Antiques Roadshow announces 2012 tour destinations
04 January '12 by the editors | Source: acn.liveauctioneers.com
Antiques Roadshow, PBS’s most-watched primetime series, has announced its Summer 2012 Tour destinations: Boston, Myrtle Beach, SC; Rapid City, SD; Cincinnati; Corpus Christi, Texas; and Seattle.
Programs recorded in those locations will make up Roadshow’s 17th broadcast season on PBS, airing in 2013.
“Antiques Roadshow turns seventeen in 2013,” said Roadshow executive producer Marsha Bemko “and even though Justin Bieber beat us to it, we couldn’t be more excited or grateful for having reached this milestone. We’ll be inviting almost 40,000 fans to celebrate with us this summer as we travel across the country.”
Roadshow’s 2012 Tour features a series of local events at which top appraisers offer the public free evaluations of antiques and collectibles—revealing the often surprising history and value of these items.
Antiques Roadshow 2012 stops and dates include:
Boston - June 9, 2012
Myrtle Beach, SC - June 23, 2012
Rapid City, SD - July 14, 2012
Cincinnati - July 21, 2012
Corpus Christi, Texas - Aug. 4, 2012
Seattle - Aug. 18, 2012
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