Antiques Roadshow attracts around 5,000 to Urbandale

I was one of about 5,000 people who participated in Monday's " Antiques Roadshow " tour at Living History Farms.

Why it matters: It's phenomenal publicity for the metro because the show generally highlights the host city and its local history.

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Plus: One of the appraisers believes the Grant Wood painting I purchased from eBay is an original work. Score!

Catch up fast: The public television show's 29th season will air next year.

• Living History Farms is the fourth of five 2024 stops, each at exclusively distinctive and historic locations, show spokesperson Demee Gambulos tells Axios.
• More than 140 individual segments were filmed yesterday, enough for three episodes.

Flashback: The show last came to the metro in 2010 at Hy-Vee Hall in DSM.

• An original window card used in the 1937 release of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and a 1920s Gibson banjo were among the items that made it into the 15th season.
• Host Mark L. Walberg also taped a special segment featuring 19th-century sand bottle art from folk artist Andrew Clemens at the Iowa State Museum.

State of play: We won't know for months what items from Monday's taping will make the cut.

• There will be a special local viewing party next year, Iowa PBS spokesperson Susan Ramsey tells Axios.

Inside the room: Appraisals are done by subject matter experts who alert producers when they believe an item is worthy of being featured.

• Those selected for filming are taken to a special area where so they don't hear more from the appraiser until filming so that their on-camera reaction is genuine, Ramsey said

Zoom in: My appraisal took about 10 minutes but the painting wasn't selected for the show.

Yes, but: I was taped for a "feedback booth" segment that could air at the end of one of the episodes.

People with tickets to have items appraised were given time slots, which helped disburse the overall crowd throughout the day. Photo: Jason Clayworth/Axios