You may be familiar with a television series called “Antiques Road Show”. People bring in their antiques, and expert appraisers tell them what the pieces are worth. The highlight of every show is when someone brings in a beat-up old piece of furniture and the appraiser tells them it’s a rare historical artifact worth something like fifty-thousand dollars. “Oh, I got it for fifteen dollars at a flea market,” they’ll say, gasping for breath. This is the most popular show on PBS. It’s popular because it taps into everyone’s fantasy – buying an old painting at a yard sale, taking it out of the frame, and finding a long-lost masterpiece by Van Gogh underneath. We love the idea of finding a hidden treasure and buying it for a fraction of its value.