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  • 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z on PBS
  • 27m
  • 5h 51m (13 episodes)
  • United States
Looks at the treasures viewers may have in their attics, garages or at their grandmothers' houses. It's an educational and fun half-hour that searches for some of the most fascinating antiques and treasures found across our Chesapeake region. Viewers will discover the intriguing stories our possessions can tell us. And their values will amaze you!

13 episodes

Season Premiere

2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

8x01 801

Season Premiere

8x01 801

  • 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z27m

SEASON 8 PREMIERE! Chinese urn from the Middle Ages; rare needlepoint by folk artist Clementine Hunter; 2 still life paintings of fruit – is one a knock-off? Plus memorabilia from the US Supreme Court. Feature: Balto’s A.T. Jones, acres of costumes.

2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

8x02 802

8x02 802

  • 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z27m

1845 needlepoint family sampler – worth a bundle. Grandmother’s jewelry: “She really liked you!” Memorabilia from clandestine African operations before WWII. Letter with dinner invite from FDR. Appraiser Highlight: So what’s it really worth?

2018-01-22T05:00:00Z

8x03 803

8x03 803

  • 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z27m

Rare patent office model of a gadget. Autographed boxing poster signed by Mohammad Ali and arch rival Leon Spinks. World War I posters and two books from the 1600’s.

2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

8x04 804

8x04 804

  • 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z27m

Ornate silver candelabra; magic light in a Scottish Highlands painting. Also, wine cups from 19th C. Tibet. Feature: Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, once the home of the fabulously wealthy Marjorie Merriweather Post.

2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

8x05 805

8x05 805

  • 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z27m

A treasure trove of surprises: Grandmother’s jewelry worth tens of thousands; an antique marriage certificate; Clark Gable’s army utility table; fun mechanical banks. Highlight: Appraiser Gary Brosky with tips to reading jewelry marks.

2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

8x06 806

8x06 806

  • 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z27m

A rare Chinese “Nodder” figure delights our Appraiser. Autographs of famous astronauts, a button cut from the Civil War jacket of Stonewall Jackson, century old gramophone.

2018-02-19T05:00:00Z

8x07 807

8x07 807

  • 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z27m

Exquisite 1830’s miniatures, autographed photos of Duke Ellington, 1731 oak chest—is it authentic? and WWII portraits.

2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

8x08 808

8x08 808

  • 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z27m

1920’s baseball signed by Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, French oil painting by Vibert, jade Buddha, Chinese vase. Highlight: Appraiser Philip Merrill’s Frederick Douglass collection.

2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

8x09 809

8x09 809

  • 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z27m

A photo autographed by Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig, WWII memorabilia, autographed book of 1950’s Washington Senators, and a 19th century mantle clock. Highlight: serial numbers on antique guns.

2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

8x10 810

8x10 810

  • 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z27m

One of our highest valued items yet—a Shakespeare folio, a fringed Persian rug, rare ambrotypes, and Appraiser Lyman Speckheuer reveals a restoration.

2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

8x11 811

8x11 811

  • 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z27m

Original Superman art, a sculpture given to D.W. Griffith, 4 bronzes, and a country doc’s chair. Feature: Cannons from the Oyster Wars of the Chesapeake.

2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

8x12 812

8x12 812

  • 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z27m

Japanese Scroll with warrior, helicopter drawings, an estate sale oriental rug, Spiro Agnew memorabilia, and 2 rare anti-slavery books. Highlight: miniature toy cars.

2018-04-02T04:00:00Z

8x13 813

8x13 813

  • 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z27m

This Chesapeake Collectibles Special "A.T. Jones Costumers: Masters of Masquerade" explores the nation's oldest costume company --est. 1868!-- which counts U.S. presidents and opera divas, local politicians and celebrities as clientele.

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