Wow.

I had no idea it's... We've just been having it in our living room.

(laughing): And I had no idea.

I just thought it was sentimental value to me.

PEÑA: More memorable items from Nancy's career on ice are coming up later.

Now it's on to our nation's capital, and the home of best-selling author and self-described maximalist collector Jason Reynolds.

REYNOLDS: My name is Jason Reynolds, and we are in my home in Washington, D.C.

I write primarily for young people.

I focused on young people because I don't see who else there is to focus on.

So I wrote "Long Way Down" a while ago.

It's sort of a novel in verse about a young person dealing with some trauma.

And the graphic novel version of it has just come out.

And so I'm really excited about that, too.

Danica Novgorodoff is the illustrator.

I want to make sure I shout that.

I also serve as the current national ambassador for young people's literature, which means I am basically the children's literature laureate of America, which has been incredible, because I do believe that young people are the antidote to hopelessness.

I grew up in a bizarre bazaar.

My mother could tell you the story of every single item there.

You go to her house and she's got, like, strange pieces of needlework on the walls, like, "What is this?"

"I don't know, but I love it," right?

And that's the kind of person-- she just likes what she likes.

And then you go downstairs, and there's, like, an old-school butter churn, upright pianos and pipe organs in the house.

A pipe organ was in my house growing up.

And when you grow up that way, it's almost impossible to not become that way.

I definitely carry on that tradition with pride.

I like to consider myself a maximalist, I say.

And I think that's okay.

If everything has a place... You're not a hoarder if everything has a place.

(laughing) How goes it, guys?

Hey, Jason, great to meet you.

Come on in, a pleasure.

PEÑA: Devon Eastland and Paul Winicki were tapped to check out Jason's collections.

And perhaps it's no surprise that an author like Jason Reynolds would seek out the works of other acclaimed writers.

REYNOLDS: This Langston Hughes letter is a special piece to me.

He did not write it to me.

(laughing): Unfortunately.

(laughing) It's a letter that he wrote to one of his fans.

Apparently, this lady is a bit upset because she's seen an adaptation of something from one of his works, and felt like they had misrepresented the work, and she wanted to know what he thought about it.

And he responded, which I thought was really kind of him.

And I bought it because I was looking for Langston ephemera.

I wanted to see some correspondence.

I wanted to see his hand in real life, as you can see.

He's got a beautiful, beautiful signature.

Perfect signature.

A-1 penmanship.

(chuckling) And so that's just a gem in my collection.

And then we have Claude Brown's "Manchild in the Promised Land."

And, and this is a big deal for me, one, because it's Claude Brown.

But, two, because it's a, it's an advance reader copy.

So it's actually not the finished version of the novel.

It's the promotional version for review, which I find to be even more special as an item.

And then the book itself, of course, for those who don't know Claude Brown, is pretty much a hero as it, as it pertains to, to Black literature.

He's our guy.

You know, one of, one of our many guys.

And then lastly, but certainly not least, we have a first-edition signed copy of Toni Morrison's "Beloved" that I bought at, at a silent auction... Oh, fun.

...for a literary benefit, without knowing that soon we would lose the great Toni Morrison.

Oh, so you bought it before she passed, wow.

Before she passed, yeah.

And so I'm just grateful to have it now.

The Langston Hughes letter is really interesting.

He's talking about his play "Mulatto" that was produced in Cleveland.

He mentions Karamu House.

Yeah.

The oldest multicultural theater in the country that does African American and other multicultural productions of plays that was founded in 1917.

(whistles softly) The play was adapted for Broadway, but they changed it.

Right, okay.

They added straight-out sexual assault.

They sensationalized it.

The other thing that's interesting is, he has a short story called "Father and Son" that scholars say is the basis for the play.

And this letter confirms that, since "Father and Son" is the last story in the book "The Ways of White Folks."

So it's got, like, this, this, like, gem in there, which makes the...

It's like a secret history.

This is what's so fun about collecting things like that.

And I think you did a, a really good job.

I love that.

In the middle, we have "Manchild in the Promised Land," which is such an important book.

And I noticed, too, that he actually dedicates it to Eleanor Roosevelt.

Yup.

Who set up this, like, reform school that he had to go to.

Yup.

The advance reader copy...

Whenever a publisher is going to publish somebody's book for the very first time, they're taking a risk on that person.

They don't know if it's gonna sell, right?

Mm-hmm.

It's like a shot in the dark.

This, this man is writing in a very frank way... Mm-hmm.

...about some very tough... (laughing) ...life situations that were occurring in Harlem in the...

He was born in, like, the '30s, so...

It's rough.

It's-- yes!

And it's, like, how many books at that time were published...

Right.

...that used his approach to language and storytelling?

And the Toni Morrison is amazing.

Of course.

And I want people to also collect Toni Morrison.

Please.

First of all, there's the wonderful signature.

The other thing we need to look at is the copyright page.

There are sometimes codes and things.

This one is very straightforward.

It says "First Edition."

The other thing we watch out for, the book club copy doesn't have, there's a little blind stamp of the publisher.

It's a little borzoi, it's a little dog.

