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Antiques Television Shows
Complete list of antiques reality TV shows from American Pickers to Oddities
Bookmark this list for easy access to all antiques-reality television programs. This list of TV shows about antiques and collectibles includes cable, television and even U.K. programs. From Pawn Stars to American Pickers, you’ll never miss another show with this list of antiques TV shows. Read More +
‘Picker Sisters’ sees vintage gold in junk yard cast offs
Despite plenty of competitors, Lifetime’s new "Picker Sisters" has found a niche offering a vintage-centric show from a feminine perspective. In an exclusive interview with Antique Trader, star Tanya McQueen talks about the show and how her rural Texas upbringing helps her turn farm scraps into Hollywood ‘junque.’
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‘Antiques Roadshow’ most valuable find: Rhino horn cup collection worth $1M
Appraiser Lark Mason spotted the set and set its value at more than $1 million. TULSA, Okla. – PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow” recorded the highest-value appraisal in the series’ 16 years of production. Veteran “Antiques Roadshow” Asian arts expert Lark Mason … Read More +
Are 19th century artifacts still buried in your backyard?
Remember that urge to dig you had as a child? Some people never grow out of it. I don’t blame them because there’s treasure buried under the dirt and ash that fill 18th and 19th century privy and cistern holes. … Read More +
What do ‘Great Wines’ and ‘History Detectives’ have in common?
Elyse Luray! Elyse Luray uncorks the top 200 wines in “Great Wines Under $20.” With 100 reds and 100 whites from all over the world, you’ll never need to search for affordable wine again! Elyse Luray is also an appraiser … Read More +
Marilyn Monroe Subway Dress sells for $5.6 million at Profiles in History
Marilyn Monroe – perhaps the most famous movie star in recent memory – and her famous white dress from “The Seven Year Itch,” shown in background of this photograph – is considered to be one of the greatest movie costume … Read More +
“Flea Man” debuts Friday night: new collectibles TV show
A new National Geographic Channel program follows the exploits of flea market veteran Jimmy Kaplow as he travels the U.S. buying and selling. The show looks at the often humorous and touching situations that happen when buyers and sellers meet. It’s the latest reality program to debut on the antiques market ahead of a few others coming late this year and early next year. In the June 17, 2011 series debut (back-to-back episodes at 8 and 9PM ET/PT) Kaplow butts heads with a vintage costume jewelry collector and helps a family that inherited a house full of antiques raise money for their daughter’s medical school expenses.
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American Pickers’ Mike Wolfe: Why I’m geeked about vintage bicycles
In this month’s Bicycling, Mike Wolfe, star of HISTORY’s American Pickers explains why vintage bicycles “turn his crank” (sorry) and how a business setback put him, literally, on the road to one of cable’s most-watched program. The incident that led … Read More +
Pawn Stars’ Rick Harrison talks collectibles with David Letterman
Rick Harrison took a break from the 2,000 to 3,000 daily visitors to his Gold & Silver Pawn Shop last night to chat with David Letterman. He even brought a few choice specimens from his cases. Among them, a circa … Read More +