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CORAL PEÑA: 
It's the second part of 
"Antiques Roadshow Recut"

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from Newport, Rhode Island.

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When I saw this...

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I was kind of excited.

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You're freakin' kidding me. 
(chuckles)

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PEÑA: 
Stay tuned for part two

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of "Antiques Roadshow Recut: 
Rosecliff."

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PEÑA: 
During the Gilded Age,

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Newport was a hotspot 
for captains of industry

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and queens of high society 
to summer on seaside estates.

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The impressive Rosecliff Mansion 
was such a place

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for heiress Tessie Oelrichs.

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Check out the treasures 
that made an impression

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on "Roadshow" experts 
at Rosecliff.

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MAN: 
My son and I go to auctions 
and estate sales

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looking for junk.

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It was a rainy morning,

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and there were box slats out 
on the grass of this auction.

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And, uh, nobody wanted 
to get their feet wet.

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We really didn't look 
in the box, you know,

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and, you know, the frame 
looked really nice,

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so we ended up 
getting the box for $45.

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Now, the box was 
in the garage

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drying out 
for a couple of days. 
Wow.

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And so my son got around to it, 
brought the box in.

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This was wrapped up 
with another one

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in very old Saran Wrap.

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This is exciting.

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It's a really beautiful example.

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You've seen the signature,

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you know the artist, 
Benny Andrews.

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Benny Andrews is 
a favorite artist of mine,

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an African-American artist 
who did incredible work.

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He's an expressive 
figurative artist

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working in the 1950s

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until his passing 
in 2006.

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He was born in 1930.

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And what's striking 
about this painting

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is its beauty, 
its interest in nature,

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the yellow dress, 
the colors.

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He's known primarily 
as a New York artist,

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but he was born 
in Georgia.

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A lot of his artwork 
that people know

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are images of the South 
from his childhood.

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He was a very enterprising, 
talented young artist.

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He studied at the Art Institute 
of Chicago in the 1950s,

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and moved to New York 
in 1958.

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And he was picked up 
by a gallery

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and had his first solo show 
in New York in 1962.

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Looks like oil 
with tempera.

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It's got 
a wonderful pattern.

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It doesn't have 
his collage,

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which he's really known for 
in the late '60s,

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but it's got a lot 
going for it:

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the size, the early interest 
in color, the pattern.

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And probably another image 
from his childhood.

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We don't see 
many Benny Andrews

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from the early '60s,

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and most of those 
are works on paper.

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So this is a work on board, 
and it's a painting.

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This is a beautiful image.

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Of course, the woman in 
the yellow dress is,

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is a zinger-- it's, really 
draws your eye in.

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Few works like this

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have come to auction,

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but those that have 
have done well.

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Do you have any sense 
of what it might be worth?

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Well, my son's salivating. 
(chuckles)

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Online, asked about it,

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so I go, "I don't know, 
let's find out."

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I would put it at auction, 
conservatively,

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at $7,000 to $10,000.

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You're freakin' kidding me. 
(chuckles)

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All right, well, 
guess it's not going online.

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All right, cool.

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It's an amazing find. 
Right.

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Congratulations. 
Thank you.

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Thank you 
for bringing it in.

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I appreciate it.

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I found this 
in a trash heap

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in a basement 
where we were living,

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and it looked like somebody 
was throwing it away.

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I've been carrying it 
from place to place

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for the last 48 years.

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It was really tarnished,

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and I kind of went like this,

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and I saw that 
there was light,

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you know, 
like a silver spot. 
Mm-hmm.

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So I picked it up

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and I have been using it 
as a champagne holder.

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Nice.

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(laughing)

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So whenever we have champagne, 
I bring it out

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like an ice bucket.

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Isaac Van Horn

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was a financier,

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and he started off 
in Nebraska as a grocer

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before moving to Boston 
after he made his money. 
Uh-huh.

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And he became 
an investment banker.

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Oh. 
And he invested

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in the Laramie, Hahns Peak, 
and Pacific Railroad... 
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That was built in Centennial, 
Wyoming, in 1907.

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Wow.

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So you've got this 
wonderful combination

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of railroad memorabilia... 
Yup.

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And then this 
wonderful trophy cup.

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So it was a gift 
basically from his investors.

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Yup.

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Because he'd invested 
in this railroad.

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Oh. 
And it's actually made 
by Gorham,

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which is right here... 
Which is in Connecticut.

