Antiques Roadshow: Washington, D.C.- Hour Three

Airs Monday, June 27, 2011 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

A stunning circa 1925 oil painting of a young girl, painted by Philadelphia artist Jessie Willcox Smith. Smith, often compared to Mary Cassat because of their mutual affinity for depicting children, is notable for both her illustrations and paintings. This guest (right) is overjoyed to learn the painting he purchased for $100 is actually valued at $75,000.

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Above: A stunning circa 1925 oil painting of a young girl, painted by Philadelphia artist Jessie Willcox Smith. Smith, often compared to Mary Cassat because of their mutual affinity for depicting children, is notable for both her illustrations and paintings. This guest (right) is overjoyed to learn the painting he purchased for $100 is actually valued at $75,000.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Behind the Scenes in Washington, D.C.

View photos from "Roadshow's" visit to Washington, D.C. on Saturday, August 21, 2010.

At the Smithsonian Art Museum’s Lunder Conservation Lab in Washington, D.C., "Antiques Roadshow" host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Nancy Druckman carefully examine fragile miniature portraits from the 18th and 19th centuries normally kept in climate-controlled storage at the neighboring Luce Foundation Center.

Highlights include a 1964 Chrysler Turbine model and manual; a circa 1840 temperance banner; and a circa 1925 oil painting by Jessie Willcox Smith, the Philadelphia artist famous for her depictions of children, valued at $75,000.

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Antiques Roadshow: Washington, D.C. - Hour Three: 1954 Wristwatch

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Above: In "Antiques Roadshow: Washington, D.C. Hour Three," Charles Tearle tells a guest that time has been good to the 1954 Rolex anti-magnetic chronograph wristwatch that he brought in for appraisal.

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Antiques Roadshow: The Washington, D.C. Feedback Booth

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Above: Guests from Washington, D.C. bare all, including Wolverine claws, in the "Roadshow" Feedback Booth

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Antiques Roadshow: Washington, D.C. - Hour Two: Frederick H. Rhead Avon Vase

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Above: Watch David Rago's appraisal of a Frederick H. Rhead Avon Vase, ca. 1902, from hour two of "Antiques Roadshow" from Washington D.C.

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Full Episode: Antiques Roadshow: Washington, D.C. - Hour One

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Above: Host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Michael Flanigan visit the Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters of the U.S. State Department and its diplomatic reception rooms, including the Thomas Jefferson State Reception Room, appointed with some of the best Americana of the 18th and 19th centuries. Highlights include a 1958 signed letter by Martin Luther King Jr.; a circa 1965 Andy Warhol lithograph; and a unique, turn-of-the-20th-century, hand-wrought Gorham silver tea set, valued at $90,000.

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