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CORAL PEÑA: We've saved some 
of the best appraisals

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of the 2023 "Roadshow" tour 
for last.

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GUEST: My godfather gave it 
to me as a gift,

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'cause, to be honest, 
I am the favorite. 
(chuckles)

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You are kidding!

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PEÑA: 
It's "Antiques Roadshow: 
Junk in the Trunk."

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PEÑA: The Rural Life Museum at 
Louisiana State University

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was the first stop 
on our season 28 tour.

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They're just like 
little finger puppets.

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Right, little finger...

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So you would just put them 
in here and...

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Have a good time. 
...have a party: 
"Hello! Hello!"

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PEÑA: 
And even though not all the news 
was good news...

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APPRAISER: 
When I look at 
this under a magnifying glass,

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it's composed of hundreds 
of little photographic pixels.

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It is a reproduction 
of a painting.

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PEÑA: 
...everyone was happy 
to be sharing their treasures.

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Beautiful day in Baton Rouge.

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GUEST: 
We went to a country auction 
less than a year ago,

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and this is the only thing 
I was waiting for

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for the whole auction, and it

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was, like, the end of the day.

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There was me and this one lady

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that was bidding on it,

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and I kept bidding, and she bid,

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and she finally gave up,

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and it was, like, $40.

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My husband's looking at me, 
like, "You paid $40 for that?"

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(both chuckle) 
This was made in Venice,

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and it was designed 
by a young architect

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named Alessandro Pianon,

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and it was made by 
a company called Vistosi.

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Pianon designed this in 1963.

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And there were whole series-- 
he had a family

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in different colors 
and shapes. 
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They're not signed-- 
my experience is

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that they're not usually signed, 
so there,

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but there was a, there is a 
possibility,

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at one point, it had a paper 
label on it.

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Okay. 
And so a lot of 
those paper labels disappear.

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You have 
this beautiful blown glass

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and these copper legs 
and these wonderful eyes,

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those little n, 
murrine eyes,

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where you see the different 
colors in them. 
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when I saw it-- that's one 
thing that attracted me to it.

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It's a very sought-after 
piece.

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People love this. 
Really?

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Because there's 
such a strong interest

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in mid-century design.

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This piece, in a retail venue 
today, would sell

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for between $7,000 
and $9,000.

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(laughs)

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You are kidding! 
I'm not.

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(both laughing) 
Oh, my-- oh, my goodness.

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I'm stunned, I am...

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Um... 
And here I am just 
swinging it around here

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when I got here today!

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I was, like, 
holdin' it by the feet.

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(both laugh) 
Oh, my gosh, that's, 
oh, wow.

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I had no idea-- 
that's fantastic.

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My grandmother was a weaver 
for the Dorothy Liebes studios.

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Besides doing that 
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she learned how to do 
tapestry weaving.

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This is one of 
the earlier ones she did.

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We call it 
"George and the Dragon,"

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probably late 1940s, 
early, early 1950s.

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And then, 
as she became older,

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she was doing things 
that reminded her of home.

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She's Danish, and this one here 
is of Denmark,

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with the runestones 
and the heather.

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It is fantastic that you brought 
these two pieces in,

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tapestries woven by your 
grandmother, Kamma Zethraus,

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who was the star weaver 
in the studio of Dorothy Liebes.

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Dorothy Liebes basically 
is the godmother

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of weaving in this country

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in 20th-century America.

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So to see these is great-- 
they are fiber art.

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It's textile art.

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It's very different from 
what Kamma would have been doing

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in the workshop with Dorothy.

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The nine-to-five weaving 
was a commercial weaving.

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You had said this one 
you thought was late 1940s,

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early 1950s, and I, I would 
have probably guessed the same.

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about circa 1950 is

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because of this use of Lurex,

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which, Lurex was 
only invented in 1946.

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It is a metallic substance

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that is then sandwiched 
in plastic, effectively. 
Ah.

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It doesn't tarnish, 
and today, 70 years later,

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it still looks like silver.

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As modern as this fabric is,

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the scene is picking up on 
a totally different tradition.

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What we see here is 
St. George and the dragon

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in a very modern 
and very different context.

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So this piece closest to you, 
when do you think

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your grandmother wove it?

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So I think it was 
in the 1970s.

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It was more marketable, 
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this Modernist, 
abstracted style.

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The different textures,

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the longer cut yarn versus 
the flat weave at the top,

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it's really something 
that is happening

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in the late '60s 
and then into the '70s.

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In terms of value,

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I would put these 
conservatively at auction

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in the range of about

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$1,000 to $1,500 each. 
Okay.

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I bought a teacup and saucer

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that I got at a thrift store 
near our home.

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My mom bought it for me 
for $20.

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It was given to me 
by a past president

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of the AQHA, 
Mr. David M. Perkins.

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It is the icon-- 
it's not a specific horse.

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It's what a quarter horse 
should look like.

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It was in his barn,

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and I said, "Mr. Dave, what you 
gonna do with that portrait?"

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He said, 
"I'm gonna give it to you."

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APPRAISER: 
So, I'm researching this 
painting.

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The story, uh, that this was, 
you know,

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previously through David 
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is quite compelling.

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So I'm, I'm still 
kind of researching

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some potential attributions.

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INTERVIEWER: 
Is this the largest 
horse painting

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you've ever had to do 
research on?

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APPRAISER: It, it definitely is. 
(man laughs)

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We were going 
through my dad's comic books,

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and we found 
the Michael Jordan rookie card.

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His mom bought them for him 
when he was around my age.

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He found them at a swap meet.

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He said that she wouldn't 
have paid, like,

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more than $50 for all of them. 
(chuckles)

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The card closest to me,

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this is the famous 
Michael Jordan rookie card,

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1986-87 Fleer card.

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Jordan's rookie year 
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Uh, because of licensing issues,

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Fleer came out with the card 
a year later.

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You could buy a pack 
for 30 cents. 
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Now, if the card was in there, 
wonderful, right?

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Yeah. 
Hit or miss.

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You got lucky if you had the 
sticker in there with it, right?

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Yeah. 
And that's, that's what the 
card closest to you is.

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Yes. 
Really, truly,

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this is among the best cards 
in, in sports. 
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Certainly in basketball.

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Value is a finicky thing with 
cards because of condition.

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We think it's probably closer 
to, on a one-to-ten scale,

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a two or three grade, 
maybe closer to a two.

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There are some issues with 
the corners, but at auction,

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the rookie card, closest 
to me, would sell

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for $2,000 
to $2,500, okay?

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The sticker, again,

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some issues 
with condition.

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That probably sells 
for $400 to $500 at auction.

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So you have an idea now

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of where you, 
where you sit, and... 
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What to look for. 
Yeah.

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Convince your dad 
to go buy some more. 
(chuckles)

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(chuckles)

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My father purchased it,

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and before he passed away,

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he handed it to me.

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He purchased it

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in Athens, Greece, in 1978.

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He paid $1,170, I think.

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He was in the military? 
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It's a French sculpture 
of Joan of Arc.

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She was the Maid of Orléans, 
or Orleans. 
Mm-hmm.

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Of course, New Orleans is named 
after the Duke of Orléans.

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She started seeing visions 
when she was 13 years old,

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and these visions told her

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that she should lead the French 
army against the English.

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And she was extraordinarily 
successful doing that.

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She led the French to victory 
in, in 1429.

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At this time, 
she was 17 years old.

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She received sainthood. 
Mm-hmm.

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Not until the 20th century.

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But she is the patron saint

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of, uh, military people 
and soldiers.

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This piece was originally 
conceived around 1890.

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It is a monument in Normandy 
to soldiers.

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And there's a version 
of this.

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It's inscribed, her words: 
"You can chain me,

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but you cannot chain 
the destiny of France."

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She was burned at the stake 
in 1431,

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at the age 
of 19 years old.

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She was tried and convicted 
of heresy.

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She was also convicted 
of blasphemy

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because she wore 
men's clothing.

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It's signed E. Barrias-- his 
name was Louis-Ernest Barrias.

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He was a very, very prominent 
sculptor

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in, in the 19th century.

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Unfortunately, today, 
nobody knows who he is.

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His most famous work is on 
the façade of the Paris Opera.

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The monument 
was around 1890,

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so this piece was probably 
in the 1890s, beautifully cast.

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This is sort of the high point 
of French bronze work.

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In terms of value, 
French 19th-century sculpture

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is not particularly popular 
these days.

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Nonetheless, 
it would have an auction value

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in the, uh, $6,000 to $8,000 
range. 
Oh, that's nice.

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It could be insured for 
$10,000, $12,000.

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PEÑA: 
"Roadshow" was ready 
for the terrific turnout

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at the North Carolina Museum of 
Art

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in Raleigh, with nearly 3,500 
attending.

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There were lots of smiles

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and surprises.

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MAN: 
Hello! 
Oh!

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(all laughing)

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(laughing): 
Oh, you scared me!

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PEÑA: 
And everyone 
got a free appraisal.

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But fewer than 150 guests

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were lucky enough to be chosen 
to be in front of our cameras.

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Did their luck pay off?

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GUEST: 
I brought a silver tray 
that my husband and I bought

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on our honeymoon in 1957.

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I will admit, though,

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that we needed an 
air conditioner awfully bad.

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And to use the wedding check 
that we'd been given

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for a silver tray

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was against 
my better judgment. 
(chuckles)

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What do you know 
about the family

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whose crest is represented?

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Well, we've learned 
the Williams family

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lived in Cornwall

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beginning in the late 1700s,

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and they owned copper 
and tin mines.

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Tell me what you know 
about the inscription

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on the back of the tray 
here.

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The inscription is a gift

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from a man named 
Charles Williams

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to his aunt and uncle 
Caroline and William Williams

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at their home, Tregullow.

