Last year, CPTV's Connecticut Treasure Hunt unearth over $2 million worth of antique treasures and shared many of these fascinating findings on CPTV to hundreds of thousands of viewers. This year the event will be bigger and better than ever!

Connecticut Public Television is pleased to announce the 3rd annual Connecticut Treasure Hunt appraisal fair. Certain to be the antique event of the season, Connecticut Treasure Hunt features over 35 top antique appraisers from around the Northeast offering appraisals on a wide array of antique and collectible categories.

The event will be held Sunday November 6th at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Tickets, which cost $50 per person and include two verbal appraisals, are time stamped for arrival between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.; attendees cannot enter the arena any earlier than their scheduled time. There is a special VIP hour from 9 to 10 a.m. Tickets are available by placing your pledge of support to CPTV by calling 1-800-683-2112, or you may click on the link at the top of this page to pledge online. Since no tickets will be available at the door of the event, all attendees must have their tickets in advance to attend.

All attendees should be aware that CPTV's cameras are rolling and people attending may be captured on camera.

At CPTV’s Connecticut Treasure Hunt, your treasure may not only be valuable, it could become famous! Over the course of the day long event, CPTV reporter Brian Smith and crew will be on the hunt for stories to feature on Treasure Hunt, a televised special to be broadcast in early 2011.

We’ll also be taping Faux or Fortune…quiz show themed segments that surround Antiques Roadshow and the popular local TV series All Things Connecticut.
If your treasure is valuable … and has an interesting story to go along with it… we want to know about it! So, come to the event…learn about your treasure…. and share your story with us!

The CPBN Media Lab is a hands-on educational production unit. Interns learn and participate in all aspects of multi-media, multi-platform content creation, including: pre-production, production and post-production for video, audio and the web.

During the CT Treasure Hunt, the CPBN Media Lab will be recording interviews in our Exit Interview Stage.
Good luck with your appraisal and be sure to stop by and share your story with the CPBN Media Lab at the Exit Interview Stage!