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Antiques Roadshow August 2008 Listings
Program #1013
Providence, Rhode Island - Hour One
Rhode Island Convention Center
PBS airdate: Monday, August 4, 2008 at 8pm ET (check local listings)
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Mark L. Walberg welcomes viewers to Providence, Rhode Island, where he and appraiser Chris Mitchell head for the Ocean State’s storied coastline and onward to Rose Island Lighthouse near Newport for a look at Naval collectibles. Appraisers at the Rhode Island Convention Center encounter a fleet of admirable objects, including a valuable ca. 1850 Massachusetts folk art weathervane, rescued from a demolition site; the 1786 diary of John Francis, son-in-law of John Brown, the prominent Providence merchant whose family name is carried by Brown University; and a rifle, powder horn and log book-attributed to Welcome Mathewson, one of the premier New England gunsmiths of the early nineteenth century-handed down through seven generations of a Rhode Island family, and valued at $100,000 to $120,000.
Program #1014
Providence, Rhode Island - Hour Two
Rhode Island Convention Center
PBS airdate: Monday, August 11, 2008 at 8pm ET (check local listings)
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW continues its visit to Providence, Rhode Island, home of the renowned culinary school at Johnson and Wales University. Mark L. Walberg and appraiser J. Michael Flanigan meet at the school’s archives and museum to sink their teeth into the world of vintage kitchen collectibles. Things are really heating up at the Rhode Island Convention Center, where appraisers discover such tempting treats as a set of dollhouse furniture made in the 1920s by Providence manufacturer TynieToy and decorated by students at the Rhode Island School of Design; original production puppets from the 1964 animated film Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; and a rare 1908 first edition copy of Anne of Green Gables, bought at a flea market for about $5 and since stored in an attic, valued at $12,000 to $18,000.
Program #1015
Providence, Rhode Island - Hour Three
Rhode Island Convention Center
PBS airdate: Monday, August 18, 2008 at 8pm ET (check local listings)
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW continues its stop in Providence, Rhode Island, where host Mark L. Walberg visits the Providence Jewelry Museum in nearby Cranston and discovers Providence once was the costume jewelry capital of the world. Appraiser Joyce Jonas offers a primer of the vintage “fabulous fake” jewelry market, including such famous brands as Chanel, Dior, and Schiaparelli-all made in Providence. Appraisers at the Rhode Island Convention Center sift through baubles, bangles, beads, and bric-a-brac to discover such gems as a much sought-after collection of nineteenth-century Remington ammunition-themed calendars; a remarkable set of prints by Rembrandt and Albrecht Durer, purchased by the owner’s father for a song; and a 1923 bronze automobile hood ornament, crafted by Harriet Frishmuth, renowned American artist and student of Auguste Rodin, valued at $20,000 to $30,000.
Program #1107
Tucson, Arizona - Hour One
Tucson Convention Center
PBS airdate: Monday, August 25, 2008 at 8pm ET (check local listings)
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Mark L. Walberg gets a taste of Tucson, Arizona, history from the seat of an antique buggy, part of the impressive stable of horse-drawn conveyances housed at the Tucson Rodeo Parade Museum and proudly mobilized for the annual Tucson Rodeo Parade. At the Tucson Convention Center, it’s a pageant of prized possessions, including two Picasso-designed vases bought in France; a court affidavit submitted by Jimmy Carter to the state of Maine on the eve of the 1976 election appealing their decision to list him on the ballot as James Earl Carter; and an ornate saddle-purchased for the owner as a child and ridden just once when she competed for the title of Coolidge Cotton Days Rodeo Queen in Coolidge, Arizona-a cinch to bring $6,000 to $8,000.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston. Executive producer is Marsha Bemko.
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