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This is in Cornwall.

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We recently found out more 
about this.

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The Williams 
are still in the house.

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They have gardens 
open to the public.

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We emailed,

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and told them we had the tray 
from their forebears,

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and asked them 
if they were interested,

244
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and they emailed back,

245
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sort of a polite reply, 
not really interested.

246
00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:51,666
There are hallmarks-- 
in this case,

247
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five different marks, 
one of which is a sterling mark,

248
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one is a London mark, 
another is a date mark.

249
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And then there's a 
fainter mark that says "JC."

250
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JC within an 
octagonal cartouche

251
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and an N date mark 
will indicate

252
00:11:06,300 --> 00:11:09,500
that John Crouch II 
made this tray... 
Mm.

253
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...in 1808. 
1808.

254
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He was a second-generation 
silversmith.

255
00:11:14,366 --> 00:11:16,466
Uh, his father was 
a silversmith, as well,

256
00:11:16,466 --> 00:11:19,833
and he did incredible work 
during George III's reign.

257
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Characteristic 
of a George III tray

258
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is a gadrooned border, 
interrupted by

259
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shells, which are further chased 
to enhance their appearance,

260
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the figural lion's mask 
handles,

261
00:11:31,466 --> 00:11:35,833
which are really nicely cast 
and well-drawn, well-decorated,

262
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and, of course, 
engraving throughout,

263
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centering the crest 
of the Williams family.

264
00:11:40,466 --> 00:11:42,300
What did you pay for it 
at the time?

265
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$500. 
Mm-hmm.

266
00:11:43,933 --> 00:11:47,000
The appropriate auction 
estimate, in my opinion,

267
00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,133
would be $8,000 
to $12,000.

268
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Seems like a pretty good 
return on investment to me.

269
00:11:53,233 --> 00:11:54,233
It does-- I'm, I'm...

270
00:11:54,233 --> 00:11:56,100
It's wonderful, thank you.

271
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If you were to insure it,

272
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we'd suggest 
an insurance estimate

273
00:12:00,766 --> 00:12:02,833
somewhere closer to $20,000. 
Okay.

274
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GUEST: 
I went to the World Science 
Fiction Convention called

275
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MidAmeriCon, and that was in 
'76, Labor Day, in Kansas City.

276
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And they had 
a "Star Wars" room there.

277
00:12:14,766 --> 00:12:18,366
And they had the Darth Vader 
costume on a mannequin. 
Wow.

278
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And I went right up 
to it and, like, "Ah, evil!" 
(chuckles)

279
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And I came back the next day,

280
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and there's a bunch of people 
in there,

281
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and there's this blonde kid.

282
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And one of the people 
come up and say to me,

283
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"Do you want to buy a poster?"

284
00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,866
Mm-hmm. 
And I said, "Sure, yeah."

285
00:12:32,866 --> 00:12:34,300
I'm, I'm easy, you know?

286
00:12:34,300 --> 00:12:37,000
And, "How much?", 
and he said, "$1.75."

287
00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:38,700
Said, "Can't beat that," 
so I bought the poster,

288
00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:40,900
and then he said, 
"Do you want him to sign it?"

289
00:12:40,900 --> 00:12:43,333
I was thinking him,

290
00:12:43,333 --> 00:12:46,333
the comic book artist 
that did, that did the poster.

291
00:12:46,333 --> 00:12:48,166
You know, he was famous, 
you know, Howard Chaykin.

292
00:12:48,166 --> 00:12:52,266
So I said, "Okay, yeah, 
I'm cool."

293
00:12:52,266 --> 00:12:54,800
And I took it over 
to the blonde kid,

294
00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,500
and he wrote, "To Judith,

295
00:12:57,500 --> 00:13:00,733
love and best wishes, 
Mark Hamill."

296
00:13:00,733 --> 00:13:03,400
Mark who? 
(laughs)

297
00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,100
And I thought, "Oh, well,

298
00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:06,733
he must have something 
to do with the movie."

299
00:13:06,733 --> 00:13:10,033
Duh, yeah! 
(laughs) 
(laughs)

300
00:13:10,033 --> 00:13:12,566
So that's how I got it-- 
I know it's worth something.

301
00:13:12,566 --> 00:13:15,266
So I kept it, 
tried to keep it in good shape.

302
00:13:15,266 --> 00:13:17,666
What an amazing story-- 
that's, that's incredible. 
(laughs)

303
00:13:17,666 --> 00:13:20,333
Although not really, 
not that surprising.... 
Yeah.

304
00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:22,500
...the fact that you didn't 
actually know at the time

305
00:13:22,500 --> 00:13:23,900
who Mark Hamill was. 
No, nobody knew. 
(laughs)

306
00:13:23,900 --> 00:13:25,100
Nobody knew, yeah, yeah. 
Yeah.

307
00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:26,766
If it had been, 
maybe, Harrison Ford,

308
00:13:26,766 --> 00:13:29,266
you might have heard... 
Well, if it had been 
Harrison Ford,

309
00:13:29,266 --> 00:13:30,966
I would have paid attention. 
(both laugh)

310
00:13:30,966 --> 00:13:33,033
This poster from 1976... 
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

311
00:13:33,033 --> 00:13:34,166
...is, is pretty cool,

312
00:13:34,166 --> 00:13:35,633
because it's actually

313
00:13:35,633 --> 00:13:38,033
the very first "Star Wars" 
poster, it's the advance poster,

314
00:13:38,033 --> 00:13:40,033
which came out before the movie 
came out... 
Right.

315
00:13:40,033 --> 00:13:42,266
...which came out 
the following year, in 1977. 
Yes.

316
00:13:42,266 --> 00:13:45,100
It's a very unusual poster 
in its own right.

317
00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:48,733
What makes it incredibly rare 
is the fact that you've got

318
00:13:48,733 --> 00:13:50,433
Mark Hamill's signature... 
Hamill.

319
00:13:50,433 --> 00:13:52,000
...just here. 
Right there.

320
00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,000
Now, he's very difficult 
to get to sign these days.

321
00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:58,400
He's not someone that readily 
gives out his signature. 
Right.

322
00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,900
Which really elevates this piece 
in terms of value. 
Okay.

323
00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:02,600
So there's a couple of things 
here with the poster

324
00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,366
that we have to bear in mind.

325
00:14:04,366 --> 00:14:07,500
You probably had it up on the 
wall, did you, at some point? 
Mm-hmm.

326
00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:08,700
Because it's got 
some pinholes here. 
Yeah.

327
00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:10,266
So that does affect the value,

328
00:14:10,266 --> 00:14:11,833
because poster collectors 
want something

329
00:14:11,833 --> 00:14:13,533
that's in perfect condition. 
Right, that's 
pristine.

330
00:14:13,533 --> 00:14:17,966
However, I think the signature 
does make up for that, so...

331
00:14:17,966 --> 00:14:19,833
Okay. 
...if this were 
to appear at auction...

332
00:14:19,833 --> 00:14:21,866
Okay. 
...you'd probably be 
looking at

333
00:14:21,866 --> 00:14:24,466
between $3,000 
and $5,000. 
So about what I figured.

334
00:14:24,466 --> 00:14:28,100
But I think there's every 
chance that you could realize

335
00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:31,300
more than that, because 
it's such an unusual item. 
Right.

336
00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:33,233
There would be very few of these 
posters that were actually

337
00:14:33,233 --> 00:14:34,533
signed by Luke Skywalk... 
Right.

338
00:14:34,533 --> 00:14:36,133
Sorry, by Mark Hamill... 
Right.

339
00:14:36,133 --> 00:14:38,166
...in 1976. 
Right.

340
00:14:43,866 --> 00:14:47,566
From our research, 
we've determined that this is

341
00:14:47,566 --> 00:14:51,900
a railroad track leveler, 
probably from 1930s,

342
00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:53,666
used mainly on curves.

343
00:14:53,666 --> 00:14:55,766
See how it's notched 
on the end there,

344
00:14:55,766 --> 00:14:57,566
so that you can go like this

345
00:14:57,566 --> 00:15:00,233
and get your right slope

346
00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:02,266
for the tracks.

347
00:15:05,333 --> 00:15:08,733
GUEST: 
This was a piece at 
my great-aunt's house.

348
00:15:08,733 --> 00:15:10,433
APPRAISER: 
It was made by Dominick 
and Haff,

349
00:15:10,433 --> 00:15:13,433
H-A-F-F, 
and the reason why we know that

350
00:15:13,433 --> 00:15:15,900
is because it has 
this mark here.

351
00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:17,133
Uh-huh. 
And they're a very, very big,

352
00:15:17,133 --> 00:15:18,866
very well-regarded 
New York firm.

353
00:15:18,866 --> 00:15:21,100
Do you know what it is?

354
00:15:21,100 --> 00:15:23,233
You would know more 
than I would, Dad.

355
00:15:23,233 --> 00:15:24,933
Do we know 
what it is? 
Sterling silver, I believe!

356
00:15:24,933 --> 00:15:26,033
(both laughing)

357
00:15:26,033 --> 00:15:27,033
That's, that's 
as much as I know.

358
00:15:27,033 --> 00:15:28,033
Hope so, yeah. 
I hope.

359
00:15:28,033 --> 00:15:29,300
(all laughing)

360
00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:32,233
It is, it is sterling silver-- 
it's a bread basket.

361
00:15:32,233 --> 00:15:33,900
You got this nice 
geometric design on it,

362
00:15:33,900 --> 00:15:36,533
wonderful flowers,

363
00:15:36,533 --> 00:15:38,566
and it does have-- it's hefty.

364
00:15:38,566 --> 00:15:40,500
I think if this could come up 
for auction,

365
00:15:40,500 --> 00:15:43,000
you'd probably be looking at 
somewhere between

366
00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,666
$2,500 and $3,500. 
Okay.

