{"id":9685,"date":"2012-07-30T16:13:55","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T16:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=9685"},"modified":"2012-07-30T16:13:55","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T16:13:55","slug":"alum-stars-in-new-antiques-roadshow-type-series-for-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2012\/07\/alum-stars-in-new-antiques-roadshow-type-series-for-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Alum stars in new &#8216;Antiques Roadshow&#8217;-type series for PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"gaffney-july12\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/gaffney-july12.jpg\" alt=\"Miller Gaffney\" width=\"225\" height=\"308\" \/>As a cast member of new PBS show\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/market-warriors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Market Warriors<\/em><\/a>, Baylor alum Miller Gaffney, BA &#8217;02, is putting her extensive antiques knowledge to use as she competes against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/market-warriors\/meet-cast\/\" target=\"_blank\">three other connoisseurs<\/a>\u00a0to find the best deal. (Picture <em>Antiques Roadshow<\/em> turned into a competition, and you&#8217;re pretty close.)<\/p>\n<p>The show \u2013 not coincidentally, from the producers of <em>Antiques Roadshow<\/em> \u2013 premiered July 16; it follows a nationwide treasure hunt in which four cast members scour flea markets and antiques shows. While the first half of each episode features the thrill of the hunt, the second is where the competition really begins as the finds of each expert are auctioned off. The one who generates the highest profit is dubbed the winner.\u00a0<strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/market-warriors\/episodes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Watch a recent episode online.<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a chance to take off our suspenders and get out there with some real practical experience of buying and selling,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/article\/20120714\/LIFE\/307140016\/Local-antiques-dealer-goes-televised-treasure-hunt\" target=\"_blank\">Gaffney recently told\u00a0<em>The Greenville News<\/em><\/a> about the new show.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from Baylor, Gaffney spent time in New York, Florida and Columbia and was involved in politics. Drawn to the art world, she attended a master\u2019s program at Sotheby\u2019s Institute of Art in New York after working in the art industry in various capacities. She founded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.millergaffney.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Miller Gaffney Art Advisory<\/a>\u00a0in 2006 and spends a great deal of time lecturing and speaking on all aspects of art.<\/p>\n<p>Sic\u00a0\u2019em, Miller!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a cast member of new PBS show\u00a0Market Warriors, Baylor alum Miller Gaffney, BA &#8217;02, is putting her extensive antiques knowledge to use as she competes against three other connoisseurs\u00a0to find the best deal. (Picture Antiques Roadshow turned into a competition, and you&#8217;re pretty close.) The show \u2013 not coincidentally, from the producers of Antiques [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni","category-just-for-fun","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}