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APPRAISER: 
I've been doing the Antiques 
Roadshow for 12 years.

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This is one of the few 
authentic masks I've found.

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(hisses)

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(laughing): 
That's amazing.

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(laughing): 
Oh, my goodness.

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Oh, my goodness!

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CORAL PEÑA: 
Back in 2007,

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"Antiques Roadshow" 
kicked off the season

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with our second visit 
to Baltimore, Maryland,

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where many wonderful treasures 
had been hiding.

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It's a lovely desk,

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but you found something 
in the desk.

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Yes, I did.

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When I was cleaning it out 
to bring it,

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I found this envelope.

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I have to tell you,

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in the ten years I've been doing 
"Antiques Roadshow,"

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these are the finest things 
I've ever seen.

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Really? Oh, I'm so thrilled. 
Yeah, they're absolutely 
beautiful.

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I'm so thrilled.

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PEÑA: 
What did our guests uncover?

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And what is it all worth today?

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You'll find out in the first 
hour of "Vintage Baltimore."

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This desk belonged to 
my grandmother.

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I can remember it 
when I was a little kid,

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and I just always admired it.

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And now it's mine, 
and I treasure it very much.

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It's a lovely desk.

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You brought it here 
to the Roadshow,

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and did you find anything 
interesting about it?

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Well, actually,

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I learned that it's not as rare 
as I had thought.

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But you found something 
in the desk.

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Yes, I did.

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When I was cleaning 
it out to bring it,

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I found this envelope 
that contained

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an old photo 
of a sports team.

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It's an old Western Union 
telegraph envelope,

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and it says 
"Chicago Ball Team 1885."

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And this was your grandfather's 
handwriting, I assume?

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No, it-- actually, 
it's my great-grandfather.

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Well, why don't we take a look 
at what's in the envelope?

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And we see 
it's a souvenir.

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"Dedication 
of the Chicago Ball Park,

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Saturday, June 6, 1885."

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Now, the Chicago Ball Park 
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as West Side Park,

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and that's where the Chicago 
White Stockings played.

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Now, the Chicago White Stockings 
was the name of the team

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that would later 
become the Chicago Cubs.

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They're in the National 
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Oh, my.

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They actually 
start in 1876.

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So here we are, 1885, 
this is ten years later,

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and they needed 
a new park.

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And this is the dedication 
souvenir program from that day.

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They played 
the St. Louis Maroons,

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and they ended up 
winning the game.

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Let's open up the program

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and see what's inside, 
shall we? 
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Here we have an actual 
image of the West Side Park,

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and on the bottom, 
we have a team photograph.

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They were captained 
by a gentleman named Cap Anson.

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He was probably the 19th 
century's greatest hitter.

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Oh, my.

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Also on the team was 
Mike "King" Kelly. 
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One of the greatest 
catchers of his day,

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and famous, 
they made a song,

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"Slide, Kelly, Slide." 
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And then even more 
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is a young man named 
William Sunday, Billy Sunday.

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He would go on 
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influential evangelists 
in the United States. 
(chuckles)

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Now we can turn it around.

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We see here...

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It gives the names.

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Billy Sunday is underlined... 
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...because he went on 
to become famous.

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Now, 19th-century 
baseball collectibles

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are amongst the rarest 
and most desirable

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of all sports 
memorabilia.

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That you got going for you here. 
(chuckles)

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Then you have the Chicago Cubs,

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one of the most 
collected teams.

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And the condition's 
amazing.

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As far as value goes...

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Mm-hmm. 
I'm curious,

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what did this 
desk come in at?

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What was the price? 
This was $2,500.

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$2,500, which is... 
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Yeah, that's not bad, 
it's beautiful. 
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It's beautiful. 
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But you could 
probably buy about

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four of these desks.

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(laughing) 
Because I would, I would 
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between $8,000 
and $12,000 at auction.

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Oh, my God, 
that was just...

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I had-- I just happened 
to bring it by chance.

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It's a remarkable, 
remarkable piece.

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I'm shocked.

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I'm really shocked.

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You've brought us 
a wonderful painting

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by an American artist named 
Willard Leroy Metcalf.

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And what do you know 
about the artist?

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I know that he was 
around New York,

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an upper-- lower Hudson 
Valley painter, and that

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he did a lot of work like this.

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I've seen some online.

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He did some work 
on Central Park,

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which looked not 
unlike this.

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And beyond that,

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I know he's dead.

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(both laughing)

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Well, that's true, 
that's true.

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He actually was born

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in 1858 and died in 1925. 
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And as opposed to being 
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or Hudson River School artist, 
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one of the two premier 
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landscape painters. 
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And he was from 
Lowell, Massachusetts. 
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And is really associated 
with the Boston School there.

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Like many of the 
Impressionist artists,

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he went to France to study.

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Uh-huh. 
And then he came back

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and worked in, 
mostly in the Boston area,

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but also in Maine 
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Cornish, New Hampshire, 
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and Old Lyme, Connecticut.

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And I think 
this was probably done

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in Old Lyme, because 
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that show the rolling hills

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and the rocky landscape 
like this. 
Interesting, interesting.

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In 1898, he became part 
of a group called The Ten.

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And this was composed of 
ten Impressionist painters,

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including William Merritt 
Chase... 
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Frank Benson, Edmund Tarbell,

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and the other premier 
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John Twachtman. 
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So he was in quite a 
distinguished group. 
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Now, Metcalf really was 
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for doing landscapes.

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You rarely see any 
figurative work by him.

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he suffered a depression

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after his wife 
had left him... 
Got it.

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...and his best friend, 
Twachtman, had died.

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he almost has a revival.

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And he changes his palette

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and his brushwork.

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So, this painting, 
which is signed

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W.L. Metcalf 
and dated 1906... 
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...was done after 
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and into this new era.

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And what he's doing 
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is using 
very pastel colors. 
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So as you can see... 
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...we've got wonderful 
pastel colors.

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He's letting the canvas show 
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to show dimension.

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And he also is using 
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brushy technique here.

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Now, tell me 
how you happened

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to acquire this.

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Well, this was found 
in the attic

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of my late wife's 
grandfather's house.

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He was the chairman of the board 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 
Wow, oh, wow.

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He had lots of paintings.

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This was in the attic,

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and I was up there 
stomping around one day... 
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And somebody said, 
"Oh, don't step on that,"

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because it was face down. 
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And they picked it up, 
looked at it,

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and said, "Well, why don't 
you take this?"

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So I did.

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And it was 
at the time surrounded

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by the ugliest rococo frame 
you've ever seen,

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which then my late wife replaced 
with this pecky cypress.

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Right, and that, 
that particular frame

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that you got rid of is actually 
the type that the artist

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would probably have, 
have used on it, because...

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Then I probably shouldn't 
have thrown it away, but... 
Probably not.

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And also, there's a title 
on the stretcher

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on the back, which... 
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Well, I think, I think it's 
"Reflections of Spring." 
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Have you ever had 
this evaluated?

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Yes, I acquired this

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probably in 1966, 
and in 1968,

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my wife, who was an art major, 
took it in to an art museum,

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and they cleaned it up, 
and she said,

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"By the way, what do you 
think it's worth?"

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And they said, "Oh, well, 
about $3,000."

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Well, a painting 
like this, on the retail market,

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would generally sell for 
$150,000.

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Wow, that's pretty good 
for something that was free.

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I think so.

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I think so. 
Holy smokes.

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Yeah, he's very, 
very collectible. 
That is, that...

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That, that's way over the top. 
Yeah.

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And fortunately, I've been 
hanging it out of the sunlight.

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Well, that's good, 
that's good. 
(laughs)

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I also think it could benefit 
from a cleaning.

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It's a little dingy from the 
varnish probably yellowing.

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35 years.

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And you've got a couple of

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little paint losses 
here along the edge. 
Yeah, yeah.

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And the frame that 
you found it in,

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if it were the original,

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then the value of the painting 
might be more

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by, let's say, 
another $10,000,

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depending on the quality 
of it. 
Right, yeah.

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Well, thank you for bringing

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such a wonderful painting in 
today.

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Thank you for enlightening me, 
I enjoyed it. 
Oh, good.

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Great, thank you.

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I was afraid you were 
going to say,

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"Oh, nice $3,000, but it's 
actually worth 12 cents."

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Oh, no, no, no. 
(laughs)

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This piece is about 
100 years old,

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and it was made 
by my grandfather,

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who was a 
self-taught carpenter

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and almost illiterate.

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So, I'm very proud

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of the fact that he made this,

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and it's now in my possession.

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It's tramp work,

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and it's made 
from cigar boxes.

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My grandfather sat 
beside his wife

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while she 
was recuperating,

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and with a penknife,

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carved all these 
little tiny pieces.

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Where was your family 
living?

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They were living 
in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania.

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Tramp art was

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home industry.

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And everybody assumes that these 
were made out of cigar boxes.

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And I think part of them 
could have been made

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out of cigar boxes,

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but you know as 
well as I do,

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there are some pieces 
in here that are bigger

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than what a cigar box 
would be. 
Oh, yes.

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I think what they really 
looked for was a wood

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that was kind of soft 
and easy to carve.

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I think he did this to 
show his skill at lamination,

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and it alternates 
maple and walnut.

250
00:09:46,966 --> 00:09:48,900
And what he did was, 
he took a strip

251
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the same width and depth 
all the way across

252
00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:53,066
and glued them together,

253
00:09:53,066 --> 00:09:54,866
and then he cut it 
to fit this

254
00:09:54,866 --> 00:09:56,133
and put this scallop 
in the front.

255
00:09:56,133 --> 00:09:58,800
And the thing that 
I love the most about this

256
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is, it was a labor 
of love for him.

257
00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:04,733
When I first 
walked up to it,

258
00:10:04,733 --> 00:10:07,233
the first thing I noticed 
were the hearts

259
00:10:07,233 --> 00:10:08,566
at the top of 
each mirror. 
You noticed the hearts?

260
00:10:08,566 --> 00:10:11,133
'Cause he made it 
for his sweetie,

261
00:10:11,133 --> 00:10:14,833
and something you 
almost never see

262
00:10:14,833 --> 00:10:16,533
is decoration on the 
bottom like that.

263
00:10:16,533 --> 00:10:18,200
He's paid a lot of 
attention to detail.

264
00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:19,266
Right.

265
00:10:19,266 --> 00:10:20,366
Would you be surprised

266
00:10:20,366 --> 00:10:24,466
if I told you that 
this is worth

267
00:10:24,466 --> 00:10:25,833
$6,000 to $8,000?

268
00:10:25,833 --> 00:10:28,033
(gasps)

269
00:10:28,033 --> 00:10:29,200
Yes.

270
00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:30,333
(laughs)

271
00:10:30,333 --> 00:10:33,000
Yes, I would be very surprised.

272
00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:34,266
Well, that's the case.

273
00:10:34,266 --> 00:10:35,900
Well, it's going to stay 
in the family.

274
00:10:35,900 --> 00:10:37,033
I'll never sell it.

275
00:10:50,266 --> 00:10:52,400
It's not a good piece of 
pottery, okay?

276
00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:54,300
(laughs) 
This is a, a creamware piece.

277
00:10:54,300 --> 00:10:57,666
They put a transfer, 
a big decal on the surface,

278
00:10:57,666 --> 00:10:59,933
but it's called 
Rozane's Olympic Line.

279
00:10:59,933 --> 00:11:01,633
It's one of the rarest 
Rozane lines.

280
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And while you can get 
a piece of Rookwood brown glaze

281
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decorated with flowers... 
Right.

282
00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,133
...this size, worth 
$800 to $1,000,

283
00:11:08,133 --> 00:11:11,266
this one's worth between 
$2,000 and $3,000.

284
00:11:11,266 --> 00:11:12,833
That's great. 
It's a really extraordinary,

285
00:11:12,833 --> 00:11:14,966
rare piece of kind of low-end

286
00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:17,766
commercial American pottery, 
so congratulations.