367
00:15:45,666 --> 00:15:48,000
But if you were 
thinking about retail,

368
00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,466
you'd have to ask 
something like

369
00:15:49,466 --> 00:15:51,200
$7,500 for it.

370
00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:52,666
Okay.

371
00:15:55,466 --> 00:15:58,666
This, I believe, 
is called a candle table.

372
00:15:58,666 --> 00:16:01,066
It, uh, came from a farm

373
00:16:01,066 --> 00:16:04,666
that my grandfather purchased 
from the Watervliet Shakers.

374
00:16:04,666 --> 00:16:06,600
And this is a deed 
following through,

375
00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:10,066
showing to my grandfather 
and then to my father.

376
00:16:10,066 --> 00:16:12,866
So what we have here is 
a wonderful

377
00:16:12,866 --> 00:16:14,133
Shaker candlestand

378
00:16:14,133 --> 00:16:16,900
made about the m, mid part 
of the 19th century.

379
00:16:16,900 --> 00:16:18,933
So sort of circa 1850.

380
00:16:18,933 --> 00:16:20,933
The Watervliet community

381
00:16:20,933 --> 00:16:22,433
of Shakers, which was a,

382
00:16:22,433 --> 00:16:24,666
you know, a, a religiously 
founded community,

383
00:16:24,666 --> 00:16:26,266
was one of the first

384
00:16:26,266 --> 00:16:30,233
communities of Shakers to start 
and come to the United States.

385
00:16:30,233 --> 00:16:33,100
And that's basically 
outside of Albany, New York.

386
00:16:33,100 --> 00:16:37,033
Right. 
And they came as early 
as about 1775, 1776.

387
00:16:37,033 --> 00:16:39,300
What's really special 
about this

388
00:16:39,300 --> 00:16:41,200
is that you've got 
this line of descent

389
00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,266
from the, the farm property

390
00:16:43,266 --> 00:16:45,433
through the Shakers 
to your family.

391
00:16:45,433 --> 00:16:48,266
Mm-hmm. 
There are certain Shaker 
communities that are known

392
00:16:48,266 --> 00:16:51,233
for producing Shaker 
furniture for commerce.

393
00:16:51,233 --> 00:16:54,766
The Watervliet Shakers 
w, were not known

394
00:16:54,766 --> 00:16:56,800
for producing furniture.

395
00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:02,366
And Watervliet-- any idea 
what their commerce was?

396
00:17:02,366 --> 00:17:03,633
Basically, seed production.

397
00:17:03,633 --> 00:17:06,366
Maybe the first ones 
to sell packaged seed.

398
00:17:06,366 --> 00:17:07,866
Absolutely.

399
00:17:07,866 --> 00:17:11,200
The first sort of 
mass-produced seed producers... 
Okay.

400
00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,333
...that sold it in 
the little packet envelopes.

401
00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:18,000
It's a wonderful, as you say, 
cherry wood candlestand.

402
00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,500
When I look at this wonderfully 
turned standard,

403
00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:23,766
I mean, l, look 
at the crazing of the surface.

404
00:17:23,766 --> 00:17:25,866
It's just sort of 
like an archaeological site

405
00:17:25,866 --> 00:17:28,533
that hasn't been touched. 
(chuckles): 
Right.

406
00:17:28,533 --> 00:17:30,033
I mean, it, it's, 
it's awesome.

407
00:17:30,033 --> 00:17:34,533
Before they put the top on, 
they put this iron band on,

408
00:17:34,533 --> 00:17:37,733
which was a way 
to hold this together

409
00:17:37,733 --> 00:17:40,266
and prevent it from, 
from breaking apart. 
Okay.

410
00:17:40,266 --> 00:17:42,500
Functional, 
beautiful craftsmanship.

411
00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:44,266
It's just 
a terrific piece.

412
00:17:44,266 --> 00:17:46,233
If this were to come 
to auction,

413
00:17:46,233 --> 00:17:47,766
I would probably put 
an estimate

414
00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:49,600
of $2,000 to $4,000 
on it.

415
00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,566
Very good-- sounds great.

416
00:17:59,900 --> 00:18:02,533
My grandfather worked

417
00:18:02,533 --> 00:18:05,866
with Theodore Roosevelt's 
brother-in-law.

418
00:18:05,866 --> 00:18:07,433
Curtis gave the photograph

419
00:18:07,433 --> 00:18:08,733
to Theodore Roosevelt,

420
00:18:08,733 --> 00:18:10,133
gave it to his brother-in-law,

421
00:18:10,133 --> 00:18:12,366
and my grandfather worked in 
the same office,

422
00:18:12,366 --> 00:18:14,533
and Mr. Robinson gave it to 
my grandfather.

423
00:18:14,533 --> 00:18:16,900
(chuckles): My mom wasn't a fan,

424
00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:18,000
and she kept it covered

425
00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:19,366
a lot with other pictures, so... 
Oh.

426
00:18:19,366 --> 00:18:20,900
(chuckling) 
Oh, okay, 
okay, got it.

427
00:18:20,900 --> 00:18:23,566
(laughs): 
What do you know about 
the figure who's in the image?

428
00:18:23,566 --> 00:18:25,000
I know it's Red Hawk

429
00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:29,600
and that he fought against 
Custer at Little Bighorn,

430
00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:33,666
and he also fought with Crazy 
Horse against the U.S. Army.

431
00:18:33,666 --> 00:18:38,800
This is a very iconic, famous 
photograph by Edward Curtis.

432
00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:40,133
It was taken in 1905.

433
00:18:40,133 --> 00:18:42,566
The title is 
"Oasis in the Badlands,"

434
00:18:42,566 --> 00:18:45,733
and it does depict Red Hawk, 
an important leader.

435
00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:48,833
Red Hawk was a member 
of the Oglala Sioux tribe

436
00:18:48,833 --> 00:18:51,100
of what's now 
considered South Dakota.

437
00:18:51,100 --> 00:18:54,666
This image 
was made in the Badlands.

438
00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:56,400
Curtis was very, 
and is very famous

439
00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,700
for photographing 
Native Americans.

440
00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:01,066
This was his life project.

441
00:19:01,066 --> 00:19:04,900
He won a contest for 
the prettiest child in America,

442
00:19:04,900 --> 00:19:06,700
and the picture 
was reproduced,

443
00:19:06,700 --> 00:19:08,300
which is how he came 
to the attention

444
00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:10,800
of Theodore Roosevelt, 
who is then president.

445
00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:14,066
He visited Roosevelt, 
he photographed his children,

446
00:19:14,066 --> 00:19:16,733
and then shared his idea 
for this

447
00:19:16,733 --> 00:19:18,333
sort of monumental project

448
00:19:18,333 --> 00:19:20,666
documenting Native Americans,

449
00:19:20,666 --> 00:19:22,666
not just in the Dakotas,

450
00:19:22,666 --> 00:19:24,733
but across the entire United 
States.

451
00:19:24,733 --> 00:19:27,633
Roosevelt said, "You should talk 
to J.P. Morgan,"

452
00:19:27,633 --> 00:19:30,533
who ultimately funded 
this project.

453
00:19:30,533 --> 00:19:33,466
Curtis's goal, his idea,

454
00:19:33,466 --> 00:19:36,766
was to document 
and preserve, uh, culture

455
00:19:36,766 --> 00:19:39,766
that he felt 
was disappearing.

456
00:19:39,766 --> 00:19:44,133
He's really known 
for portraits and for evoking

457
00:19:44,133 --> 00:19:45,800
this sense of nostalgia,

458
00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,600
romanticizing his subjects.

459
00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,433
This is a singular work.

460
00:19:51,433 --> 00:19:55,533
We don't usually see them this 
big, in this large-scale format,

461
00:19:55,533 --> 00:19:59,933
and that is truly special 
and unusual.

462
00:19:59,933 --> 00:20:01,066
If this were to come in 
to auction,

463
00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:03,766
I would put an estimate 
on the photograph

464
00:20:03,766 --> 00:20:06,866
at $30,000 to $40,000.

465
00:20:06,866 --> 00:20:08,300
Oh, wow.

466
00:20:08,300 --> 00:20:12,000
Um, for a replacement value, 
I would suggest a value

467
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,333
of $70,000.

468
00:20:14,333 --> 00:20:15,533
That's amazing.

469
00:20:15,533 --> 00:20:16,566
(both laugh) 
Thank you.

470
00:20:16,566 --> 00:20:18,866
Without that provenance, 
at auction,

471
00:20:18,866 --> 00:20:22,433
I might have said 
$20,000 to $30,000.

472
00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:27,900
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treasure hunters in Akron, Ohio,

473
00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:30,000
where the Stan Hywet Hall 
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474
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,166
was the perfect setting 
for our event.

475
00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:34,133
Penny saved.

476
00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:35,500
That's the original socket. 
Uh-huh.

477
00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,066
A lot of times, 
people change it,

478
00:20:37,066 --> 00:20:39,333
but that's correct.

479
00:20:39,333 --> 00:20:41,766
Does anyone want to buy 
a duck?

480
00:20:41,766 --> 00:20:43,166
It's... 
Not even one you can cook!

481
00:20:43,166 --> 00:20:44,800
(laughs) 
Right.

482
00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:46,400
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483
00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,766
that come into "Roadshow" 
never fails to fascinate.

484
00:20:48,766 --> 00:20:50,800
He's Gippy, the mannequin baby!

485
00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,166
He's from the '40s or the '50s.

486
00:20:53,166 --> 00:20:55,333
He's very precious 
to our family.

487
00:20:55,333 --> 00:20:58,766
He's been to family weddings, 
family funerals,

488
00:20:58,766 --> 00:21:02,666
and now he's going to go 
to the "Antiques Roadshow"!