So if you're out there and you're in a bookstore, and you're trying to find your Toni Morrison "Beloved"... (chuckling) ...first edition, look for, look for those points.

How much did you pay at the charity auction for this book?

So I, I tried to jump high because I wanted to win.

(laughs) I wanted to win, and I didn't want any competition, so I paid $1,000 for it.

Okay.

I think that that's, that's not unreasonable on a retail level.

There are people trying to charge $1,200 for this book now.

Mm-hmm.

Obviously, if it was the one that Toni Morrison gave to Oprah or something... Of course.

...that's going to go for a lot more.

But right now, it's anywhere between about $300 auction to about $1,200 retail.

Mm-hmm.

It's a little bit similar with Claude Brown.

You can't get it for any less than $250.

And, and there are people asking $1,000.

How much did you pay for the Claude?

I paid $200 for that.

Yeah, that's perfect.

Yeah.

And it's a nice copy, too, and condition is very important with books.

The Langston Hughes letter, because it has good content that's scholarly and related to his work, I think, if I was estimating it for auction, I would say $2,000 to $3,000.

Mm-hmm.

Do you remember what you paid for the Langston Hughes letter?

I'm, I'm pretty sure I paid around $800 for it.

Good, that's good.

That's so cool.

You can share it with other people.

Oh, I'm telling everyone.

(laughing) (laughing): I'm telling everybody.

That's excellent, well, thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

PEÑA: Jason Reynolds has another collecting passion that we'll get back to in a bit.

But right now, we're headed north to Newport, Rhode Island, and a 16,000-square-foot estate, the vacation home of comedy legend Jay Leno.

LENO: Well, we're in Newport, Rhode Island.

This is a house called Seafair.

The name was here when I got here and I kept the name.

I'm not one of those... (dramatically): And I deem it Seafair.

We live in Los Angeles.

I was born in New Rochelle, New York.

About eight-and-a-half, nine years old, we moved to Andover, Massachusetts.

We, we had a great life.

I mean, my dad was a prizefighter as a young man, and he became a salesman, because he said, being a prizefighter, even on his best day at work, he still got punched in the face.

I went to Emerson College in Boston.

I got into comedy, and it was a good place to break in and sort of learn your craft.

"Excuse me, can I have the key to the washroom?"

"Yeah, here it is, it's on this big ring and don't try to steal it."

(audience laughter) Hey, thank you very much.

You've been terrific.

Thank you.

(cheers and applause) PEÑA: Jay not only learned his craft, some would say he perfected it.

"Leno the pelican-faced comedian."

(laughter) PEÑA: Eventually earning himself a lucrative gig hosting NBC's "Tonight Show" for 22 seasons and the type of success that gets somebody a house like this.

LENO: I got this home about four years ago.

My wife and I were driving past it.

And my wife said, "Look at that house, that's unbelievable.

That's the greatest house I've ever seen."

And I thought, "You like it?

You want it?"

She goes, "No, we live in California."

I say, "Well, I don't know, let's go see."

I mean, how often do you get your girl a castle, you know?

This is the main entrance.

Although the house was built in 1936, it seems much older.

It seems like a house from the early 1900s.

This painting was here.

I bought the house fully furnished and it was already here.

And you can't even see the numbers where the colors went, you know, so that's always a good sign you bought a good painting, when you can't see the numbers for the different colors.

♪ ♪ So I walked in, I walked around, and I said, "Can you get the owner on the phone?"

And I said, "Would you sell it as is with all the furniture "in it, and just, you know, salt in the salt shaker "and there's ketchup in the refrigerator?

That's all I need."

Guy goes, "Sure."

So he came up with a price and I bought it.

Nice fireplace, little elephants and knickknacks and all kinds of things in here.

It's all nicely done.

It's not stuff I would probably buy.

I would have, like, motorcycle engines and other things like that in the house.

So I'm not sure what goes with where, with which what...

I don't know-- that's why the appraisers are here.

We'll find out.

PEÑA: Here to help Jay find out about the treasures included in the purchase of his Newport mansion are appraisers Karen Keane and Michael Grogan.

I'm feeling good about what might be in there.

GROGAN: Hi, Jay!

KEANE: Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

Oh, my gosh.

Welcome, welcome.

You see, we have the, the outdoor urinal.

Always a very, very classy item.

(both laughing) Come on inside, I'll show you around.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

♪ ♪ I guess this is the "foy-yer"-- I know... "Foy-yer" or "foyay"?

What do they say?

I think "foyay."

"Foyay," yeah, "foyay."

I mean, we're in a very fancy house, so... Well, I'm almost an antique myself, so enjoy yourself and feel free to poke around-- thanks, you guys!

Thanks, Jay.

Thank you.

LENO: Have fun!

Gosh, look at this.

Fantastic.

So pretty.

KEANE: I, I'm distracted by the ocean, but I'm going to focus on the antiques.

♪ ♪ I guess I try and take it off and see if I can learn anything from the back-- let's just see.

Want me to hold it for you?

Yeah, sure.

(indistinct chatter) I'm going to pull this out.

There we go, perfect.

Those "Antique Roadshow" yahoos are in the house right now.

Am I going to count the silver after they leave?

(chuckles): You bet I am.