287
00:11:17,766 --> 00:11:18,900
(laughing): 
Thank you.

288
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APPRAISER: 
It's pretty remarkable.

289
00:11:22,433 --> 00:11:23,666
It's just such a large form,

290
00:11:23,666 --> 00:11:25,966
and it's wonderfully inset 
with all of these coins,

291
00:11:25,966 --> 00:11:28,800
all dating from 
the 17th century.

292
00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:32,433
It has a date on this here by 
the handle, which is dated 1687,

293
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and the coins all seem 
to pre-date that,

294
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so I would think at auction, 
you're likely to see

295
00:11:36,533 --> 00:11:39,666
something the range of between 
$20,000 and $25,000.

296
00:11:39,666 --> 00:11:41,300
Oh, my God.

297
00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:43,900
That's unbelievable. 
So it's quite 
a wonderful...

298
00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:45,900
That's remarkable, 
I would never have guessed.

299
00:11:48,133 --> 00:11:51,000
MAN: 
This is a print of something 
that happened

300
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with the 15th Amendment

301
00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,500
that I know very little about.

302
00:11:54,500 --> 00:11:55,733
I want to know 
a little more about it...

303
00:11:55,733 --> 00:11:57,033
Okay. 
...and maybe you can help me.

304
00:11:57,033 --> 00:11:59,200
It was printed in 1870.

305
00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,533
It's a hand-colored lithograph 
printed in Baltimore,

306
00:12:01,533 --> 00:12:03,966
which is nice, because 
we're finding it in Baltimore.

307
00:12:03,966 --> 00:12:07,400
And it's African American troops 
and fraternal organizations

308
00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:10,333
marching up the street 
in celebration of

309
00:12:10,333 --> 00:12:11,500
the 15th Amendment,

310
00:12:11,500 --> 00:12:13,166
and what's 
particularly nice about it

311
00:12:13,166 --> 00:12:17,766
as a period piece is, 
it's showing a very patriotic

312
00:12:17,766 --> 00:12:19,433
and positive view 
of African Americans

313
00:12:19,433 --> 00:12:21,500
in a period when 
there weren't that many.

314
00:12:21,500 --> 00:12:23,800
Period frame, 
looks like it's the old glass,

315
00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:26,000
just a very nice package.

316
00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,833
Value, around $2,500. 
Really?

317
00:12:28,833 --> 00:12:30,700
That is wonderful.

318
00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:32,666
It's great, and I will keep it. 
(laughing)

319
00:12:32,666 --> 00:12:33,766
Enjoy it.

320
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WOMAN: 
My mother gave them 
to my husband,

321
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who admired them 
for many years.

322
00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:49,233
But my mother grew up 
on a beautiful farm

323
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in Greenville, Maine,

324
00:12:52,233 --> 00:12:55,866
beautiful mountain- 
lake region, and in the summer,

325
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they boarded travelers,

326
00:12:57,533 --> 00:13:00,666
and one of the boarders 
that came very often

327
00:13:00,666 --> 00:13:03,300
was a Baltimore socialite.

328
00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:05,066
Her name was Eleanor Duvall.

329
00:13:05,066 --> 00:13:07,200
A lot of these 
things we have

330
00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:09,766
that belonged to her 
came through my mother,

331
00:13:09,766 --> 00:13:12,900
and then she gave 
these to us last summer.

332
00:13:12,900 --> 00:13:15,966
And when we brought them 
back home to Baltimore,

333
00:13:15,966 --> 00:13:18,066
we learned that 
they were Berges.

334
00:13:18,066 --> 00:13:20,833
He was a popular sculptor,

335
00:13:20,833 --> 00:13:23,633
turn of the century, 
and other than that,

336
00:13:23,633 --> 00:13:25,233
I don't know a whole lot more.

337
00:13:25,233 --> 00:13:26,566
Okay.

338
00:13:26,566 --> 00:13:29,700
Actually, we think his name 
was pronounced "Ber-guee."

339
00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:31,633
Berge, okay. 
Right, Edward Berge.

340
00:13:31,633 --> 00:13:32,900
Okay. 
And he was born in Baltimore

341
00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:36,266
and he studied here, 
at the Rinehart School,

342
00:13:36,266 --> 00:13:39,733
and he later became a teacher 
at the Maryland Institute.

343
00:13:39,733 --> 00:13:41,233
These pieces 
I would probably date

344
00:13:41,233 --> 00:13:43,533
from the 1920s or so. 
Mm-hmm.

345
00:13:43,533 --> 00:13:45,700
He was trained in a more 
classical tradition.

346
00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:47,466
The beginning 
of the 20th century,

347
00:13:47,466 --> 00:13:49,833
there was a lot 
of avant-garde work going on,

348
00:13:49,833 --> 00:13:52,333
but he chose this 
traditional path. 
Hm.

349
00:13:52,333 --> 00:13:54,833
They're beautiful. 
And that's exemplified 
in this wonderful nude...

350
00:13:54,833 --> 00:13:57,900
Yes. 
...that's beautifully observed 
and beautifully modeled.

351
00:13:57,900 --> 00:14:00,233
What he's really known for 
are his fountains.

352
00:14:00,233 --> 00:14:01,733
This is actually 
his most famous piece.

353
00:14:01,733 --> 00:14:04,633
It's called "Wildflower,"

354
00:14:04,633 --> 00:14:07,233
and he did a whole 
series of these pieces

355
00:14:07,233 --> 00:14:09,366
based on different flowers.

356
00:14:09,366 --> 00:14:10,900
And they're really 
quite wonderful.

357
00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:12,600
And I said it was a fountain,

358
00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:14,633
and this is a reduction. 
Right.

359
00:14:14,633 --> 00:14:16,700
He did these in a few 
different sizes.

360
00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:18,666
Mm-hmm. 
This was the smallest size.

361
00:14:18,666 --> 00:14:21,400
He did one about 
12 inches high,

362
00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,033
and then there's 
another one

363
00:14:23,033 --> 00:14:24,766
that's about 40 inches high.

364
00:14:24,766 --> 00:14:26,533
And this one,

365
00:14:26,533 --> 00:14:29,833
not only is it signed 
by Berge himself,

366
00:14:29,833 --> 00:14:32,100
but in addition, 
it's signed here

367
00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:34,000
with "RBW"... 
RBW.

368
00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,933
...which is the Roman 
Bronze Works. 
Roman Bronze.

369
00:14:35,933 --> 00:14:37,400
They were in New York.

370
00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,166
The Roman Bronze 
had the models for these,

371
00:14:39,166 --> 00:14:40,466
and they were cast 
for a very long time

372
00:14:40,466 --> 00:14:42,166
by the family.

373
00:14:42,166 --> 00:14:43,500
And I think some 
of them were cast

374
00:14:43,500 --> 00:14:46,866
well into the 1950s, 
if not the 1960s.

375
00:14:46,866 --> 00:14:48,633
It's really 
beautifully done,

376
00:14:48,633 --> 00:14:51,000
very nicely detailed 
with a beautiful patina.

377
00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,133
This one also is

378
00:14:52,133 --> 00:14:54,466
wonderful, because it has 
a great patina on it.

379
00:14:54,466 --> 00:14:56,066
Yeah. 
It's nicely modeled.

380
00:14:56,066 --> 00:14:58,400
This one has a different 
foundry on it.

381
00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,000
The foundry here is 
the Zappo Foundry in New York.

382
00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,233
And it was very 
common for artists

383
00:15:03,233 --> 00:15:06,300
to have their things cast 
at different foundries.

384
00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:07,300
I see.

385
00:15:07,300 --> 00:15:08,766
In terms 
of the value,

386
00:15:08,766 --> 00:15:12,333
this reduction of his piece 
called "Wildflower"

387
00:15:12,333 --> 00:15:14,533
at auction would 
probably bring between

388
00:15:14,533 --> 00:15:17,033
$2,000 and $3,000.

389
00:15:17,033 --> 00:15:18,933
No kidding.

390
00:15:18,933 --> 00:15:20,233
Oh, no.

391
00:15:20,233 --> 00:15:21,433
And this young lady here,

392
00:15:21,433 --> 00:15:23,566
again, beautifully 
cast bronze,

393
00:15:23,566 --> 00:15:25,633
I would think 
at auction would

394
00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:27,766
probably bring 
$3,000, $4,000.

395
00:15:27,766 --> 00:15:29,533
Oh, no. 
(laughs)

396
00:15:29,533 --> 00:15:30,633
Well, thanks 
for bringing them in.

397
00:15:30,633 --> 00:15:31,766
Well, thank you so much. 
Good.

398
00:15:45,933 --> 00:15:48,733
In 1970, my dad decided 
to watch a football game

399
00:15:48,733 --> 00:15:50,266
with my brother, 
and my mom and I

400
00:15:50,266 --> 00:15:53,466
took a little drive into 
the country with a relative,

401
00:15:53,466 --> 00:15:54,800
and we went 
to New Hope, Pennsylvania.

402
00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:58,466
She'd heard about a woodworker, 
George Nakashima.

403
00:15:58,466 --> 00:16:00,866
So we went to his workshop, 
met him,

404
00:16:00,866 --> 00:16:03,300
and took a look 
at some of the furniture.

405
00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:04,733
Within a couple of months,

406
00:16:04,733 --> 00:16:08,000
they decided they 
wanted a bench made

407
00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,833
and communicated with him, 
and he sent a drawing to us

408
00:16:10,833 --> 00:16:13,800
of what that bench would 
look like, and here it is.

409
00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,033
It's extraordinary that 
you have this drawing

410
00:16:16,033 --> 00:16:21,333
by George Nakashima, truly 
a master American craftsman.

411
00:16:21,333 --> 00:16:23,066
You met him in person? 
We did, we did.

412
00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:24,633
What was he like? 
It was pretty exciting.

413
00:16:24,633 --> 00:16:26,433
You know, I was 12 years old, 
and I just don't

414
00:16:26,433 --> 00:16:28,600
remember that much, 
I'm so sorry.

415
00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,433
Well, I can maybe fill in 
a little bit of the blanks,

416
00:16:31,433 --> 00:16:34,466
because my brother went to 
school in the New Hope area. 
Really?

417
00:16:34,466 --> 00:16:37,866
And while he was driving around 
in his pickup truck,

418
00:16:37,866 --> 00:16:40,366
he met George, and George said 
to these bunch of teenagers,

419
00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:41,633
"If you guys," 
you know,

420
00:16:41,633 --> 00:16:43,366
"if you're driving 
around the countryside

421
00:16:43,366 --> 00:16:45,833
"and you see any big trees 
fallen down,

422
00:16:45,833 --> 00:16:47,333
call me first." 
(laughs)

423
00:16:47,333 --> 00:16:49,133
Really? 
Because, of course, 
he knew these kids

424
00:16:49,133 --> 00:16:50,800
were carousing in their 
pickup trucks at night.

425
00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,800
I've seen furniture

426
00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:54,800
by George Nakashima, 
and the drawings,

427
00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,333
You notice along 
the top of it, it says,

428
00:16:57,333 --> 00:17:00,366
"Please confirm 
if satisfactory." 
(laughs)

429
00:17:00,366 --> 00:17:02,500
I know-- I thought 
that was really special.

430
00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:03,533
He lays it out for you.

431
00:17:03,533 --> 00:17:05,100
He's even chosen 
the piece of wood,

432
00:17:05,100 --> 00:17:08,933
and in his studio, he had planks 
and planks of wood that...

433
00:17:08,933 --> 00:17:10,500
I do remember that. 
Do you?

434
00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:12,900
Yes, I do. 
Well, he was in love 
with wood.

435
00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:14,900
And the thing that 
fascinates me about him,

436
00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:17,400
this great master of 
mid-century furniture,

437
00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,100
is that a lot 
of his contemporaries

438
00:17:20,100 --> 00:17:21,433
were making material

439
00:17:21,433 --> 00:17:24,800
in more a manufactured way,

440
00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:26,333
and he loved 
the hand process.