489
00:21:02,666 --> 00:21:03,800
(chuckles)

490
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,100
PEÑA: 
Check out this fascinating find.

491
00:21:06,100 --> 00:21:09,233
The item is actually 
a lavalier necklace

492
00:21:09,233 --> 00:21:10,733
that had belonged 
to my grandmother.

493
00:21:10,733 --> 00:21:14,066
My grandmother was an Army nurse 
at Walter Reed Hospital

494
00:21:14,066 --> 00:21:15,600
during World War I.

495
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,366
After the war, 
she was a school nurse

496
00:21:18,366 --> 00:21:20,866
that met a local industrialist

497
00:21:20,866 --> 00:21:23,600
who owned a company 
that manufactured

498
00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,300
hearses and funeral cars.

499
00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:27,433
And they married in 1930.

500
00:21:27,433 --> 00:21:29,833
To be honest, 
I never saw it until

501
00:21:29,833 --> 00:21:32,166
after my mother died, 
about 25 years ago.

502
00:21:32,166 --> 00:21:36,166
But my grandmother wore it 
for formal occasions.

503
00:21:36,166 --> 00:21:39,266
It is a stunning 
Art Deco piece of jewelry.

504
00:21:39,266 --> 00:21:41,766
It is sculptural.

505
00:21:41,766 --> 00:21:44,566
The outline is somewhat 
of a shield shape.

506
00:21:44,566 --> 00:21:46,566
And in the very center 
component,

507
00:21:46,566 --> 00:21:48,600
you've got square-cut 
diamonds

508
00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:50,700
that are step cuts, 
and they give the effect

509
00:21:50,700 --> 00:21:52,400
of one larger diamond.

510
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,366
You've kind of hit this one 
out of the park.

511
00:21:54,366 --> 00:21:56,566
Oh, well, thank you-- 
is, is it platinum?

512
00:21:56,566 --> 00:21:59,766
It is platinum-- 
it is sculpture in miniature.

513
00:21:59,766 --> 00:22:03,566
It really truly showcases 
Art Deco craftsmanship.

514
00:22:03,566 --> 00:22:06,133
I did thoroughly examine 
the piece,

515
00:22:06,133 --> 00:22:08,633
but I didn't see any 
particular maker's mark,

516
00:22:08,633 --> 00:22:11,100
and that's not unusual.

517
00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:12,400
An auction estimate

518
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,800
would be $3,000 
to $4,000.

519
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:15,933
Okay.

520
00:22:15,933 --> 00:22:17,400
If you were looking 
to insure it,

521
00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,366
I think you would be 
looking at

522
00:22:19,366 --> 00:22:21,000
$6,000 or $7,000.

523
00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,333
Wow-- wow, that's lovely.

524
00:22:23,333 --> 00:22:25,366
Yeah.

525
00:22:30,366 --> 00:22:33,933
This is a Strand sled.

526
00:22:33,933 --> 00:22:35,166
Strand Ski Company.

527
00:22:35,166 --> 00:22:36,533
We were cleaning out 
my cousin's estate,

528
00:22:36,533 --> 00:22:38,133
and we found this in his garage,

529
00:22:38,133 --> 00:22:41,066
and it had about three inches 
of dust on it, cleaned it up,

530
00:22:41,066 --> 00:22:42,700
and then we realized the logo 
was on there,

531
00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:43,800
and it was, like, 
"Whoa, how cool!"

532
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,666
INTERVIEWER: 
Do you ever try it out?

533
00:22:45,666 --> 00:22:46,800
No-- no.

534
00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:50,300
GUEST: 
It's from my grandparents, 
I don't...

535
00:22:50,300 --> 00:22:51,900
I have no idea 
where they got it.

536
00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:56,133
Probably, uh, late 1800s 
on these.

537
00:22:56,133 --> 00:22:57,666
Early 1900s.

538
00:22:57,666 --> 00:23:01,233
A lot of these had 
a butterfly at that time period.

539
00:23:01,233 --> 00:23:03,666
I guess the butterfly 
was pretty popular. 
Uh-huh.

540
00:23:03,666 --> 00:23:05,533
They weren't easy to make-- 
you see all these ribs?

541
00:23:05,533 --> 00:23:07,900
That's all individual 
pieces of wood.

542
00:23:07,900 --> 00:23:12,266
Okay. 
These are some of the most 
undervalued instruments.

543
00:23:12,266 --> 00:23:15,500
It's amazing how much 
craftsmanship goes into 'em.

544
00:23:19,066 --> 00:23:21,066
GUEST: 
According to my grandmother,

545
00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:23,866
who wrote a little note 
about it, it is

546
00:23:23,866 --> 00:23:26,366
a prototype invention--

547
00:23:26,366 --> 00:23:30,100
the first paper copier 
ever made. 
Okay.

548
00:23:30,100 --> 00:23:32,066
According to her note,

549
00:23:32,066 --> 00:23:33,800
it was done by Thomas Edison.

550
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,900
My grandfather didn't get it 
to work at one time.

551
00:23:36,900 --> 00:23:41,200
It is in fact 
an Edison-invented item.

552
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:42,600
It's not a prototype, 
it's, it's... 
Mm-hmm.

553
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,533
It's actually 
a production piece.

554
00:23:44,533 --> 00:23:47,533
It would have been made along 
with many others of its type,

555
00:23:47,533 --> 00:23:52,433
and it was originally marketed 
as the autographic press.

556
00:23:52,433 --> 00:23:54,166
It's called an electric pen. 
Ah.

557
00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:56,200
But it technically isn't a pen 
in that,

558
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:57,966
in that it writes with ink.

559
00:23:57,966 --> 00:24:02,400
It is a device which makes 
micro perforations in paper,

560
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,033
and you would hold it 
like a pen.

561
00:24:04,033 --> 00:24:05,900
So let's say you wrote 
a letter in pen, right?

562
00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:08,900
You would take this device 
and write over it again.

563
00:24:08,900 --> 00:24:10,533
And as you wrote over it,

564
00:24:10,533 --> 00:24:13,566
following the lines 
of the writing, it would make

565
00:24:13,566 --> 00:24:16,566
little micro perfs 
into the paper, okay? 
Uh-huh.

566
00:24:16,566 --> 00:24:19,166
Once you finished that, you 
would take that piece of paper

567
00:24:19,166 --> 00:24:21,433
and you would take it 
to a special press

568
00:24:21,433 --> 00:24:23,533
where you would ink it, 
and it, it would,

569
00:24:23,533 --> 00:24:25,833
like a silk screen, 
it would press the ink through,

570
00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:29,400
and voilà, you would have 
a copy of that letter. 
A copy!

571
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,633
So it sounds crazy-complicated, 
right? And it kind of was. 
(chuckling)

572
00:24:32,633 --> 00:24:36,733
In its day, Edison claimed you 
could make up to 5,000 copies

573
00:24:36,733 --> 00:24:38,666
from one microperfed 
letter.

574
00:24:38,666 --> 00:24:42,800
A lot of them were sold, 
and the patent date was 1876.

575
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:44,300
They were sold to about 1880. 
Mm-hmm.

576
00:24:44,300 --> 00:24:46,400
And then what 
started happening was,

577
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,566
a lot of other inventions 
came along where, "Hey,

578
00:24:49,566 --> 00:24:51,000
we can do it this way, 
we can do it that way."

579
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,566
And then there's this thing 
called the typewriter,

580
00:24:53,566 --> 00:24:55,833
which also kind of really 
blockbusted the market... 
Yeah.

581
00:24:55,833 --> 00:24:57,400
...and made this 
rather obsolete.

582
00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,200
The simple function of it 
is that there's an,

583
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,466
you have an electric motor 
here. 
Ah, uh-huh.

584
00:25:02,466 --> 00:25:05,133
That, when powered 
by a wet cell battery,

585
00:25:05,133 --> 00:25:08,833
would rotate that wheel, which 
would drive a little, uh, cam

586
00:25:08,833 --> 00:25:11,200
that would push a needle in and 
out at a very rapid pace. 
Uh-huh.

587
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,066
Have you ever had a tattoo?

588
00:25:13,066 --> 00:25:14,700
Do you have a ta, any tattoos 
or any... 
(chuckles): No, I don't.

589
00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:17,066
Okay, so it's kind of 
like a tattoo needle.

590
00:25:17,066 --> 00:25:21,300
In 1891, an, an entrepreneurial 
New York tattoo artist

591
00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:22,933
looked at this design 
and said,

592
00:25:22,933 --> 00:25:25,066
I can adapt that 
for tattooing. 
Tattooing!

593
00:25:25,066 --> 00:25:28,133
At auction, one like this, 
without all the other gizmos

594
00:25:28,133 --> 00:25:29,966
that I mentioned, 
would easily sell

595
00:25:29,966 --> 00:25:32,233
in the $10,000 
to $15,000 range.

596
00:25:32,233 --> 00:25:35,066
Oh, my! 
(gasps)

597
00:25:35,066 --> 00:25:39,233
(laughing): 
I can't, I can't believe-- 
my sisters and I recovered it

598
00:25:39,233 --> 00:25:41,800
from a ba, 
from my dad's basement!

599
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,133
To me, it's beautiful,

600
00:25:43,133 --> 00:25:45,500
and it's just a, a, 
an amazing little object.

601
00:25:45,500 --> 00:25:47,466
And I love it-- 
it's a jewel.

602
00:25:49,633 --> 00:25:51,433
It was my grandparents' 
painting.

603
00:25:51,433 --> 00:25:53,566
My grandfather bought a house 
in Shaker Heights,

604
00:25:53,566 --> 00:25:54,833
on South Park.

605
00:25:54,833 --> 00:25:56,266
It was a pretty big house.

606
00:25:56,266 --> 00:25:58,533
He got it on a foreclosure.

