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GUEST: I served on Senator 
McGovern's staff for 
several years. One day,

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he opened up his vault and 
invited the staff to come 
in to choose various things

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if they were so interested in 
them. And I found this. And 
I said, "Senator McGovern,

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may I have this Calder poster?" 
And he said, "Well, sure." 
For many years, it remained in

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the closet because my late wife 
didn't like it. Even though 
she also worked for McGovern...

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APPRAISER: (chuckles) Oh, right?

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GUEST: (laughs) ...she did not 
like it. And then unfortunately, 
she passed in 2014. But

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a year later, I said, "Honey, 
it's going on the wall." 
I'm very proud of it, uh,

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'cause it reminds me of my 
affiliation with, with, uh, the 
late senator, and, uh, which was

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a grand experience. But 
I've never known anything 
else about it other than 
Alexander Calder did it.

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APPRAISER: McGovern, of course,

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was the senator from South 
Dakota who ran against 
Richard Nixon in 1972.

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GUEST: Correct. 
APPRAISER: Doomed, doomed race.

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GUEST: Doomed race, doomed race.

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APPRAISER: Nixon won by a 
landslide, two-third majority...

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GUEST: You've...

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APPRAISER: McGovern...

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GUEST: We carried Massachusetts 
and the District of Columbia.

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APPRAISER: I feel like I'm, 
I'm, I'm teaching my professor 
here. (both laugh) McGovern,

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of course, ran on a 
anti-Vietnam War ticket. 
Nixon, not so. Calder, we know,

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was also vehemently against 
the Vietnam War, and worked on 
this as a contribution to the

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campaign. And these lithographs, 
which were done in a limited 
edition, were sold to raise

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funds for the McGovern campaign. 
Calder would make watercolor 
gouaches of these designs,

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which were then printed as 
lithographs. I actually know 
who did the printmaking...

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GUEST: Hm.

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APPRAISER: ...and the 
work with Calder, 'cause 
it was my father-in-law.

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GUEST: You're kidding.

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APPRAISER: His name was 
George Goodstadt. He's 
no longer with us today.

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GUEST: (laughs)

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APPRAISER: But I have a close 
connection to these, too, just 
as you do with McGovern. My,

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my father-in-law was, was 
the printmaker working 
with Calder on these.

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GUEST: That's unbelievable.

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APPRAISER: And then they were 
published by an outfit in New 
York called Styria Studios,

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and you can see 
the blind stamp...

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GUEST: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

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APPRAISER: ...for Styria 
down there, and signed by the 
artist. All of them were made

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in an edition of 200. This 
one says "McGovern for 
Government." There are 
other versions in color,

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also black and white, that say 
"McGovern for McGovernment."

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GUEST: Had no idea.

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APPRAISER: And Calder's 
telltale, very characteristic 
geometric designs around them.

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GUEST: Yes, yes.

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APPRAISER: So it does 
scream out at you as a 
Calder. They're popular on,

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on different levels, because of 
the historical nature of them,

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which you don't get with 
a lot of Calder's art, and 
what that campaign stood for.

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GUEST: Mm-hmm.

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APPRAISER: And also for just 
the artistry of what Calder 
did for a promotional poster,

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if you will. A 
lithograph poster.

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GUEST: Yes.

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APPRAISER: Yours looks like 
it's in great shape. Overall,

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it looks very much like it 
probably did when you got 
it out of the, the closet...

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GUEST: Sure does.

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APPRAISER: ...in, in McGovern's 
office in... (chuckles) So have

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you ever had it 
valued? GUEST: Never.

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APPRAISER: I would put 
a replacement value on 
this at around $5,000.

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GUEST: Well, I'm, I, 
I do cherish it, and 
will continue to do so.