441
00:17:26,333 --> 00:17:28,633
And so he chose these pieces 
so carefully,

442
00:17:28,633 --> 00:17:29,866
and you can really see that.

443
00:17:29,866 --> 00:17:32,366
I mean, it comes to life 
in this drawing,

444
00:17:32,366 --> 00:17:33,900
where he talks about 
the textured knot.

445
00:17:33,900 --> 00:17:35,600
And, of course, 
the textured knot is right here

446
00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:36,900
in front of us.

447
00:17:36,900 --> 00:17:38,066
I mean, there's 
just no mistake

448
00:17:38,066 --> 00:17:41,133
that this drawing 
goes to this bench.

449
00:17:41,133 --> 00:17:42,366
It's just this combination--

450
00:17:42,366 --> 00:17:43,700
of course, 
he's a Japanese American,

451
00:17:43,700 --> 00:17:45,066
born in Washington-- 
but this combination

452
00:17:45,066 --> 00:17:48,966
of Americana and also 
Japanese sensibilities.

453
00:17:48,966 --> 00:17:50,666
The top of this 
bench looks to me

454
00:17:50,666 --> 00:17:52,466
like a torii arch

455
00:17:52,466 --> 00:17:55,400
from Japan, coming 
into a Shinto temple. 
It does.

456
00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:56,366
And when George came

457
00:17:56,366 --> 00:17:58,600
to the New Hope, 
Pennsylvania, area

458
00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:00,500
in the '40s, he

459
00:18:00,500 --> 00:18:04,433
looked at Americana and 
looked at Windsor benches.

460
00:18:04,433 --> 00:18:08,166
So this is this 
18th-century Windsor bench

461
00:18:08,166 --> 00:18:11,133
brought into 
a 20th-century sensibility.

462
00:18:11,133 --> 00:18:14,566
A lot of his furniture 
was done in a walnut.

463
00:18:14,566 --> 00:18:16,100
There was a lot of walnut 
in the Pennsylvania area.

464
00:18:16,100 --> 00:18:18,200
He also uses 
imported woods, as well,

465
00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,400
but, but this is a cherry, 
and probably indigenous.

466
00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:22,433
And then these stiles

467
00:18:22,433 --> 00:18:24,133
are hickory.

468
00:18:24,133 --> 00:18:25,366
Any idea 
of its value?

469
00:18:25,366 --> 00:18:28,700
We had it valued by 
the Nakashima Group

470
00:18:28,700 --> 00:18:30,266
in early 2000, 
and it was,

471
00:18:30,266 --> 00:18:32,366
I think, around $6,000.

472
00:18:32,366 --> 00:18:33,800
But I'd love to get 
an update on that,

473
00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:36,133
because I'd really like 
to have it insured.

474
00:18:36,133 --> 00:18:38,100
Well, your parents 
paid $375 for this?

475
00:18:38,100 --> 00:18:42,933
Yes. 
The market has exploded 
in Nakashima furniture.

476
00:18:42,933 --> 00:18:44,266
Benches like 
this at auction

477
00:18:44,266 --> 00:18:45,633
are selling 
for $40,000.

478
00:18:45,633 --> 00:18:47,133
Oh, my God.

479
00:18:47,133 --> 00:18:48,966
Now, because you have 
the drawing,

480
00:18:48,966 --> 00:18:52,500
you get to add a few thousand 
more on top of that.

481
00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:53,833
So say we're 
at the $45,000 mark.

482
00:18:53,833 --> 00:18:57,266
For insurance, you might 
want to raise it higher.

483
00:18:57,266 --> 00:19:00,433
But this is, 
I'd say $45,000. 
Oh, my God.

484
00:19:00,433 --> 00:19:04,166
It's just red-hot now 
in the marketplace.

485
00:19:04,166 --> 00:19:05,533
Well, we love it, 
and we use it every day

486
00:19:05,533 --> 00:19:08,166
in the living room, 
so we take very good care of it.

487
00:19:22,033 --> 00:19:25,033
WOMAN: 
The woman in the photograph 
is Lucrezia Bori,

488
00:19:25,033 --> 00:19:27,300
and my husband's great-aunt

489
00:19:27,300 --> 00:19:30,033
was her personal secretary 
for all of her career.

490
00:19:30,033 --> 00:19:32,033
Lucrezia Bori is from Spain.

491
00:19:32,033 --> 00:19:34,800
These were her earrings,

492
00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,533
and we have pictures of her 
wearing them in several operas.

493
00:19:38,533 --> 00:19:40,266
You can see here she's 
got the earrings

494
00:19:40,266 --> 00:19:42,333
in a shorter style,

495
00:19:42,333 --> 00:19:44,933
and then here 
in the much longer version

496
00:19:44,933 --> 00:19:47,700
as we see here on the table.

497
00:19:47,700 --> 00:19:49,133
What's interesting 
about these earrings

498
00:19:49,133 --> 00:19:52,200
is that the central parts 
are detachable.

499
00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,300
And so she could wear them 
in a variety of styles.

500
00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:56,533
These are Spanish,

501
00:19:56,533 --> 00:19:59,366
and I know you said she 
was of Spanish descent,

502
00:19:59,366 --> 00:20:01,333
and so these were 
probably family pieces.

503
00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:04,033
These date from 
the 18th century.

504
00:20:04,033 --> 00:20:06,633
They were based on 
much earlier designs,

505
00:20:06,633 --> 00:20:09,766
and they continued 
to be redone and updated

506
00:20:09,766 --> 00:20:11,733
for each of the centuries.

507
00:20:11,733 --> 00:20:14,733
Both the 17th and 18th, 
and even 19th century.

508
00:20:14,733 --> 00:20:15,666
But these are definitely

509
00:20:15,666 --> 00:20:17,933
an 18th-century pair 
of earrings.

510
00:20:17,933 --> 00:20:19,066
They're made of gold

511
00:20:19,066 --> 00:20:23,533
and garnet, 
and if I turn them over,

512
00:20:23,533 --> 00:20:24,566
one thing to point out--

513
00:20:24,566 --> 00:20:26,000
the tops of these 
are not original.

514
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,066
These are a later addition. 
Okay.

515
00:20:28,066 --> 00:20:29,666
But you can see there are 
these little tabs

516
00:20:29,666 --> 00:20:32,033
on the back that 
are used

517
00:20:32,033 --> 00:20:35,566
to separate each of the 
corresponding segments.

518
00:20:35,566 --> 00:20:37,866
And then the back has 
a little bit of an engraving,

519
00:20:37,866 --> 00:20:40,266
just to make them a little more 
interesting on the back.

520
00:20:40,266 --> 00:20:42,366
The reason these 
were divided into sections

521
00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:43,966
weren't so much used

522
00:20:43,966 --> 00:20:47,233
for changing the 
design of the piece,

523
00:20:47,233 --> 00:20:49,733
but these earrings were quite 
heavy to wear all the time.

524
00:20:49,733 --> 00:20:53,200
And so when ladies were going 
to their event or evening out,

525
00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,866
when they were in 
their carriages,

526
00:20:54,866 --> 00:20:56,166
they would take 
the lower sections off,

527
00:20:56,166 --> 00:20:58,333
so that they 
weren't so heavy,

528
00:20:58,333 --> 00:21:00,733
and upon arrival 
to their destination,

529
00:21:00,733 --> 00:21:02,533
they would put 
the bottom sections back on

530
00:21:02,533 --> 00:21:03,600
just so to give their ears

531
00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,333
a little relief 
for the evening.

532
00:21:06,333 --> 00:21:07,733
They're in 
excellent condition.

533
00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:09,366
We don't see many of these, 
and I think the fact

534
00:21:09,366 --> 00:21:11,166
that you have the history,

535
00:21:11,166 --> 00:21:14,066
the photographs, I would say 
that you would probably want

536
00:21:14,066 --> 00:21:17,333
to insure these from anywhere 
between $8,000 and $10,000.

537
00:21:17,333 --> 00:21:18,900
(hisses)

538
00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:21,000
(laughing): 
That's amazing.

539
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,133
Wow. 
Thank you.

540
00:21:23,133 --> 00:21:24,500
Unbelievable!

541
00:21:38,666 --> 00:21:42,333
WOMAN: 
I was a college student, and I 
went to the Folklife Festival,

542
00:21:42,333 --> 00:21:45,766
the Smithsonian in 
Washington, DC, on the Mall.

543
00:21:45,766 --> 00:21:47,733
I went into a tent, 
and this was there,

544
00:21:47,733 --> 00:21:49,133
and I fell in love with it.

545
00:21:49,133 --> 00:21:52,200
And there was a man 
that was there,

546
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,300
and I told him I was 
a college student

547
00:21:54,300 --> 00:21:56,433
and I didn't have 
a lot of money,

548
00:21:56,433 --> 00:21:59,566
so I said I... He said, 
"Do you like anything?"

549
00:21:59,566 --> 00:22:00,633
I said, "I like that."

550
00:22:00,633 --> 00:22:01,833
He said, "I tell you what.

551
00:22:01,833 --> 00:22:03,033
How much do you have?"

552
00:22:03,033 --> 00:22:07,200
I had about $30, and so he 
let me have it for $30.

553
00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,433
I love it.

554
00:22:08,433 --> 00:22:10,366
So how many years ago 
was that, approximately?

555
00:22:10,366 --> 00:22:11,800
30?

556
00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:14,166
When you walked in with this 
face jug, as they call it,

557
00:22:14,166 --> 00:22:17,733
I recognized that 
it's possibly a piece

558
00:22:17,733 --> 00:22:19,200
that was made by 
the Meaders family.

559
00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,433
I recognized it 
by the glaze,

560
00:22:21,433 --> 00:22:23,500
which is called a 
tobacco-spit glaze.

561
00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:24,700
And you can just 
picture it. 
Oh!

562
00:22:24,700 --> 00:22:26,666
It looks like dripping 
tobacco juice

563
00:22:26,666 --> 00:22:28,900
that someone might 
have spit on it.

564
00:22:28,900 --> 00:22:31,500
When we turn it over, 
we now see the signature,

565
00:22:31,500 --> 00:22:34,500
and the signature is 
that of Lanier Meaders.

566
00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:37,666
And he was born in 1917. 
Oh!

567
00:22:37,666 --> 00:22:41,233
And he was the second 
son of Georgia potters

568
00:22:41,233 --> 00:22:42,800
Cheever and Arie Meaders.

569
00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:45,666
They became very 
famous in Georgia.

570
00:22:45,666 --> 00:22:49,966
The Library of Congress 
honored them in the 1970s.

571
00:22:49,966 --> 00:22:51,400
Oh, God, I didn't know...

572
00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,233
So they actually 
had a very, very

573
00:22:53,233 --> 00:22:56,366
high regard in the field of 
American folk pottery.

574
00:22:56,366 --> 00:22:58,500
My sisters never liked it.

575
00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:00,833
So every time they 
would come to my house,

576
00:23:00,833 --> 00:23:02,500
they would turn the 
face to the wall.

577
00:23:02,500 --> 00:23:05,300
It's interesting you 
say that, because sometimes,

578
00:23:05,300 --> 00:23:09,500
the other name for the pottery 
is grotesque face pottery.

579
00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:10,766
(laughing)

580
00:23:10,766 --> 00:23:12,533
So some of them are actually 
quite distorted and scary.

581
00:23:12,533 --> 00:23:14,333
I think this 
is wonderful.

582
00:23:14,333 --> 00:23:15,566
It's very dignified.

583
00:23:15,566 --> 00:23:18,466
Value in today's market, 
somewhere in the

584
00:23:18,466 --> 00:23:21,433
$1,500 to 
$2,500 range.

585
00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:22,700
I love it. 
Thank you so much.

586
00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:23,900
Well, thank you 
for bringing it

587
00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:25,533
to "Antiques Roadshow." 
Thank you.

588
00:23:26,700 --> 00:23:28,933
I had no idea.

