FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 8, 2009
CONTACT: Meg Fullwood
214-740-9377
mfullwood@kera.org
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW DALLAS EPISODES
Air January 26, February 2 and 9
DALLAS/FORT WORTH: A guns-a-blazing western themed painting, fine jewelry with a Texas tale and an archeological dig in a desk are among the North Texas treasures featured in the Dallas episodes of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Mondays at 7:00 p.m., January 26, February 2 and 9 on KERA 13.
More than 6,000 North Texans toted treasures to the Dallas Convention Center last summer for a chance to learn about their items, receive appraisals and vie for a chance to share their stories on ANTIQUES ROADSHOW. Some items had notable stories while others were appraised with extraordinary value. You’ll see the best of the bunch among the 45 items featured in the three Dallas ANTIQUES ROADSHOW episodes.
Some of the big ticket pieces and items of note include:
• An 1847 painting by artist James Henry Beard. The Illustrious Guest depicts American statesman Henry Clay as a tavern guest. The painting was given an auction value of between $300,000 and $500,000.
• A Western-themed painting by Saturday Evening Post illustrator William H.D. Koerner was appraised at $150,000.
• An eighteenth-century miniature desk filled with three hundred years of documents and family history valued at $100,000.
• A handmade gold necklace from 1844 given by William Clark, one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, to his daughter as a wedding gift. The piece was valued at $12,500.
• An original first edition printing of the Book of Mormon printed in 1830 and valued at $75,000.
• First edition books, manuscripts and letters written by 19th century author Frances Hodgson Burnett. His book Little Lord Fauntleroy established a precedent in copyright law. The book and related items were valued at $75,000.
ABOUT ANTIQUES ROADSHOW:
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston. The show is hosted by Mark. L. Walberg. Executive producer is Marsha Bemko. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is sponsored by Liberty Mutual and Subaru. Additional funding is provided by public television viewers. The show is closed captioned for viewers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing by The Caption Center at WGBH Boston. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW press materials, including downloadable photos, are available at pressroom.wgbh.org/pages/anro.html and pressroom.pbs.org/programs/antiques_roadshow.
ABOUT KERA
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