Trash or Treasure, later known as Treasure Hunt, is an early American TV series which aired on the DuMont Television Network Thursdays at 9pm ET from October 1, 1952, to September 27, 1953. The show was hosted by Sigmund Rothschild [1] and Nelson Case.
October 1, 1952 (1952-10-01) – September 27, 1953 (1953-09-27)
In the show, owners of collectible items would bring antiques to host Sigmund Rothschild, who would give an opinion on how much they were worth. Rothschild was a self-taught appraiser, who appraised antiques for many celebrities. The program's name was changed to Treasure Hunt in April 1953, according to McNeil (1996).[2]
trash, treasure, later, known, treasure, hunt, early, american, series, which, aired, dumont, television, network, thursdays, from, october, 1952, september, 1953, show, hosted, sigmund, rothschild, nelson, case, also, known, astreasure, huntstarringsigmund, r. Trash or Treasure later known as Treasure Hunt is an early American TV series which aired on the DuMont Television Network Thursdays at 9pm ET from October 1 1952 to September 27 1953 The show was hosted by Sigmund Rothschild 1 and Nelson Case Trash or TreasureAlso known asTreasure HuntStarringSigmund Rothschild host Nelson CaseCountry of originUnited StatesProductionRunning time30 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkDuMontReleaseOctober 1 1952 1952 10 01 September 27 1953 1953 09 27 In the show owners of collectible items would bring antiques to host Sigmund Rothschild who would give an opinion on how much they were worth Rothschild was a self taught appraiser who appraised antiques for many celebrities The program s name was changed to Treasure Hunt in April 1953 according to McNeil 1996 2 Rothschild also hosted the similar series What s It Worth 1948 49 and 1952 53 on CBS Television Trash or Treasure originated at WABD TV in New York City and was sustaining 3 Contents 1 Episode status 2 See also 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External linksEpisode status editAs with most DuMont Network programs no episodes of Trash or Treasure are known to survive today citation needed See also editList of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts 1952 53 United States network television scheduleReferences edit Los Angeles Times obituary November 16 1991 McNeil Alex 1996 Total Television 4th ed New York Penguin Books ISBN 0 14 024916 8 Thu 6 Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index November 2 1952 p 1 Retrieved March 16 2022 Bibliography editDavid Weinstein The Forgotten Network DuMont and the Birth of American Television Philadelphia Temple University Press 2004 ISBN 1 59213 245 6 Alex McNeil Total Television Fourth edition New York Penguin Books 1980 ISBN 0 14 024916 8 Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows Third edition New York Ballantine Books 1964 ISBN 0 345 31864 1External links editTrash or Treasure at IMDb DuMont historical website nbsp This article relating to a non fiction television series in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Trash or Treasure amp oldid 1098441458, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