589
00:23:39,133 --> 00:23:41,133
It's a really 
well-detailed model.

590
00:23:41,133 --> 00:23:43,066
I first saw the Shot Tower 
about 20 years ago,

591
00:23:43,066 --> 00:23:45,800
my first trip to Baltimore, 
and the Phoenix Shot Tower

592
00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,166
was actually used to make lead 
shot for shotguns.

593
00:23:48,166 --> 00:23:51,466
They would drop lead shot off 
the top, and as it fell,

594
00:23:51,466 --> 00:23:53,500
it would form a perfect sphere.

595
00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:56,166
Reasonable retail price would be 
somewhere in the $1,000

596
00:23:56,166 --> 00:23:57,900
to $1,500 range 
for a piece like this.

597
00:23:57,900 --> 00:23:59,433
Oh, yeah?

598
00:24:05,500 --> 00:24:07,800
It would have been worth 
quite a bit of money

599
00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:09,166
had no one ever gotten to it.

600
00:24:09,166 --> 00:24:12,400
Somebody has done a lot 
of over-finishing.

601
00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:14,466
They were trying to repair 
these cracks here,

602
00:24:14,466 --> 00:24:16,100
but they didn't do 
a very good job.

603
00:24:16,100 --> 00:24:17,666
This guitar, 
in excellent condition,

604
00:24:17,666 --> 00:24:21,333
would have been worth 
about $15,000.

605
00:24:21,333 --> 00:24:24,066
In the condition it's in now, 
I'd say around

606
00:24:24,066 --> 00:24:27,333
$3,000, $3,500.

607
00:24:27,333 --> 00:24:29,500
This one just had 
all the wrong things done,

608
00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:31,066
but probably done during an era

609
00:24:31,066 --> 00:24:32,700
when people weren't thinking

610
00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:34,066
that these were worth 
any real money.

611
00:24:34,066 --> 00:24:36,400
MAN: 
I went to antique shop.

612
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:38,266
Saw that belt 
across the room.

613
00:24:38,266 --> 00:24:39,933
It was in the late '60s, 
early '70s,

614
00:24:39,933 --> 00:24:43,533
and I think we finally 
agreed on $150.

615
00:24:43,533 --> 00:24:46,533
I figured it was silver, 
and I wanted to wear it.

616
00:24:46,533 --> 00:24:48,666
Well, what you picked up 
was a belt that was made

617
00:24:48,666 --> 00:24:51,166
in the '30s by the Navajos.

618
00:24:51,166 --> 00:24:53,733
The materials 
it's made out of is silver.

619
00:24:53,733 --> 00:24:55,600
A belt like this today would 
sell for about

620
00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:58,966
$3,000 to $5,000 at auction. 
Okay.

621
00:24:58,966 --> 00:25:01,200
Well, I wish it still fit. 
You wanted to wear it.

622
00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,233
(laughs)

623
00:25:02,233 --> 00:25:03,866
I wore it for years.

624
00:25:03,866 --> 00:25:04,966
Were you an old hippie 
back then?

625
00:25:04,966 --> 00:25:07,400
Yes, of course.

626
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,966
I got it at a yard sale 
in Maryland.

627
00:25:10,966 --> 00:25:13,400
Okay, what did you pay 
for it? 
I paid $15 for it.

628
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,066
Okay, why did you buy it?

629
00:25:15,066 --> 00:25:17,766
Well, I bought it because this 
lady had a whole lot of them

630
00:25:17,766 --> 00:25:21,533
and told me that her husband 
was a curator with a museum.

631
00:25:21,533 --> 00:25:25,300
This is a mask from what used 
to be called Upper Volta,

632
00:25:25,300 --> 00:25:27,233
which is now called 
Burkina Faso.

633
00:25:27,233 --> 00:25:29,133
The tribe is Nunuma,

634
00:25:29,133 --> 00:25:32,766
and it's in the central area 
of Burkina Faso.

635
00:25:32,766 --> 00:25:38,833
What we like to see on masks 
is, first of all,

636
00:25:38,833 --> 00:25:42,733
this has wonderful wear 
all along this edge here,

637
00:25:42,733 --> 00:25:44,733
great old break in there. 
Right there, yeah.

638
00:25:44,733 --> 00:25:49,300
We come around, we have some 
nice wear on the front.

639
00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:50,733
And I'm telling you, 
I've been doing

640
00:25:50,733 --> 00:25:52,533
the Antiques Roadshow 
for 12 years,

641
00:25:52,533 --> 00:25:55,000
this is one of the few 
authentic masks I've found.

642
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,766
Is that right? 
This is the real deal.

643
00:25:56,766 --> 00:25:58,100
I figured it was, 
because...

644
00:25:58,100 --> 00:25:59,033
This is the real deal.

645
00:25:59,033 --> 00:26:00,800
He was a curator 
of a museum, so...

646
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:04,366
These masks are used 
as bush spirits

647
00:26:04,366 --> 00:26:06,666
to communicate 
with the creator.

648
00:26:06,666 --> 00:26:07,866
This is really lovely.

649
00:26:07,866 --> 00:26:10,033
And they did wear it 
on their face as a mask?

650
00:26:10,033 --> 00:26:13,400
Yeah, it's worn-- if you'll 
pardon me, it's worn like this.

651
00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,933
Oh. 
And that's the way 
it's danced.

652
00:26:15,933 --> 00:26:17,400
What do you think it's worth?

653
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,166
It's got to be worth 
more than $15.

654
00:26:19,166 --> 00:26:21,666
How about $5,000 to $7,000?

655
00:26:21,666 --> 00:26:24,833
Oh, my word, 
I would've... 
Yup.

656
00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:28,500
Oh, my God. 
Yeah, this is really a nice, 
good, solid mask.

657
00:26:28,500 --> 00:26:30,933
It's in good condition 
and it's old.

658
00:26:30,933 --> 00:26:32,466
Oh, my gosh, 
thank you so much.

659
00:26:32,466 --> 00:26:34,066
Should I say congratulations? 
Yes, you should.

660
00:26:34,066 --> 00:26:36,033
Okay, I will. 
(both chuckle)

661
00:26:49,833 --> 00:26:51,600
It was my late husband's,

662
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,500
and it was a particular 
treasure of his.

663
00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:56,000
He was a graphic artist

664
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,800
and he collected 
a lot of posters.

665
00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,633
This is the most 
interesting, I think.

666
00:26:59,633 --> 00:27:03,033
Being from the Bridgeport area, 
where Barnum had his museum

667
00:27:03,033 --> 00:27:05,933
and the circus had its winter 
headquarters and everything,

668
00:27:05,933 --> 00:27:07,400
there was local interest,

669
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,066
but we both really 
loved the headline,

670
00:27:09,066 --> 00:27:11,466
so typically Barnum.

671
00:27:11,466 --> 00:27:13,733
I think, 
from my research,

672
00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:17,933
that Jumbo was 
killed in 1885.

673
00:27:17,933 --> 00:27:19,833
Hit by a train.

674
00:27:19,833 --> 00:27:23,433
And Jumbo the elephant 
was a big star of the circus,

675
00:27:23,433 --> 00:27:25,266
and it was a horror 
that he was killed.

676
00:27:25,266 --> 00:27:29,400
And so Barnum had to do 
something to rescue the circus,

677
00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:31,800
and he came up with 
this story that Jumbo

678
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:33,733
had sacrificed 
himself and thrown

679
00:27:33,733 --> 00:27:36,666
this elephant out of the 
way of the oncoming train

680
00:27:36,666 --> 00:27:37,966
to save its life.

681
00:27:37,966 --> 00:27:39,433
It's a great headline.

682
00:27:39,433 --> 00:27:41,900
And this may come 
as a surprise to you,

683
00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:43,366
but for some reason, 
I'm very partial

684
00:27:43,366 --> 00:27:46,633
to images of men 
dressed as clowns. 
(laughing)

685
00:27:46,633 --> 00:27:47,833
I don't know what 
it is,

686
00:27:47,833 --> 00:27:49,100
but it really, 
it resonates with me. 
Yes.

687
00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:50,633
P.T. Barnum was considered

688
00:27:50,633 --> 00:27:52,333
the world's 
greatest huckster.

689
00:27:52,333 --> 00:27:55,133
And early circus posters 
are a wonderful window

690
00:27:55,133 --> 00:27:56,866
into the history 
of American advertising.

691
00:27:56,866 --> 00:27:59,200
The circuses would travel 
from town to town,

692
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,833
and as they were moving 
from town to town,

693
00:28:01,833 --> 00:28:04,233
an advance team of advertisers 
would be in the next town

694
00:28:04,233 --> 00:28:05,200
hanging up posters.

695
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,066
And the circuses 
in America really

696
00:28:07,066 --> 00:28:09,766
revolutionized poster 
art in America. 
Oh.

697
00:28:09,766 --> 00:28:11,566
And revolutionized 
advertising art.

698
00:28:11,566 --> 00:28:12,633
The poster was printed

699
00:28:12,633 --> 00:28:14,366
by one of the great 
American lithographers,

700
00:28:14,366 --> 00:28:17,066
the Strobridge Company, 
which was based in Cincinnati.

701
00:28:17,066 --> 00:28:19,333
And their name appears on all 
the posters that they printed,

702
00:28:19,333 --> 00:28:21,900
and they really are the gold 
standard for American

703
00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:23,933
turn-of-the-century 
commercial lithography.

704
00:28:23,933 --> 00:28:25,933
Now, on most early 
circus posters,

705
00:28:25,933 --> 00:28:27,066
not only does it say Strobridge,

706
00:28:27,066 --> 00:28:28,800
but it has the date 
of the poster. 
Oh!

707
00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,700
This series, 
with the two cameos--

708
00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:33,566
the two very desirable 
cameos, from the point of view

709
00:28:33,566 --> 00:28:35,333
of circus collectors-- 
these were never dated.

710
00:28:35,333 --> 00:28:37,666
But they date 
to approximately

711
00:28:37,666 --> 00:28:39,200
the early 1890s. 
Really?

712
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:40,600
So it was a little bit 
after Jumbo died.

713
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:41,700
Now, you mentioned 
the headline.

714
00:28:41,700 --> 00:28:42,666
The headline is great.

715
00:28:42,666 --> 00:28:43,800
You've got to imagine a man

716
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,433
standing outside 
the big top going,

717
00:28:45,433 --> 00:28:47,933
"The original, 
famous, and only

718
00:28:47,933 --> 00:28:49,166
"diminutive, dwarf

719
00:28:49,166 --> 00:28:51,566
"clown elephant, 
Tom Thumb,

720
00:28:51,566 --> 00:28:56,333
"to save whom Jumbo so nobly 
sacrificed his own life.

721
00:28:56,333 --> 00:28:59,900
Inimitable displays of 
elephantine intelligence."

722
00:28:59,900 --> 00:29:02,000
(chuckles) 
This would've 
really excited people,

723
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:03,800
along with all the great 
vignettes of the elephant

724
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,833
playing music, 
the elephant bicycling,

725
00:29:05,833 --> 00:29:08,000
the elephant 
ordering drinks.

726
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,166
This would have really excited 
people to come and visit.

727
00:29:10,166 --> 00:29:11,166
The circus posters

728
00:29:11,166 --> 00:29:12,400
from the '30s and '40s,

729
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,133
which were printed 
in much larger numbers,

730
00:29:14,133 --> 00:29:16,800
tend to sell 
in the $200, $300, $400 range.

731
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,833
At auction, I would 
estimate its value

732
00:29:19,833 --> 00:29:22,300
at between $2,000 
and $3,000,

733
00:29:22,300 --> 00:29:23,600
and it's in very 
good condition, too.

734
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:24,800
The colors are still bright.

735
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:26,433
So it wouldn't 
surprise me if it would sell

736
00:29:26,433 --> 00:29:28,400
closer to the high end of that 
rather than the low end.

737
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:29,700
Great.

738
00:29:29,700 --> 00:29:31,600
Great-- my husband 
would be very pleased.