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No, Providence, yeah. 
Providence? Oh, oh.

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So right there, 
we've got that mark,

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and it's a wonderful 
three-handle trophy cup. 
Mm-hmm .

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But I think champagne 
is an ideal use for it.

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It's made 
of sterling silver. 
Right.

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You can definitely 
clean it up,

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maybe get it 
professionally polished.

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I think once you had it 
cleaned up,

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I'd expect it to sell 
for somewhere

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between $1,500 
and $2,500.

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Okay, great, 
thank you so much.

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All right? 
Yeah.

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And thanks for bringing it out 
on this wonderful day.

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It's been a wonderful 
experience, I love this.

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I've been wanting to do this 
for a long time,

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so this is great.

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Well, fantastic-- 
thanks!

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PEÑA: 
Rosecliff's marble-like exterior

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is actually polychrome-glazed 
terra cotta.

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It was one of the first 
buildings in America

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to use the material.

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WOMAN: 
Well, this is 
my grandmother's table.

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She bought it in 1982.

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She was always 
very interested in metalwork,

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so we weren't surprised

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when she sent my uncle down 
in his truck to New York City

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to pick up this table.

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We didn't really know 
much about it

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other than the fact 
that it was, at one point,

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buried in dirt.

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We did a little research 
and found out that it was made

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by the LaVerne Studios?

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And how much did she pay for it, 
do you recall?

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$6,000. 
$6,000.

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Yes. 
So, in 1982,

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this table would have probably 
retailed for more than that.

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They probably actually got 
a good price at $6,000,

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believe it or not.

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Yeah, she did mention

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that because she didn't use 
a designer,

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that they took $4,000

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off the price of the table

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because she purchased it 
directly.

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Right.

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In the '80s, 
this company had already

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been producing these tables 
for about 15 or 20 years.

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So in 1982, 
it was probably brand-new.

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My information says that 
these were about $10,000 retail

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at that time.

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By the mid-1980s,

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the design team 
of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne--

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a father-and-son team 
in New York--

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were very well-known.

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They were highly prized works

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that were sold 
through decorators,

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through high-end design shops, 
and, of course,

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you can buy them directly 
from the LaVernes

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if you knew somebody.

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(chuckling): 
Right. 
It's made out of bronze

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with a proprietary process 
that Philip and Kelvin LaVerne

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were able to make

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by etching 
these bronze plates

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and attaching them

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to a substructure.

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In this case, 
to a scroll shape,

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but the same pattern here, 
called the marriage whirl,

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would've been used 
on consoles, end tables,

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various other 
types of furniture.

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The LaVernes took their objects

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and would actually bury them 
in a proprietary mix of soil

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to give it a patina.

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Your example is

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in really beautiful condition.

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There's no heavy scratches, 
dents.

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I think that if this came up 
in a well-publicized auction,

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it would probably sell for 
between $15,000 and $20,000.

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Well, that's... 
that's really good.

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(laughs)

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I'm just a little stunned.

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(laughs)

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Very good. 
Yeah.

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APPRAISER: 
The mountings are 
in incredible condition,

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fantastic filigree work 
on the edges,

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stones were simulated.

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I would appraise these 
retail

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at about $750 each. 
Oh, okay.

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They are wonderful. 
Great.

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I did find quite a few plaques 
similar to this--

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but not exactly like it, 
but similar in size... 
Uh-huh.

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And of course, 
the same subject.

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And they all seem 
to be selling

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for around $150 to $250.

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Oh, okay, wow.

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I don't know 
that you'll ever figure out

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who the artist is, 
though.

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Right-- 
isn't that interesting?

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PEÑA: 
One of Rosecliff's 
most impressive features

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is the unique 
"sweetheart" staircase,

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limestone stairs with 
a grand heart-shaped opening.

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Well, the history 
of the family goes,

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it came down through 
my great-great-uncle,

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and my, it was passed on to me 
from my grandfather.

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This is actually 
a Zulu dance spear,

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and there're some elements 
that are really cool.

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This is horn here,

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and these little dots 
are actually bone.

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Down here we have 
the same inlay.

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This is really 
a terrific example.

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I think this easily 
could be mid-19th century,

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so 1850 at the earliest.

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Oh, wow-- 
it's older than I thought.

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And at a good auction, 
I would say $800 to $1,200.

