ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, PBS's most-watched primetime series, has announced its Summer 2010 Tour destinations: San Diego, California; Billings, Montana; Miami Beach, Florida; Biloxi, Mississippi; Des Moines, Iowa; and Washington, DC. Programs taped in these locations will make up ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's fifteenth broadcast season on PBS, airing in 2011."We are calling this our Crystal Anniversary Tour," said ANTIQUES ROADSHOW executive producer Marsha Bemko, author of the new book, "Antiques Roadshow: Behind the Scenes." "It's our way of celebrating ROADSHOW's fifteen-year romance with America's stories, its objects, and its extraordinary history."
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's 2010 Tour features a series of local events at which top appraisers offer the public free evaluations of antiques and collectibles -- revealing the often surprising history and value of these items.
This year's lineup, with host Mark L. Walberg, kicks off from Raleigh, North Carolina, with the highest value treasure ever seen on ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: a set of Chinese carved jade objects estimated to be worth as much as $1.07 million!
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is sponsored by Liberty Mutual and Subaru. Additional funding is provided by public television viewers.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston. Executive producer is Marsha Bemko.
PBS' ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Tour will be at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida on Saturday July 10, 2010.