It's fitting a beach house would have a ship model.

"Model of the Revenue cutter Surprise, 1815, by Bill Hitchcock of New York."

Very cool.

It's kind of like the race car of its day on the water.

Auction estimate, uh, I would probably say in the $2,000 to $3,000 range.

Jay Leno's Revenue cutter may, you know, you'd put a premium on it, for sure.

That provenance, I would say maybe three times that.

PEÑA: There's plenty more to explore at Jay Leno's oceanside home.

Jay, this is one of my favorite paintings in your house.

I mean, it's absolutely spectacular.

PEÑA: But first, we're off to New York City, where the treasures of an accomplished actor are center stage.

My name is S. Epatha Merkerson, and I think people probably know me from playing Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on "Law & Order" for 17 seasons, and now as Sharon Goodwin, the hospital administrator on "Chicago Med."

I grew up in Detroit.

I'm the last of five children, but I'm the only one that pursued acting and theater.

I moved to New York in 1976, and I've been pursuing my career ever since.

My first real memory is doing Jean Genet's "The Blacks," and it was directed by George Faison.

I really attribute him giving me my first real gig in the city.

But it was a great, great opportunity, and it really started me working in Off-Off-Off-Broadway.

(laughs) I won the Emmy, the Golden Globe, and the SAG Award all in that same season from my performance in a movie called "Lackawanna Blues" that was directed by George Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

It was an amazing time.

I was, I think, 53 when all of that happened.

So it was very heady.

I felt a response to all the hard work that I'd done.

And it was really pleasing and weird to sit in the audience, and then hear your name.

We're in my apartment in New York City, in Harlem.

I always felt the story of Harlem.

There's a great history here, and I've always been a history buff, so it just seemed the right place for me to be.

♪ ♪ Hi!

PEÑA: S. Epatha Merkerson invited "Roadshow" appraiser Bene Raia to take a look at some favorite pieces from her Black memorabilia collection.

Why do you collect Black memorabilia?

You know, I just love history.

Mm-hmm.

And I think this is very much a part of our history.

And even the negative stereotype.

Because they're all negative stereotype.

All, every single one of them.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Especially this one.

Yeah.

They're just making fun of the shapes of Black women.

Exactly.

And how does it make you feel to see something like this?

But you know, I, I think it's important that you know all sides of your history.

Mm-hmm.

And this, even though it, the connotation of it was negative, to me, that people who survived through all of that...

Yes.

...when these things were really prominent... Mm-hmm.

...and not "considered collectibles," it speaks to their strength that they could-- especially Black women...

Exactly.

And the more I know about my history, the more I can pass it on.

Bringing it to my house makes me uplifted, I feel, you know?

That's, that... What you just said there is exactly what I feel.

I have one piece of Black memorabilia.

Uh-huh.

It actually gives me hope.

Yeah.

Because I look at it, and I'm, like, "Wow, we've come so far."

Yeah.

It is negative.

Yeah.

But...

But there's beauty in it.

Yes, it doesn't hurt you.

No.

No.

Because you are the one who owns it.

Exactly.

(both laughing) Exactly.

And, you know, when I initially saw some of this stuff, that was my idea.

Yeah.

That I'm gonna just buy this up so white folks can't buy it up.

Yeah.

And use it for that negative connotation.

I'm gonna lift it up.

I'm gonna put it on my wall.

I'm gonna situate it on, on my cabinet.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

So that anyone that comes in the house will see that this is a part of who I am.

Why don't you tell me how you came to own these pieces here?

Okay, um, this I bought in New Orleans.

Mm-hmm.

I was there doing a film.

Okay.

And it was $95.

I purchased the ashtray in Albany, I'm pretty sure.

Mm-hmm.

Probably late '70s.

Okay.

And I paid five to $20 for it.

Okay.

Yeah.

And I can't recall where I bought this, but I know that I've had it at least ten or 15 years.

Okay.

Okay.

And I, I love it because it has that sort of iridescence in the, in the paint.

Mm-hmm.

But I really loved that her belly was the, where you put the cookies.

Put the... Yeah, that's, that's what's unusual about this one, is that the belly is where the lid is.

Uh-huh.

So this is sometimes called a front loader.

And this one, because of the glaze, I'm thinking it might be made in Japan, because of the iridescent glaze.

Oh, wow.

The Japanese made a lot of lusterware.

Okay.

This appears to be very fine bisque.

The detailing is really unusual and nice.

Mm-hmm.

The hair is textured.

Oh...

The features are well-defined, including the teeth.

Uh-huh.

And even the eyes.

It, there's an indent where the pupils are.

Right.

So that level of detail tells me that this was made by a fine porcelain house.

Probably Germany, is what I'm thinking.

Okay.

Now, this one over here, this was made by Red Wing Pottery.

They're based in Minnesota, and the designer for this piece is Charles Murphy, and he got the patent to make this one in 1947.

(chuckling): 1947?

Exactly.

Yeah.

I wouldn't have thought.

That's so cool.

What would you think this would be worth?

You know, I paid $95 for it.

Mm-hmm.

So I haven't a clue beyond that.

Okay, well, this one just sold in August for $250.

Oh, wow.

