''What's It Worth'' is an early American television series that aired on the

CBS Television CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainmen ...

network from 21 May 1948 and into 1949. The series was later revived in 1952, before finally finishing its run on 11 October 1953. The show was hosted by self-taught appraiser Sigmund Rothschild (1917-1991),''Los Angeles Times'' obituary (November 16, 1991)
/ref> who appraised antiques for celebrities. Rothschild also hosted a similar program called '' Trash or Treasure?'' (1952–53) on the

DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont ) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being ...

. As the series title suggests, the audience submitted items of

art Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas. There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...

, and Rothschild would tell them how much they were worth.

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External links

''What's It Worth?'' at IMDB
1948 American television series debuts 1949 American television series endings 1952 American television series debuts 1953 American television series endings CBS original programming Black-and-white American television shows

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