Antiques Roadshow's Sixteenth Season
December 2011
Stations, the following is
a news announcement. Suggested lead in 3, 2, 1…
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One show has Americans mining
their attics, basements, parlors and pantries for treasures
of record-setting proportions. The most-watched series
on PBS premiers its sixteenth season with its biggest
discovery ever.
Antiques Roadshow host Mark
Walberg says the 2012 season kicks off with a brand
new lineup of appraisals totaling more than eight million
dollars in value.
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THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY
EXCITING YEAR FOR OUR FANS. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF "FIRSTS"
IN 2012, INCLUDING A BLOCKBUSTER APPRAISAL IN THE FIRST
SHOW OF THE SEASON. IT'S OUR MOST VALUABLE DISCOVERY
EVER: A COLLECTION OF 500-YEAR-OLD CHINESE CARVED RHINOCEROS
HORN CUPS WORTH MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS. WE ALSO
MEET OUR FIRST PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER THIS SEASON,
A GUEST WHO BROUGHT US HIS TREASURE IN MINNEAPOLIS.
DON'T BE THE LAST TO CATCH ALL THE FIRSTS THIS SEASON.
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The new Antiques Roadshow
season starts Monday, January 2 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on PBS. Check your local listings.
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