WEBVTT 00:02.066 --> 00:05.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: Well, today I brought some musical pocket watch fobs. Um, normally, gentlemen 00:07.066 --> 00:10.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% that wore pocket watches would wear fobs or seals on the other end of the, their chains, 00:10.266 --> 00:15.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% but these, um, all five of these actually have a musical movement underneath it, and each one of 00:17.366 --> 00:20.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% them plays a separate tune. You just turn the top, and there's a small switch in the front, 00:20.633 --> 00:25.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and the watch owner could listen to the tune. I started collecting regular watch fobs, 00:27.533 --> 00:30.533 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% and when I was on travel for work, a young lady in the U.K. showed me this one. 00:30.533 --> 00:32.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Uh-huh. GUEST: And as soon as I saw it, 00:32.333 --> 00:37.033 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% I was hooked. So this has taken me about ten or 12 years to collect. 00:37.033 --> 00:38.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: What did you pay for them? 00:38.833 --> 00:43.366 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% GUEST: This one was about $900 to $950. Um, this was under $2,000, 00:45.500 --> 00:48.600 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% more like $1,900. This one was just at $2,000. Um, this one was around $2,100. And this one 00:53.100 --> 00:57.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% was a little bit more expensive, because it has the original Moroccan leather case... 00:57.433 --> 00:59.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Uh-huh. GUEST: ...and it was just a touch over $4,000. 00:59.600 --> 01:04.266 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Oh, okay, very good. Well, they're really fantastic. When you brought 'em to the 01:06.166 --> 01:08.700 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% table, I was immediately engrossed in them. (laughs) They're from the early to 01:08.700 --> 01:13.700 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% mid-1800s. They're a great collection of watch fobs, and they're musical. 01:15.200 --> 01:16.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: Yes. APPRAISER: And they play a beautiful little tune. 01:16.433 --> 01:18.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% GUEST: Would you like to hear one? 01:18.033 --> 01:20.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Yes, we would love to hear one. 01:20.200 --> 01:25.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: Certainly. So you just turn the stem on the top. (fob whirring, tune tinkling) 01:29.200 --> 01:33.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: That extra added element of the playing the music is just amazing. 01:33.866 --> 01:38.866 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Absolutely fascinating to me. So have you ever had anybody currently appraise them? 01:39.800 --> 01:41.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: I have not. I have not. 01:41.400 --> 01:43.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: And so how long ago did you, were you buying these? 01:43.900 --> 01:46.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: Um, around 2002, 2003. 01:46.433 --> 01:49.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: They're very difficult to find. 01:49.566 --> 01:51.166 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 01:51.166 --> 01:52.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: This one, you told me, was nine-karat rolled gold. 01:52.333 --> 01:54.500 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yes. 01:54.500 --> 01:57.766 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Which actually means it's gold-filled, or has a layer of gold on the outside. 01:58.400 --> 02:00.300 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 02:00.300 --> 02:03.733 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% APPRAISER: The others are 18-karat gold. And this one, I believe, 02:05.033 --> 02:07.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% is the oldest one and the most difficult to make. 02:07.633 --> 02:09.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 02:09.466 --> 02:12.233 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% APPRAISER: Because it is the tricolor gold. And the way they made that was, 02:12.233 --> 02:16.200 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% they made the basic component of the fob, and then they applied all 02:16.200 --> 02:21.133 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% the different colors to that, and then they put the music box inside there... 02:21.133 --> 02:23.166 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 02:23.166 --> 02:26.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: ...and then, then attached the activator, which is what sets it off. So, 02:28.200 --> 02:31.300 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the estimates that I would give for this at auction are $3,000 to $5,000 for this one, 02:33.433 --> 02:36.533 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% since it's gold-filled. For the other three pieces-- these two are similar-- I would say 02:38.666 --> 02:42.900 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% they're going to be at $6,000 to $8,000. And for the tricolor gold one, the auction estimate 02:45.033 --> 02:49.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% would be $7,000 to $9,000. So as a group, the estimate would be $28,000 to $38,000. However, 02:52.866 --> 02:57.833 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% when you sell such a desirable, rare item like this in a group, the price tends to go way higher. 02:59.766 --> 03:01.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 03:01.633 --> 03:03.033 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% APPRAISER: And I would think that the auction estimate for this would 03:03.033 --> 03:07.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% be $45,000 to $55,000 for the entire collection. 03:07.100 --> 03:10.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: Wow, okay-- thank you very much. 03:10.033 --> 03:11.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% APPRAISER: My pleasure-- thank you. 03:11.533 --> 03:13.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: My daughter will be very happy. (laughs) That'll 03:13.400 --> 03:16.166 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% put a nice dent in the, uh, law school tuition.