KET - Antiques Roadshow Louisville visit set to air

Antiques Roadshow Louisville visit set to air

For Release: 2008-03-07 12:29:00

Last July, approximately 7,000 people, carrying nearly 12,000 treasures, heirlooms and oddities, descended on Louisville’s Kentucky International Convention Center to consult with Antiques Roadshow’s expert appraisers. Viewers can relive the excitement of the Roadshow’s Louisville visit in a three-part series, airing Mondays, April 21 through May 5 at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET2 and Thursdays, April 24 through May 8 at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET1 and KET HD, and Saturdays, April 26 through May 10 at 5/4 p.m. CT on KET1.

First, host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Mike Gutierrez head for the Muhammad Ali Center to talk about collecting memorabilia of the former World Heavyweight Champion. Back at the Convention Center, appraisers discover very valuable original cover art for The Saturday Evening Post; an early 19th-century embroidered silk mourning picture; and an enduring symbol of the Kentucky Derby: an heirloom mint julep cup created by Louisville silversmith William Kendrick in the mid-nineteenth century, estimated to be worth $2,000.

Hour two takes Walberg and appraiser Rafael Eledge to the historic Civil War battle site in Perryville. Eledge displays some valuable Confederate belt buckles and tells collectors how to avoid falling for fakes. At the Convention Center, there’s authentic excitement over a late 18th-century heirloom Kentucky sugar chest; an 1860 Rococo revival table whose top sports a painting of Mt. Vernon; and a pair of boxing gloves signed twice by Muhammad Ali — once as Cassius Clay in 1963, and again as Muhammad Ali 40 years later — valued at $2,000 to $3,000.

Finally, appraiser Nancy Druckman shows Walberg around the Embroiderer’s Guild of America in Louisville. Then, Roadshow appraisers stitch together a colorful assortment of finds, including a rare, circa-1910 Dirk Van Erp lamp, originally bought for about $100; an exceptionally well-preserved 1876 doll with almost all original parts; and a fortunate Kentucky corner cupboard — at one time destined to be burned and thrown away — made of locally grown wood and valued at $8,500.

Antiques Roadshow is produced by WGBH/Boston. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.

Contact: Amanda Stroud

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