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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.