739
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,866
I need a pair 
of red-striped pants.

740
00:29:33,866 --> 00:29:36,300
(laughing) 
That would be perfect.

741
00:29:44,933 --> 00:29:47,966
MAN: 
We think we have 
a 17th-century watch.

742
00:29:47,966 --> 00:29:48,933
We think it's from France,

743
00:29:48,933 --> 00:29:50,500
and the story 
in our family is,

744
00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:52,400
it may have actually 
been a remake

745
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:53,966
of an earlier watch.

746
00:29:53,966 --> 00:29:56,066
And so we know it has 
some enamel on it

747
00:29:56,066 --> 00:29:57,500
and some silver, 
but that's really

748
00:29:57,500 --> 00:29:59,233
as much as we know about it.

749
00:29:59,233 --> 00:30:01,433
And when you 
brought it to me,

750
00:30:01,433 --> 00:30:02,700
there was a little bit 
of a mystery.

751
00:30:02,700 --> 00:30:04,133
I had to do 
a little research.

752
00:30:04,133 --> 00:30:05,800
First, you notice, 
it's very ornate.

753
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,266
There's a lot 
going on there.

754
00:30:07,266 --> 00:30:08,633
The movement is done

755
00:30:08,633 --> 00:30:11,533
by a watchmaker 
that was out of London

756
00:30:11,533 --> 00:30:16,866
around 1768 through the latter 
part of the 1700s.

757
00:30:16,866 --> 00:30:18,366
So you're right 
on the money there,

758
00:30:18,366 --> 00:30:20,200
as far as the watch.

759
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,400
But whoever put together 
the piece itself

760
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,666
put it together later.

761
00:30:25,666 --> 00:30:26,833
Now, on the back,

762
00:30:26,833 --> 00:30:28,700
there's a little hook 
where this should be worn

763
00:30:28,700 --> 00:30:30,400
over a sash 
or on a heavy garment.

764
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,766
This is very ornamental.

765
00:30:32,766 --> 00:30:34,966
The hallmark-- 
it's an export mark--

766
00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:36,700
tells us that it was 
made sometime

767
00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:40,466
between 1891 and 1901.

768
00:30:40,466 --> 00:30:41,466
Now, where is it from?

769
00:30:41,466 --> 00:30:42,800
Not France. 
Oh.

770
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,666
Austria-Hungary.

771
00:30:45,666 --> 00:30:48,600
And it's very typical 
of this type of enamel work

772
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,433
done on top of silver.

773
00:30:50,433 --> 00:30:52,633
Beyond that, 
what looks like glass

774
00:30:52,633 --> 00:30:54,733
is not glass. 
Is it rock crystal? 
Is that...

775
00:30:54,733 --> 00:30:56,333
Yeah, that's good. 
Okay.

776
00:30:56,333 --> 00:30:57,433
And it's not molded.

777
00:30:57,433 --> 00:31:01,300
You have to start by taking 
a solid piece

778
00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:03,300
of rock crystal.

779
00:31:03,300 --> 00:31:05,533
And usually this was done

780
00:31:05,533 --> 00:31:07,366
in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.

781
00:31:07,366 --> 00:31:08,800
And they would sit down

782
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,633
and hand-cut 
these pieces out.

783
00:31:10,633 --> 00:31:14,100
They actually 
cut a cylinder

784
00:31:14,100 --> 00:31:15,900
for the watch movement 
to fit into.

785
00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:16,900
They cut this top piece.

786
00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:18,466
They put all 
the facets on it.

787
00:31:18,466 --> 00:31:19,566
It's a lot of work.

788
00:31:19,566 --> 00:31:21,166
And don't think 
they got it right

789
00:31:21,166 --> 00:31:22,333
the first time.

790
00:31:22,333 --> 00:31:23,333
I'm sure... 
Really?

791
00:31:23,333 --> 00:31:24,666
...a piece 
may have broken,

792
00:31:24,666 --> 00:31:26,200
they threw it in the pile,

793
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,133
they had to start 
all over again.

794
00:31:28,133 --> 00:31:30,600
You can see where they had 
to hollow out

795
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,200
the rock crystal. 
Right.

796
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:37,533
Now, there's a lot 
of interest in these watches.

797
00:31:37,533 --> 00:31:39,300
A very strong 
market for this today.

798
00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:41,100
Probably

799
00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:42,800
in the neighborhood, at auction,

800
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,100
of $20,000

801
00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:46,933
to $30,000. 
Amazing, hmm.

802
00:31:46,933 --> 00:31:48,900
That's, that's unbelievable 
to hear.

803
00:31:48,900 --> 00:31:50,333
Does the fact 
that it may be

804
00:31:50,333 --> 00:31:52,166
a Judaic piece 
add any value

805
00:31:52,166 --> 00:31:53,400
or take any value from...

806
00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:54,633
It's interesting 
you bring that up,

807
00:31:54,633 --> 00:31:56,233
because it's 
a six-pointed star.

808
00:31:56,233 --> 00:31:57,233
Austria and Hungary,

809
00:31:57,233 --> 00:31:58,566
they used this form a lot

810
00:31:58,566 --> 00:32:01,600
and it didn't necessarily 
have anything to do

811
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,366
with Judaica.

812
00:32:03,366 --> 00:32:05,266
Thanks for bringing it in. 
Thank you.

813
00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:18,900
WOMAN: 
Well, my father-in-law 
was clearing out a house,

814
00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:21,166
and the owner said 
that he was going to get rid of

815
00:32:21,166 --> 00:32:24,800
a pile of junk, and asked him 
if he wanted to keep any of it.

816
00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:26,966
And my mother-in-law 
put a print on it

817
00:32:26,966 --> 00:32:30,100
and hung it in her office 
for about ten years.

818
00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:33,233
And then when she retired, 
she put it up in the attic.

819
00:32:33,233 --> 00:32:35,800
After about five years or so 
in the attic,

820
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,133
she gave it to me,

821
00:32:37,133 --> 00:32:40,033
and it hung in my house 
for about five years,

822
00:32:40,033 --> 00:32:42,800
until I decided 
that I would change the frame.

823
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:47,000
And when I opened it up, 
I saw this striking girl.

824
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,633
I immediately 
was drawn to her.

825
00:32:49,633 --> 00:32:52,533
I didn't recognize the name 
"Benton" on the bottom.

826
00:32:52,533 --> 00:32:54,466
I started 
to do a little research,

827
00:32:54,466 --> 00:32:58,233
and then I found out it was 
Thomas Hart Benton's drawing.

828
00:32:58,233 --> 00:33:01,833
So is it still that original 
frame that it was in?

829
00:33:01,833 --> 00:33:03,300
It's the same frame. 
Okay, okay.

830
00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:04,600
And the same matte,

831
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,133
and I just protected it 
with U.V. glass, and I've really

832
00:33:07,133 --> 00:33:08,900
been enjoying it in my house.

833
00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:11,166
And now, what do you know about 
the subject of the drawing?

834
00:33:11,166 --> 00:33:12,833
It's a study 
for a mural

835
00:33:12,833 --> 00:33:16,300
that's hanging 
at the Indiana University.

836
00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:17,966
I think the mural 
was commissioned

837
00:33:17,966 --> 00:33:22,733
for the state fair 
in the early 1900s.

838
00:33:22,733 --> 00:33:25,100
And if you see the picture 
of the mural,

839
00:33:25,100 --> 00:33:27,866
the little girl 
is right in the middle.

840
00:33:27,866 --> 00:33:29,166
It is a Benton drawing,

841
00:33:29,166 --> 00:33:31,133
and it's a really 
wonderful Benton drawing.

842
00:33:31,133 --> 00:33:34,500
He's known as an American 
regionalist painter, primarily.

843
00:33:34,500 --> 00:33:36,666
This is executed 
in pen and ink.

844
00:33:36,666 --> 00:33:39,533
The drawings are not quite 
as well known as the paintings.

845
00:33:39,533 --> 00:33:41,933
There are these very sort of 
active, sinewy figures

846
00:33:41,933 --> 00:33:43,333
in a lot of the paintings.

847
00:33:43,333 --> 00:33:45,900
There are landscapes that 
are very, very distinctive.

848
00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:48,000
He was also known 
as a mural painter.

849
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,500
He actually was commissioned 
to paint this mural cycle

850
00:33:50,500 --> 00:33:53,866
for the Chicago 
World's Fair in 1933,

851
00:33:53,866 --> 00:33:57,266
and it represented the 
Indiana pavilion at the fair.

852
00:33:57,266 --> 00:34:00,766
And he spent a lot of research, 
a lot of time in Indiana.

853
00:34:00,766 --> 00:34:04,333
He came up with the idea 
of a cycle that represented

854
00:34:04,333 --> 00:34:06,233
the history of 
industry in Indiana

855
00:34:06,233 --> 00:34:08,100
and the history of 
culture in Indiana.

856
00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:10,566
And it deals with the 
cultural aspect of the parks,

857
00:34:10,566 --> 00:34:12,433
circuses, 
the press and--

858
00:34:12,433 --> 00:34:15,333
here's the controversial 
part-- the Klan.

859
00:34:15,333 --> 00:34:16,700
He was anxious

860
00:34:16,700 --> 00:34:19,766
to show history 
as it really was in Indiana,

861
00:34:19,766 --> 00:34:23,266
and he wanted 
to represent the Ku Klux Klan.

862
00:34:23,266 --> 00:34:27,033
There was a real controversial 
aspect to that.

863
00:34:27,033 --> 00:34:28,333
And he had to get permission 
to do it,

864
00:34:28,333 --> 00:34:30,900
and he went through 
the State House, and so on.

865
00:34:30,900 --> 00:34:32,300
Ultimately, it was granted.

866
00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:36,000
This drawing represents a 
figure in panel number ten.

867
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,900
And this panel depicted 
the racial issues in Indiana

868
00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:42,366
in the 1920s, 
apparently,

869
00:34:42,366 --> 00:34:45,266
from what research 
I've been able to do.

870
00:34:45,266 --> 00:34:46,400
When the fair was over,

871
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,133
the whole thing 
went into storage.

872
00:34:48,133 --> 00:34:49,666
Apparently, nobody 
really wanted it.

873
00:34:49,666 --> 00:34:52,066
And then at some point 
in the late '30s,

874
00:34:52,066 --> 00:34:54,033
the president of Indiana 
University decided

875
00:34:54,033 --> 00:34:55,966
that they'd like it 
for the university,

876
00:34:55,966 --> 00:34:58,366
and it was reinstalled 
in the university.

877
00:34:58,366 --> 00:35:00,566
But to this day, 
there's a big controversy

878
00:35:00,566 --> 00:35:03,433
over the aspect of the panel 
that deals with the Klan.

879
00:35:03,433 --> 00:35:06,866
But the whole situation 
has really changed in terms

880
00:35:06,866 --> 00:35:08,766
of marketability 
and things,

881
00:35:08,766 --> 00:35:11,333
because whereas these things 
were perhaps not very desirable

882
00:35:11,333 --> 00:35:13,400
in the past, there's 
tremendous interest

883
00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:14,500
in this now.

884
00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:17,633
Images depicting Black 
history in America

885
00:35:17,633 --> 00:35:19,433
are very, very 
sought after.

886
00:35:19,433 --> 00:35:21,333
You had told me you 
had this appraised once,

887
00:35:21,333 --> 00:35:22,300
and they told you...

888
00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:24,133
I had it appraised 
about ten years ago,

889
00:35:24,133 --> 00:35:25,533
in Philadelphia, 
and he said

890
00:35:25,533 --> 00:35:28,166
that the art market 
was somewhat low,

891
00:35:28,166 --> 00:35:30,366
and there was no market 
for African American art,

892
00:35:30,366 --> 00:35:33,800
so he said that, 
probably about $2,000.

893
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:35,733
Well, that may have 
been the case there,

894
00:35:35,733 --> 00:35:37,233
or he may have 
been misinformed.