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Oh, wow, 
excellent!

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You got it from your parents, 
masted ship, American flag.

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The artist, 
Reuben Chappell,

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is a British artist.

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It's a great painting.

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It's a great 
maritime painting.

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Is it presently insured?

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If you say it should be, 
it will be.

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WOMAN: 
It's been in our family 
for so long...

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I mean, generation 
after generation,

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and it's been 
in all our drugstores

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that our family's owned, 
so...

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1690, in this condition,

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you're probably talking 
in the $500 range.

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Oh, okay.

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Probably half the medicines 
would kill you

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far quicker 
than anything else.

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APPRAISER: 
This is part of 
an 1860 naval cutlass.

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It originally would have 
had a leather scabbard

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with copper rivets all the way 
down the back.

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Okay.

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It's missing the scabbard, 
it's missing the hand guard,

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so it's probably worth 
about $70, $75.

253
00:09:47,433 --> 00:09:50,800
Well, my aunt, when she passed, 
left a few things,

254
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and each of her 
nieces and nephews

255
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were allowed to select 
some things.

256
00:09:53,866 --> 00:09:56,166
I loved them because 
they, they're mechanical,

257
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and you wind them up,

258
00:09:57,366 --> 00:09:59,066
and then different things happen 
in each one of them,

259
00:09:59,066 --> 00:10:00,733
so, that was why

260
00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:01,800
I have always 
been fascinated by them

261
00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:02,833
and just wanted to know 
a little bit more.

262
00:10:02,833 --> 00:10:06,333
They are made 
by Henry Dankner & Sons.

263
00:10:06,333 --> 00:10:09,066
They were a family that had 
escaped Nazi Hungary.

264
00:10:09,066 --> 00:10:10,533
Oh, wow.

265
00:10:10,533 --> 00:10:13,700
Re-established in the New York 
jewelry market in the 1950s,

266
00:10:13,700 --> 00:10:17,533
and filed a patent 
for these in 1965.

267
00:10:17,533 --> 00:10:19,233
Which is your favorite?

268
00:10:19,233 --> 00:10:20,866
You know, 
I kind of loved the heart,

269
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which goes up and down 
when you wind it.

270
00:10:22,566 --> 00:10:26,200
Can you show me 
how it works? 
And then... Sure.

271
00:10:29,900 --> 00:10:31,666
Wow. 
And this one, I think,

272
00:10:31,666 --> 00:10:33,533
has the most motion in it 
with the, with the horses.

273
00:10:33,533 --> 00:10:36,566
It's a great collection 
that's enough to make

274
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an instant bracelet 
for somebody. 
(laughs)

275
00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:41,033
And if they were 
coming to auction,

276
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I believe they would do 
an auction estimate

277
00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,700
of $4,000 to $8,000.

278
00:10:44,700 --> 00:10:46,733
Oh, my goodness, wow.

279
00:10:46,733 --> 00:10:48,366
Wow, thanks, Aunt Alice.

280
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That's great.

281
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♪

282
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PEÑA: 
Many of the furnishings 
at Rosecliff today,

283
00:10:55,333 --> 00:10:57,933
including this 
late-17th-century tapestry

284
00:10:57,933 --> 00:10:59,966
depicting the Wedding 
of Andromeda,

285
00:10:59,966 --> 00:11:03,066
were owned by the estate's 
last private owners.

286
00:11:06,466 --> 00:11:08,400
My grandmother 
passed away recently,

287
00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:10,233
and I found it 
in her attic.

288
00:11:10,233 --> 00:11:13,233
She didn't do any 
extensive traveling in Asia

289
00:11:13,233 --> 00:11:14,466
that I'm aware of,

290
00:11:14,466 --> 00:11:18,033
but I think her parents 
may have at some point.

291
00:11:18,033 --> 00:11:19,533
So did you know 
that the robe was Chinese?

292
00:11:19,533 --> 00:11:21,166
I had a feeling.

293
00:11:21,166 --> 00:11:22,200
Well, it's Chinese,

294
00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,033
and it's actually 
kind of unusual

295
00:11:24,033 --> 00:11:25,766
because of a number 
of different features.

296
00:11:25,766 --> 00:11:27,466
One, it's for a child.

297
00:11:27,466 --> 00:11:28,633
Okay.

298
00:11:28,633 --> 00:11:30,333
But the child 
was also probably a eunuch.

