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ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: The Boomer Years

Back in 2006, Philip Weiss (right) appraises Charles Schulz comic strip art, ca. 1960 for $150,000 to $200,000 in Los Angeles, California. The updated value is $200,000 to $250,000.
Courtesy of Meredith Nierman for WGBH, (c) WGBH 2014
Back in 2006, Philip Weiss (right) appraises Charles Schulz comic strip art, ca. 1960 for $150,000 to $200,000 in Los Angeles, California. The updated value is $200,000 to $250,000.

Airs Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Part adventure, part history lesson, and part treasure hunt, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is a 13-time Emmy® Award-nominee and PBS' most-watched ongoing series.

Mark L. Walberg hosts.

The “Baby Boom” of the mid-20th century created a generation of people who grew up witnessing the rise of television, space exploration, and rock ‘n’ roll.

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In celebration of the “Boomer Years,” ROADSHOW is looking back with nostalgia at the vintage treasures from the 1940s, 50s and 60s.

This 1956 Elvis "Love Me Tender" standee was appraised by Laura Woolley (right) for $10,000 to $15,000 in 2012. The updated value is $18,000 to $20,000.
Courtesy of Meredith Nierman for WGBH, (c) WGBH 2014
This 1956 Elvis "Love Me Tender" standee was appraised by Laura Woolley (right) for $10,000 to $15,000 in 2012. The updated value is $18,000 to $20,000.

Appraisals include a 1956 Elvis “Love Me Tender” standee that was found during a home renovation; a 1958 Martin Luther King, Jr. letter purchased for $20 at the estate of a Richard Nixon biographer; and Charles Schulz comic strip art, ca. 1960, owned by a former Hallmark employee who worked with Schulz for 12 years and is valued at $200,000 to $250,000.

Simeon Lipman appraises a 1951 baseball signed by the Yankees and Marilyn Monroe, which was originally appraised for $15,000 in 2003. It is now valued between $25,000 and $35,000.
Courtesy of Meredith Nierman for WGBH, (c) WGBH 2014
Simeon Lipman appraises a 1951 baseball signed by the Yankees and Marilyn Monroe, which was originally appraised for $15,000 in 2003. It is now valued between $25,000 and $35,000.
Peter Shaw appraises a 1962 left-handed Olympic White Fender Stratocaster for $48,000 in Wichita, Kansas.
Courtesy of Meredith Nierman for WGBH, (c) WGBH 2014
Peter Shaw appraises a 1962 left-handed Olympic White Fender Stratocaster for $48,000 in Wichita, Kansas.

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