This one is worth about $95... Uh-huh.

...to $125.

I know I didn't pay that much for it.

That's, that's what it's worth.

Yeah.

I've seen similar ones sell.

Okay.

And this one is worth about $125.

I've seen almost identical ones...

Okay.

Okay.

...sell for $125.

Excellent.

That's cool.

So, yeah.

Are you pleased with that?

It's good to know.

Yeah, I'm very pleased.

The truth is, is, it wouldn't matter.

Mm-hmm.

Because I just love the pieces.

They've been with me for a long time.

PEÑA: S. Epatha Merkerson's Black Americana collection gets more attention later on.

(laughing): Oh, wow.

That's amazing.

PEÑA: As we leave the Big Apple for Saratoga, New York, and hit the links with pro golfer and sports announcer Dottie Pepper.

I'm Dottie Pepper.

I work for CBS Sports as their lead walking announcer for their golf coverage.

So we're at the Saratoga Golf and Polo Club.

I was born in the Saratoga Hospital.

(laughing): Which is right here at the end of the street where the golf course is.

And I grew up in the little town of Wilton, just three miles away.

I was introduced to the game of golf the summer that I went from age seven to age eight.

It was through a set of golf clubs here in town that my grandmother bought me, and I was hooked from, from the very beginning.

By the time I had gotten to seventh grade, I was starting to be pretty good at playing golf and wanted to play on the golf team.

Well, there wasn't one for girls.

So I had to petition the state, had to pass a physical, jump through all sorts of hoops, and did get some support at Saratoga High from the athletic director to, to make this happen.

So I played one year on JV, and then from eighth grade on, I was playing on the boys' team.

It went from there to getting a college scholarship at Furman, three times All-American there.

And as soon as I finished my college career, I did turn pro, and I won 17 times on the LPGA Tour.

Two major championships in there-- '92 and '99-- at the Dinah.

(cheers and applause) Whoo!

(cheers and applause) Six times on a Solheim Cup team, including the first in 1990, at Lake Nona.

COMMENTATOR: Then, at seven, Dottie demonstrated just how you get to 16 under par.

(cheers and applause) What magnificent putting.

PEPPER: It's always special to be part of an inaugural anything.

Playing, literally, among legends.

PEÑA: "Roadshow" appraiser Leila Dunbar joins Dottie for a few holes of golf and a few tips.

Beautiful!

You follow directions well.

DUNBAR: Can you coach me every day, Dottie?

PEPPER: You're highly coachable... (laughter) PEÑA: And to talk about her legendary Solheim Cup trophy.

The Solheim Cup is the women's version of the Ryder Cup, so it's a biennial competition at match play.

United States versus Europe.

To be part of the inaugural one for the women's side in 1990 was...

It's on the list of the things that I'm, I'm really proud of.

DUNBAR: Tell us about this 1990 Solheim Cup.

PEPPER: So this is the inaugural.

There were eight women on each team.

One captain from Europe, one from the United States.

And they made a Solheim Cup for, this, this size version, for each of the members of the teams... Mm-hmm.

...one for the captain, and then the Solheim Cup itself is, you know, probably almost three times as big, maybe two-and-a-half times.

And when they gave these all to the players, they said, "By the way, this is it."

So the Waterford Company broke the mold for the mini Solheim Cup.

So it's, there are 18 of them.

And that's it.

That's it.

So, if I were going to value this, the first thing, there have been no Solheim Cups that I'm aware of that have ever sold at auction.

Hm.

Which I would understand, because they mean so much...

Correct.

...to the different players and because it only started in 1990.

So, if you're looking at Ryder Cups that have been given out to the players and the captains over the years, again, depending on the team, the player, the year, they can sell at auction anywhere-- believe it or not, and it's a wide range-- $10,000 up to $170,000... Huh.

...paid for one awarded to Sam Snead.

Oh, okay.

So you can see, that's a huge range.

Sure.

So, if I was gonna put an insurance value on this, I'd insure it for a minimum of $35,000.

A minimum of $35,000.

That's amazing.

Because again, it's important, and because you were one of the key players, and it's the first Solheim Cup.

And you can't overstate that.

It's going to be the first Solheim Cup in 50 years, in 100 years, in 200 years.

That will never change.

You are completely etched in history here, Dottie.

It's very cool.

(laughs) I'm, again, I'm kind of blown away.

And I love my party gift that I get to take home with me.

I'm a giver.

(both laughing) PEÑA: From one history-making athlete to another, remember Nancy's Olympic torch?

Just been having it in our living room, and I had no idea.

PEÑA: Well, that's not the only hot sports collectible she's got.

I know we got some more fun stuff over there.

Yeah, come take a look.

♪ ♪ LIPMAN: So we set some of your goodies out.

KERRIGAN: Yes.

Tell me a little bit about this one, it's very familiar.

Yeah, well, it's, like, a replica of what Michael Jackson wore in the "Thriller" video, and I wore that in "Halloween on Ice."

I had pallbearers carrying me out onto the ice in a coffin, and I lay there for ten minutes before the music started, creepy, and start, you know, that creak of, sound of the coffin opening up.

And then I came out and did a whole production number.