895
00:35:37,233 --> 00:35:38,766
It's certainly 
not the case now.

896
00:35:38,766 --> 00:35:41,366
A really finished Benton 
drawing of this kind of quality

897
00:35:41,366 --> 00:35:43,133
and of such a fascinating 
subject matter,

898
00:35:43,133 --> 00:35:44,833
in today's market,

899
00:35:44,833 --> 00:35:47,166
I would say an auction 
estimate on this drawing

900
00:35:47,166 --> 00:35:48,633
conservatively would 
be somewhere in the

901
00:35:48,633 --> 00:35:50,766
perhaps $12,000 
to $18,000 range.

902
00:35:50,766 --> 00:35:52,300
Really?

903
00:35:52,300 --> 00:35:53,466
You really 
found a treasure

904
00:35:53,466 --> 00:35:55,366
under that Monet 
print in that frame,

905
00:35:55,366 --> 00:35:58,066
and I really appreciate you 
bringing it to us today.

906
00:35:58,066 --> 00:35:59,833
Thank you, thank you. 
You're welcome.

907
00:36:05,766 --> 00:36:08,966
Well, I brought 
a ceremonial sword

908
00:36:08,966 --> 00:36:10,766
that was given to my 
great-great-grandfather

909
00:36:10,766 --> 00:36:12,900
in about 1856.

910
00:36:12,900 --> 00:36:17,166
And he later became 
the consul to Bavaria,

911
00:36:17,166 --> 00:36:19,733
and I brought his certificate 
naming him as the consul.

912
00:36:19,733 --> 00:36:22,500
Well, who was the sword 
presented by?

913
00:36:22,500 --> 00:36:25,766
It was presented by 
his men in the...

914
00:36:25,766 --> 00:36:28,500
It was the Philadelphia 
Artillery Brigade

915
00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:29,900
in the Pennsylvania militia.

916
00:36:29,900 --> 00:36:31,566
And it was presented 
at the time

917
00:36:31,566 --> 00:36:33,633
also by the governor 
of Pennsylvania

918
00:36:33,633 --> 00:36:37,066
and Simon Cameron, 
who eventually became

919
00:36:37,066 --> 00:36:38,766
Lincoln's first 
secretary of war.

920
00:36:38,766 --> 00:36:40,033
Correct.

921
00:36:40,033 --> 00:36:41,866
Do you know what 
that regiment was called?

922
00:36:41,866 --> 00:36:44,366
His regiment ultimately became 
the 27th Pennsylvania.

923
00:36:44,366 --> 00:36:47,400
At the time, they were just 
a militia brigade, right?

924
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:48,733
I found a neat 
reference to them.

925
00:36:48,733 --> 00:36:52,233
They're actually the 
Philadelphia Flying Artillery.

926
00:36:52,233 --> 00:36:53,533
Oh, okay.

927
00:36:53,533 --> 00:36:55,466
And he's the man that 
actually founded it. 
Okay.

928
00:36:55,466 --> 00:36:58,533
Which is why they were giving 
him this token of their esteem.

929
00:36:58,533 --> 00:37:00,666
It's got a beautiful 
presentation on the front,

930
00:37:00,666 --> 00:37:01,633
where it was presented

931
00:37:01,633 --> 00:37:05,566
by his men 
"To General Max Einstein."

932
00:37:05,566 --> 00:37:07,700
Right. 
Wonderful presentation.

933
00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:12,633
The sword itself is made by 
the Ames Manufacturing Company

934
00:37:12,633 --> 00:37:14,033
in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

935
00:37:14,033 --> 00:37:16,666
And it has the correct Ames mark 
on the back of the scabbard.

936
00:37:16,666 --> 00:37:20,900
This is pretty much the pinnacle 
of an Ames sword.

937
00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:22,366
Beautifully executed.

938
00:37:22,366 --> 00:37:24,100
It has the original 
silver handle

939
00:37:24,100 --> 00:37:27,633
with beautiful floral and 
geometric patterns on the grip. 
Mm-hmm.

940
00:37:27,633 --> 00:37:29,733
Eagles everywhere. 
Right.

941
00:37:29,733 --> 00:37:31,733
Eagles on the crossguard,

942
00:37:31,733 --> 00:37:33,400
eagles on the pommel cap.

943
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,000
Beautifully done sword.

944
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,433
This was the top 
that Ames made. 
Wow.

945
00:37:38,433 --> 00:37:40,433
Have you been able to do 
much research

946
00:37:40,433 --> 00:37:42,600
about when the sword 
was given to him?

947
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:45,533
We have a book 
that mentions it.

948
00:37:45,533 --> 00:37:48,466
The book is called 
"The Jews of Philadelphia."

949
00:37:48,466 --> 00:37:50,433
And it's mentioned... 
no doubt,

950
00:37:50,433 --> 00:37:52,300
the author actually 
went to his home.

951
00:37:52,300 --> 00:37:54,533
He said it was 
hanging on the wall,

952
00:37:54,533 --> 00:37:56,933
and there's a description 
of the presentation,

953
00:37:56,933 --> 00:37:58,600
and it mentions Cameron

954
00:37:58,600 --> 00:37:59,633
and the governor 
of Pennsylvania,

955
00:37:59,633 --> 00:38:01,133
who I think was John Pollock.

956
00:38:01,133 --> 00:38:02,133
And the appointment 
mentions

957
00:38:02,133 --> 00:38:04,033
where he was 
being made consul

958
00:38:04,033 --> 00:38:08,300
to His Majesty, 
the King of Bavaria.

959
00:38:08,300 --> 00:38:10,333
And what's interesting 
about this

960
00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:13,000
is, not only is it an important 
piece of paper of history,

961
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,633
it's also important because 
of who it's signed by.

962
00:38:16,633 --> 00:38:22,166
This one has a full ink 
signature all in his hand,

963
00:38:22,166 --> 00:38:23,733
deep colors, no fading.

964
00:38:23,733 --> 00:38:26,166
It's a beautiful 
signature.

965
00:38:26,166 --> 00:38:28,100
And if you notice, 
it's dated in 1861.

966
00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:31,200
That's early 
in Lincoln's presidency.

967
00:38:31,200 --> 00:38:34,266
Also a wonderful thing 
to have with it.

968
00:38:34,266 --> 00:38:37,500
It's not a sword that you'd 
ever decide to sell. 
Right.

969
00:38:37,500 --> 00:38:41,133
So I'd insure it 
for $15,000.

970
00:38:41,133 --> 00:38:43,833
(chuckles)

971
00:38:43,833 --> 00:38:47,533
It's been hanging on a wall for 
years and years, you know, so...

972
00:38:47,533 --> 00:38:48,500
And the appointment,

973
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,066
with the good, 
clear signatures,

974
00:38:50,066 --> 00:38:54,200
is something you would need 
to insure for around $5,000.

975
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:55,500
Okay, that's good to know.

976
00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:57,566
Fantastic piece.

977
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,133
These are incredibly intricate 
carvings made out of cork.

978
00:39:14,133 --> 00:39:16,566
They are depicting 
the Summer Palace

979
00:39:16,566 --> 00:39:18,833
and the Winter Palace 
in Beijing. 
Yes.

980
00:39:18,833 --> 00:39:20,300
And they were done 
probably in

981
00:39:20,300 --> 00:39:22,900
the late 19th- 
early 20th century.

982
00:39:22,900 --> 00:39:25,266
They're worth about 
$1,000 apiece. 
Uh-huh.

983
00:39:25,266 --> 00:39:26,833
I think they're just 
lovely.

984
00:39:26,833 --> 00:39:28,500
Thank you for 
bringing them in.

985
00:39:30,233 --> 00:39:32,866
MAN: 
My dad made them, 
passed them on to me, so...

986
00:39:32,866 --> 00:39:34,633
APPRAISER: 
These types of miniature tools,

987
00:39:34,633 --> 00:39:35,933
I wouldn't want 
to call them common,

988
00:39:35,933 --> 00:39:37,200
but they're not rare, either.

989
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,800
What is rare is that you have 
this complete group.

990
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,500
We know who made them. 
Right.

991
00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:44,333
They've been kept in the family 
and kept together like this.

992
00:39:44,333 --> 00:39:45,900
For insurance purposes,

993
00:39:45,900 --> 00:39:49,233
you would want to cover these 
for something around $4,000.

994
00:39:49,233 --> 00:39:51,266
All right, 
that's very good. 
Yeah.

995
00:39:56,166 --> 00:39:58,766
WOMAN: 
I know that it's a bulb pot.

996
00:39:58,766 --> 00:40:00,166
It was in my 
grandmother's house

997
00:40:00,166 --> 00:40:02,100
the whole time 
I was growing up,

998
00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:03,933
and it was something 
that I had asked her,

999
00:40:03,933 --> 00:40:07,133
and when she passed 
away, I, I took it.

1000
00:40:07,133 --> 00:40:08,300
(laughs) 
What do you do with it now?

1001
00:40:08,300 --> 00:40:10,200
I plant bulbs in it. 
You put bulbs in it, okay.

1002
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,133
(laughing): 
Yes.

1003
00:40:12,133 --> 00:40:15,366
Well, what we have here is 
actually a piece of pottery

1004
00:40:15,366 --> 00:40:17,000
from the Boston area,

1005
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,100
and it is called 
a Saturday Evening Girl bowl.

1006
00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:22,200
Saturday Evening Girl 
is a really interesting story.

1007
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:25,866
And it actually comes from 
a group of philanthropists

1008
00:40:25,866 --> 00:40:27,700
in Boston just around the turn 
of the century,

1009
00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:31,566
and they decided they wanted 
to give immigrant girls a wage,

1010
00:40:31,566 --> 00:40:34,933
and they'd pay them on Saturday 
to come in and decorate

1011
00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:35,933
pottery and porcelain.

1012
00:40:35,933 --> 00:40:37,300
The way this is done here is,

1013
00:40:37,300 --> 00:40:39,933
they carve the surface 
of the pottery

1014
00:40:39,933 --> 00:40:42,733
and then they glaze around it.

1015
00:40:42,733 --> 00:40:44,300
And we know that this 
is Saturday Evening Girls

1016
00:40:44,300 --> 00:40:45,833
because, on the bottom,

1017
00:40:45,833 --> 00:40:47,066
we have here... 
It says "S.E.G."

1018
00:40:47,066 --> 00:40:48,133
It says "S.E.G."

1019
00:40:48,133 --> 00:40:50,266
I thought they were 
someone's initials.

1020
00:40:50,266 --> 00:40:51,400
They are-- 
Saturday Evening Girls.

1021
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,133
But this is actually 
someone's initials here.

1022
00:40:54,133 --> 00:40:57,733
And that "S.G." 
stands for Sara Galner,

1023
00:40:57,733 --> 00:41:00,200
who was one of the more 
important artists

1024
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,400
that Saturday Evening Girls 
employed.

1025
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:05,433
And below it 
is the date "9-11."

1026
00:41:05,433 --> 00:41:07,000
So it's done in September 
of 1911.

1027
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,133
So not only do we know 
who made it,

1028
00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:11,066
we know when it was made 
and where it was made.

1029
00:41:11,066 --> 00:41:12,633
And the fact 
of the matter is... 
Wow...

1030
00:41:12,633 --> 00:41:14,600
...you should be not using it 
as a bulb pot.

1031
00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:15,966
(laughs): 
Oh, okay.

1032
00:41:15,966 --> 00:41:17,700
It's worth probably-- it has 
a little hairline here--

1033
00:41:17,700 --> 00:41:19,666
but it's worth probably 
around $2,000.

1034
00:41:19,666 --> 00:41:21,366
(breathlessly): 
Oh, my God.

1035
00:41:21,366 --> 00:41:23,233
(laughing)

1036
00:41:23,233 --> 00:41:25,700
Those are some lucky paperwhite 
bulbs, I'm telling you.

