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Leigh Ronald Keno and Leslie Bernard Keno (twins born March 14, 1957) are American antiquarians, authors, historic car judges preservationists and television hosts. The Kenos specialize in stoneware, early American furniture and vintage automobiles. They are widely known as appraisers on the PBS series ''Antiques Roadshow'', for favoring preservation of antiques over restoration, and for their engaging, high-energy personalities. ==Background== The Kenos were born identical twin sons to Norma and Ronald Keno who were both themselves antiques dealers in Herkimer County, New York,〔 and grew up in Mohawk, New York. Leigh was born 13 minutes before his brother. Their father collected and restored vintage sports cars, and both their parents specialized in folk art and country furniture. Their mother would take them out of school on Fridays to regional flea markets and antiques shows.〔 The brothers took interest, were earning $200 or $300 a weekend by the time they were in the fourth grade, and by age twelve had entered in their joint diary "We are Antique Dealers."〔〔 While also enjoying more typical boyhood pursuits (football, fly-fishing, playing in a rock band) the twins took a special interest in stoneware.〔 At age fourteen they set the world record for American stoneware, paying $3,500 for an American salt-glazed stoneware jug.〔 Leigh attended Hamilton College, and Leslie attended Williams College, graduating ''cum laude'' in 1979.〔 Leslie Keno, at the time a senior vice president and the director of American furniture and decorative arts at Sotheby's, married Emily Becnel, an administrator in the English furniture department at Sotheby's in New York in 1995, with whom he has two children, Ashley and Schuyler. Leigh, who had been an appraiser at Christie's, started his own business as a dealer and advisor in fine art and antiques in New York. Leigh and Leslie own a 1938 SS 100 Jaguar 3.5-liter, purchased from their father, which they raced on the track at Lime Rock Park and which they drove on Louis Vuitton Classic China Run,a thousand mile rally from Dalian to Beijing.〔 Leigh and Leslie serve as judges in Pre-War and Post-War Preservation Classes at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. He also has a son, Brandon. The twins' older brother, Mitchell Keno, is an antiques appraiser who has also appeared on "Antiques Roadshow". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leigh and Leslie Keno」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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