ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: January 2008 Program Listings

Program # 1201 – Season Premiere!

Baltimore, Maryland – Hour One

Baltimore Convention Center

PBS Airdate: Monday, January 7, 2008 at 8 PM ET (check local listings)

Host Mark L. Walberg welcomes viewers to the twelfth season of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW from Baltimore, Maryland. Walberg and appraiser Wes Cowan wander the whimsical and elegant displays of the Ladew Topiary Gardens, on the lookout for unusual cast iron garden decor. At the Baltimore Convention Center, appraisers cultivate a striking array of treasures, including an elegant turn-of the-nineteenth-century rock crystal watch with an eighteenth-century movement; an angelfish pin bestowed by Mark Twain on a member of his “Aquarium” group of young female protégées; and a collection of four rare American Indian artifacts- a buffalo rawhide bag, an intricately beaded bag, an elk antler quirt with a buffalo hide lash, and a delicately crafted elk horn scraper-valued at $130,000 to $200,000.

Program # 1202

Baltimore, Maryland – Hour Two

Baltimore Convention Center

PBS Airdate: Monday, January 14, 2008 at 8 PM ET (check local listings)

Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Francis Wahlgren beckon ANTIQUES ROADSHOW fans to Baltimore, Maryland’s Edgar Allen Poe House and Museum-where Poe composed some of his first short stories-to learn the tell-tale details that determine the value of Poe literary works. At the Baltimore Convention Center, ROADSHOW appraisers usher in unique and personal finds, including a World Championship jacket worn by Colts legend Johnny Unitas; a rare eighteenth-century embroidered English men’s vest; and a painting- nearly stepped on while its owner rummaged through an attic-by renowned impressionist landscape artist W. L. Metcalf, valued at $150,000.

Program # 1203

Baltimore, Maryland – Hour Three

Baltimore Convention Center

PBS Airdate: Monday, January 21, 2008 at 8 PM ET (check local listings)

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW caps its sojourn in Baltimore, Maryland, at Geppi’s Entertainment Museum, where appraiser Phil Weiss gives host Mark L. Walberg a collector’s eye view of comic strip art. At the Baltimore Convention Center ROADSHOW draws a wide array of objects, including a magnificent bench crafted by master woodworker George Nakashima; a unique two-sided painting by B.J.O. Nordfelt; and a rare violin made in 1798by renowned French violinmaker Nicolas Lupot, accompanied by a bow crafted in the style of Dominique Peccatte, one of the most influential bow makers in history. Together, violin and bow make beautiful music, to the tune of $140,000 and $20,000 respectively.

Program # 1204

Orlando, Florida – Hour One

Orange County Convention Center

PBS Airdate: Monday, January 28, 2007 8 PM ET on PBS(check local listings)

As ANTIQUES ROADSHOW arrives in Orlando, Florida, host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Arlie Sulka venture to neighboring Winter Park and the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, home to a breathtaking collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany. At the Orange County Convention Center, ROADSHOW experts uncover a new cache of treasures, including a rare photo signed by the entire cast of the hit TV series “Bonanza”; a beautiful sterling silver Tiffany vase; and a stunning collection of scarce and delicate etchings and dry points by James McNeill Whistler, with a combined value of $130,000 to $190,000.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston. Executive producer is Marsha Bemko.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is sponsored by Liberty Mutual and Subaru. Additional funding is provided by public television viewers.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is closed captioned for viewers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing by The Caption Center at WGBH Boston.