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Airs Monday, January 7, 2013 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV
Above: Appraiser Colleene Fesko (right) with a guest and his Diego Rivera painting.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
On January 7, 2013 ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, PBS’s most-watched primetime series, returns for Season 17 with its signature cross-country treasure hunt and another million-dollar discovery.
Behind the Scenes in Corpus Christi, Texas
On Saturday, August 4, 2012 ROADSHOW visited Corpus Christi, Texas, where we found proof that things really are bigger in the Lone Star State! View the slideshow
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With 21 brand new episodes and six newly-restored episodes of “Vintage Roadshow,” ROADSHOW shares history through America’s untold stories. Host Mark L. Walberg welcomes viewers to join the journey through attics and basements, garage sales and dumpsters.
"Corpus Christi, Texas" (Hour One) - In Corpus Christi, Texas, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW discovers a million-dollar item when a guest brings in a Diego Rivera oil painting created in 1904 when the artist was just 18 years old!
Other highlights include a 1967 painting by Alexander Calder; a Japanese bronze depicting a mythical figure; and a giant Fisk “Tire Boy” sign valued at $8,000 to $12,000.
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Save the date for the announcement of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's summer 2013 tour cities! Visit facebook.com/AntiquesRoadshow or @RoadshowPBS on January 7, 2013 at 9 a.m. PT (12 noon ET), when ROADSHOW's executive producer Marsha Bemko will announce the summer tour.
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cinnamonape | January 7, 2013 at 9:37 p.m. ― 5 months, 1 week ago
I think the portrayal of this find is a little deceptive. The fact is this work was identified as an authentic, and very important, lost Diego Rivera - over 15 years ago.
http://articles.latimes.com/1998/oct/31/enterta...
It seems to me that this was an effort to make a big "find" and to perhaps set a record appraisal.
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