Nearly 2,500 'Antiques Roadshow' fans showed up at the Alaska Native Heritage Center Tuesday with pieces to be evaluated, some wheeled in carts, others carried in their arms.
Shyanne Beatty is a volunteer appraiser for “Antiques Roadshow.” Beatty is Hän Gwich’in Athabascan and specializes in tribal arts. She is also the vice president of the Alaska Native Village Corporation Association.
Beatty, who worked at the tribal arts booth, said some of her favorite items were a carved killer whale tooth from King Island, a seal gut doll and a Yup’ik basket adorned with goose feathers and feet. “It’s so validating, I think, for a lot of locals to have the ‘Antiques Roadshow’ to come to Alaska,” she said.
One guest named Brenda brought her grandfather’s teddy bear she thought could be worth something because it was from a valuable toy maker. Her bear looked beyond well-loved and was tattered and worn. While the bear did turn out to be genuine, she found out the overall-wearing bear was hiding a secret. Apparently he’s Franken-bear. His head was decapitated and put on backwards. He’s just – he’s my sweetheart. So 1910. He’s old and well-loved. So that’s Teddy,” said Brenda.
The Anchorage filming will air as three episodes in the first half of 2024.The appraisers and producers will work together to determine which combinations of people and their objects will make the final cut. Only a very small percentage of the more than 2,000 attendees will be on air.
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