For Release: 2008-12-01 13:07:00
Sugarplum fairies aren't just in your dreams -- they might also be in your garbage. Some of t he most amazing junk-heap finds are revealed in a new Antiques Roadshow special edition, "Trash to Treasure," airing Monday, Dec. 15 at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET2 and Thursday, Dec. 18 at 8/7 p.m. CT on KET1."Trash to Treasure" puts viewers in a festive mood with more than 20 incredible tales of treasures rescued from rubbish heaps, roadsides, dumpsters and demolition sites.
Highlights include an autographed script of the Academy Award-winning 1935 John Ford movie, The Informer, unearthed from a pile of discarded books, valued at $4,000 to $5,000; a rare circa 1885 Zuni Indian pot, found by the side of a road in Tucson, valued at $15,000 to $25,000; and precious relics from Louis Comfort Tiffany's Laurelton Hall mansion, destined for demolition until salvaged by a quick-thinking carpenter, valued at $80,000 to $100,000.
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: Ellen Soileau
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