Airs Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2
Thursday, January 31, 2019
CREDIT: COURTESY OF JEFF DUNN FOR WGBH, © WGBH 2014
Above: A guest (left) joins Nancy Druckman (not seen in photo) appraises a “Dancing for Eels” oil painting, ca. 1885 for $6,000 to $9,000 in 2010.
Part adventure, part history lesson, and part treasure hunt, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is a 13-time Emmy® Award-nominee and PBS’ most-watched ongoing series.
Mark L. Walberg hosts.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW honors Black History Month with this special episode.
Highlights include an 1821 U.S. citizenship certificate for George Barker, a free man of color; an African-American beauty book written by Madam C.J. Walker, the first American female millionaire; and a trip with host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Leila Dunbar to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
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