299
00:11:30,333 --> 00:11:31,466
Oh, really?

300
00:11:31,466 --> 00:11:32,900
And a servant 
in the palace. 
Mm-hmm.

301
00:11:32,900 --> 00:11:35,100
These robes 
are pretty standardized

302
00:11:35,100 --> 00:11:38,666
from the 17th century 
to the 20th century,

303
00:11:38,666 --> 00:11:40,066
but certain things change,

304
00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:41,633
and one of the things 
that change

305
00:11:41,633 --> 00:11:44,666
is this area in the robe, 
on the bottom.

306
00:11:44,666 --> 00:11:46,366
It's called lishui.

307
00:11:46,366 --> 00:11:48,700
Later on, 
into the 20th century,

308
00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:51,466
this gets longer 
and longer and longer,

309
00:11:51,466 --> 00:11:52,966
and one of 
the reasons why,

310
00:11:52,966 --> 00:11:56,100
it was the easiest part 
of the robe to embroider. 
Mm-hmm.

311
00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:58,566
So, basically, 
they were cost-cutting on it.

312
00:11:58,566 --> 00:12:00,433
The motif 
on the bottom

313
00:12:00,433 --> 00:12:03,000
actually represents 
the firmament,

314
00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,166
and then the dragons are all 
couched in gold thread. 
Mm-hmm.

315
00:12:06,166 --> 00:12:08,266
And that gold thread 
was gold leaf

316
00:12:08,266 --> 00:12:10,433
that was actually wrapped 
around threads

317
00:12:10,433 --> 00:12:12,600
and used 
for the embroidery.

318
00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,966
There are these round figures 
with the flames,

319
00:12:14,966 --> 00:12:17,733
and those are 
celestial pearls,

320
00:12:17,733 --> 00:12:19,933
and there are bats 
on the robe, too,

321
00:12:19,933 --> 00:12:21,400
but bats 
just mean prosperity.

322
00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,133
The robe is silk,

323
00:12:23,133 --> 00:12:24,800
the embroidery 
is also silk.

324
00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,266
At this period of time, 
which was about the 1850s,

325
00:12:28,266 --> 00:12:30,733
there were just a 
huge quantity of people

326
00:12:30,733 --> 00:12:33,133
attending, basically, 
the emperor's every needs.

327
00:12:33,133 --> 00:12:34,266
And it was people like this

328
00:12:34,266 --> 00:12:37,400
that were doing 
the clean-up work. 
Sure.

329
00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:38,466
Even in these robes.

330
00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:39,700
At auction,

331
00:12:39,700 --> 00:12:41,666
I would expect this robe 
to sell for around $2,000.

332
00:12:41,666 --> 00:12:44,333
Wow, great.

333
00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:55,233
♪

334
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APPRAISER: 
This would've had a handle. 
WOMAN: Yeah.

335
00:13:00,633 --> 00:13:02,366
So which, if you would 
heat it up first of all,

336
00:13:02,366 --> 00:13:04,533
because this big, thick 
slab of iron,

337
00:13:04,533 --> 00:13:06,266
it would've maintained that heat 
for a long, long time.

338
00:13:06,266 --> 00:13:07,766
So you could have used it 
and used it,

339
00:13:07,766 --> 00:13:09,366
and then when you were finished, 
you could knock it off,

340
00:13:09,366 --> 00:13:11,200
you could grab another one 
if you had that going,

341
00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:12,900
and you could interchange 
the handles.

342
00:13:12,900 --> 00:13:14,100
Okay.

343
00:13:14,100 --> 00:13:16,133
So date-wise, 
turn of the 19th century.

344
00:13:16,133 --> 00:13:18,900
In a local shop, 
that's maybe $15, okay?

345
00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:20,000
Okay, good.

346
00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,466
This was my, 
at my grandmother's house.

347
00:13:22,466 --> 00:13:23,833
I'm not sure if she owned it

348
00:13:23,833 --> 00:13:26,100
or if it was left at the house 
from previous owners,

349
00:13:26,100 --> 00:13:28,100
but I grew up with it, 
always staring at it,

350
00:13:28,100 --> 00:13:29,933
and I'm curious to see 
if it's worth anything today.

351
00:13:29,933 --> 00:13:31,866
It's a porcelain 
or china cat,

352
00:13:31,866 --> 00:13:33,133
it's got a stamp 
from England,

353
00:13:33,133 --> 00:13:34,433
and that's about 
all I know.

