Antiques Roadshow (U.S.)
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Television program
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broadcast on the Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(PBS) Public television stations. The series features local antique owners who bring in items to be appraised
Appraisal
Economic appraisal is a type of decision method applied to a project, programme or policy that takes into account a wide range of costs and benefits, denominated in monetary terms or for which a monetary equivalent can be estimated. Economic Appraisal is a key tool for achieving value for money and...
by experts. Provenance
Provenance
Provenance, from the French provenir, "to come from", refers to the chronology of the ownership or location of an historical object. The term was originally mostly used for works of art, but is now used in similar senses in a wide range of fields, including science and computing...
, history and value of the items are discussed. Based on the original British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow is a British television show in which antiques appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom to appraise antiques brought in by local people. It has been running since 1979...
— which premiered in 1979 — the American version launched in 1997. In 2005, the American version begat its own spinoff called Antiques Roadshow FYI, which follows the fate of items appraised in the main series.
History
United States
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public broadcaster
Public broadcasting
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PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
created the show in 1997, based on an earlier version which had been airing in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
since 1979. (PBS also airs the original BBC series, though it is called Antiques Roadshow UK to differentiate it from its own version.) The American version of Antiques Roadshow is produced by WGBH
WGBH-TV
WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming...
, a broadcast
Broadcasting
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station in Boston, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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. The American version has been hosted by Chris Jussel (1997–2000), Dan Elias (2001–2003), Lara Spencer
Lara Spencer
Lara Spencer is the lifestyle anchor for Good Morning America. She is also a correspondent for Nightline and ABC News. Previously, she was the host of the syndicated television newsmagazine The Insider and was a regular contributor to CBS's The Early Show...
(2004–2005), and Mark L. Walberg
Mark L. Walberg
Mark Lewis Walberg is an American actor, television personality and game show host. His television credits include Antiques Roadshow , as well as the game shows Russian Roulette on GSN and The Moment of Truth on Fox....
(2005–). Notable appraisers include Leigh and Leslie Keno
Leigh and Leslie Keno
Leigh Ronald Keno and Leslie Bernard Keno are American antiques experts, authors, and television hosts.The Kenos specialize in stoneware, early American furniture and vintage automobiles...
, who appraise furniture and folk art
Folk art
Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic....
, as well as Rudy Franchi
Rudy Franchi
Rudy Franchi is a writer and editor on film theory and film criticism and an antiques and collectibles expert. He helped to introduce the French critical protocol the "auteur theory" to the US. For several decades, Franchi also operated galleries that specialized in pop culture collectibles...
, who works with collectibles and pop culture and Gary Sohmers, an appraiser of collectibles, pop culture, and toy
Toy
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s. Auction
Auction
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder...
houses Christie's, Sotheby's, Skinner
Skinner
A skinner is a person who makes a living by working with animal skins or driving mules, similar to a muleteer.A common surname for numerous notable individuals:-Historical:*Charles Montgomery Skinner , American writer...
, Doyle New York, Freeman's and Swann Galleries provide expert appraisers for venues across America.
In 2005 PBS introduced Antiques Roadshow FYI, a sister series to Antiques Roadshow. The weekly half-hour show, hosted by Lara Spencer
Lara Spencer
Lara Spencer is the lifestyle anchor for Good Morning America. She is also a correspondent for Nightline and ABC News. Previously, she was the host of the syndicated television newsmagazine The Insider and was a regular contributor to CBS's The Early Show...
with correspondent Clay Reynolds, provides information on items shown on previous episodes of Antiques Roadshow, as well as additional information on antiques and collecting.
Notable appraisals
Five items are recognized as the most valuable items featured on the American Antiques Roadshow:- On July 23, 2011, a collection of Chinese cups carved from rhinoceros horns, believed to date from the late 17th or early 18th century was valued at $1–1.5 million at a show location in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- The second most valuable items appraised were four pieces of Chinese carved jadeJadeJade is an ornamental stone.The term jade is applied to two different metamorphic rocks that are made up of different silicate minerals:...
and celadonCeladonCeladon is a term for ceramics denoting both a type of glaze and a ware of a specific color, also called celadon. This type of ware was invented in ancient China, such as in the Zhejiang province...
dating to the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736–1795), including a large bowl crafted for the Emperor, were given a conservative auction estimate of up to $1.07 million. However the items sold at auction for only $494,615. - A 1937 Clyfford StillClyfford StillClyfford Still was an American painter, and one of the leading figures of Abstract Expressionism.-Biography:...
oil painting, valued conservatively at $500,000, making it the third most valuable find ever appraised on the series, the episode debuted as the first episode of its 13th season on January 5, 2009. - A Ute first phase Chief's blanket, Navajo crafted, valued at between $350,000 and $500,000, appeared in Tucson, ArizonaTucson, ArizonaTucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
, in 2002. - An unsigned painting originally believed to be by 19th-century marine artist James E. ButtersworthJames E. ButtersworthJames Edward Buttersworth was an English painter who specialized in maritime art, and is considered among the foremost American ship portraitists of the nineteenth century...
valued at between $250,000 and $500,000, but turned out to be by Antonio JacobsenAntonio JacobsenAntonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen was a Danish-born American maritime artist known as the "Audubon of Steam Vessels".-Biography:...
and sold at auction for $281,000, appeared on the 10th season premiere episode filmed in Tampa, FloridaTampa, FloridaTampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
, in June 2005.
Funding
- ChubbChubb Corp.Chubb Corporation is the eleventh largest property and casualty insurer in the United States, with over 120 offices located in 29 countries, and offers commercial, specialty, surety, and personal insurance services...
(1997-2004) - First Union (1998–2001)
- eBayEBayeBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...
(2001–2003) - AmeriquestAmeriquestACC Capital Holdings was a national mortgage lender based in Orange, California. The company is the largest privately held retail mortgage lender in the United States and the largest subprime lender by volume...
(2003–2004) - Toyota (2003–2006)
- Liberty MutualLiberty MutualLiberty Mutual Group, more commonly known by the name of its primary line of business Liberty Mutual, is a diversified global insurer and the third largest property and casualty insurer in the United States based on 2010 net written premium. It is the 82nd company on the Fortune 500 list for 2011...
(2005–present) - SubaruSubaru; is the automobile manufacturing division of Japanese transportation conglomerate Fuji Heavy Industries .Subaru is internationally known for their use of the boxer engine layout popularized in cars by the Volkswagen Beetle and Porsche 911, in most of their vehicles above 1500 cc as well as...
(2006–present) - Lunesta (2006–2007)
- Viewers Like You (1997-present)
2011-2012 Season
For the 2011-2012 Season, Antiques Roadshow will be showcasing the following cities::Eugene, Oregon
El Paso, Texas
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Atlanta, Georgia
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tickets
Tickets are free, but are only provided to preselected people on a random basis.To request tickets, you must fill out a form on the official website (see external links below).
External links
- Official website and ticket request information" - Antiques Roadshow website