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A carte-de-visite album from 1860, a hand-painted and gilded
18th-century Sevres box and a Czechoslovakian art glass chandelier.
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW continues its stay in Kansas City, Missouri, and
host Dan Elias relates the story of the steamship Arabia ,
a legendary casualty of the treacherous Missouri River in 1856 and
a salvage triumph in 1987, retrieved not from the depths of the
Missouri's muddy waters, but half a mile from the river under 50
feet of dirt. At the Kansas City Convention Center, appraisers have
an easier time spotting treasures, including a
carte-de-visite album from 1860 featuring photographs of
Civil War generals, Sojourner Truth and other notables of that era;
a beautifully hand-painted and gilded 18th-century Sevres box; and
a colorful Czechoslovakian art glass chandelier, made in the period
between World War I and World War II, estimated to be worth $5,000
to $6,000.
