ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: December 2007 Program Listings

Program # 1118 – New! Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Hour Two

Midwest Airlines Center

PBS Airdate: Monday, November 5, 2007 at 8PM ET (check local listings)

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Nicholas Lowry peruse the world’s largest collection of posters by French lithographer Jules Cheret, best known for his colorful advertisements for the Moulin Rouge. At the Midwest Airlines Center, appraisers get a kick out of the objects arrayed for their evaluation including a charming 1772 needlework sampler crafted by the youngster who would become renowned clockmaker Aaron Willard’s wife; a lovely circa 1890 Japanese bronze sculpture of a peasant woman and baby; and a ruby and diamond bracelet, purchased by the owner’s great-grandmother-a German countess-from Austria’s Empress Eugenie in the 1890s, with an auction estimate of $30,000 to $35,000.

Program # 1119 – New! Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Hour Three

Midwest Airlines Center

PBS Airdate: Monday, November 12, 2007 at 8PM ET (check local listings)

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW wraps up its visit to the Cream City, Milwaukee, Wisconsin-nicknamed for the locally manufactured, off-white bricks that mark the city’s mid-nineteenth-century architecture. At the Midwest Airlines Center, ROADSHOW experts pave the way for some unique discoveries, including a valuable Persian rug the owner used to cover furniture in the rain; a stained glass figurine originally commissioned for the owner of horse racing legend Dan Patch; and two milestone game baseballs, autographed by Milwaukee Braves legend Warren Spahn-one from Spahn’s 327th winning game, which made him the winningest left-handed pitcher of all time, and the other from Spahn’s 300th winning game, the gold standard for pitchers. Auction value for the pair could hit $11,000 to $14,000.

Program # 1120 – Special Edition!

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “Unique Antiques”

PBS airdate: November 19, 2007 at 8PM ET (check local listings)

ROADSHOW’s Unique Antiques” showcases some of the most outlandish, kitschy, and downright morbidly fascinating antiques and collectibles of the series’ last decade. Warning: These objects have been appraised by trained professionals; don’t try this at home! Highlights include: a Weller pottery humidor in the shape of a skull; a chair once belonging to Chang Bunker, the owner’s great-grandfather and half of the nineteenth-century’s world famous conjoined twins, Chang and Eng; and a collection of tin cans salvaged from a nineteenth-century dump and valued at $10,000 to $14,000.

Program # 805 (R) San Francisco, California – Hour Two

Moscone Convention Center

PBS Airdate: Monday, November 26, 2007 8PM ET on PBS(check local listings)

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW continues its sojourn in San Francisco, California, with an eye out for Gold Rush and Spanish Mission treasures. ROADSHOW appraisers are delighted with the day’s haul, which includes a unique and valuable nineteenth century Will & Finck knife with walrus tusk handle; a whimsical sculpture of three nymphs and a satyr by French Artist Pierre Laurel, and a pair of seventeenth-century chinoiserie-style scent bottles that could fetch a sweet $30,000 to $50,000 at auction.

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