WHEN public television's "Antiques Roadshow" visited Tulsa last summer, Chinese carved bowls brought in by a guest were appraised at a price of up to $1.5 million, the highest valuation in the show's 16-year history.
After scraping by on handyman jobs for a year, Bert Qintana figured he'd have to leave his wife and teenage son at their home near Taos, N.M., and find work elsewhere.