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In the News (Mon 28 May 12)

  
  Antiques Roadshow/About the Series
Hosted by Mark L. Walberg, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's 11th season lineup once again demonstrates that America is a land marked as much by transience as permanence.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is closed captioned for viewers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing by The Caption Center at WGBH Boston.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/roadshow/series/index.html   (337 words)

  
  Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow is a human interest television show in which antique appraisers travel across the country.
PBS has created a similar show in the United States and the United Kingdom (a spinoff called Antiques Roadshow UK to differentiate from the BBC version).
The Roadshow is seen on PBS, and it is produced by WGBH, a broadcast station in Boston, Massachusetts.
www.abacci.com /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=Antiques_Roadshow   (332 words)

  
 Q&A With Antiques Roadshow Host Dan Elias--AllYourTV.com
Dan Elias joins "Antiques Roadshow" this season as the new host--no small task considering he might encounter anything from rare old maps to video games to a big blue whale on Route 66.
So my interest at first was not necessarily in antiques but rather in the way that the program was presenting its material, presenting context about artwork and objects on television--and doing it so successfully.
And yet "Antiques Roadshow" is telling stories, and fifteen million people a week are tuning in to listen.
www.allyourtv.com /0001season/q&aelias.html   (525 words)

  
 Furniture Society - Furniture in the News - Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow has taken this format to a much wider audience and made it popular even among non-collectors.
If one could suggest any improvement for Antiques Roadshow, it might be to add a segment each week in which a previous visitor is contacted a year or so after his or her initial appearance.
Antiques Roadshow is also fun because you get to see that it doesn't really matter what all that old stuff is worth.
www.furnituresociety.org /fin/roadshow.html   (700 words)

  
 greetingsforfree.com - Important information on antiques roadshow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Antiques Roadshow is a British human interest television show in which antique appraisers travel to various regions of the United Kingdom and appraise antiques brought in by local residents.
Longview News-Journal - Bilbo and her husband, Cliff, are set to help Zonta Club of Longview recreate the "Antiques Roadshow" for the inaugural night of the service club's annual Antiques Show & Sale, March 1 through 4 at the Maude Cobb Convention and Activity Center.
Taking a cue from the oddly gripping "Antiques Roadshow," Zonta Club of Longview will kick off its 33rd Antiques Show & Sale by inviting people to bring in their junk and treasures for a...
www.greetingsforfree.com /search-j123/Antiques-Roadshow.aspx   (576 words)

  
 Review | The Antiques Roadshow
Though there are now versions of The Antiques Roadshow around the globe, the show that spawned the others first aired in the UK in 1977.
What we tune in to see is, for example, the garish vase that Aunt Mabel purchased at a church bazaar for next to nothing a decade ago fondled lovingly by the appraiser.
The Antiques Roadshow delves into the history of the show, the military precision involved in planning each episode, the locations from each season since the series' inception plus a very good FAQ section and a fat chapter highlighting memorable finds throughout the years.
www.januarymagazine.com /artcult/roadshow.html   (868 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow on KUED 7- The University of Utah
Antiques Roadshow on KUED 7- The University of Utah
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW cameras watch as owners recount tales of family heirlooms, yard sale bargains and long-neglected items salvaged from attics and basements, while experts reveal the fascinating truths about these finds.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW wraps up its trip to Tucson, Arizona, as host Mark Walberg and appraiser Colleene Fesko tour the Tucson Museum of Art, rounding up works of art depicting horses.
www.kued.org /whatson/series.cgi?nola1=ANRO&channel_id=1&source=az   (511 words)