607
00:25:58,533 --> 00:26:00,833
My grandmother needed 
to put a lot of paintings

608
00:26:00,833 --> 00:26:02,400
on the walls, 
'cause it was a big house.

609
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,866
So I think in the late '40s, 
she went-- early '50s--

610
00:26:05,866 --> 00:26:07,266
she went shopping and bought

611
00:26:07,266 --> 00:26:08,433
a whole bunch 
of different paintings. 
Mm-hmm.

612
00:26:08,433 --> 00:26:09,966
A lot of 'em very nice. 
Mm-hmm.

613
00:26:09,966 --> 00:26:11,100
This is one of 'em.

614
00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:12,566
Any idea what she paid for it? 
No, no idea.

615
00:26:12,566 --> 00:26:14,333
After they passed away,

616
00:26:14,333 --> 00:26:16,233
my one aunt came 
to own this painting.

617
00:26:16,233 --> 00:26:19,600
And then, uh, when she sold her 
house, uh, she gave it to me.

618
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,333
When did it come to you?

619
00:26:21,333 --> 00:26:22,400
Uh, just this year.

620
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,533
So the work 
is by Edward Dufner.

621
00:26:24,533 --> 00:26:26,300
Dufner was born in 1872,

622
00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:28,400
and had a long 
and prolific life,

623
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,833
and died in 1957.

624
00:26:30,833 --> 00:26:34,400
And Dufner grew up in 
and around Buffalo, New York.

625
00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,200
At the age of 15, he studied at 
the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy.

626
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,233
So he was very precocious 
in his youth,

627
00:26:39,233 --> 00:26:40,833
and did so well there

628
00:26:40,833 --> 00:26:42,300
that he actually earned

629
00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:44,066
an Albright scholarship.

630
00:26:44,066 --> 00:26:45,500
And that scholarship allowed 
him

631
00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:46,700
to travel to New York City

632
00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:48,633
in 1893.

633
00:26:48,633 --> 00:26:50,700
There, he studied at 
the Art Students League,

634
00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:53,033
which is one 
of the prominent places

635
00:26:53,033 --> 00:26:56,200
for American artists to study 
at the end of the 19th century.

636
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,433
After that, he went to the other 
important place to study,

637
00:26:59,433 --> 00:27:00,900
which is Paris.

638
00:27:00,900 --> 00:27:04,233
Every American artist 
from the late 19th century,

639
00:27:04,233 --> 00:27:07,533
or virtually every, 
ends up going to Paris to study.

640
00:27:07,533 --> 00:27:09,633
It's to sort of 
get your street creds.

641
00:27:09,633 --> 00:27:10,933
Everybody thinks 
much more of you,

642
00:27:10,933 --> 00:27:12,533
and you can charge more 
for your paintings.

643
00:27:12,533 --> 00:27:14,300
He went to the Académie 
Julian,

644
00:27:14,300 --> 00:27:16,433
and was actually overseas 
for about five years.

645
00:27:16,433 --> 00:27:18,966
And at that time, 
he also studied with Whistler.

646
00:27:18,966 --> 00:27:21,366
When he came back, 
he went first to Buffalo,

647
00:27:21,366 --> 00:27:25,533
and his style 
was fairly Tonalist.

648
00:27:25,533 --> 00:27:28,100
And by about 1907, 
he was in New Jersey,

649
00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:30,800
and his paintings started 
to change.

650
00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:34,833
He purportedly saw an exhibition 
of Willard Metcalf paintings,

651
00:27:34,833 --> 00:27:38,600
who painted bright, light, 
American Impressionist pictures.

652
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,400
And that's when 
his style changed to this.

653
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,800
Today, when we think of Dufner,

654
00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:45,500
this is the sort 
of style we think of.

655
00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:47,166
We think of 
light-filled and bright.

656
00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:49,333
He became known as 
the painter of sunshine.

657
00:27:49,333 --> 00:27:51,266
And this is 
the iconic subject matter.

658
00:27:51,266 --> 00:27:52,600
What people want

659
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,566
are the images of young girls, 
maybe with a mother,

660
00:27:56,566 --> 00:27:59,966
sitting in dappled sunlight 
by the edge of a lake,

661
00:27:59,966 --> 00:28:02,000
maybe with swans or ducks

662
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:03,333
swimming in the distance.

663
00:28:03,333 --> 00:28:05,833
And, I mean, you have 
every single possible element.

664
00:28:05,833 --> 00:28:07,733
He creates these 
beautiful oil paintings

665
00:28:07,733 --> 00:28:10,466
on canvas, 
as you're seeing here.

666
00:28:10,466 --> 00:28:13,233
Uh, and this is 
a fairly large example.

667
00:28:13,233 --> 00:28:14,466
Also going for it--

668
00:28:14,466 --> 00:28:16,266
this is probably 
the original frame.

669
00:28:16,266 --> 00:28:19,833
Probably this and the painting 
are from the early 1920s.

670
00:28:19,833 --> 00:28:20,966
He really 
painted like this

671
00:28:20,966 --> 00:28:22,433
throughout 
the rest of his life.

672
00:28:22,433 --> 00:28:23,733
And this is 
just what you look for

673
00:28:23,733 --> 00:28:26,100
when you, 
when you look for a Dufner.

674
00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:27,700
If I were to put this 
through at auction,

675
00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:32,266
I would estimate it at 
$15,000 to $25,000.

676
00:28:32,266 --> 00:28:35,266
Okay, not bad.

677
00:28:35,266 --> 00:28:37,500
He did these quite a bit.

678
00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:39,200
They're eye candy, 
they're beautiful.

679
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,666
Yeah. 
So they were tremendously 
popular.

680
00:28:42,966 --> 00:28:45,433
♪ ♪

681
00:28:45,433 --> 00:28:47,800
PEÑA: 
Old Sturbridge Village became 
a town full of antiques

682
00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,866
and art collectors 
when "Roadshow" arrived.

683
00:28:49,866 --> 00:28:51,200
One question 
on everyone's mind,

684
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:53,233
as treasures 
from all over the world

685
00:28:53,233 --> 00:28:54,500
come through the lines:

686
00:28:54,500 --> 00:28:55,866
"How did you get it?"

687
00:28:55,866 --> 00:28:57,800
GUEST: 
I bought it from a, 
a fellow mason

688
00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,400
who was also 
an antique dealer.

689
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:03,833
GUEST: 
My grandparents had it ever 
since I was little; I'm 68.

690
00:29:03,833 --> 00:29:07,533
I have a feeling it's 
appreciably older than that.

691
00:29:07,533 --> 00:29:09,933
PEÑA: 
Another crucial question 
for our guests:

692
00:29:09,933 --> 00:29:11,566
what's it worth?

693
00:29:11,566 --> 00:29:13,366
Our experts have the answers.

694
00:29:14,866 --> 00:29:17,233
I bought them 
to honor my mother.

695
00:29:17,233 --> 00:29:21,633
She had a big collection of art, 
various kind of arts.

696
00:29:21,633 --> 00:29:23,766
And one thing that 
she collected were jewels.

697
00:29:23,766 --> 00:29:27,000
These are, uh, jewels 
that she, uh, gave to me

698
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,200
on various occasions 
in my life.

699
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,666
Around Christmas time, 
she would actually give

700
00:29:32,666 --> 00:29:36,566
each woman 
in the family a gift.

701
00:29:36,566 --> 00:29:38,700
And an example of 
that is the little flower

702
00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:40,733
Mm-hmm. 
that came with 
various stones.

703
00:29:40,733 --> 00:29:42,933
So each woman 
got a different stone.

704
00:29:42,933 --> 00:29:44,633
(chuckling): 
I got the diamond,

705
00:29:44,633 --> 00:29:46,366
and I think that it may be

706
00:29:46,366 --> 00:29:48,333
from Van Cleef and Arpels.

707
00:29:48,333 --> 00:29:50,966
And indeed it is 
Van Cleef and Arpels.

708
00:29:50,966 --> 00:29:55,033
It is stamped "VCA" in the back 
with a stock number on it.

709
00:29:55,033 --> 00:29:58,400
They were scatter pins, 
and they would be set with

710
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,766
diamond, emerald, sapphire 
and ruby.

711
00:30:01,766 --> 00:30:04,300
It's approaching between a carat 
and a carat and a half.

712
00:30:04,300 --> 00:30:06,233
Always very good color 
and clarity

713
00:30:06,233 --> 00:30:08,100
With Van Cleef and Arpels 
jewelry.

714
00:30:08,100 --> 00:30:10,066
These sweet little demure

715
00:30:10,066 --> 00:30:11,466
Van Cleef and Arpels 
flower brooches

716
00:30:11,466 --> 00:30:13,133
are just highly desirable.

717
00:30:13,133 --> 00:30:15,833
You're looking at anywhere 
at auction between

718
00:30:15,833 --> 00:30:18,933
$2,500 and $3,500. 
Oui.

719
00:30:18,933 --> 00:30:21,566
The little kitty has 
a black onyx belly

720
00:30:21,566 --> 00:30:24,866
and a cabochon emerald eye

721
00:30:24,866 --> 00:30:27,566
that's stamped "VCA" 
on the back of its ear.

722
00:30:27,566 --> 00:30:29,400
Whimsical animals,

723
00:30:29,400 --> 00:30:33,000
and specifically cats, 
do great on auction.

724
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,966
People are very 
passionate about cats.

725
00:30:34,966 --> 00:30:37,333
This one is going to be 
around circa 1950.

726
00:30:37,333 --> 00:30:38,566
At auction,

727
00:30:38,566 --> 00:30:40,100
$2,000 to $3,000. 
And then we have these

728
00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:44,333
great Bombay turquoise 
and diamond earrings.

