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Call - Antiques Roadshow Announces Summer 2008 Tour 1/7/08
Antiques
Roadshow Announces Summer 2008 Tour
PBS
Series Seeks 80,000 Hidden Treasures Across America
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - January 7, 2008) - ANTIQUES
ROADSHOW, PBS's most-watched primetime series has announced its
summer 2008 Tour destinations: Palm Springs, California; Dallas,
Texas; Wichita, Kansas; Chattanooga, Tennessee; Grand Rapids,
Michigan; and Hartford, Connecticut.
Programs taped in those locations will make up ROADSHOW's
thirteenth broadcast season on PBS, airing in 2009.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's 2008 Tour features a series of local events
at which top appraisers offer the public free evaluations of
antiques and collectibles -- revealing the often surprising history
and value of these items.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2008 stops and dates include:
Palm Springs, California -- June 7, 2008
Dallas, Texas -- June 28, 2008
Wichita, Kansas -- July 12, 2008
Chattanooga, Tennessee -- July 19, 2008
Grand Rapids, Michigan -- August 9, 2008
Hartford, Connecticut -- August 23, 2008
Admission to ANTIQUES ROADSHOW events is free, but tickets are
required and must be obtained in advance. Complete ticketing rules
will be available beginning Monday, January 21, 2008 on ANTIQUES
ROADSHOW Online at pbs.org/antiques
or by dialing toll-free 1-888-762-3749. Ticket recipients will be
selected at random from all eligible entries. Ticket holders are
invited to bring two items for a free verbal evaluation by experts
from the world's leading auction houses -- including Bonhams &
Butterfields, Christie's, Doyle New York, Freeman's, Skinner,
Sotheby's, and Swann Galleries -- and by leading independent
appraisers and dealers.
In addition, ROADSHOW is looking within 50 miles of each tour
destination for large pieces of furniture. Complete furniture
submission rules are available now online or by dialing the
toll-free information line (see above).
But before hitting the road next summer, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW begins
its twelfth broadcast season -- in HDTV for the first time --
Monday, January 7, 2008 at 8 PM ET on PBS, with host Mark L.
Walberg. Visit pbs.org/antiques
for a preview of the season premiere.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is watched by approximately eleven million
viewers each week and has garnered five Emmy™ Award nominations.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is sponsored by Liberty Mutual and Subaru.
Additional funding is provided by public television viewers.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston. Executive
producer is Marsha Bemko.
Additional information about the summer 2008 Tour is available at
pbs.org/antiques.
©
2008 WGBH Educational Foundation
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