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Antiques Roadshow Announces Summer 2005 Tour

Programs Taped This Year Will Air as ROADSHOW's Tenth Anniversary Season on PBS in 2006

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, PBS's top-rated primetime series, has announced its summer 2005 Tour destinations: Providence, Rhode Island; Tampa, Florida; Houston, Texas; Bismarck, North Dakota, and Los Angeles, California. Programs taped in those locations will make up ROADSHOW's tenth anniversary broadcast season in 2006. ANTIQUES ROADSHOW premiered on PBS in January 1997.

Underwritten by Toyota and Liberty Mutual Insurance, the ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2005 Tour features a series of local events at which top appraisers offer the public free evaluations of objects -- revealing the history and value of America's "hidden treasures." The most interesting finds from each city will be taped for broadcast in 2006.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2005 stops and dates include:

City                                 Date
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Providence, Rhode Island             June 18, 2005

Tampa, Florida                       June 25, 2005

Houston, Texas                       July 16, 2005

Bismarck, North Dakota               July 30, 2005

Los Angeles, California              August 13, 2005

Admission to ANTIQUES ROADSHOW events is free, but tickets are required. Ticketing rules and deadlines will be available beginning March 14 at ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Online at pbs.org/antiques or by dialing toll-free 1-888-762-3749. Ticket holders are invited to bring two items for a free verbal evaluation by experts from the world's leading auction houses -- including Bonhams & Butterfields, Christie's, Doyle New York, Skinner and Sotheby's -- and by leading independent appraisers and dealers. All ticket holders are guaranteed an appraisal.

Part adventure, part history lesson, and part treasure hunt, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW begins its ninth broadcast season Monday, January 3, 2005, with host Lara Spencer. Episodes were taped last summer, when ANTIQUES ROADSHOW drew more than 30,000 participants on its cross-country tour. Along the way, ROADSHOW uncovered a wealth of amazing finds, including the most valuable object appraised on the 2004 Tour: a rare and historically important pocket watch valued at a whopping $250,000; an heirloom set of blueprints and letters from Frank Lloyd Wright to a "dissatisfied customer;" a spangled outfit worn by Elvis; and the first official map of Lewis and Clark's expedition to Oregon.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is seen by more than ten million viewers each week and has spun off a new, magazine-style series, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW FYI, premiering Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at 8pm ET on PBS (check local listings). ROADSHOW FYI takes viewers in search of answers to questions raised on ROADSHOW: What happened to the most memorable treasures after the owners left the convention hall? Where can you go to get the best deals? What collectibles are hot right now? What do ROADSHOW appraisers dream of collecting? Wrapping up each episode, "Missing Masterpieces" scans the latest headlines and the archives for stories of great objects gone astray.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is sponsored by Toyota, Liberty Mutual Insurance and Ameriquest Mortgage Company. Additional funding is provided by public television viewers.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston. Executive producer is Marsha Bemko. Additional information about the Summer 2005 Tour is available at ANTIQUES ROADSHOW Online at pbs.org/antiques

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW press materials, including downloadable photos, are available at pressroom.wgbh.org and at pbs.org/pressroom.

© 2005 WGBH Educational Foundation

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