ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: Celebrating Black Americana

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer

Published February 6, 2015 at 10:58 AM PST

A guest (left) joins Nancy Druckman (not seen in photo) appraises a "Dancing for Eels" oil painting, ca. 1885 for $6,000 to $9,000 in 2010.

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Gary Piattoni appraises a Charles Edward Minor archive for $2,500 to $3,500 in 2008.

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW honors Black History Month with this special episode "Celebrating Black Americana." Highlights include an 1821 U.S. citizenship certificate for George Barker, a free man of color; an African-American beauty book written by Madam C.J. Walker, the first American female millionaire; and a trip with host Mark L. Walberg and appraiser Leila Dunbar to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.

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Appraisal: Dexter Gordon Photo Group, ca. 1950

Appraisal: Martin Luther King, Jr. Archive

Field Trip: Jackie Robinson-Signed Baseball

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