It was so much fun.

It was the start of "Halloween on Ice," which I've done for over 20 years now, and allowed me to do something other than competition skating, and be a character in something really different.

Over the years, it's deteriorated a little bit.

Yeah.

That happens with costumes.

They're not meant to maintain for all these years.

Right.

But it's pretty classic, and people collect figure skating costumes.

But the condition is a factor.

Yeah.

So if I were to estimate this in an auction, I'd probably put an estimate of maybe $500 to $700 on it.

And, if I were to insure it, I'd insure it for about $1,000.

Okay.

Now, this one I recognize.

Yeah.

Instantly.

So you wore this in 1992 at Albertville.

Yes.

This was the long-form dress, the wedding dress that got all the attention.

(laughs) Tell me a little bit about it.

It's a Vera Wang.

Vera Wang actually was a skater herself, and she skated in Lake Placid with my coaches.

And so, Mary Scotvold, one of my coaches, called her and said, "Hey, would you mind doing a dress for a skater?"

And so she did.

This was a challenge for me.

It's beautiful and it fit really nice.

But it didn't stretch enough, so I never got that triple lutz in the competition wearing it, so that was a little frustrating.

But it got so much attention.

It was on the cover of "Life" magazine at the year end, which was pretty cool, because Kristi Yamaguchi won the Olympics-- I was third.

So I think I was on the cover because of the dress.

It's so beautiful and classic, and not so "figure skating looking," which I, I really liked.

What makes this really exciting is, obviously, it got a lot of attention at the time.

It's also kind of credited for ushering in a, a new kind of fashion couture...

Yes.

...into figure skating, very much...

This was a big deal to not have seams on the shoulder.

Like, that was, for some reason, they made such a huge deal of that, because the structure was more difficult, I guess.

That's right.

It's not only sports memorabilia, it's, it's fashion history.

It's probably one of the most famous figure skating outfits, if not the most famous figure skating outfit... Yeah.

...in the world.

So it's pretty good.

If I were to estimate it in an auction, I'd probably estimate it somewhere in the $20,000 to $30,000 range.

(laughing): Seriously?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Wow.

That's crazy.

And if I were to insure it, I wouldn't insure it for anything less than $50,000.

Nancy, this is a museum piece.

Wow!

Just as a piece of fashion.

Wow.

And history Amazing.

So it's really cool.

Great.

You've kept it very nice, it's beautiful.

I mean, it's important to me, but I didn't realize it would be... Yeah.

...worth so much.

Oh, yeah, it's a, it's a great piece.

Okay.

And speaking of great pieces... We've got these.

This is from 1992 when I got the bronze medal in Albertville, France.

And the middle, from what I understand, is Lalique crystal, which is from France, and this is from 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway.

It was just an amazing thing to be able to represent the U.S. at the Olympics.

I feel very, very grateful.

Well, and I think America was very grateful to you, as well.

And obviously, your story is incredible, and here is a tangible thing that kind of tells your story.

Olympic medals are the apex of Olympic collectibles.

To the person, the athletes who dedicate their entire lives to the sports, they mean everything and are totally priceless.

But there are collectors who collect this stuff.

The bronze, it's a very high-profile medal because of the dress, because of you.

It's beautiful, it really is.

The Lalique is beautiful.

Some medals are nicer-looking than others.

I would estimate that at auction $30,000 to $40,000.

Wow.

I would, I would insure it for $50,000.

It's a very important medal.

(exhales) Your '94 medal, again, because of everything that happened and your triumph in getting there and doing it, and everything about it, I would estimate it at $50,000 to $70,000.

And I would, I would insure it for at least $80,000.

Wow!

Yeah.

All these things are, are really...

They're powerful pieces, and I know that, that when people are watching this now, they're, like, "Wow, I remember that," you know?

Yeah.

And, and that's important.

It means something to me because I felt people behind me, people rooting for me.

From locally, and my own team getting me there, and helping me through a tough situation, to my community as a figure skater.

But the world, like, sending me letters by the bucketful day after day.

I just feel so thankful that I had that support.

It really...

It helped me to do it.

The paintings here, I mean, there's a giant painting as you walk in.

I don't know, 15 feet long and some...

I don't know how...

It's, it's enormous.

So I'm curious to see what the history is on that and what that's worth.

PEÑA: Appraiser Michael Grogan has the answer to all of Jay Leno's questions.

Jay, this is one of my favorite paintings in your house.

I mean, it's absolutely spectacular, and not just because of the size, which is immense.

Do you know this artist?

I do.

Oh.

Her name is Blanche Camus.

Okay.

She was born in France, 1884.

Oh, wow!

Died, died in 1968.

A pretty prolific life.

It was called a Neo-Impressionist style, kind of like a revival of the Impressionist style.

The colors are remarkable.

The colors are remarkable.

Right?

That, it really does pop when you walk in.

Totally.

Yeah.

Here they're harvesting grapes.

Their dress is spectacular.

You've got the children in the background.

Right.

This was probably painted about 1940 or so.

Just think of the cost of the frame alone.

Right.

Right.

Right?

I mean, it would probably cost you $20,000 to frame a painting like this.

Her auction record, just two years ago, was $80,000.