354
00:13:34,433 --> 00:13:36,666
APPRAISER: 
Stylistically, 
the china-painted stuff

355
00:13:36,666 --> 00:13:38,433
tends to be more Victorian 
or Art Nouveau.

356
00:13:38,433 --> 00:13:40,933
Stylistically, it's not 
a turn-of-the-century design. 
Right.

357
00:13:40,933 --> 00:13:44,200
So it's a black Japanese 
Satsuma piece

358
00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,233
that was sent here and 
then decorated here.

359
00:13:46,233 --> 00:13:48,500
Her name is Clotilde.

360
00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:50,900
She was purchased in France

361
00:13:50,900 --> 00:13:53,800
when my 
great-great-grandmother

362
00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,600
had traveled 
on a European tour,

363
00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:59,166
and she gave it 
to her daughter,

364
00:13:59,166 --> 00:14:01,100
my great-grandmother,

365
00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:04,400
who, in the picture, 
is holding the doll.

366
00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:06,900
What we're looking at 
is a doll made

367
00:14:06,900 --> 00:14:09,233
by Leontine Rohmer.

368
00:14:09,233 --> 00:14:13,666
She was a very prolific 
French doll-maker,

369
00:14:13,666 --> 00:14:17,033
and it was an interesting 
that a woman at that time

370
00:14:17,033 --> 00:14:20,033
could run 
an entire business.

371
00:14:20,033 --> 00:14:22,866
The doll is made of porcelain.

372
00:14:22,866 --> 00:14:26,233
This type of porcelain that's 
glazed on a white background,

373
00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:27,800
we call that china.

374
00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,633
The shoulders 
are the same material,

375
00:14:29,633 --> 00:14:32,166
the arms are 
the same material,

376
00:14:32,166 --> 00:14:34,866
the body is of kid leather.

377
00:14:34,866 --> 00:14:36,966
It would have a mark

378
00:14:36,966 --> 00:14:39,900
in this area of the chest, 
of the leather.

379
00:14:39,900 --> 00:14:42,733
I looked and the mark 
has worn away,

380
00:14:42,733 --> 00:14:43,900
it's no longer there,

381
00:14:43,900 --> 00:14:46,066
but it would be a green stamp

382
00:14:46,066 --> 00:14:48,933
that said, 
"Mademoiselle Rohmer."

383
00:14:48,933 --> 00:14:51,100
This is a very early doll,

384
00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:55,733
probably in the 1860s 
that this doll was made.

385
00:14:55,733 --> 00:14:59,833
And it has her original dress, 
original underwear.

386
00:14:59,833 --> 00:15:02,766
Also, sitting 
on the table here

387
00:15:02,766 --> 00:15:04,500
is her original hoop skirt. 
Mm-hmm.

388
00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:09,266
She does have a bit of damage 
that goes up her cheek,

389
00:15:09,266 --> 00:15:10,833
up to the eye. 
Mm-hmm.

390
00:15:10,833 --> 00:15:12,966
That can be repaired. 
Mm-hmm.

391
00:15:12,966 --> 00:15:16,666
It would cost 
about $250 or $300.

392
00:15:16,666 --> 00:15:19,566
But it, it would help 
the value of the doll. 
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

393
00:15:19,566 --> 00:15:21,600
But as the doll sits today,

394
00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:25,666
she would sell 
for $2,500 retail.

395
00:15:25,666 --> 00:15:26,866
Oh, my goodness.

396
00:15:26,866 --> 00:15:29,566
If you had the repair done 
on the cheek,

397
00:15:29,566 --> 00:15:34,033
it would raise the price 
to $3,500.

398
00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:36,266
That's not 
what we expected at all.

399
00:15:36,266 --> 00:15:37,700
(laughing)

400
00:15:37,700 --> 00:15:39,033
It was worth waiting for, 
that...

401
00:15:39,033 --> 00:15:41,233
Yes, it was, it was.

402
00:15:43,033 --> 00:15:44,966
PEÑA: 
The mansion itself 
reportedly cost

403
00:15:44,966 --> 00:15:49,333
about $2.5 million to build 
at the turn of the 20th century.

404
00:15:49,333 --> 00:15:53,766
That was over $60 million 
in 2018.

