Episode 1
Aired Jan 4, 2010
Raleigh, Hour 1
A 1920 Arts & Crafts desk and lamp; circa 1960 Gibson double 12 electric guitar; four Chinese Quanlong period carved jade objects.
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Episode 2
Aired Jan 11, 2010
Raleigh, North Carolina
Circa 1800 eastern North Carolina bottle case on a stand; 1812 needlework sampler; 1985 Andrew Wyeth watercolor.
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Episode 3
Aired Jan 18, 2010
Raleigh, North Carolina
Items related to Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1966 visit to St. Mark's AME Zion Church; 1800 heirloom Virginia-made table.
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Episode 4
Aired Jan 25, 2010
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Walt Whitman memoir inscribed by the author; late 19th-century bronze and marble statue; oil painting.
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Episode 5
Aired Feb 1, 2010
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Enrico Caruso memorabilia; heirloom boxwood and ivory figurines.
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Episode 6
Aired Feb 8, 2010
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Circa-1900 folk art sculpture; 1934 New York Yankees team-signed baseball; early 20th-century landscape painting by George Bellows.
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Episode 7
Aired Feb 15, 2010
Madison
Heirloom art deco charm bracelet; heirloom 1938 Martin D-18 guitar; an angry letter from Frank Sinatra to columnist Mike Royko.
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Episode 8
Aired Feb 22, 2010
Madison
Photos by Edward Weston; table by George Nakashima; ornate silver, enamel and turquoise-studded exhibition piece.
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Episode 9
Aired Mar 1, 2010
Madison
Turn-of-the-century Japanese bamboo sculpture; Edwardian natural pearl earrings with Art Deco pendants; oil painting by Thomas Hill.
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Episode 10
Aired Mar 29, 2010
Denver, CO
A poster for the Wright Flyer airplane; first edition copy of "Sartoris"; heirloom collection of jewelry.
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Episode 11
Aired Apr 5, 2010
Denver, CO
An L.A. Dodger's jersey worn by pitcher Don Drysdale in 1966; heirloom 17th-century Massachusetts armchair; heirloom 1817 schoolgirl needlework family portrait.
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Episode 12
Aired Apr 12, 2010
Denver, CO
Two circa-1958 prototype chairs designed by an employee of modernist George Nelson; turn-of-the-century salesman's sample canoe; 1941 Martin guitar.
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Episode 13
Aired Apr 19, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
A circa-1905 advertising display for waterproof baby pants; 1797 Chippendale marriage chest; original Charles Schulz "Peanuts" artwork.
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Episode 14
Aired Apr 26, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
A 1982 bronze maquette by sculptor Henry Moore; heirloom amethyst jewelry collection; early abstract painting by Chuck Close.
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Episode 15
Aired May 3, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
A violin made in Naples in the early 1800s by the Gagliano family; a violin bow made in France in Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume's shop.
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Episode 16
Aired May 10, 2010
San Jose
Tlingit bowl and ladle is found at Winchester Mystery House.
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Episode 17
Aired May 17, 2010
San Jose
A painting entitled "The Wet Nurse," by German painter Carl Herpfer.
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Episode 18
Aired May 24, 2010
San Jose
Three Great Basin baskets made in Nevada.
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Episode 19
Aired Nov 22, 2010
Simply the Best
Massachusetts-made Federal side chairs; 19th-century Rhode Island rifle and powderhorn; women's suffrage movement poster.
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Episode 20
Aired Dec 20, 2010
Naughty or Nice
Highlights from past seasons include an 1863 Temperance lithograph, a letter from Gerald Ford to his kindergarten teacher, and a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe.
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