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GUEST: I brought this. It's 
called a, um, bird bath, 
but that's a misnomer,

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because it was designed to be 
at the Rockefeller estate, a,

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for around their pool 
to put wet towels in. 
There were, uh, 17 made,

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but my cousin was the chief 
designer and plant manager 
at Wendell August Forge,

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where this was made. And 
this is his personal copy 
that I, has come down to 
me through the family.

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APPRAISER: Well, you've brought 
this really amazing tour de 
force of American postwar

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hammered aluminum wares, 
which were wildly popular 
in postwar America, uh,

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mostly dining and table type 
items. But this is an exception 
where we've got this large,

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three-dimensional piece. Uh, 
it's about the best of the 
best of the best of this type

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of item. And I think at a fair 
insurance value in today's 
market would be $1,200.

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GUEST: Wow, thank you. Exciting.