729
00:30:44,333 --> 00:30:46,433
Beautifully done, 
very wearable.

730
00:30:46,433 --> 00:30:49,500
And they are clip-ons, 
which would be apropos

731
00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:50,900
for the 1950s as well.

732
00:30:50,900 --> 00:30:52,133
Made in France.

733
00:30:52,133 --> 00:30:54,766
A conservative estimate 
would be between

734
00:30:54,766 --> 00:30:56,466
$6,000 and $8,000. 
Oh.

735
00:30:56,466 --> 00:30:57,466
Conservative,

736
00:30:57,466 --> 00:30:59,166
And that's auction. 
Okay.

737
00:30:59,166 --> 00:31:01,933
And then we have your 
little turquoise and diamond

738
00:31:01,933 --> 00:31:04,333
in 18-karat yellow gold 
strawberry.

739
00:31:04,333 --> 00:31:06,600
The total carat weight 
is going to be approximately

740
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,100
five carats 
on the top here.

741
00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:12,033
That does have signature on it. 
It's made in France.

742
00:31:12,033 --> 00:31:13,900
We would have to do a 
little bit more research on it

743
00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:16,166
to find out 
who the maker was. 
Okay.

744
00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:17,566
But it is the same 
quality as the others.

745
00:31:17,566 --> 00:31:20,066
The strawberry is going to be 
anywhere between

746
00:31:20,066 --> 00:31:22,733
$7,000 and $9,000. 
Oh, my goodness.

747
00:31:22,733 --> 00:31:24,700
Yeah. So unexpected, yes. 
And it's a beautiful

748
00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:28,466
turquoise circa 1950s 
jewelry collection. 
Yeah.

749
00:31:28,466 --> 00:31:29,900
I told you, 
my mom had great taste.

750
00:31:29,900 --> 00:31:31,333
(laughs)

751
00:31:37,933 --> 00:31:40,300
GUEST: 
I have a Civil War 
presentation sword

752
00:31:40,300 --> 00:31:43,166
I acquired in about 2010 
from my grandmother.

753
00:31:43,166 --> 00:31:46,366
Gustavus Stanley 
was an officer,

754
00:31:46,366 --> 00:31:48,066
fought in 
three different regiments,

755
00:31:48,066 --> 00:31:50,333
but the last one 
was the 2nd Cavalry, Maine.

756
00:31:50,333 --> 00:31:53,333
After his death, 
the sword and a lot of

757
00:31:53,333 --> 00:31:54,866
the documents 
from the company

758
00:31:54,866 --> 00:31:57,066
were sent back home 
to my family in Maine,

759
00:31:57,066 --> 00:31:58,700
where it's been for years.

760
00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:00,766
So you brought us a

761
00:32:00,766 --> 00:32:03,800
Civil War presentation 
cavalry officer saber.

762
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,233
And it's a presentation 
to him by the,

763
00:32:07,233 --> 00:32:09,400
the men of Company F,

764
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:10,933
2nd Maine Cavalry. 
Yeah.

765
00:32:10,933 --> 00:32:12,633
He's in Illinois.

766
00:32:12,633 --> 00:32:15,366
He joins 
the 8th Illinois Cavalry.

767
00:32:15,366 --> 00:32:17,700
He got scooped up 
by Lee's men

768
00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:19,800
May 5, 1862.

769
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,500
So you'd think he'd go 
to a prison camp, right? 
Right.

770
00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:24,600
They didn't really have

771
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,066
a good method of 
dealing with prisoners

772
00:32:27,066 --> 00:32:28,700
at the beginning of 
the Civil War.

773
00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:31,933
There was a system of parole, 
where essentially 
Yeah.

774
00:32:31,933 --> 00:32:33,933
you would swear to go home,

775
00:32:33,933 --> 00:32:35,233
behave yourself,

776
00:32:35,233 --> 00:32:37,066
don't take part in 
military activities,

777
00:32:37,066 --> 00:32:40,266
which made it a lot easier 
on both sides taking prisoners,

778
00:32:40,266 --> 00:32:42,466
because they didn't have 
to feed them and clothe them.

779
00:32:42,466 --> 00:32:44,333
So he goes home.

780
00:32:44,333 --> 00:32:46,466
Home is in Maine.

781
00:32:46,466 --> 00:32:48,066
So when he's 
called back to service,

782
00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:50,433
he ends up 
a captain in Company B,

783
00:32:50,433 --> 00:32:53,966
28th Maine Infantry, 
they go down to the Gulf.

784
00:32:53,966 --> 00:32:56,300
He's captured again. 
(chuckles)

785
00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:58,066
So, he's in trouble again.

786
00:32:58,066 --> 00:33:02,166
He gets paroled, 
goes home, and comes back

787
00:33:02,166 --> 00:33:06,000
with 2nd Maine Cavalry 
in 1863.

788
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,566
Now, the sword itself.

789
00:33:07,566 --> 00:33:08,900
It's beautiful.

790
00:33:08,900 --> 00:33:10,100
It's in good condition.

791
00:33:10,100 --> 00:33:12,566
What we see here is

792
00:33:12,566 --> 00:33:17,100
a nice acid etch engraving 
on the blade.

793
00:33:17,100 --> 00:33:21,066
You have a federal eagle 
on the reverse side.

794
00:33:21,066 --> 00:33:24,800
And we know that it is 
a German-made sword

795
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,400
because the maker's mark 
on the ricasso

796
00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:31,266
is by the firm of Clauberg, 
out of Solingen, Germany.

797
00:33:31,266 --> 00:33:33,400
A retail price for this sword

798
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,033
would be between $8,000 
and $10,000.

799
00:33:36,033 --> 00:33:37,366
Oh, wow.

800
00:33:38,933 --> 00:33:40,433
Wow, that's great.

801
00:33:40,433 --> 00:33:42,333
This gentleman saw 
a lot of,

802
00:33:42,333 --> 00:33:43,966
a lot of Civil War service,

803
00:33:43,966 --> 00:33:45,866
but he couldn't quite seem 
to stay out of trouble.

804
00:33:45,866 --> 00:33:48,900
(chuckling): 
No, he could not.

805
00:33:48,900 --> 00:33:51,833
This is a family heirloom 
from the 1800s.

806
00:33:51,833 --> 00:33:54,866
It's a Armenian 
walking suit,

807
00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:57,933
um, laced with 
natural saltwater pearls.

808
00:33:57,933 --> 00:34:00,133
And you told me there were 
how many pearls on there?

809
00:34:00,133 --> 00:34:01,733
About 50,000.

810
00:34:01,733 --> 00:34:03,200
You couldn't 
remake this piece,

811
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:04,300
because you're not 
going to be able

812
00:34:04,300 --> 00:34:06,000
to find somebody who would 
sit down

813
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,266
and, and do this work.

814
00:34:07,266 --> 00:34:08,666
Sure.

815
00:34:08,666 --> 00:34:09,866
I mean, you couldn't 
pay them enough to do it.

816
00:34:09,866 --> 00:34:11,633
With regards to the value 
of the pearls

817
00:34:11,633 --> 00:34:13,133
and the jacket, 
I'd say there are at least

818
00:34:13,133 --> 00:34:14,966
$20,000 worth 
of pearls.

819
00:34:14,966 --> 00:34:16,200
It's a wonderful thing,

820
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:17,666
and thank you very much 
for bringing it.

821
00:34:17,666 --> 00:34:20,066
Oh, thank you. 
That's awesome.

822
00:34:20,066 --> 00:34:23,633
This is a Red Sox baseball bat 
from 1951.

823
00:34:23,633 --> 00:34:25,966
I got it as a gift from 
my godfather,

824
00:34:25,966 --> 00:34:27,300
who's Richard Donovan,

825
00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:30,133
and he was the bat boy.

826
00:34:30,133 --> 00:34:31,333
I got Ted Williams on there,

827
00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:33,166
and Johnny Pesky.

828
00:34:33,166 --> 00:34:35,933
This bat had been

829
00:34:35,933 --> 00:34:38,033
in the coat closet at 
my aunt and uncle's house

830
00:34:38,033 --> 00:34:39,300
since we were kids.

831
00:34:39,300 --> 00:34:40,700
And when we'd go over,

832
00:34:40,700 --> 00:34:42,400
we would just, like, 
we'd play with it.

833
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,066
My godfather just, 
he gave it to me as a gift.

834
00:34:45,066 --> 00:34:46,366
Yeah.

835
00:34:46,366 --> 00:34:48,733
'Cause, to be honest, 
I am the favorite.

836
00:34:48,733 --> 00:34:50,033
(laughs) 
Just, just saying.

837
00:34:50,033 --> 00:34:52,400
1951, the Red Sox

838
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:53,866
came in third in 
the American League.

839
00:34:53,866 --> 00:34:55,600
But they had 
some great players.

840
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,600
Namely this gentleman 
right here. 
Yeah.

841
00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,800
that's Ted Williams, 
of course. 
Yeah.

842
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:03,233
And Joe DiMaggio's brother, 
Dom, right here.

843
00:35:03,233 --> 00:35:06,133
Johnny Pesky, 
all-time great.

844
00:35:06,133 --> 00:35:08,266
Bobby Doerr, 
Hall of Famer.

845
00:35:08,266 --> 00:35:10,400
This is called a half bat.

846
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,733
We're missing the end here,

847
00:35:11,733 --> 00:35:13,000
but that's probably 
because you guys

848
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,500
were playing with it. 
Yeah, yeah.

849
00:35:14,500 --> 00:35:17,266
And what baseball players 
would do is, traditional,

850
00:35:17,266 --> 00:35:19,333
they would cut the bat 
in half

851
00:35:19,333 --> 00:35:22,433
Okay. 
and then each one of them

852
00:35:22,433 --> 00:35:25,200
would autograph it, 
including Johnny Pesky,

853
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:29,133
Ted Williams, 
Bobby Doerr, Don DiMaggio.