This is probably worth more.

I think it's worth about $100,000 to $150,000 at auction.

Oh, okay-- oh, okay.

If Jay Leno wants to sell this painting, and it came to an auction gallery, and we could put the provenance "from the Jay Leno Collection"... Yeah, the Jay Leno Collection of fine art.

(laughing) Yes.

Yes.

It could be double.

It really could be.

That would... That would be dogs with big eyes playing poker.

(laughing) That would be, yeah.

♪ ♪ PEÑA: Now back to Harlem and S. Epatha Merkerson's home, where appraiser Leila Dunbar checks out a piece connected to Black entertainers of the past.

Epatha, thanks so much for having us today.

I cannot wait to see what we're gonna appraise!

Perfect.

Follow me.

DUNBAR: This seems to be the spotlight or the centerpiece of your dining room here.

It, it is, indeed.

So tell us how you got this poster.

Well, I have this really good friend, Jesse Martin, who I did "Law & Order" with.

DUNBAR: I... MERKERSON: You think you might know him?

DUNBAR: I think I might have heard of him.

And he knew that I collected things like this.

I always called him my little brother.

He always called me Big Sis.

And it's the kind of thing that we did for one another.

I took him to an art fair, and I said, "So one of these paintings are for you," and he chose what he wanted.

And I bought the painting for him.

We just kind of did that for one another.

So you essentially have decorated each other's homes.

Essentially.

Yeah.

To a certain degree.

(laughing): To a certain...

He certainly has decorated mine.

Well, we have "The Georgia Smart Set presents the Brown Skin Mammas of 1930."

Why is this piece important to you?

Well, I just really like the history of it.

And it's also, has to do with theater and dance.

And, but I think basically, for me, it is a depiction of what was given and shown of Black folks at a certain period of time.

And so, you know, even though they might have this image in it, I like the sass of the women, and that makes me feel good.

The hands on the hip, the, you know, the speaking.

(laughing) I see all of that, you know, I love it.

This one, you know, I love all of that.

It's great.

There's movement.

So this has an interesting, and we don't know how tight, but it has a correlation and association with Ma Rainey.

She started the Georgia Smart Set.

(laughing): Oh, wow, that's amazing.

DUNBAR: Great blueswoman.

In fact, Mother of the Blues.

Really, the first major blues star from the 1920s, best known for her hit "See See Rider."

MERKERSON: Exactly, right, right.

And August Wilson wrote a play called "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," and it's being turned into a film by... Viola Davis is going to be playing Ma Rainey.

So knowing that I have this connection to Ma Rainey and connection with August Wilson and his plays, this has a greater meaning for me.

Totally, so, thank you so much for that.

So I think if this went up at auction, the auction estimate would probably be somewhere between $1,000 and $1,500.

Wow, that's a lot.

If I was going to put an insurance estimate, a retail replacement, I would probably easily put somewhere between $4,000 and $5,000.

Okay.

Wow.

♪ ♪ PEÑA: Most families have a story about an old treasured item.

Does Dottie Pepper's family lore about an heirloom table hold up?

Appraiser Meredith Meuwly tees up some facts.

♪ ♪ The one piece on the entry I'm really curious about because it's a family piece, and it was given to my great-grandfather and, and his wife, my great-grandmother.

It was their "smoking table."

It sat between their two recliners and it was gifted to them by someone who married into the family.

And she had traveled the world.

Probably back in the early 1900s.

Beyond that, I really don't know.

MEUWLY: Okay, so this piece that we looked at.

It's a parlor table.

Okay.

And that's where the men in Victorian times went to smoke.

So, that sort of made sense, right?

It totally makes sense!

Wow.

Okay.

And this is a Rococo Revival piece.

Hm.

And dates to about 1880.

Okay.

MEUWLY: And I know that it's Rococo Revival because it's very symmetrical.

PEPPER: Okay.

MEUWLY: If it was 18th-century Rococo period, it's asymmetry.

So, pro tip, if it's asymmetrical, it's Rococo period.

If it's symmetrical, it's Rococo Revival, 19th century.

What I love about it is the shape, and it's a turtle back-shaped top.

PEPPER: Mm-hmm.

MEUWLY: And it's got a beautiful beveled edge.

It's a nice piece of marble that's on this lovely table.

PEPPER: Mm-hmm.

Do you have any idea about the value?

Zero idea.

Yeah.

Victorian furniture, not so much in style.

Mm-hmm.

They made a lot of it.

At auction today, I'd say $300 to $500.

It's an easy sell.

Yeah.

Well, it's found its space here.

I know it, it meant a lot to my, my great-grandparents, and all the way down the line, and it's, it's just ours and we love it.

♪ ♪ I turned 35.

And I had these moments in my life where you start to recalibrate, and you're trying to figure out how to create meaning in milestone ages.

And so when 35 came, I said, "I need a 35-year-old hobby."

PEÑA: Jason Reynolds's milestone accessory?

Vintage watches.

And Paul Winicki has some helpful information for the new watch collector about his old timepieces.

REYNOLDS: I mean, look, I'm, I'm no different than anybody else.