405
00:15:53,766 --> 00:15:55,233
WOMAN: 
During the Depression,

406
00:15:55,233 --> 00:16:00,333
my aunt was, started buying up 
these vases from Tiffany's,

407
00:16:00,333 --> 00:16:02,366
so I guess she ordered some 
by the crate-load.

408
00:16:02,366 --> 00:16:03,566
It actually says,

409
00:16:03,566 --> 00:16:07,566
"Louis C. Tiffany Studios," 
with an address.

410
00:16:07,566 --> 00:16:08,833
The crate in itself,

411
00:16:08,833 --> 00:16:10,000
it's something you don't see 
very often,

412
00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:12,900
with "glass" plastered 
all over the sides.

413
00:16:12,900 --> 00:16:15,466
But I also want 
to point out the straw.

414
00:16:15,466 --> 00:16:17,100
(chuckles) 
Because it's not often

415
00:16:17,100 --> 00:16:18,766
that people keep 
the shipping crates.

416
00:16:18,766 --> 00:16:20,900
The first piece of glass 
over here,

417
00:16:20,900 --> 00:16:24,466
which is what we would call 
pastel glass... 
Mm-hmm.

418
00:16:24,466 --> 00:16:27,900
Is later-production Tiffany-- 
it was made in the '20s. 
Okay.

419
00:16:27,900 --> 00:16:29,866
It was made in multiples,

420
00:16:29,866 --> 00:16:31,400
and it came 
in different colors.

421
00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:32,800
These are the colors 
that you see

422
00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,466
in some of the 
Depression glass of the era... 
Mm-hmm.

423
00:16:34,466 --> 00:16:36,833
But this was 
a lot more expensive

424
00:16:36,833 --> 00:16:39,533
than your average piece 
of Depression glass.

425
00:16:39,533 --> 00:16:41,266
Now, this piece

426
00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:44,100
is a paperweight glass vase. 
Mm-hmm.

427
00:16:44,100 --> 00:16:48,300
Leslie Nash, who worked 
for Louis Comfort Tiffany,

428
00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:52,366
claims that while they were 
working with paperweight glass,

429
00:16:52,366 --> 00:16:54,500
Louis Tiffany himself, 
who was a painter,

430
00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:57,233
came into 
the glass-working shop,

431
00:16:57,233 --> 00:17:00,233
handed them a painting 
of morning glories

432
00:17:00,233 --> 00:17:02,133
that he had painted, 
and said,

433
00:17:02,133 --> 00:17:04,166
"I want you to make this 
in glass." 
Wow.

434
00:17:04,166 --> 00:17:10,000
Supposedly, 
it took $12,000 in R&D...

435
00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:10,966
Mm-hmm.

436
00:17:10,966 --> 00:17:13,366
to create 
this kind of glassware.

437
00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:15,833
1914 is when they 
first introduced it.

438
00:17:15,833 --> 00:17:19,966
Your piece, 
on the bottom,

439
00:17:19,966 --> 00:17:21,900
actually says 
"exhibition piece" on it.

440
00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:23,666
I know from 
the date letter,

441
00:17:23,666 --> 00:17:26,300
which is a suffix L,

442
00:17:26,300 --> 00:17:29,500
that that would be somewhere 
around 1915. 
Okay.

443
00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:31,566
So it's possible 
that this could've gone

444
00:17:31,566 --> 00:17:35,766
to the 1915 San Francisco 
International Exhibition.

445
00:17:35,766 --> 00:17:37,766
I think it came back 
to the studios,

446
00:17:37,766 --> 00:17:39,133
that's the interesting part.

447
00:17:39,133 --> 00:17:40,900
You may have seen 
vases like this.

448
00:17:40,900 --> 00:17:43,933
They're in many museums 
all over the world.

449
00:17:43,933 --> 00:17:45,966
I think I saw one at the Met 
in New York, mm-hmm.

450
00:17:45,966 --> 00:17:49,933
Yes, and the one at the Met 
has a number on the bottom,

451
00:17:49,933 --> 00:17:52,166
which is 1130-L.

452
00:17:52,166 --> 00:17:53,933
Yours is 1132-L.

453
00:17:53,933 --> 00:17:55,633
Oh.

454
00:17:55,633 --> 00:17:57,933
So this is two numbers 
after the Met's vase. 
Okay.