  
 The Antiques Roadshow ­ You Ought To Go
The Antiques Roadshow requires not only your knowledge and skill in choosing the right items to bring for appraisal, but you also put lifelong hopes, dreams and beliefs about your special treasure on the line.
There are 21 different categories of antiques and collectibles, and the category cards match a huge poster mounted on the backdrop so you will know where to go.
And that's one aspect of the Roadshow that boggles the mind ­ the 75 to 80 appraisers ­ who are not paid and in fact, who pay all their own expenses ­ deliver about 10,000 appraisals in about twelve hours.
www.go-star.com /antiquing/antique_roadshow.htm   (2914 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow Tickets, Buy, Schedule, 2005, Sale, Cheap Antiques Roadshow Tickets
This page also has the Antiques Roadshow Schedule for the tour dates and venues that they will be at.
Antiques Roadshow Tix are sometimes hard to find but we will have them for places like New York, NY, Los Angeles, LA, Boston, and Houston, TX.
Sometime we even have Cheap Antiques Roadshow Tickets that are a real bargain for our customers that are Antiques Roadshow fans that are in search for 2005 Antiques Roadshow Tickets or even 2006 Antiques Roadshow Tickets.
www.findticketz.com /event/Antiques_Roadshow.htm   (262 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Antiques Roadshow Primer : The Introductory Guide to Antiques and Collectibles from the Most-Watched Series ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Carol Prisant, who writes about antiques and collectibles for Martha Stewart Living, House Beautiful, and New York, quickly notes in her introduction, however, that this is a primer--an introduction to the basics of antiques--and does not presume to make the reader an instant expert.
Definitions are also offered for "antique furniture" (any object 100 years old or older, according to the U.S. government), "used furniture" (secondhand furniture less than 100 years old), and "period furniture" (made when its design was first popular and new; generally the most valuable of antique furniture).
PBS's hit series on antique collecting now receives Antiques Roadshow Primer, a book which is sure to prove a hit for any interested in learning about antiques and their values...
www.amazon.com /Antiques-Roadshow-Primer-Introductory-Collectibles/dp/0761116249   (1878 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | 'Antiques Roadshow' films treasures in S.L.
That was just one of over 40,000 antique items he and his brother had the day to view.
The twin brothers, who appear as regulars on the hit PBS show "Antiques Roadshow," were in Salt Lake City on Thursday to film at one of the nation's largest antique warehouses: Euro Treasures, owned by Salt Lake dealer Scott Evans.
Evans, who also owns Salt Lake Antiques on 279 East and 300 South, said Thursday that he was excited to have "Antiques Roadshow" in his warehouse.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,640189320,00.html   (540 words)

  
 "Antiques Roadshow" (1997)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The most valuable item ever appraised at a Roadshow event was a collection of autographs from every Presidential cabinet member from George Washington to Franklin Roosevelt, valued at a million dollars.
Roadshow, while it does nothing to compensate the original artisans who created these works (they presumably were compensated at original manufacture?), does help the rest of us who might discover a potential windfall in our attic.
The show's long run has actually HURT the rich antique collectors in the sense that hundreds of thousands of everyday people now know what these pieces are worth, and they are not as easily duped by the proliferation of unscrupulous dealers.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0159847   (394 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow Ten Year Anniversary
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW “House Calls” turns the tables by inviting viewers to enter and win a ROADSHOW appraisal in the comfort of their own homes — complete with ROADSHOW experts and television cameras.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW’s 2006 lineup of new episodes rivals any of the past decade’s most memorable appraisal moments, with fascinating finds and extraordinary stories from five cities.
What better way to cap ANTIQUES ROADSHOW’s tenth anniversary season than with “Fame and Fortune?” This ROADSHOW special edition spotlights celebrities, big-shots and headliners through objects connected to their lives.
www.news-antique.com /?id=672000&keys=Antiques-Roadshow-Anniversary   (873 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Mark L. Walberg to Host PBS's ANTIQUES ROADSHOW   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's Summer 2005 Tour destinations include Providence, Rhode Island (June 18); Tampa, Florida (June 25); Houston, Texas (July 16); Bismarck, North Dakota (July 30); and Los Angeles, California (August 13).
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is sponsored by Toyota and Liberty Mutual Insurance.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW press materials, including downloadable photos, are available at www.pbs.org/pressroom and at http://pressroom.wgbh.org.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=88157   (838 words)

  
 "Antiques Roadshow" Spin-off ; Maine Antique Digest, October 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In its first two seasons, Antiques Roadshow received thousands of phone calls, letters, and E-mail messages from viewers, many from children, their parents, and teachers saying that the show inspires young people to look at history with renewed interest.
In response, the Roadshow producers at WGBH Boston conceived Antiques Roadshow Jr.
Also included is the chance to meet some of America's young collectors and collectors and experts who started when they were young, as well as an interview with twin appraisers Leigh and Leslie Keno, Antiques Roadshow regulars who turned their childhood hobby into a career.
www.maineantiquedigest.com /articles/spin1098.htm   (262 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow Insider
Antiques Roadshow Insider will take you behind the scenes to chat with dealers and appraisers, auctioneers and collectors.
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Auctioneer and Antiques Roadshow appraiser Ken Farmer cautions that haste not only makes waste, but it practically guarantees poor sales and low prices when you're selling furniture (or anything else).
www.antiquesroadshowinsider.com   (513 words)