I grew up, either you know Swatch... (Winicki chuckles) You know, you know Casio, or you know Rolex.

(chuckling): Very true.

Right?

That's Batman, Superman, Spiderman, right?

It's, like, these are the, the sort of the ubiquitous brands.

Mm-hmm.

And, and so I under...

I always understood Rolex as, like, a luxury brand, or as, like, this was sort of what you graduated to.

Like, if you got a Rolex, it meant something.

Very true.

And so I started with what was familiar.

And I started with, with Rolex.

I'm a fan of smaller watches, smaller dials, like, less watch on the wrist.

I had a GMT that looked like it was supposed to look.

Mm-hmm.

And every time I put it on, it almost felt like it looked too nice.

I typically am a sneakers and T-shirt kind of guy.

You know, jeans.

And I like things to look...

I mean, even my home, right?

I like things to feel lived in and feel worn.

I do enjoy that.

The Rolex GMT was made in 1966.

To get that kind of coloring and spiderwebbing, it had moisture in it.

25, 30 years ago, we would have said, "Can we help you change, get that dial changed?

It's bad."

Most of them do not have original dials.

Right.

What did you pay for the watch?

I paid about 30 grand.

Okay.

So you could see something like this from a dealer somewhere, in a retail store that wasn't high up on the market, marking this $20,000, $22,000, $23,000.

You could have somebody who was hoping to get $35,000 to $45,000.

Right.

You're in it in the right range.

Um, it's a solid watch.

They're, they're super-rare.

So you've got a lot going for it.

It's a cool watch.

Perfect.

Great.

So the silver Rolex.

Tell me about that and why'd you get that one?

I was in London.

You know, it's one of those things where, first, I thought it was fake.

Uh-huh.

And I was, like, "I don't know, is this real?"

And then I did some research, and honestly, I just think it's beautiful.

How much did you pay for it in London?

About 5,000 pounds, I believe.

It's called an officer's trench watch.

Originally, the dial probably would have had radium on the numbers.

So that dial more than likely had been scraped.

But it's a porcelain dial.

So there were painted dials and porcelain dials.

A porcelain dial is a more expensive dial produce and, and a nicer dial.

You see these out there at a variety of price points.

You'll see them priced anywhere from in the $1,500 to $2,500 range, and you see them on up to $7,000, $8,000, $9,000, $10,000.

Sure.

But, for whatever reason, they're out of fashion today.

You've got a good eye.

You did very well.

You got very safe pieces.

Hopefully you'll continue watch collecting for forever.

We'll see.

We need to keep the hobby going strong in your generation.

For sure.

For sure.

♪ ♪ Well, there are a number of Asian items scattered about the house, I don't know... Actually, I know nothing about them.

♪ ♪ Hm.

Nice enough.

GROGAN: I've had a terrific time touring Jay's house, looking at his Asian art, looking at his furniture, looking at the paintings.

And I'm really struck by this pair of Japanese Meiji bronze elephants.

We're looking at one of them right here.

The casting is, is just terrific.

The large scale.

And to have these rock crystal, very massive rock crystal obelisks, right on the back.

A pair of these at auction today probably bring $20,000 to $30,000.

They're really spectacular.

They'd be highly sought after in any international auction.

PEÑA: Jay Leno's Newport mansion has all the creature comforts inside, plus some interesting creatures outside.

Jay, we're in the garden, and there's even antiques out here.

Right.

Right.

Tell me, tell me about the weathervane.

Well, I was hoping you could tell me something about the weathervane.

I, I've been up on the roof, but never examined it up close.

LENO: I don't know if it's a one-off, if somebody made it specifically for this house, or...

I don't know anything about it.

KEANE: I don't believe that it's a, a 19th-century weathervanes... LENO: Right.

KEANE: Which is most of the ones that we see in America.

The antique ones.

I think this is a custom-made piece from the, probably 2000 to... Not very long ago.

Right.

KEANE: You can get these weathervanes done in the $15,000 range, and then they start going up.

This is a mermaid form.

Right.

And she's got a shell that she's holding.

KEANE: Which is a rarer form for the 19th century.

We see them much more in the 20th and 21st.

LENO: Right.

KEANE: It just seems to be one of those symbols that, that people love.

This one is particularly beautifully made.

If you look at the directionals, I mean, that's always a nice sign for the quality of a weathervane.

But I would say probably in the $15,000 to $25,000 range to buy it new.

LENO: Right.

KEANE: If you had to, to have it fabricated.

Did you notice the peacock out on the...?

I saw that.

LENO: In 1947, a lady bought this house and redid it after being devastated in '38.

And she had that in the garden, basically right out here, as a centerpiece.

Then there was a huge hurricane.

Water came and swept it out to sea, and that was the end of that.

Then ten years later, she sold the house.

Then, 20 years later, she comes to visit the new owners, some time in the '90s, and she sees the peacock out on the lawn again.

And she says to them-- and it's hers.

LENO: It's a bit battered and beat up, and she says... KEANE: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

LENO: "Where'd that come from?"

They said, "Oh, we had a huge storm one day, and the peacock just showed up on the lawn the next day."

So apparently, it got swept out to sea, stayed out there for a couple of decades, and then was swept back in again.