1037
00:41:25,700 --> 00:41:27,800
(laughing)

1038
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:29,900
(laughing): 
Oh, I don't even 
want to think about

1039
00:41:29,900 --> 00:41:31,666
what I've done with this pot.

1040
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:45,633
MAN: 
It belonged to my uncle, 
then my cousin got it.

1041
00:41:45,633 --> 00:41:47,000
Then my cousin died

1042
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:48,500
and his wife asked me 
if I'd like to have it.

1043
00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:50,033
Now, you're a train buff?

1044
00:41:50,033 --> 00:41:51,533
Not until this one. 
(laughs)

1045
00:41:51,533 --> 00:41:53,833
Do you know much 
about Lionel Company?

1046
00:41:53,833 --> 00:41:55,200
I know they've 
been in business

1047
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:57,533
a long time, but, uh...

1048
00:41:57,533 --> 00:41:59,700
Well, we'll fill in 
a few blanks for you. 
Okay.

1049
00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:01,900
First of all, Lionel was 
actually the middle name

1050
00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:03,466
of Joshua Lionel Cowen--

1051
00:42:03,466 --> 00:42:05,400
earlier Cohen, 
but later Cowen.

1052
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:09,066
He came over to the States, 
and in the late 1800s,

1053
00:42:09,066 --> 00:42:13,000
he developed the flash powder 
that photographers use.

1054
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,166
And it was so successful,

1055
00:42:14,166 --> 00:42:16,366
the Navy contracted to use 
this flash powder

1056
00:42:16,366 --> 00:42:18,100
for mine detonation.

1057
00:42:18,100 --> 00:42:19,500
This is how he got his stake

1058
00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:21,366
and he could start 
the Lionel Train Company,

1059
00:42:21,366 --> 00:42:24,000
which he thought of 
when he saw a small fan,

1060
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,866
and he tried to figure out 
how to use it.

1061
00:42:25,866 --> 00:42:27,666
And he figured he'd put in 
a little motor,

1062
00:42:27,666 --> 00:42:29,400
and that's when he started 
with the toy trains.

1063
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:30,966
He's the one who 
invented this size,

1064
00:42:30,966 --> 00:42:32,700
which is called 
standard gauge.

1065
00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:34,866
And what he endeavored 
to do with standard gauge

1066
00:42:34,866 --> 00:42:36,733
was to make 
the most beautiful,

1067
00:42:36,733 --> 00:42:39,333
luxurious trains 
for kids possible.

1068
00:42:39,333 --> 00:42:40,566
And this is considered to be

1069
00:42:40,566 --> 00:42:42,333
one of his greatest 
accomplishments,

1070
00:42:42,333 --> 00:42:43,500
the Blue Comet.

1071
00:42:43,500 --> 00:42:45,100
It came out 
in the early 1930s,

1072
00:42:45,100 --> 00:42:48,000
about 1930 to 1938.

1073
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,366
This was actually based after 
a real train.

1074
00:42:50,366 --> 00:42:52,600
Oh, is it? 
1929 to 1941,

1075
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:54,766
there's a train called 
the Blue Comet

1076
00:42:54,766 --> 00:42:57,000
that ran a New Jersey 
Central Line

1077
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,233
down to Atlantic City 
and the Jersey Shore.

1078
00:42:59,233 --> 00:43:00,566
It was called 
the seashore's

1079
00:43:00,566 --> 00:43:02,066
finest train.

1080
00:43:02,066 --> 00:43:04,466
And it was competing with 
Pennsylvania Railroad.

1081
00:43:04,466 --> 00:43:07,700
It was painted blue 
because of the Jersey seashore.

1082
00:43:07,700 --> 00:43:08,833
And guess what?

1083
00:43:08,833 --> 00:43:10,633
The Blue Comet, 
the Faye,

1084
00:43:10,633 --> 00:43:12,333
the Westphal, 
and the Tempel here,

1085
00:43:12,333 --> 00:43:14,566
all named after comets.

1086
00:43:14,566 --> 00:43:15,666
No kidding.

1087
00:43:15,666 --> 00:43:16,733
The train was so beautiful

1088
00:43:16,733 --> 00:43:17,866
that people would actually 
wait for it

1089
00:43:17,866 --> 00:43:18,833
to come down the tracks

1090
00:43:18,833 --> 00:43:20,900
so they could watch it 
go by.

1091
00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:23,500
Three hours from door to door, 
that's what they advertised.

1092
00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:27,100
And they advertised 
the finest in luxury.

1093
00:43:27,100 --> 00:43:29,700
And when Joshua Lionel Cowen 
created this train,

1094
00:43:29,700 --> 00:43:31,133
that's what he wanted to do, 
as well.

1095
00:43:31,133 --> 00:43:32,800
Let's take a look.

1096
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:37,100
The actual train had 
triple-cushioned mohair seats.

1097
00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:39,333
They even show a bathroom 
and a commode.

1098
00:43:39,333 --> 00:43:41,066
There was a smoking room 
for the gentlemen.

1099
00:43:41,066 --> 00:43:42,400
There was an observation 
deck,

1100
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:44,366
which you see 
in the back of this train... 
Right.

1101
00:43:44,366 --> 00:43:46,033
And they had all the luxuries 
for that time.

1102
00:43:46,033 --> 00:43:48,100
Right. 
For a Lionel train, 
this is unheard of.

1103
00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:49,666
You could never 
take the top off,

1104
00:43:49,666 --> 00:43:52,466
and of course it had the 
spectacular electric light.

1105
00:43:52,466 --> 00:43:54,866
All the little details 
were thought of

1106
00:43:54,866 --> 00:43:58,266
to make this like 
the actual-size Blue Comet.

1107
00:43:58,266 --> 00:44:00,533
Now, at the time 
this was sold,

1108
00:44:00,533 --> 00:44:02,400
$70 to buy this

1109
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,833
in the 1930s, at the 
height of the Depression.

1110
00:44:04,833 --> 00:44:07,466
You could buy a three- 
piece bedroom suite

1111
00:44:07,466 --> 00:44:08,766
or you could buy 
a used Model T

1112
00:44:08,766 --> 00:44:10,933
for that kind of money. 
Oh, my.

1113
00:44:10,933 --> 00:44:12,033
For auction,

1114
00:44:12,033 --> 00:44:14,500
I would put this 
at estimate $8,000

1115
00:44:14,500 --> 00:44:16,033
to $10,000. 
Oh, my.

1116
00:44:16,033 --> 00:44:19,166
It's sold as much 
as $11,500.

1117
00:44:19,166 --> 00:44:20,333
Good heavens.

1118
00:44:20,333 --> 00:44:24,166
Uh, makes me want 
to treasure it even more.

1119
00:44:33,966 --> 00:44:37,233
WOMAN: 
I bought it at an auction 
about 25 years ago.

1120
00:44:37,233 --> 00:44:40,533
Paid around $15.

1121
00:44:40,533 --> 00:44:42,466
I bought it because 
I like daisies,

1122
00:44:42,466 --> 00:44:44,266
and I don't know anything 
about pottery.

1123
00:44:44,266 --> 00:44:46,100
My girlfriend Michelle 
collects pottery,

1124
00:44:46,100 --> 00:44:48,166
and she saw it and told me

1125
00:44:48,166 --> 00:44:50,600
that it was an early 
Roseville piece.

1126
00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,133
It's Rozane Ware.

1127
00:44:52,133 --> 00:44:54,700
She looked it up in a book 
and said the value

1128
00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:58,033
for a mint condition 
was around $3,000.

1129
00:44:58,033 --> 00:44:59,466
So since it's not 
mint condition,

1130
00:44:59,466 --> 00:45:01,133
I was wondering 
what the value was.

1131
00:45:01,133 --> 00:45:04,566
This particular line 
is called Della Robbia.

1132
00:45:04,566 --> 00:45:06,300
The original Della 
Robbias were Italian,

1133
00:45:06,300 --> 00:45:08,166
but the name was taken

1134
00:45:08,166 --> 00:45:09,966
for this particular line,

1135
00:45:09,966 --> 00:45:13,366
which was designed 
by Frederick Hurten Rhead.

1136
00:45:13,366 --> 00:45:15,666
Now, Frederick Rhead 
was an Englishman,

1137
00:45:15,666 --> 00:45:19,533
and he came over to this 
country in about 1902,

1138
00:45:19,533 --> 00:45:21,133
and he joined 
Roseville in 1904,

1139
00:45:21,133 --> 00:45:24,133
and he really transformed what 
they were doing over there.

1140
00:45:24,133 --> 00:45:25,666
It gave them a 
really wonderful

1141
00:45:25,666 --> 00:45:28,900
Arts and Crafts look, 
but with a lot of style,

1142
00:45:28,900 --> 00:45:30,766
a lot of English style.

1143
00:45:30,766 --> 00:45:34,966
And he designed 
72 different models,

1144
00:45:34,966 --> 00:45:36,033
starting in 1906.

1145
00:45:36,033 --> 00:45:38,333
Now, sometimes 
they're actually done

1146
00:45:38,333 --> 00:45:41,366
by his hand, but often 
they're done by other workers.

1147
00:45:41,366 --> 00:45:44,133
Most Roseville we know

1148
00:45:44,133 --> 00:45:47,466
as being cast and having 
little hand-painting.

1149
00:45:47,466 --> 00:45:50,766
This is entirely 
hand-carved and -excised.

1150
00:45:50,766 --> 00:45:52,700
Now, there were two

1151
00:45:52,700 --> 00:45:55,066
different generations 
of Della Robbia.

1152
00:45:55,066 --> 00:45:56,933
This is the early one,

1153
00:45:56,933 --> 00:45:58,033
with many beautiful colors.

1154
00:45:58,033 --> 00:45:59,966
The later one 
is usually done

1155
00:45:59,966 --> 00:46:03,866
in one or two 
complementary colors.

1156
00:46:03,866 --> 00:46:06,466
There are 
initials on the bottom, too.

1157
00:46:06,466 --> 00:46:09,733
Which are probably from the 
person who did the carving.

1158
00:46:09,733 --> 00:46:13,066
That is the initial 
of the worker.

1159
00:46:13,066 --> 00:46:15,033
And underneath, we'll see 
the "Rozane Ware,"

1160
00:46:15,033 --> 00:46:17,300
which is 
a particular time period

1161
00:46:17,300 --> 00:46:19,333
in Roseville history, 
where they would sign

1162
00:46:19,333 --> 00:46:22,066
their pieces with 
this medallion.

1163
00:46:22,066 --> 00:46:23,766
Now, there's some 
damage here.

1164
00:46:23,766 --> 00:46:26,866
There's little chips 
on the enameling.

1165
00:46:26,866 --> 00:46:28,366
You can have it 
repaired if you wish.

1166
00:46:28,366 --> 00:46:32,500
Per chip, it'll cost 
maybe $100 to $150.

1167
00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:34,533
Most pieces of Della Robbia

1168
00:46:34,533 --> 00:46:38,566
have some kind of damage 
to them, or restoration,

1169
00:46:38,566 --> 00:46:42,233
because it's a very porous, 
low-fired item.

1170
00:46:42,233 --> 00:46:43,400
Because this piece,

1171
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,566
with its lovely daisies--

1172
00:46:45,566 --> 00:46:47,600
which also looks great 
from the top, by the way--

1173
00:46:47,600 --> 00:46:51,866
is so wonderful, 
so great, so rare,

1174
00:46:51,866 --> 00:46:54,400
even with all these 
little flakes,

1175
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:55,700
at auction,

1176
00:46:55,700 --> 00:46:56,933
we would certainly 
put that

1177
00:46:56,933 --> 00:46:59,000
at $10,000 
to $15,000.

1178
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,266
You're kidding!

1179
00:47:01,266 --> 00:47:02,933
Okay.

1180
00:47:02,933 --> 00:47:04,433
Right now, my husband's 
jumping up and down,

1181
00:47:04,433 --> 00:47:06,533
saying, "Sell, sell, sell!" 
(laughing)

1182
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:22,833
These came down to me 
from my great-grandfather,

1183
00:47:22,833 --> 00:47:26,000
who acquired them 
out in, uh, Nebraska.