  
 Sears Brings the Phenomenon of the Antiques Roadshow(TM) Collection by Pulaski Furniture tour to the Sears Whitby Home ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Antiques Roadshow(TM) Collection offers antique adaptation bedroom and dining room sets, curios and other eclectic accents which come with their own special hangtag, featuring a photograph and history of the original antique from which it was inspired.
The Antiques Roadshow(TM) television series features ordinary people who bring everything from family heirlooms to items they have picked up at tag sales on the show to be appraised, hoping their item has some historic or monetary value.
Antiques Roadshow(TM) is a trademark of the BBC and is produced for PBS(R) by WBGH/Boston.
press.arrivenet.com /industry/article.php/636515.html   (625 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow/About the Series/FAQ
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW does not provide carts or dollies.
If your furniture is selected, you will be contacted by ANTIQUES ROADSHOW at least one month prior to the event.
If your furniture is selected, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW will call you no later than 30 days before the event to arrange for our specialized furniture mover to transport your furniture to and from the event.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/roadshow/site/faqs.html   (2013 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow FYI Launches Online
The producers of Antiques Roadshow proudly present Antiques Roadshow FYI, a spin-off series of half-hour programs packed with as much suspense and information as the wildly popular original.
Log on to the Antiques Roadshow FYI Forum to share antiquing tips and personal stories with fans of the show and other collecting aficionados.
Antiques Roadshow FYI is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston.
www.urlwire.com /news/012005.html   (948 words)

  
 Mississippi Antiques News - Editorial "Antiques Roadshow"
The Antiques Roadshow came to the Cook Convention Center in Memphis on Saturday, July 31st.
Canadian residents are allowed to apply for tickets, but they have to list on their postcard the names of two appraisers they have seen on the Roadshow.
Undoubtedly, the Antiques Roadshow production would not be possible if not for these generous volunteers.
www.msantiques.net /MA-Editorial-Roadshow.html   (744 words)

  
 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
Seeing an ad, Claire transported her antique "card table" to a New Jersey coliseum where the Road-show offered free appraisals She looks about 60, and sported an outfit that was more probably purchased at J.C. Penney than Saks Fifth Avenue.
Claire and her card table were greeted by two regulars on the Road-show; tall, lean, blonde, very polite identical twins known in the industry as the Keno brothers.
Only in their thirties, Leslie and Lee Keno, who have been antique dealing since they were toddlers, are regarded amongst the country's premier antique furniture scholars.
www.antiquetalk.com /column125.htm   (513 words)

  
 Taking Appraisal on the Road: The Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow (AR) gives people a chance to show their treasures and get a professional opinion about their worth.
The host of the show, Lara Spencer, is an avid collector whose love of antiques grew out of her need to furnish an apartment on a shoestring budget.
If you can't make it to the Roadshow, there are other ways to get quality appraisals, though AR recommends against trying to complete an appraisal over the Internet.
www.preferredconsumer.com /collectibles/articles/the_antiques_roadshow.html   (542 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow Lecture & Conference Services
The Antiques Roadshow is a television phenomenon in Britain and abroad.
It is the only company to hold a licence from the BBC to use the Antiques Roadshow name in connection with the corporate and entertainment markets.
A personal Antiques Roadshow, talks or entertainments can now be part of your own management training or leisure programme.
www.antiquesroadshow-lcs.com /about.html   (124 words)

  
 OnMilwaukee.com OMC etc. "The Antiques Roadshow" rolls into town
Milwaukee is the fourth city out of six stops for the Roadshow in its 2006 tour for its 11th season -- which will begin to air on PBS January 2007.
I got to go to the "Roadshow" as it was filmed at the Midwest Airlines Center on behalf of OnMilwaukee.com to go behind-the-scenes and let you readers in on the secrets of this three-time Emmy Award-nominated show.
Volunteers take the antique owners to the specific line for the item after the location designated ticket is handed out -- which could be pottery, dolls, paintings and so on.
www.onmilwaukee.com /buzz/omcetc/articles/antiquesroad1.html   (1161 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow - American Profile
She is one of 5,000 people waiting in line to participate in Antiques Roadshow’s appraisal and show taping in Reno, Nev.
Barrett, as famous to Roadshow viewers for his ponytail and quick wit as he is for his encyclopedic toy knowledge, has some good advice for novice collectors.
Antiques Roadshow, which launched its ninth season this month, originated in England with the BBC more than 25 years ago.
www.americanprofile.com /article/4536.html   (1390 words)

  
 Antiques Roadshow Insider Magazine Subscriptions - NCBuy Shopping
If you love watching people get the good news about their treasures on "Antiques Roadshow" you'll love Antiques Roadshow Insider.
At any time within 90-days of placing your order, if you are not completely satisfied with your Antiques Roadshow Insider Magazine subscription you may contact the customer support group to cancel.
Antiques Roadshow Insider Subscription ordering from NCBuy's complete magazine store catalog.
www.ncbuy.com /shopping/magazines/antiques_roadshow.html   (352 words)

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