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Katy Kane, left, appraises celebrity chef Carla Hall’s vintage purse collection in an episode of Antiques Roadshow Celebrity Edition on PBS. (WGBH/PBS via AP)
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When I was a little boy my mother, ever-protective of me and the world outside of our ghetto windows the criminals, the hustlers, the drug addicts, the winos, the adults who “messed with children” in inappropriate ways, the violence, those police who might kill us simply for being Black and, consequently, dangerous would quote the Bible, in her own way, warning me, more times than I can count, that the truth will set you free, or a liar is a thief, or a lie will leave you dead, or something to that effect. My ma’s point, which I have hauled with me my entire existence, is that we must always fight for ourselves, for truth, always fight to tell our own stories, otherwise someone else will do it for us, often to our demise and devastation. Because the ghetto is not merely a sunken place savagely pistol-whipped with poverty, fear, hopelessness, despair. It is also an emotional space, a cataclysmic nightmare pretending to be normal; and if you live there long enough, a n
‘Antiques Roadshow’ flips script with celebrity editions
First one airs Monday, with Leno and others By MARK KENNEDY, Associated Press
Published: May 7, 2021, 6:03am
Share: This image released by WGBH-TV shows Katy Kane, left, as she appraises celebrity chef Carla Hall s vintage purse collection in an episode of Antiques Roadshow Celebrity Edition, airing May 10 on PBS. (WGBH/PBS via AP)
NEW YORK Chef, cookbook author and TV host Carla Hall has always wondered about an antique wooden highchair her family has long cherished.
What is its history? How much is it worth?
She finally got answers when PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow” visited her Washington, D.C., home. It turns out that the highchair is not hand carved and dates to between 1880-1920. It’s worth only about $100.
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Chef, cookbook author and TV host Carla Hall has always wondered about an antique wooden highchair her family has long cherished.
What is its history? How much is it worth?
She finally got answers when PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow” visited her Washington, D.C., home. It turns out that the highchair is not hand carved and dates to between 1880-1920. It’s worth only about $100.
Even so, Hall still adores it. She and her husband are remodeling their home in a more modern style, but the highchair is staying.
“This will still be front and center somewhere in our modern house,” she says after the TV visit. “I’m not selling anything.”
What is its history? How much is it worth?
She finally got answers when PBS Antiques Roadshow visited her Washington, D.C., home. It turns out that the highchair is not hand carved and dates to between 1880-1920. It s worth only about $100.
Even so, Hall still adores it. She and her husband are remodeling their home in a more modern style, but the highchair is staying. This will still be front and center somewhere in our modern house, she says after the TV visit. I m not selling anything.
Hall was one of several celebrity guests on four new special episodes of Antiques Roadshow that were filmed during the pandemic.