Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga, Tenn. - Hour Three

Airs Monday, July 25, 2011 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Appraiser Noel Barrett (right) tells the owner it's fitting to find a "choo-choo" at the Chattanooga "Antiques Roadshow" event. This lovingly preserved set, made by the Lionel company and given to the owner's father for his first Christmas in 1930, could carry home a value of $2,500-$3,000.

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Above: Appraiser Noel Barrett (right) tells the owner it's fitting to find a "choo-choo" at the Chattanooga "Antiques Roadshow" event. This lovingly preserved set, made by the Lionel company and given to the owner's father for his first Christmas in 1930, could carry home a value of $2,500-$3,000.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Behind the Scenes in Chattanooga

View photos from "Roadshow's" visit to Chattanooga, Tennessee, on July 19, 2008.

At Chattanooga, Tennessee’s Walnut Street bridge — one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world — "Antiques Roadshow" looks at carved wooden folk-art walking canes.

Highlights include an heirloom 18th-century Chippendale tall chest; a unique piece of presidential memorabilia: an “8-ball” presented to Harry Truman in 1948 by the Los Angeles Press Club; and a pristine Lionel train set, circa 1930, valued at $2,500 to $3,000.

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Antiques Roadshow: Civil War Artillery Shell, ca. 1863

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Above: In a preview from "Antiques Roadshow: Chattanooga, Hour Three," arms and militaria expert Rafael Eledge appraises a Civil War artillery shell that not only survived the war but may actually still be live.

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