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Belcourt Featured on American Pickers Tonight

Formerly Belcourt Castle, Belcourt of Newport will be "picked through" by the hosts of the popular History Channel show tonight.

Belcourt of Newport will be featured on the popular History Channel Show, American Pickers tonight at 9 p.m.

According to the episode description, the hosts of the show, Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz, "get a once-in-a-lifetime invitation to a mammoth Newport mansion where they bid big money on a series of rare gems."

The mansion, formerly known as Belcourt Castle, is owned by Alex and Ani Founder and Creative Director Carolyn Rafaelian, who bought the mansion in 2012.

The mansion has been in the process of renovations and the plan is to open it as a tour house, art gallery and event space, according to Alex and Ani's blog.


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