455
00:17:57,933 --> 00:18:01,033
The Met acquired it in 1924,

456
00:18:01,033 --> 00:18:03,700
even though it was probably made 
in 1915.

457
00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:05,833
So these things 
still were sold later.

458
00:18:05,833 --> 00:18:08,733
The crate, 
in a retail setting,

459
00:18:08,733 --> 00:18:11,500
this is something 
for Tiffany geeks everywhere--

460
00:18:11,500 --> 00:18:13,833
collectors, museums.

461
00:18:13,833 --> 00:18:15,900
They would actually 
be very excited about this,

462
00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:18,566
and it would be worth 
between $5,000 and $10,000.

463
00:18:18,566 --> 00:18:20,566
Holy cow!

464
00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:24,466
This piece, which is 
not as sought-after

465
00:18:24,466 --> 00:18:26,966
as some of the other 
art glass... 
Mm-hmm.

466
00:18:26,966 --> 00:18:31,800
would retail probably between 
$2,000 and $3,000.

467
00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:33,400
But this piece,

468
00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,466
in a retail shop, 
it could be sold

469
00:18:35,466 --> 00:18:40,033
for anywhere between 
$50,000 and $75,000.

470
00:18:40,033 --> 00:18:41,166
No way!

471
00:18:41,166 --> 00:18:42,700
Oh, my gosh!

472
00:18:42,700 --> 00:18:44,600
I was...

473
00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:49,300
thinking maybe 
$8,000 to $10,000, I was hoping.

474
00:18:49,300 --> 00:18:50,466
Wow.

475
00:18:50,466 --> 00:18:52,566
Well, that was 
a long time ago.

476
00:18:52,566 --> 00:18:55,333
Wow, I really didn't know 
what the market had done,

477
00:18:55,333 --> 00:18:57,966
you know, if it had gone 
sideways or up or down,

478
00:18:57,966 --> 00:19:00,133
but... wow. 
(inhales)

479
00:19:00,133 --> 00:19:03,400
So there's one other thing 
in here

480
00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:04,900
that I want to talk about.

481
00:19:07,166 --> 00:19:08,633
This vase.

482
00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:10,933
This practically

483
00:19:10,933 --> 00:19:12,333
stopped my heart

484
00:19:12,333 --> 00:19:14,733
when I saw it in the box. 
(giggling)

485
00:19:14,733 --> 00:19:17,266
This is the piece 
I was waiting for

486
00:19:17,266 --> 00:19:18,300
for 20 years.

487
00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:19,533
Oh, wow.

488
00:19:19,533 --> 00:19:21,833
And every night 
before the Roadshow,

489
00:19:21,833 --> 00:19:24,766
people would always say, 
"What is on your wish list?

490
00:19:24,766 --> 00:19:27,233
What would you like to come in 
to the show tomorrow?"

491
00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:28,400
And I always say,

492
00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,800
"A Tiffany Lava vase." 
Wow.

493
00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,566
And that's what this is.

494
00:19:32,566 --> 00:19:35,533
It's extremely special.

495
00:19:35,533 --> 00:19:39,166
It is meant to look 
like molten lava... 
Mm-hmm.

496
00:19:39,166 --> 00:19:40,966
on the surface of the vase,

497
00:19:40,966 --> 00:19:43,800
and this one 
is particularly interesting

498
00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:47,366
because you also have 
these protrusions here.

499
00:19:47,366 --> 00:19:51,500
It's very similar 
to a vase that was shown

500
00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:55,500
in the 1906 Paris Salon 
Exhibition. 
Oh!

501
00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:59,500
A very similar example 
is in the collection

502
00:19:59,500 --> 00:20:01,933
of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs 
in Paris,

503
00:20:01,933 --> 00:20:05,733
and it's been there since 1906.

504
00:20:05,733 --> 00:20:07,333
Gee.

505
00:20:07,333 --> 00:20:11,300
So when I saw this... 
I was kind of excited.

506
00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:12,566
(laughing) 
Oh.

507
00:20:12,566 --> 00:20:15,166
The thing about Lava is, 
it was very hard to make.

508
00:20:15,166 --> 00:20:18,133
They get cracked 
in the making. 
Oh.

509
00:20:18,133 --> 00:20:19,600
And I did go over your Lava

510
00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,400
with my special light 
and a magnifying glass,

511
00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:24,900
and I couldn't find 
any imperfections.

