Hugh Scully

"Trash to Treasure" proves sugar plum fairies aren't just in your dreams; they're also in your garbage. The one-hour special puts viewers in a festive mood with more than twenty incredible tales of treasures rescued from rubbish heaps, roadsides, dumpsters, and demolition sites. Highlights include: An autographed script of the Academy Award-winning 1935 John Ford movie "The Informer," unearthed from a pile of discarded books, valued at $4,000 to $5,000; a rare circa 1885 Zuni Indian pot, found by the side of a road in Tucson, valued at $15,000 to $25,000; and precious relics from Louis Comfort Tiffany's Laurelton Hall mansion, destined for demolition until salvaged by a quick-thinking carpenter, valued at $80,000 to $100,000.

While in Mobile, Alabama, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Mark Walberg and appraiser Don Cresswell visit the Audubon Bird Sanctuary on Dauphin Island to explore why collectors flock to bird prints by artists including James Audubon.

In Mobile, Alabama, Antiques Roadshow host Mark Walberg and appraiser David Rago visit the Mobile Museum of Art. The museum has been the temporary home and safe haven to a collection of George Ohr pottery rescued from the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi, Mississippi, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. At the Mobile Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center, there’s a whirlwind of great finds, including a lap desk given to Martha Washington’s granddaughter by the Marquis de Lafayette; a watch once belonging to baseball great Leroy “Satchel” Paige, bought at a pawnshop for $25; and a strikingly beautiful vase, created by legendary ceramicist George Ohr and brought to Roadshow by one of Ohr’s great grandchildren, valued at $10,000 to $15,000.

Antiques Roadshow wraps up its trip to Tucson, Arizona, as host Mark Walberg and appraiser Colleene Fesko tour the Tucson Museum of Art, rounding up works of art depicting horses.