1184
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:29,700
He ran the government 
store among the Indians

1185
00:47:29,700 --> 00:47:31,666
from 1871 to 1873.

1186
00:47:31,666 --> 00:47:34,633
And while he was out there, 
of course, he interacted

1187
00:47:34,633 --> 00:47:37,500
with the various tribes 
that came through,

1188
00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:39,766
and this is just 
a small sampling

1189
00:47:39,766 --> 00:47:41,800
of the items he 
brought back.

1190
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:43,766
I think I'll start

1191
00:47:43,766 --> 00:47:45,833
with the trunk 
up on the top here.

1192
00:47:45,833 --> 00:47:47,266
These are called 
parfleche trunks.

1193
00:47:47,266 --> 00:47:49,866
Now, normally, 
they were in an envelope size.

1194
00:47:49,866 --> 00:47:51,800
They would be much flatter,

1195
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:53,533
and they were used 
to store meat.

1196
00:47:53,533 --> 00:47:54,733
A big trunk like this--

1197
00:47:54,733 --> 00:47:56,500
there was only a couple 
of groups

1198
00:47:56,500 --> 00:47:58,933
that made these trunks, 
and they were more for clothing.

1199
00:47:58,933 --> 00:48:00,166
Oh.

1200
00:48:00,166 --> 00:48:01,666
They're made out 
of buffalo rawhide.

1201
00:48:01,666 --> 00:48:04,233
The paint is probably 
a Chinese vermilion

1202
00:48:04,233 --> 00:48:05,933
that was traded out 
onto the Plains,

1203
00:48:05,933 --> 00:48:08,200
and a black, 
which was probably charcoal.

1204
00:48:08,200 --> 00:48:11,566
This probably dates 
to about the 1830s or '40s.

1205
00:48:11,566 --> 00:48:12,733
Uh-huh.

1206
00:48:12,733 --> 00:48:15,733
The second piece, 
they call these possible bags.

1207
00:48:15,733 --> 00:48:17,833
You can put anything 
possible in them.

1208
00:48:17,833 --> 00:48:19,200
Good name.

1209
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:20,966
It was used to store clothing 
and things like that.

1210
00:48:20,966 --> 00:48:23,100
And they weren't worn, 
they were just

1211
00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:24,666
put on the inside 
of a teepee or an earth lodge.

1212
00:48:24,666 --> 00:48:25,700
Mm-hmm.

1213
00:48:25,700 --> 00:48:27,000
This one is really nice

1214
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:29,133
because you can 
pinpoint-date it.

1215
00:48:29,133 --> 00:48:30,766
It has three 
different style beads.

1216
00:48:30,766 --> 00:48:33,500
It has a really fine 
seed bead,

1217
00:48:33,500 --> 00:48:37,266
and then it has a size 
we call a real bead,

1218
00:48:37,266 --> 00:48:39,366
and then it has 
the larger-sized pony beads.

1219
00:48:39,366 --> 00:48:41,000
These are called pony beads

1220
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,000
because they were brought out 
on pack horses, ponies.

1221
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:44,400
Okay.

1222
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:46,166
This is made out 
of buffalo hide,

1223
00:48:46,166 --> 00:48:48,233
and because of all 
these three size beads,

1224
00:48:48,233 --> 00:48:50,566
we can date this right 
to about the 1840s.

1225
00:48:50,566 --> 00:48:51,600
Wow.

1226
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:53,966
Then we have 
an elk antler quirt.

1227
00:48:53,966 --> 00:48:56,866
These are used as a horse whip 
and also as a weapon.

1228
00:48:56,866 --> 00:48:59,133
They'd clout an enemy 
on horseback with this.

1229
00:48:59,133 --> 00:49:01,033
Mm-hmm, it's, it's quite 
substantial. 
Yeah.

1230
00:49:01,033 --> 00:49:04,066
And that has a nice 
trade cloth strap

1231
00:49:04,066 --> 00:49:05,533
with some minimal beadwork

1232
00:49:05,533 --> 00:49:08,466
and a beautiful 
buffalo-hide lash on it.

1233
00:49:08,466 --> 00:49:09,566
And last but not least,

1234
00:49:09,566 --> 00:49:11,966
we have a elk horn scraper

1235
00:49:11,966 --> 00:49:14,900
the women would use 
to, to clean their hides.

1236
00:49:14,900 --> 00:49:16,666
This is a particularly 
nice one.

1237
00:49:16,666 --> 00:49:19,266
These dots probably 
represent hides.

1238
00:49:19,266 --> 00:49:20,633
It's a tally, it's a... 
Oh!

1239
00:49:20,633 --> 00:49:22,000
It's how many hides they, 
they skinned with it.

1240
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:23,233
Oh, for heaven's sake.

1241
00:49:23,233 --> 00:49:26,800
This one has wonderful 
iconography,

1242
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:30,700
especially these 
military figures up here.

1243
00:49:30,700 --> 00:49:32,133
The type of uniforms 
they're wearing

1244
00:49:32,133 --> 00:49:35,766
date to the late 18th- 
early 19th century.

1245
00:49:35,766 --> 00:49:37,700
It's kind of difficult 
to say exactly

1246
00:49:37,700 --> 00:49:39,800
which tribe 
made these objects,

1247
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:44,133
but since he was in Nebraska, 
the Pawnee were in Nebraska,

1248
00:49:44,133 --> 00:49:45,600
the Iowa were near there,

1249
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:47,566
and the Sac-Fox 
were near there.

1250
00:49:47,566 --> 00:49:49,933
I have to tell you, 
in the ten years

1251
00:49:49,933 --> 00:49:51,300
I've been doing 
"Antiques Roadshow,"

1252
00:49:51,300 --> 00:49:53,500
these are the finest things 
I've ever seen. 
Really?

1253
00:49:53,500 --> 00:49:54,900
Yeah, they're, they're 
absolutely beautiful.

1254
00:49:54,900 --> 00:49:56,566
Oh, I'm so thrilled, 
I'm so thrilled.

1255
00:49:56,566 --> 00:49:58,633
Starting with 
the parfleche trunk,

1256
00:49:58,633 --> 00:50:00,866
I would put 
a auction value

1257
00:50:00,866 --> 00:50:02,800
of about $20,000 
to $30,000 on this.

1258
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:04,033
Oh, my goodness.

1259
00:50:04,033 --> 00:50:05,233
(laughs)

1260
00:50:05,233 --> 00:50:06,400
The possible bag,

1261
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:08,600
I'm going to put $30,000 
to $50,000.

1262
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:09,800
Mmm.

1263
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:11,400
The elk horn quirt,

1264
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:14,833
which is one of the finest ones 
I've ever seen,

1265
00:50:14,833 --> 00:50:17,200
I'm going to put $30,000 
to $50,000 on that.

1266
00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:18,400
(laughs): 
Oh, my goodness, oh!

1267
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:21,066
The scraper 
is a masterpiece.

1268
00:50:21,066 --> 00:50:23,766
This is the finest 
elk horn scraper I've ever seen.

1269
00:50:23,766 --> 00:50:25,166
Mmm.

1270
00:50:25,166 --> 00:50:27,000
And conservatively, 
I'm going to put

1271
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:29,100
an estimate of $50,000 
to $70,000 on it.

1272
00:50:29,100 --> 00:50:30,400
Oh, my word, 
I'm just...

1273
00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,300
I'm just blown away, 
I really am.

1274
00:50:32,300 --> 00:50:33,466
That's wonderful.

1275
00:50:33,466 --> 00:50:34,700
So, just 
these four pieces,

1276
00:50:34,700 --> 00:50:38,966
I would conservatively say 
$130,000 to $200,000.

1277
00:50:38,966 --> 00:50:40,733
Well, they're, they're 
real treasures, and...

1278
00:50:40,733 --> 00:50:42,700
They are absolutely 
treasures.

1279
00:50:42,700 --> 00:50:44,666
And I'm, I'm so pleased 
that we have retained them

1280
00:50:44,666 --> 00:50:47,066
and they can be passed down 
through the generations.

1281
00:50:47,066 --> 00:50:49,366
I'm glad you have, too.

1282
00:50:57,000 --> 00:50:58,433
PEÑA: 
You're watching

1283
00:50:58,433 --> 00:51:01,000
PEÑA: 
And now it's time for the 
"Roadshow" Feedback Booth.

1284
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:04,466
This is our 90-year-old 
bean pot-- not really--

1285
00:51:04,466 --> 00:51:09,000
um, worth millions-- 
not really-- but $15.

1286
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:10,366
And we had a great day 
today.

1287
00:51:10,366 --> 00:51:11,300
We did.

1288
00:51:11,300 --> 00:51:12,633
We brought our "antiques" 
sign,

1289
00:51:12,633 --> 00:51:14,900
but we can't find the one 
that says "roadshow."

1290
00:51:14,900 --> 00:51:16,300
We brought this book, 
which we thought was

1291
00:51:16,300 --> 00:51:18,300
a first edition of 
"To Kill a Mockingbird,"

1292
00:51:18,300 --> 00:51:19,633
and it's not.

1293
00:51:19,633 --> 00:51:21,333
Turns out it's not-- 
it has a barcode on it.

1294
00:51:21,333 --> 00:51:22,966
In 1960, they didn't have 
barcodes,

1295
00:51:22,966 --> 00:51:24,533
so, um, probably should have 
thought of that

1296
00:51:24,533 --> 00:51:25,900
before I brought it in.

1297
00:51:25,900 --> 00:51:28,300
Mom, you know that rosary 
you thought we'd fight over

1298
00:51:28,300 --> 00:51:30,200
when you passed away,

1299
00:51:30,200 --> 00:51:32,466
and you, we could take it 
out of your coffin?

1300
00:51:32,466 --> 00:51:34,166
Well, you can take it 
with you,

1301
00:51:34,166 --> 00:51:36,333
'cause it's not worth 
anything.

1302
00:51:36,333 --> 00:51:38,433
We still may 
fight for it, though! 
(laughs)

1303
00:51:38,433 --> 00:51:40,033
I brought in my 
Baltimore Colts

1304
00:51:40,033 --> 00:51:42,700
1970 Super Bowl 
World Champions ball

1305
00:51:42,700 --> 00:51:44,733
autographed by 
most of the team,

1306
00:51:44,733 --> 00:51:48,800
and they appraised it today 
at about $2,000 or $3,000,

1307
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:51,666
which is a couple of thousand 
more than I thought

1308
00:51:51,666 --> 00:51:52,933
it was going to be.

1309
00:51:52,933 --> 00:51:55,833
And I found out that my 
vase here that I believed

1310
00:51:55,833 --> 00:51:59,600
was possibly worth a lot of 
money is only worth about $100.

1311
00:51:59,600 --> 00:52:01,633
But I certainly had fun.

1312
00:52:01,633 --> 00:52:03,366
We thought it was worth 
a billion.

1313
00:52:03,366 --> 00:52:04,766
(both laugh)

1314
00:52:04,766 --> 00:52:07,133
And I emailed all my friends, 
and I told them I was coming

1315
00:52:07,133 --> 00:52:08,866
to the Antiques Roadshow.

1316
00:52:08,866 --> 00:52:11,200
And if these were going to price 
high, I was leaving here,

1317
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:12,633
and I was driving 
straight to New York

1318
00:52:12,633 --> 00:52:16,033
and put them on the auction-- 
and not come back to work.

1319
00:52:16,033 --> 00:52:18,933
But the value of this was $300 
and this was $300.

1320
00:52:18,933 --> 00:52:21,233
So Monday, I'll see you at work.

1321
00:52:21,233 --> 00:52:23,033
Take care, thank you.

1322
00:52:23,033 --> 00:52:24,333
PEÑA: 
Thanks for watching.

1323
00:52:24,333 --> 00:52:26,900
See you next time 
on "Antiques Roadshow."