During ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's Miami visit, host Dan Elias provides historical background on the birth of the city known as the billion-dollar sandbar. At the Coconut Grove Convention Center, appraisers encounter a slew of antiques with their own interesting stories, including a pair of German-made porcelain figurines with toy bicycles in tow, a 19th-century glass vase bought at a Paris flea market, and a vintage silver champagne bucket --once featured in an ad for the maiden voyage of an Israeli ship line--appraised at $12,000 to $15,000. watch
ROADSHOW host Dan Elias takes viewers just south of downtown Miami to a place called Vizcaya, James Deering's Venetian palace on the edge of Biscayne Bay. Appraisers at the Coconut Grove Convention Center share collectors' excitement as they uncover a number of unusual objects, including Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls dating to 1918 and 1919, a lifetime season pass to baseball's American League circa 1910, and an impressive glazed pottery jug in the shape of a face, valued at $25,000 to $35,000. watch
While in Miami, Florida, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Dan Elias visits the home of pioneer Ralph Monroe, The Barnacle, and learns about South Florida when it was nothing but swamp and hardwood forest from the beach to the Everglades. Back at the Coconut Grove Convention Center, crowds gather to have ROADSHOW experts appraise a wide variety of artifacts, including an original illustration for a 1921 Saturday Evening Post cover; a rare, blue, Blackberry--design Lalique perfume bottle; and a delicate 18th-century Federal-style gaming table valued at $22,000 to $25,000. watch
