Antiques Roadshow: Vintage San Francisco

Airs Monday, July 16, 2012 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Specialists from the country's leading auction houses and independent dealers from across the nation travel throughout the United States offering free appraisals of antiques and collectibles. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW cameras watch as owners recount tales of family heirlooms, yard sale bargains and long-neglected items salvaged from attics and basements, while experts reveal the fascinating truths about these finds.

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Appraisal Updates

Learn about new developments surrounding appraisals from previous ROADSHOW segments.

"Vintage San Francisco" - The 1997-1998 rainfall season was the second wettest (47.22 inches) in the 149 seasons recorded beginning in 1849.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's 1998 trip to the City by the Bay featured a modest-looking Eskimo hunting helmet with an estimated value that has swelled from its original $65,000 to $75,000 to $100,000 to $125,000, while a 1385 English silver spoon declined from $10,000 to $20,000 to $5,000 to $8,000.

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Preview: Antiques Roadshow: Vintage San Francisco

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Watch Vintage San Francisco - Preview on PBS. See more from Antiques Roadshow.

Above: Discover which treasures the market favored since ROADSHOW's visit there in 1998.

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Vintage San Francisco: Maynard Dixon Painting

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Watch Premiering Monday, July 16, at 8/7C, Vintage San Francisco on PBS. See more from Antiques Roadshow.

Above: In this preview from "Vintage San Francisco," Catherine Leonhard Gellert appraises a beautiful Nevada landscape painting by Western artist Maynard Dixon. Back then, the painting's value had increased significantly since the owner's parents received the painting as a gift from Dixon himself, but has the sun set on Dixon's western work in the past 15 years?

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