Ken Farmer Advisor & Appraiser

10/13/2026

Season 31 of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW premieres all-new Monday, January 11 at 8/7c PM on PBS!

🔊 BREAKING: Season 31 of ANTIQUES ROADSHOW premieres all-new Mon, Jan 11 at 8/7c PM on PBS and the PBS app! Head to our comments for the full weekly schedule.

Get ready for an all-new season of incredible finds, personal stories, and jaw-dropping reveals!

10/01/2026

COLLECTING WITH KEN: What exactly is “mojo?” The dictionary describes it as a magic charm, talisman, or spell, a magical power. To a working musician or player, the most valuable instruments are the ones that have an impressive sound and extra strength, or mojo. Over the last 100 years, specific instruments have been assigned mythic powers by both collectors and players, particularly electric and acoustic guitars, mandolins, and banjos. The main factors driving value for these particular instruments are rarity, condition, provenance, and mojo. If an iconic musician played an instrument, its value is driven more by the celebrity factor than the instrument itself.
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What exactly is “mojo?” The dictionary describes it as a magic charm, talisman, or spell, a magical power. To a working musician or player, the most valuable instruments are the ones that have an impressive sound and extra strength, or mojo. Over the last 100 years, specific instruments have bee...

09/17/2026

09/09/2026

30 years of delivering jaw-dropping moments later and we're finally experiencing a ROADSHOW reaction of our own! After 24 nominations, we are truly humbled and thrilled to receive our first Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program! A huge, heartfelt thank you to the Emmys / Television Academy, our Executive Producer Marsha Bemko, our entire staff & crew, PBS, GBH, our appraisers, volunteers, sponsors, and of course — viewers like you. We did it, Roadies! 🎉

05/27/2026

Look for Ken Farmer in The Scout Guide Charlottesville, Volume 18!

Virtual Valuations are available - Purchase today: https://www.kenfarmerllc.com/for-sale/virtual-valuation-payment-h9p3ba

04/28/2026

04/27/2026

Tune in to see Ken Farmer on the new episode, airing 4/27/2026 at 8/7C on ! Meet us in St. Louis as ROADSHOW discovers treasures including an Andrew Clemens sand bottle, ca. 1885, a 1933 Goudey baseball card set 239/240 and a Joan Miró pencil on paper, ca. 1965. One memorable find is valued at $110K–$130K!

04/27/2026

Tune in to see Ken Farmer on the new episode, airing 4/27/2026 at 8/7C on ! Meet us in St. Louis as ROADSHOW discovers treasures including an Andrew Clemens sand bottle, ca. 1885, a 1933 Goudey baseball card set 239/240 and a Joan Miró pencil on paper, ca. 1965. One memorable find is valued at $110K–$130K!

04/25/2026

Tune in to see Ken Farmer on the new episode, airing 4/27/2026 at 8/7C on ! Meet us in St. Louis as ROADSHOW discovers treasures including an Andrew Clemens sand bottle, ca. 1885, a 1933 Goudey baseball card set 239/240 and a Joan Miró pencil on paper, ca. 1965. One memorable find is valued at $110K–$130K!

04/20/2026

New on the blog - Collecting With Ken: My first memory of watches was a Timex television commercial in the 1950s. In the commercial, a Marlin wristwatch was strapped to an outboard boat motor, and then the boat would take off into the water. At the end of the commercial, they would show that the watch was still running, and the announcer would say the classic line, “Timex, it takes a licking and keeps on ticking.”

My first memory of watches was a Timex television commercial in the 1950s. In the commercial, a Marlin wristwatch was strapped to an outboard boat motor, and then the boat would take off into the water. At the end of the commercial, they would show that the watch was still running, and the announcer