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Market Warriors; Antiquing in Long Beach, CA
02/04/2013
MARKET WARRIORS 115 Antiquing in Long Beach, CA EE Master - Texted, Mixed, No CC TRT: 56:40 First Air Date: 2/4/13
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- Series
- Market Warriors
- Program
- Antiquing in Long Beach, CA
- Program Number
115
- Series Description
Premiered July 16, 2012 NOTE: Fred Willard was replaced by Mark Walberg as series off camera host after episode 101.
Market Warriors is a series in which expert antiques "pickers" embark on a nationwide treasure hunt, scouring flea markets for vintage valuables and selling their finds at auction with an eye toward maximizing profit. These pickers aren't your amateur-weekend-flea-market hobbyists-they are pros, here to compete against each other in a competition that takes us on a cross-country adventure. In each episode, four pickers travel to different market locations across the country to purchase certain items with a set amount of money. We will learn not only about different objects and their history; we'll see the competitors apply their knowledge and skills to real financial transactions. Using individual interviews we will get to know our pickers and learn about what they bought and why. We then will discover the current value of the objects as only the marketplace can determine. The sale of our pickers' items takes place at an auction on a different day, in a different location. Before the auction, we will hear our auction house experts appraise each of these items and their estimates won't always jibe with the dollar value our pickers have attached to these objects. All four competitors will watch the auctioneer take charge of the bidding and the picker whose objects make the highest total profit at auction is the winner of that episode.
Scoreboard: Who's been the big winner this season?
1st: Kevin Bruneau with 10 wins 2nd: Bob Richter with 4 wins 3rd: Miller Gaffney with 3 wins 4th: John Bruno with 2 wins 5th: Bene Raia with 1 win Series release date: 07/16/2012
- Program Description
This week on MARKET WARRIORS, the pickers head out to Long Beach, California, to the Long Beach Antique Market, where more than 800 vendors flock to the popular monthly market. In this episode, the pickers are challenged to scour vendors’ booths for the best Asian smalls (a miniature decorative or utilitarian item) and one picker’s expertise in this category is put to the test. Off-screen host Mark L. Walberg observes some key finds that include a Japanese wedding box, a pair of Chinese chairs and modern sculpture. It’s anyone’s game this week when their items go under the hammer at Quinn’s Auction Galleries in Falls Church, Virginia.
Auction House: Quinn's Auction Gallery, Falls Church, VA Shopping Location: Long Beach Antique Market, Long Beach, CA
Winner: Kevin Bruneau
- Duration
00:56:40
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Game Show
- Topics
- Antiques and Collectibles
- Creators
- Bemko, Marsha (Series Producer)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Market Warriors; Antiquing in Long Beach, CA,” 02/04/2013, GBH Archives, accessed July 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D907242CC9F84F77A688F11066B4500F.
- MLA: “Market Warriors; Antiquing in Long Beach, CA.” 02/04/2013. GBH Archives. Web. July 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D907242CC9F84F77A688F11066B4500F>.
- APA: Market Warriors; Antiquing in Long Beach, CA. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_D907242CC9F84F77A688F11066B4500F