854
00:35:29,133 --> 00:35:30,300
Mm.

855
00:35:30,300 --> 00:35:31,833
And generally, 
when they were given out,

856
00:35:31,833 --> 00:35:33,400
they were given out 
to teammates or,

857
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,733
or friends of the family, 
if you will.

858
00:35:35,733 --> 00:35:36,900
Sure. 
Which makes sense

859
00:35:36,900 --> 00:35:39,833
why your godfather 
would have it.

860
00:35:39,833 --> 00:35:41,433
Very, very rare to find 
a half bat.

861
00:35:41,433 --> 00:35:44,066
It's in decent shape, 
other than the broken handle.

862
00:35:44,066 --> 00:35:45,566
The signatures are bold.

863
00:35:45,566 --> 00:35:47,800
If I were going to put 
an auction estimate,

864
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:49,733
I'd put it at $2,000 
to $3,000.

865
00:35:49,733 --> 00:35:50,766
Great.

866
00:35:50,766 --> 00:35:52,066
This photograph 
is interesting, too.

867
00:35:52,066 --> 00:35:53,666
This was only given to 
people who were

868
00:35:53,666 --> 00:35:55,500
closely associated 
with the team.

869
00:35:55,500 --> 00:35:57,266
It's got condition issues. 
Right.

870
00:35:57,266 --> 00:35:59,500
Even just like this, 
it's probably worth

871
00:35:59,500 --> 00:36:00,700
about $200 to $300.

872
00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:01,833
Excellent. 
Yeah.

873
00:36:01,833 --> 00:36:03,133
Nice. 
Yeah.

874
00:36:03,133 --> 00:36:04,300
Go Sox.

875
00:36:04,300 --> 00:36:06,366
(both laugh)

876
00:36:12,500 --> 00:36:16,066
My grandfather was 
a colonel in the U.S. Army.

877
00:36:16,066 --> 00:36:18,800
And during the Bolshevik 
Revolution in Russia,

878
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:23,300
he was given an assignment 
to go to Stockholm...

879
00:36:23,300 --> 00:36:25,900
Mm-hmm. 
where he was going 
to be military attaché.

880
00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:29,866
When they got to St. Petersburg, 
the bullets were flying.

881
00:36:29,866 --> 00:36:33,033
But he grabbed the family, 
put my mother on his shoulders,

882
00:36:33,033 --> 00:36:34,266
and they ran,

883
00:36:34,266 --> 00:36:36,633
and they got to 
Stockholm eventually.

884
00:36:36,633 --> 00:36:38,700
Mm-hmm. 
Once he got there,

885
00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:41,933
he learned that there were 
members of the Russian court

886
00:36:41,933 --> 00:36:43,833
that were trying to escape

887
00:36:43,833 --> 00:36:46,800
because the monarchy 
was being killed. 
Mm-hmm.

888
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,200
So he said, 
"I can help them."

889
00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,166
So he got in touch 
with the ladies in waiting,

890
00:36:52,166 --> 00:36:55,833
and he did help them, 
but they took their hymns

891
00:36:55,833 --> 00:36:59,200
and ripped the hymns up 
and produced some jewels.

892
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,900
And they said to him,

893
00:37:00,900 --> 00:37:03,200
"We would like 
to give them to you."

894
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,833
And he said, "No, you're 
not going to give them to me.

895
00:37:06,833 --> 00:37:08,566
"I will pay you for them,

896
00:37:08,566 --> 00:37:11,166
and I will pay you 
better than they're worth."

897
00:37:11,166 --> 00:37:13,466
And that's 
exactly what he did.

898
00:37:13,466 --> 00:37:15,400
And so we now have

899
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,466
those jewels in our family.

900
00:37:17,466 --> 00:37:21,300
We have the receipt from 
the baroness who met with him.

901
00:37:21,300 --> 00:37:23,433
And the letter says that

902
00:37:23,433 --> 00:37:25,366
the baroness has received

903
00:37:25,366 --> 00:37:28,733
3,700 kroner from 
my grandfather.

904
00:37:28,733 --> 00:37:33,033
And the date is 
October 8, 1920.

905
00:37:33,033 --> 00:37:35,200
The ladies in waiting at the 
court,

906
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,066
at the Imperial Court of Russia,

907
00:37:37,066 --> 00:37:38,500
are not servants.

908
00:37:38,500 --> 00:37:39,633
They're confidants

909
00:37:39,633 --> 00:37:42,533
and secretaries, and, um...

910
00:37:42,533 --> 00:37:44,500
basically friends of 
the empress.

911
00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:45,933
Exactly. 
So she might have been

912
00:37:45,933 --> 00:37:48,733
a baroness and a confidant 
to the empress... 
Mm-hmm.

913
00:37:48,733 --> 00:37:50,066
and maybe they were gifted 
Mm-hmm.

914
00:37:50,066 --> 00:37:51,633
by the empress to her.

915
00:37:51,633 --> 00:37:53,233
Mm-hmm. 
In terms of their date,

916
00:37:53,233 --> 00:37:57,533
Okay. 
they're between probably 1860 
and 1880, give or take.

917
00:37:57,533 --> 00:38:00,933
We've got two fitted boxes 
from some retailer in Moscow.

918
00:38:00,933 --> 00:38:03,233
There are no marks 
on any of these pieces,

919
00:38:03,233 --> 00:38:05,466
But they're, 
however, um, indications

920
00:38:05,466 --> 00:38:07,366
that it was of 
the sort of jewelry,

921
00:38:07,366 --> 00:38:10,233
clearly, th-that was worn 
in court settings

922
00:38:10,233 --> 00:38:13,300
because it's very fancy, 
very big and impressive.

923
00:38:13,300 --> 00:38:15,166
These pieces are 
silver-topped,

924
00:38:15,166 --> 00:38:18,433
set with mine-cut 
and cushion-cut diamonds

925
00:38:18,433 --> 00:38:20,166
and carbuncle garnets.

926
00:38:20,166 --> 00:38:22,300
The garnets 
are large and very dark.

927
00:38:22,300 --> 00:38:23,900
They're hollowed out 
from behind,

928
00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:26,900
and then they're backed 
onto polished yellow gold,

929
00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:30,533
so that you get a light, 
almost ruby-like color.

930
00:38:30,533 --> 00:38:32,700
I see between 
12 and 14 carats

931
00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:33,966
of old diamonds.

932
00:38:33,966 --> 00:38:36,533
And the garnets, 
of course,

933
00:38:36,533 --> 00:38:38,800
enhance it for 
color and, and light.

934
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:40,700
But, most importantly,

935
00:38:40,700 --> 00:38:44,766
it's pre-revolutionary 
Russian court jewelry.

936
00:38:44,766 --> 00:38:46,800
Mm. 
And in a retail setting,

937
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,400
I would see a price of 
$12,000 to $15,000...

938
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:52,066
Okay. 
...on this collection.

939
00:38:52,066 --> 00:38:53,833
Nice, very nice.

940
00:38:53,833 --> 00:38:57,233
I would give it 
an insurance value of

941
00:38:57,233 --> 00:38:58,600
$18,000 to $24,000.

942
00:38:58,600 --> 00:38:59,766
Okay.

943
00:38:59,766 --> 00:39:01,566
It's terrific to see here. 
Oh, thank you.

944
00:39:01,566 --> 00:39:04,300
It's absolutely terrific 
to see here. 
Thank you so much.

945
00:39:05,933 --> 00:39:08,100
♪ ♪

946
00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:11,100
PEÑA: 
At the Alaska Native Heritage 
Center in Anchorage,

947
00:39:11,100 --> 00:39:14,366
"Antiques Roadshow" continued 
to do what we do best.

948
00:39:14,366 --> 00:39:15,966
This would have been made

949
00:39:15,966 --> 00:39:18,766
at the peak of 
the whaling craze.

950
00:39:18,766 --> 00:39:21,100
PEÑA: 
Discover hidden treasures,

951
00:39:21,100 --> 00:39:22,566
which included a bunch of works

952
00:39:22,566 --> 00:39:26,800
by public television's 
favorite art teacher, Bob Ross.

953
00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:28,966
One Bob Ross painting 
that stood out:

954
00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:31,866
a beautiful Alaskan scene 
of the northern lights.

955
00:39:33,100 --> 00:39:36,000
GUEST: 
This painting was hanging 
in my parents' home,

956
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,700
and we gained it at home 
in 2012

957
00:39:38,700 --> 00:39:41,000
and stuck it in the closet 
for four years.

958
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:44,500
(chuckles) 
The Kenai Peninsula had a

959
00:39:44,500 --> 00:39:46,233
7.1. earthquake.

960
00:39:46,233 --> 00:39:47,233
Wow.

961
00:39:47,233 --> 00:39:50,300
And we had a set of moose horns

962
00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:52,833
hanging above our bed. 
(laughs)

963
00:39:52,833 --> 00:39:56,200
And after the earthquake, 
we decided that...

964
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:57,733
we're taking that down.

965
00:39:57,733 --> 00:39:59,800
The painting came 
out of the closet,

966
00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:01,266
and we hung it up.

967
00:40:01,266 --> 00:40:03,533
So, did you know it was 
a Bob Ross painting

968
00:40:03,533 --> 00:40:05,100
when you put it 
into the closet?

969
00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:06,233
No, we did not.

970
00:40:06,233 --> 00:40:08,500
Mm-hmm. 
It was sometime after that,

971
00:40:08,500 --> 00:40:10,333
we see the signature,

972
00:40:10,333 --> 00:40:13,233
and we're like, "Wow, 
we got something here." 
Mm-hmm.

973
00:40:13,233 --> 00:40:16,333
Bob Ross is 
a public television legend.

