Civil War Derringers
Antiques Roadshow appraiser Christopher Mitchell says this Civil War era matched gun set is worth as much as $30,000. But if the holder can find out about the original owner the guns could be worth much more. Hunting for the man behind these pistols takes host Wes Cowan to a Civil War border state torn between loyalties to the blue and the gray.
Previews + Extras
KKK Record and The Bright Fiery Cross
S10 E2 - 16m 53s
The titles on a 78rpm record reads “The Bright Fiery Cross,” and “The Jolly Old Klansman.” A collection of 1920s records came with the Victrola phonograph Jan Hazel of Tennessee bought at an Indiana antique store. The record sleeve is stamped with the name “AMERICAN RECORD SHOP –All K.K.K. Records.” Tukufu tracks down the story behind these mysterious records.
The Motown Bottom Line
S10 E2 - 15m 18s
Our contributor’s heart skipped a beat when he came across a battered Ampeg B-15 amp with the name “James Jamerson” stenciled on the side. Jamerson, the man who’s bass line drove the Motown sound, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. Now the museum might want to display the amp, but only if Eduardo Pagán can prove Jamerson owned it.
Clint Black’s Book of Rogues
S10 E2 - 13m 20s
Fifteen years ago, country music star Clint Black received a crumbling, faded scrapbook as a gift from his wife. The cover reads “1909” and inside Clint found hundreds of clippings for lost and wanted men from the early 20th century. Clint asks Elyse to find out the purpose behind this book and more about the Sheriff who used it.
Empire State Crash
S10 E2 - 13m 48s
On a foggy Saturday in 1945, a B-25 Bomber flew into the Empire State Building. Irv Atkins says his father Louis came home from work the following Monday with a piece of twisted metal he found sitting in his office amid his broken windows. The Atkins family has always believed this was a piece of the plane. Eduardo Pagán investigates to give this piece of metal its proper place in history.
Bettie Page And The Forbidden Pinup
S10 E2 - 13m 7s
Sorting through a suitcase filled with 1950s educational slides, our contributor found a color negative of 1950s pin-up model Bettie Page, whose uninhibited style earned her the name “Queen of Pin-ups.” “Pin-up King” Irving Klaw supposedly destroyed most of his pin-up photos during a wave of 1950’s censorship. If this is one of Klaw’s photos, how did it survive?
A Piece of Hollywood
S10 E2 - 11m 34s
Chuck Amhrein thinks he might have a piece of the famous Hollywood Sign which he found on a hike to the sign in the late 1970’s when the land was open to the public. Now, almost 40 years later, he asks host Eduardo Pagán to find out whether this metal bar belonged to the original Hollywood Sign.
Preview: Civil War pistols, K.K.K records
S10 E2 - 30s
Learn the real stories behind a set of Civil War-era pistols, K.K.K. Records and a battered Ampeg B-15 amp. 8/14/2012
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