ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Celebrating Black Americana

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer

Published February 6, 2015 at 10:58 AM PST

A guest (left) joins Nancy Druckman (not seen in photo) appraises a "Dancing for Eels" oil painting, ca. 1885 for $6,000 to $9,000 in 2010.

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Gary Piattoni appraises a Charles Edward Minor archive for $2,500 to $3,500 in 2008.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW honors Black History Month with this special episode "Celebrating Black Americana." Highlights include an 1821 U.S. citizenship certificate for George Barker, a free man of color; an African-American beauty book written by Madam C.J. Walker, the first American female millionaire; and a trip with host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Leila Dunbar to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Check out Laura Woolley's appraisal of this Dexter Gordon photo group, ca. 1950, in "Anaheim Hour 3."

Check out Thomas F. Lecky's appraisal of Martin Luther King, Jr. Archive, in "Celebrating Black Americana."

Mark L. Walberg and Leila Dunbar discuss a Brooklyn Dodgers baseball signed by Jackie Robinson and Ty Cobb at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.

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