The Antiques Roadshow rolls out its fall season on the PBS public television station on September 15, 2003. Host Dan Elias hosts twelve new episodes from events in Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Missouri, Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Elias will occasionally break away from the appraisal action for up-close-and-personal moments with each city's top cultural and historical landmarks.
In Cleveland, Ohio, appraiser John Hays of Christie's identifies a set of handsome furniture-including a cabinet, desk, and table-as a desirable Herter Brothers ensemble. To the owner's delight, Hays estimates that, if kept together, the set's estimated value is $100,000 to $150,000.
At the Kansas City, Missouri, event, appraiser Leigh Keno of Leigh Keno American Antiques discovers a dry sink hutch cupboard from the late nineteenth century and confirms what the owner's family has believed for decades: it really is a valuable item. The family had their suspicions when the farmer who sold them the piece kept offering more money to buy it back. Good thing they didn't bite: this cupboard, complete with it's original hardware and distinctive grain painting, is valued at $7,500 to $8,000.