Oh, my gosh.

LENO: At least it came back, so that's, that's good.

KEANE: Yeah, yeah.

LENO: So maybe it's, maybe it's a homing peacock, yeah.

KEANE: So the peacock is a symbol of many, many things.

And one of the symbols is resurrection, because they lose these tail feathers.

Right.

KEANE: And then they grow back again.

So there's biblical references to the peacock.

So that's kind of cool.

LENO: Yeah.

KEANE: So this is sort of a resurrection.

Sure.

This thing left and then it came back again.

Kind of like my career.

I work for NBC so that, their symbol is a peacock, and, so there you go.

Wow.

Wow.

I mean, it's a great, complicated story.

Right.

KEANE: So any idea of its value?

LENO: I have no idea.

I have no idea of its value.

I mean, I think the story makes it valuable.

KEANE: Mm-hmm.

LENO: So I think it's more in the provenance almost than in the actual value of the statue.

I think it's a pretty cool thing.

Yeah?

And I think there is a vibrant market in garden statuary.

Right.

Maybe an auction estimate of $10,000 to $15,000.

Oh, okay, that's pretty good.

You know, and I think it would do better than that.

Really?

All right.

It's a really pretty....

I love the tail.

Right.

The way it drapes down.

You just don't know if it's gonna run off again.

You know, it's like "Runaway Bride."

It's one of those things, it shows up, and it disappears for decades, and it comes back.

♪ ♪ PEÑA: Many thanks to the celebrities who opened their homes and shared their treasures with us.

Well, sure, that's no problem!

Come on!

PEÑA: What did they have to say after spending a day with "Roadshow"?

Now that I've got this information, I definitely think I need to make some plans on preserving my costumes a lot better.

And it's so pretty to see these medals on display like this, because I don't typically do that.

It brings back so many memories for me.

So it's really nice to have had this opportunity to share with everybody, um, my, my journey.

I think it's important that there's discussion about these types of items.

First of all, it's history, and any time you learn history, you add to who you are as a person.

Just having Bene here today and Leila, and talking about the different types of things that I have in the house, I think it will help someone.

It allows people to, you know, "Wow, I want to find out a little more about that."

Everything is personal, right?

Whether we're dealing with, you know, the contents of my grandmother's wallet, something that I look at every day.

It's at the, at the front door, right?

And I look at that every day as a reminder that I don't exist in a bubble.

That I didn't just do this.

That I didn't make this life, right?

That this life was, was set out for me, was planned for me by many, many people who sacrificed tremendously for me to be talking to you today.

My grandmother would have never had this opportunity.

This was fantastic.

I learned a lot.

And I also can now put to rest the, the supposed stories of where that entry table came from.

(laughs) Mom's story was this way.

Dad's story was that way.

Now it, it all makes sense.

And the time period totally makes sense with my family's history.

And it really kind of completes the story for me.

Well, I appreciate it.

KEANE: Well, thank you.

I mean, I really wanted to talk to you about the gilded chair and the... Oh, yeah, we'll talk about that next time.

GROGAN: ...and that carpet upstairs.

KEANE: It was just fantastic.

Yeah, thanks, guys, appreciate it.

Thank you so much.

KEANE: Thank you so much, thank you.

(fountain running) God, those people are nosy.

Geez!

(fountain running, birds chirping) PEÑA: Stay tuned.

We could talk all day, but we should hit a few shots, don't you think?

We probably should, yeah.

So, uh, listen, who has honors here?

You do.

You have the honor, you're the, you're my guest.

Okay.

Well, then, do you have a helmet?

(both laughing) One, two, three.

♪ ♪ Well, I am consistent, aren't I?

DUNBAR: Look at that beautiful swing.

(laughs) MAN: Pirate joke?

You got a pirate joke?

Pirate joke... (laughter) How much are pirate earrings?

MAN (stammers): How much are pirate earrings?

How much are pirate earrings?

How much?

A buccaneer!

See?

There you go.

(laughter) Well, you needed something fast.

You didn't say it had to be funny.

I just kind of like that folks bring in things from their homes.

And either way, you find out if it's worth something or not.

That's why I like the show.

It's just really cool to see people find out things about family or their heritage that they can pass on to their children.

It's really, really cool to, like, have all this new information and to think about the value of these things.

But ultimately, at the end of the day, these are still just my things.

And I don't, I don't see them as any more sacred as they were before we did all of this.

And so when you all leave, I'm going to put all these things right back where they were, and I'll continue to love and admire them as, as they are.

You're all welcome here anytime.

Kristi Yamaguchi was my roommate in '92, and we used to keep candles to stay relaxed in our room.

And so we had a lighter to light the candles, and Christopher Bowman wanted it, and I knew he had the flag.

It was right behind him when he was asking me.

I'm, like, "Hm.

Let's see if I can make a trade for this."

So we traded the lighter for the flag, and I almost gave it back and everyone told me, "Don't do it.

Don't do it."

It makes for a great story now, and it's nice to go down in the basement and see it hanging there, where my kids work out, and hopefully it inspires them a little.

PEÑA: Thanks for watching this special episode of "Antiques Roadshow: Celebrity Edition."

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