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Mark L. WahlbergAntiques Roadshow
Salt Lake City, Utah - Hour One
Salt Palace Convention Center
(10/11)
A folk art quilt depicting scenes from Mormon history; a valuable Utah landscape painting by Birger Sandzen; and an archive of materials documenting the career of Philip Margetts.
Salt Lake City, Utah - Hour Two
Salt Palace Convention Center
(10/13 & 10/18)
A writing desk made by one of the original Mormon pioneers; a mid-19th-century shotgun; and an 1851 first edition copy of The Pearl of Great Price.
Salt Lake City, Utah - Hour Three
Salt Palace Convention Center
(10/20 & 10/25)
A set of clubs once owned by George "Gix" Von Elm; a set of 18th-century Chinese white jade carvings; and a Mormon advertisement on textile and a copy of Brigham Young's Invasion Proclamation.
Jackpot!
(10/27 & 11/1)
It's every collector's dream: turning a modest outlay into a staggeringly high return on investment.
Restoration Stories focuses on the animated and dedicated enthusiasts behind a variety of preservation, restoration and revival projects happening in the United States today. The program profiles the ordinary people who keep these remarkable and sometimes unlikely objects, ideas, and traditions alive.
The Life of a Michigan Rail-Trail: The Pere Marquette Rail-Trail Story
As told by managers, users, business owners, and residents, this program describes the challenges and benefits the citizens of Midland and Isabella counties experienced converting an abandoned rail road corridor to a recreation trail and greenway.
History DetectivesHistory Detectives
A Texan of Cherokee descent inherits a mysterious bible from her father; a beautiful, worn banjo is purchased by a Chicago resident at an auction a few years ago; and a Californian college dean comes across a family tree, begun by a deceased aunt, which contains the words "United Empire Loyalist" scribbled alongside several names.
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