Sun, Jan 5, 2003
From Albuquerque, New Mexico, Antiques Roadshow kicks off its winter 2003 season of dramatic new discoveries. Host Dan Elias makes his own discoveries while cruising The Turquoise Trail, a stretch of highway packed with roadside attractions, winding its way north towards Santa Fe. Roadshow experts at the Albuquerque Convention Center spot a number of interesting finds, including a very collectible and striking Teco ceramic vase; an autograph book inscribed by the infamous Younger brothers, compatriots of Jesse James' and the most valuable find of Roadshow's 2003 tour: a magnificent Tang Dynasty marble lion statue, with an insurance value topping $250,000!
Sun, Jan 12, 2003
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW continues its visit to Albuquerque, where just outside the city limits, host Dan Elias finds himself exploring the New Mexico of other millennia. At Petroglyph National Park, images carved in rock are evidence of Pueblo Indian life as early as 1000 B.C., while dinosaur fossil remains at Ghost Ranch date back hundreds of millions of years. Back in the 21st century, appraisers at the Albuquerque Convention Center examine the more recent past: a post-Revolutionary War canteen accompanied by a diary account of the Revolution written by the owner's great-great-great-great-grandfather, a member of the Massachusetts Militia -- an original 1908 illustration by Arthur Rackham, perhaps the most celebrated British children's book illustrator -- and a luscious, pear-shaped pear-wood tea caddy valued at $7,000 to $8,000.