Antiques Roadshow: Grand Rapids, Mich. - Hour Two

Airs Monday, August 8, 2011 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, "Antiques Roadshow" caught this school of wooden fish decoys, bought by the owner's father from renowned Michigan master carver Oscar Peterson. Peterson decoys are among the most coveted of American folk art objects; appraiser Ken Farmer values this collection at $14,000.

Credit: Courtesy of ©WGBH/Jeff Dunn

Above: In Grand Rapids, Michigan, "Antiques Roadshow" caught this school of wooden fish decoys, bought by the owner's father from renowned Michigan master carver Oscar Peterson. Peterson decoys are among the most coveted of American folk art objects; appraiser Ken Farmer values this collection at $14,000.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Behind the Scenes in Grand Rapids

View photos from "Roadshow's" visit to Grand Rapids, Michigan, on August 9, 2008.

In Grand Rapids, Michigan, "Antiques Roadshow" admires masterpieces of locally-manufactured modern furniture at the Grand Rapids Public Museum.

Highlights include a 1932 original Dick Tracy comic strip; a turn-of-the-century, cold-air return cover made by the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company; and a collection of wooden fish decoys by renowned Michigan master carver Oscar Peterson, valued at 12,100–12,300.

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Behind the Scenes of Antiques Roadshow in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Above: Take a look behind the scenes of "Roadshow's" visit to Grand Rapids, Michigan, on August 9, 2008.

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