Lucky, lucky, lucky...

Jill Serjeant of Reuters has this article about a lucky sumbitch on Antiques Roadshow:

A collection of Chinese cups carved from rhinoceros horns has become the most valuable find in the sixteen-year history of Antiques Roadshow in the United States. The five cups, believed to date from the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century, were valued at $1 to $1.5 million after being brought to the television show at a stop in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The owner, who prefers to remain unidentified, told Asian arts expert Lark Mason that he started collecting cups inexpensively in the 1970s, and had no idea of the collection's current value.
Chinese antiques have been fetching strong prices in recent years, dramatically increasing the value of the collection. "As we continue our sixteenth season production tour here in Tulsa, we couldn't be more excited about such an extraordinary, rare treasure, and we look forward to sharing it with the nation," executive producer Marsha Bemko said in a statement. The three episodes produced from the Tulsa event will air sometime in 2012.
The second-highest-value U.S. appraisal recorded by Antiques Roadshow was of a collection of Chinese carved jade bowls, estimated to be worth as much as $1.07 million. They were discovered in Raleigh, North Carolina in 2009.