512
00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:28,033
An example like this, 
in a retail shop,

513
00:20:28,033 --> 00:20:30,833
could sell between 
$100,000 and $150,000.

514
00:20:30,833 --> 00:20:33,833
(laughing)

515
00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:35,233
Where's my brother? 
He...

516
00:20:35,233 --> 00:20:36,666
(laughs)

517
00:20:36,666 --> 00:20:38,066
Wow.

518
00:20:38,066 --> 00:20:39,500
That's unbelievable.

519
00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:42,833
I had no idea.

520
00:20:42,833 --> 00:20:44,300
I just can't believe 
that your aunt

521
00:20:44,300 --> 00:20:45,633
bought all of this

522
00:20:45,633 --> 00:20:47,566
in the late '20s 
and the early '30s. 
Yeah.

523
00:20:47,566 --> 00:20:50,866
It's... 
it's pretty remarkable.

524
00:20:50,866 --> 00:20:51,800
PEÑA: 
You're watching the second part

525
00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,100
WOMAN: 
I bought this 
about a year ago

526
00:20:53,100 --> 00:20:54,433
from a local dealer. 
Let's check it out 
on the back.

527
00:20:54,433 --> 00:20:56,600
Sure.

528
00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,700
So it's relatively rare

529
00:20:58,700 --> 00:21:01,000
to find furniture 
with signatures on it,

530
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,700
and your chair has two.

531
00:21:02,700 --> 00:21:05,366
One of them 
is a decal label

532
00:21:05,366 --> 00:21:08,066
from the L. & J.G. Stickley 
Furniture Company.

533
00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:10,700
The label that's on it 
is this rectangular shape.

534
00:21:10,700 --> 00:21:11,933
Right.

535
00:21:11,933 --> 00:21:15,200
Which means that it was made 
between 1912 and 1920.

536
00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,133
And it also is stamped 
"Breakers Cottages." 
Yes, yes.

537
00:21:18,133 --> 00:21:20,033
Which probably 
was not done

538
00:21:20,033 --> 00:21:21,666
by the Stickley Company 
themselves,

539
00:21:21,666 --> 00:21:26,600
but probably from 
either the preservation society

540
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,566
once they took 
over the Breakers,

541
00:21:28,566 --> 00:21:31,333
or the Vanderbilt family 
themselves.

542
00:21:31,333 --> 00:21:33,766
Of course, 
Cornelius Vanderbilt built it,

543
00:21:33,766 --> 00:21:35,700
but he furnished his home

544
00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:39,800
with really fanciful 
European furniture.

545
00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:43,300
And this was an oak, 
pretty pedestrian piece.

546
00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:44,933
That's what confused me 
a little bit.

547
00:21:44,933 --> 00:21:47,166
Yes, I am guessing 
that this probably came out

548
00:21:47,166 --> 00:21:49,366
of either 
the servants' quarters or...

549
00:21:49,366 --> 00:21:51,433
It was a utilitarian piece,

550
00:21:51,433 --> 00:21:55,500
because by the time 
this was made in 1912 to '20,

551
00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:58,500
it wasn't made 
by Gustav Stickley,

552
00:21:58,500 --> 00:22:01,000
the grandfather of 
the Arts and Crafts movement--

553
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,766
he made 
very expensive furniture.

554
00:22:02,766 --> 00:22:05,066
His brothers then went on

555
00:22:05,066 --> 00:22:07,766
to make a little 
more pedestrian furniture... 
Okay.

556
00:22:07,766 --> 00:22:08,966
More affordable.

557
00:22:08,966 --> 00:22:10,500
Any idea of its value, 
or...?

558
00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:12,600
I paid $750 for it.

559
00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,366
Well, I would 
probably insure this

560
00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:16,500
in the range 
of $800 to $1,200.

561
00:22:16,500 --> 00:22:18,000
Oh, great, great. 
Yeah.

562
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,166
It's a connection between 
the Arts and Crafts movement

563
00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:22,866
and one of the grand homes 
here in Newport.

564
00:22:22,866 --> 00:22:24,966
Oh, thank you.

565
00:22:24,966 --> 00:22:26,133
PEÑA: 
Thanks for watching.

566
00:22:26,133 --> 00:22:27,666
Tune in again for another 
great episode

567
00:22:27,666 --> 00:22:28,966
of "Antiques Roadshow Recut."