PBS To Air Antiques Roadshow's Visit To Newport

NEWPORT, RI—Last Sept. 19, remnants of a hurricane to the South spoiled a chance for Antiques Roadshow to film its first ever outdoors show. The producers ended up with a claim on history by filming the first-ever both indoor and outdoor episodes. It was a fun time, despite the weather. Now, the program is ready to air. The first Newport show will be televised on Monday at 8 p.m. on WGBH.

Here is the press release.

On Monday, May 14^th at 8pm on WGBH, experience ANTIQUES ROADSHOW history when, for the first time, we take the cameras indoors and outdoors! Recorded at Rosecliff Mansion in Newport, RI, watch as a diamond waterfall pin sways in the breeze, a Rohmer doll is valued on the patio, and Tiffany vases stun an appraiser in the lavish ballroom.

The following week, learn about antique and vintage treasures as they are appraised in a Gilded Age mansion. ROADSHOW travels to Rosecliff for finds including a Fabergé jade snuff bottle made around 1890, a Basquiat oil stick drawing, and a General Wharton Civil War archive. Which is valued at $400,000? “Newport, Hour 2” airs on Monday, May 21^st.

Finally, on May 28^th celebrate as ANTIQUES ROADSHOW wraps up its groundbreaking visit to Rosecliff mansion with even more treasures in “Newport, Hour 3” including a Tiffany & Co. sapphire and diamond ring, a Boston bureau table made around 1770, and M.C. Escher lithographs. Find out which is appraised for $100,000!

Staff Photo: Margo Sullivan