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The Season 2 premiere features Ward Brothers' carved decoys; a sparkling French emerald and diamond brooch; and a unique 19th-century hospital ledger. Also: the story of a carriage clock and the Titanic.
Items include a lithograph of a historic Chesapeake team ship; nautical coffee cups; local currency, including a legal bill issued by a 19th-century bank in Pikesville; a swagger stick carved by a Nazi POW; and a menu signed by FDR and Winston Churchill. Show more
Items include a 100-year-old painting of Harper's Ferry; an Inuit helmet and doll from 19th-century Alaska; and a rifle used on the "Lone Ranger" TV series. Also: a collector of beaded purses.
Ken Burns discusses a collection of 1920s-era Tommy guns. Also: a rare first-edition of Capt. John Smith's journal about his travels on the Chesapeake Bay in 1608; and the personal shaving kit of the Marquis de Lafayette.
Craftsmen knives; a bronze statuette; unusual postcards; letters signed by Thomas Edison. Also: a painting worth much more than what it was sold for at a flea market.
A previously unknown work by a famous painter; a special-edition map of Maryland; a personalized sword and canteen from the Civil War; a letter penned by Albert Einstein. Also: artifacts from the War of 1812 at Fort McHenry.
A Bowie knife from the California Gold Rush; a quilt from the 1860s; a collection of Japanese dolls; an English oil painting possibly worth tens of thousands of dollars.
A hand-gathered collection of memorabilia from Fort Howard; a Buddy L toy; a torn German painting possibly worth five figures. Also: a look at machines inside the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
Baltimore pottery from the 1880s; a powder horn scrimshaw; a 19th-century photograph album; an early campaign document signed by Abraham Lincoln. Also: a visit to Havre de Grace for a War of 1812 artifact day.
An antique English barometer in mint condition; a post-Civil War era rifle; a snowy landscape painting by an American artist. Also: a visit to Mt. Harmon, a historic mansion with rooms full of antiques.
A Civil War sword and photograph from the U.S 10th Calvary Regiment, or "Buffalo Soldiers"; a blue medicine bottle; a beaded Native American pipe bag.
A pair of engraved 19th-century pistols believed to be associated with Buffalo Bill Cody; an early 19th-century water-color painting. Also: a visit to a pinball machine museum.
A handkerchief from an 1894 Baltimore baseball club; a Navajo rug; an 1888 gold pocket watch; a painting of the Statue of Liberty. Also: a look at a yo-yo collection.
