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Mobile, Alabama: 2007

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ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host sent a salute from "The City of Flags" — Mobile, Alabama — where host Mark L. Walberg and appraisers encountered a whirlwind of great finds.

Hour 1 | Original Air Date: March 26, 2007 (#1110)

ARTICLE: The Washington-Custis Connection

More on Martha Custis Washington, America's first First Lady.


Hour 2 | Original Air Date: April 2, 2007 (#1111)

ARTICLE: Armed With a Colt Letter ...

What does it mean to "letter" a gun? Arms expert Chris Mitchell explains.

ARTICLE: Rare Portraits Survive Museum Blaze (In a Way)

How a 19th-century bureaucrat's bungling plan to get rich preserved hundreds of Indian portraits whose originals were lost to fire.

ARTICLE: Honestly Abe's Chairs?

Did this set of dining chairs come from the Lincoln White House?


Hour 3 | Original Air Date: April 9, 2007 (#1112)

SLIDESHOW: Mardi Gras in Mobile

An up-close look at costume watercolor paintings created in the early 19th century by French artist Jules Maré.


Federal Document Chest
Leigh Keno

$7,000
HR 1


Verdura Flower Brooch, ca. 1954
Berj Zavian

$25,000-$35,000
HR 1


Martin Parlor Guitar
David Bonsey

$1,800-$2,400
HR 1


Antonio Pineda Jewelry
Rosalie Sayyah

$12,800
HR 1


Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Tiger
Eric Silver

$8,000-$12,000
HR 1


Alberto Lynch Painting
Alan Fausel

$8,000-$12,000
HR 1


Fake Elnathan Taber Coffin Clock
Sean Delaney

$1,500
HR 1


Pendant Watch with chain
Jeanenne Bell

$10,000
HR 1


George Ohr Vase
Suzanne Perrault

$10,000-$15,000
HR 1


Desk and Bookcase
Andrew Brunk

$8,000-$12,000
HR 1


Satchel Paige Engraved Watch
Mike Gutierrez

$20,000
HR 1


Amphora Porcelain Vase
Jody Wilkie

$3,000-$6,000
HR 1


Henri Alphonse Barnoin Painting, ca.1920
Alasdair Nichol

$12,000-$18,000
HR 1


Eliza Law Custis Lap Desk, ca. 1795
C. Wesley Cowan

$30,000-$50,000
HR 1


Anna Pottery Pig Bourbon Flask, ca. 1885
Nicholas Dawes

$5,000-$7,000
HR 2


Walter Anderson Watercolor
Debra Force

$15,000
HR 2


Side Chair used in Lincoln White House
Dean Failey

$500-$12,500
HR 2


Navigational Cane, ca. 1860
Marybeth Keene

$3,500-$4,000
HR 2


Colt Navy Revolver
Christopher Mitchell

$2,500-$3,000
HR 2


Finney Walrus Tusks
Ronald Bourgeault

$30,000-$60,000
HR 2


1969-1970 Gayle Sayers Jersey
Simeon Lipman

$20,000-$30,000
HR 2


1969 Rolling Stones Poster
Gary Sohmers

$5,000-$6,000
HR 2


Indian Tribes of North America Books
Catherine Williamson

$70,000-$90,000
HR 2


Marseille Googly Doll
Andy Ourant

$2,500-$4,000
HR 2


Tiffany Necklace & Pin
Joyce Jonas

$4,200
HR 2


Windsor Armchair, ca. 1785
Leslie Keno

$20,000-$30,000
HR 2


19th & 20th Century Inkwell Collection
Karen Keane

$3,000-$5,000
HR 2


Irwin Bit Set & Tambour Drill Bit Box
Lee Richmond

$800-$900
HR 2


Weller Dickensware Vase
David Rago

$1,500-$2,000
HR 3


Belter Armchairs, ca. 1850
J. Michael Flanigan

$4,000-$6,000
HR 3


Confederate Belt Buckle with Stars
Rafael Eledge

$10,000-$12,000
HR 3


Mardi Gras Costume Paintings
Colleene Fesko

$4,000-$6,000
HR 3


Sally Hancock American Theorem, 1826
Mitchell Keno

$24,000
HR 3


Persian Kirman Rug
Peter Pap

$8,500
HR 3


Franklin D. Roosevelt Archive
Thomas Lecky

$15,000-$20,000
HR 3


Disney Lunch Kit, ca. 1935
Rudy Franchi

$1,800-$2,000
HR 3


Apache & Hopi Items
Linda Dyer

$13,500-$16,000
HR 3


Polyphon Music Box
Nick Hawkins

$8,000-$12,000
HR 3


Sapphire & Diamond Bracelet
Virginia Salem

$6,000-$8,000
HR 3


Green Bay Packers Football
Simeon Lipman

$5,000-$6,000
HR 3


Gold Rush Archive
C. Wesley Cowan

$3,000-$5,000
HR 3


Rindskopf Glass Vase
Arlie Sulka

$350-$450
HR 3


Virginia Painted Chest, ca. 1850
Ken Farmer

$60,000
HR 3




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