Antiques Roadshow - Season 1

Antiques Roadshow - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes13
DatesJan 9, 1997 - May 1, 1997
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Episodes

Chicago
Season 1Episode 160 min

Chicago

Appraisals include a 19th-century kaleidoscope; a calendar watch dated circa 1640; a Women's Professional League baseball. Also: a woman learns that the vase she bought from an antiques dealer is a replica. Host: Chris Jussel.
Jan 9, 1997
Seattle
Season 1Episode 260 min

Seattle

From Seattle: Items appraised include a Confederate sword; a painting by an Aboriginal artist; three handcarved pottery pieces; a series of letters written by Gen. W.T. Sherman after the Civil War.
Jan 16, 1997
Denver
Season 1Episode 360 min

Denver

Appraisals from Denver include a silver tea set made in 1871 and believed to have been a gift from the Czar of Russia; a Li'l Abner toy that sold for $2.59 in 1945; a sword dating back to the Revolutionary War. Host: Chris Jussel
Jan 23, 1997
Philadelphia
Season 1Episode 460 min

Philadelphia

Appraisals include a 16th-century Milanese parade helmet that the owner discovered in her parents' attic. Also: a Gibson mandola; a document written by Abraham Lincoln; a Colonial mug made by a renowned Boston silversmith.
Jan 30, 1997
San Antonio
Season 1Episode 560 min

San Antonio

Appraisals include dueling pistols; a doll; and a pocket watch said to have belonged to Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. Host: Chris Jussel.
Feb 6, 1997
Southfield, MI
Season 1Episode 660 min

Southfield, MI

From Michigan: Appraisals include a Duncan Phyfe sewing table-desk; an 1867 watercolor by Carl Haag; a pre-1850 carved green limestone necklace. Also: a visit to the Henry Ford Museum. Host: Chris Jussel.
Feb 13, 1997
Minneapolis
Season 1Episode 760 min

Minneapolis

From Minnesota: Appraisals include a stuffed bear manufactured by Steiff; a flag from the 1901 Pan American Exposition with an interesting history; an Oriental rug. Also: a woman learns that the ceramic figures she purchased in China are replicas.
Feb 20, 1997
Albuquerque
Season 1Episode 860 min

Albuquerque

Appraisals from Albuquerque include a 1498 etching by printmaker Albrecht Durer; a banjo with mother-of-pearl inlay played by the owner's father during the 1930s; a pie safe circa 1870; a Chippendale slant-front desk.
Feb 27, 1997
Concord, MA
Season 1Episode 960 min

Concord, MA

Appraisals from Concord, Mass., include a needlepoint sampler that records six generations of a Massachusetts family; a highboy; a 19th-century Loetz vase that the owner's mother bought for $5 at a yard sale; a Swiss music box made in 1818.
Mar 6, 1997
College Park, MD
Season 1Episode 1060 min

College Park, MD

Appraisals include two rare and valuable quilts; a thank-you letter written by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis; handpainted French vases; a walnut pie safe with an unusual eagle motif. Also: a segment on African-American memorabilia. Host: Chris Jussel.
Apr 10, 1997
Kansas City
Season 1Episode 1160 min

Kansas City

Appraisals from Kansas City, Mo., include a Thomas Hart Benton painting; Tiffany vases purchased in the 1950s; an 18th-century cedar chair made in Bermuda; a collection of rare pin-back buttons; a photo collection of members of a Civil War regiment.
Apr 17, 1997
Durham, NC
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Durham, NC

Appraisals include autographed photographs of Buffalo Bill and Annie Oakley; a baseball autographed by Babe Ruth; an 18th-century table; Glenn Miller memorabilia; a schoolbook dated 1819. Also: a gun collector learns the truth about some of his pieces. Host: Chris Jussel.
Apr 24, 1997
Greenwich, CT
Season 1Episode 1360 min

Greenwich, CT

Appraisals include a Civil War sword; a single-action Colt revolver; a Hepplewhite card table; a 1936 New York Yankees home-run baseball autographed by several prominent players; two Kewpie dolls; a Masonic watch.
May 1, 1997

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