974
00:40:16,333 --> 00:40:18,733
He taught so many 
people to not only to paint,

975
00:40:18,733 --> 00:40:20,033
but to enjoy painting.

976
00:40:20,033 --> 00:40:21,966
He made it safe 
to make mistakes.

977
00:40:21,966 --> 00:40:24,866
He was telling you, "Just, you 
know, do whatever you want."

978
00:40:24,866 --> 00:40:26,200
Mm. 
Paint a little happy tree

979
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,233
or a little, you know, 
happy cloud. 
(chuckles)

980
00:40:28,233 --> 00:40:29,700
And it was so refreshing,

981
00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:31,266
because the other 
painting teachers

982
00:40:31,266 --> 00:40:33,500
were trying to teach you 
formal painting.

983
00:40:33,500 --> 00:40:36,200
This is an oil on canvas,

984
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,066
and it's signed in 
the lower lefthand corner.

985
00:40:38,066 --> 00:40:39,866
It says "Ross 79."

986
00:40:39,866 --> 00:40:43,400
And it's painted with a 
technique we called wet on wet,

987
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,866
and just add on layer 
on layer without letting it dry.

988
00:40:45,866 --> 00:40:47,933
It allows you to make 
a painting really quickly,

989
00:40:47,933 --> 00:40:49,866
and as Bob Ross did 
on his show,

990
00:40:49,866 --> 00:40:50,966
under half an hour,

991
00:40:50,966 --> 00:40:52,133
he could have an, 
an complete painting.

992
00:40:52,133 --> 00:40:54,066
It's been reported that 
Bob Ross painted

993
00:40:54,066 --> 00:40:57,433
over 30,000 paintings 
during his lifetime,

994
00:40:57,433 --> 00:40:59,800
which is a crazy number 
of paintings.

995
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:02,933
In 1983, he started doing his 
"Joy of Painting" TV show.

996
00:41:02,933 --> 00:41:04,566
From that time forward,

997
00:41:04,566 --> 00:41:05,600
all the paintings he did

998
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,600
were owned by 
the Bob Ross company.

999
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:08,700
All of his previous paintings

1000
00:41:08,700 --> 00:41:10,866
are on... kind of 
on the open market.

1001
00:41:10,866 --> 00:41:13,633
We don't see them that often 
in the lower 48 states. 
Mm, okay.

1002
00:41:13,633 --> 00:41:15,866
I would give an auction 
estimate for this painting

1003
00:41:15,866 --> 00:41:18,566
of $15,000 to $20,000.

1004
00:41:18,566 --> 00:41:20,100
Wow.

1005
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:22,700
That is amazing.

1006
00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:24,466
That's incredible.

1007
00:41:24,466 --> 00:41:28,300
$15,000 to $20,000 is 
a conservative estimate.

1008
00:41:28,300 --> 00:41:31,400
For particularly good ones-- 
which this is--

1009
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,400
I could easily see

1010
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,100
it hitting $25,000,

1011
00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:37,333
maybe even $30,000. 
(softly): Wow.

1012
00:41:37,333 --> 00:41:40,166
Yeah. 
That is...

1013
00:41:40,166 --> 00:41:41,466
unbelievable.

1014
00:41:41,466 --> 00:41:44,366
Isn't it crazy? 
That is crazy.

1015
00:41:44,366 --> 00:41:47,366
GUEST: 
We were just going for 
a walk up our street,

1016
00:41:47,366 --> 00:41:49,100
and a few houses down,

1017
00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:51,633
there was some items 
on the curb,

1018
00:41:51,633 --> 00:41:55,133
and my husband said, 
"We'll get it on the way back,"

1019
00:41:55,133 --> 00:41:57,500
And I said, "No, no! 
These plates are too nice."

1020
00:41:57,500 --> 00:41:59,366
"Well, let's take them now."

1021
00:41:59,366 --> 00:42:01,666
His name is Robert Mayokok.

1022
00:42:01,666 --> 00:42:02,700
He is Alaskan Native.

1023
00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:05,566
He pursued the traditional ways.

1024
00:42:05,566 --> 00:42:08,733
And so all of these activities,

1025
00:42:08,733 --> 00:42:12,000
he understood, 
he had participated in them.

1026
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:13,066
These are hand-painted.

1027
00:42:13,066 --> 00:42:15,633
He was a 
fairly prolific artist.

1028
00:42:15,633 --> 00:42:17,533
If they showed up 
in an antique shop,

1029
00:42:17,533 --> 00:42:19,133
I think we could 
say a price on them

1030
00:42:19,133 --> 00:42:21,666
of at least $50 or $60 each.

1031
00:42:21,666 --> 00:42:23,266
Oh, wow.

1032
00:42:23,266 --> 00:42:25,833
Awesome.

1033
00:42:25,833 --> 00:42:27,300
Thank you.

1034
00:42:28,366 --> 00:42:32,433
GUEST: 
There was an auction 
for youth hockey in 1990s.

1035
00:42:32,433 --> 00:42:34,033
I bought it for $100.

1036
00:42:34,033 --> 00:42:36,866
He signed it, which I was told

1037
00:42:36,866 --> 00:42:38,100
he rarely signs anything.

1038
00:42:38,100 --> 00:42:40,000
And you're a hockey mom? 
Yes.

1039
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,533
And we have Snoopy 
here with a hockey stick.

1040
00:42:42,533 --> 00:42:43,800
This is a really nice, big, 
bold signature.

1041
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:44,966
He did occasionally

1042
00:42:44,966 --> 00:42:46,166
take these prints

1043
00:42:46,166 --> 00:42:47,833
and sign them for charities,

1044
00:42:47,833 --> 00:42:49,100
but not that frequently.

1045
00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:50,866
And the most 
important distinction here

1046
00:42:50,866 --> 00:42:51,900
is that this is a print.

1047
00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:53,500
It's from a 1982 strip.

1048
00:42:53,500 --> 00:42:54,700
If this were original,

1049
00:42:54,700 --> 00:42:56,000
it would be worth 
quite a bit more.

1050
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,533
It's still probably 
an $800 to $1,200 piece.

1051
00:42:58,533 --> 00:42:59,933
Oh, okay, great.

1052
00:42:59,933 --> 00:43:03,033
You struck gold 
in Alaska here. 
Yeah. Great.

1053
00:43:04,133 --> 00:43:06,433
♪ ♪

1054
00:43:07,333 --> 00:43:13,333
GUEST: 
We have 17 Sheldon Jackson 
reindeer reports

1055
00:43:13,333 --> 00:43:17,033
from 1893 to 1906.

1056
00:43:17,033 --> 00:43:19,633
So this is just 
part of our collection.

1057
00:43:19,633 --> 00:43:24,466
And because my grandfather 
was a reindeer herder

1058
00:43:24,466 --> 00:43:27,066
and his name 
is in some of these books,

1059
00:43:27,066 --> 00:43:30,066
that's... that was 
our interest in them.

1060
00:43:30,066 --> 00:43:32,100
I'm learning things 
in Alaska,

1061
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:34,066
never having 
come to Alaska before,

1062
00:43:34,066 --> 00:43:36,766
and I'm grateful 
to be here

1063
00:43:36,766 --> 00:43:39,533
and to, to learn 
about the reindeer.

1064
00:43:39,533 --> 00:43:41,400
I did not know that they were 
not indigenous

1065
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:44,133
to Alaska, 
they were introduced.

1066
00:43:44,133 --> 00:43:47,266
The reindeer's cousin, 
the caribou,

1067
00:43:47,266 --> 00:43:50,000
is indigenous to Alaska.

1068
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:51,900
My ancestors,

1069
00:43:51,900 --> 00:43:54,866
their main source of food,

1070
00:43:54,866 --> 00:43:56,666
if you're on the coast,

1071
00:43:56,666 --> 00:43:58,433
were sea mammals--

1072
00:43:58,433 --> 00:44:02,533
so whales, walrus, and seals.

1073
00:44:02,533 --> 00:44:07,166
And now back in the 1800s, 
so many of them were

1074
00:44:07,166 --> 00:44:10,166
taken by-- 
in the whaling ships...

1075
00:44:10,166 --> 00:44:12,333
Yeah. 
...around the world, and so,

1076
00:44:12,333 --> 00:44:16,066
that left very 
little food for my ancestors.

1077
00:44:16,066 --> 00:44:18,633
And Sheldon Jackson,

1078
00:44:18,633 --> 00:44:22,666
the education agent, 
saw that.

1079
00:44:22,666 --> 00:44:26,066
He had heard that 
other countries were

1080
00:44:26,066 --> 00:44:28,700
raising reindeer for food,

1081
00:44:28,700 --> 00:44:30,233
and so he thought 
it would be good

1082
00:44:30,233 --> 00:44:32,033
to try that in Alaska.

1083
00:44:32,033 --> 00:44:34,500
Yeah, and it was something 
that indigenous people in,

1084
00:44:34,500 --> 00:44:39,300
in other parts of Siberia 
and other parts

1085
00:44:39,300 --> 00:44:41,200
of Scandinavia did as well. 
Right.

1086
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,833
The books are so interesting, 
because they are,

1087
00:44:43,833 --> 00:44:45,233
as they say on the title,

1088
00:44:45,233 --> 00:44:47,400
reports of this program.

1089
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:51,066
So, in addition to 
your grandfather's name,

1090
00:44:51,066 --> 00:44:53,666
they have the names 
of all of the people

1091
00:44:53,666 --> 00:44:54,833
that were involved 
in the program,

1092
00:44:54,833 --> 00:44:56,366
and, of course, 
the numbers of animals

1093
00:44:56,366 --> 00:44:58,700
and then how the program 
was doing, which is,

1094
00:44:58,700 --> 00:44:59,800
which is fascinating.

1095
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:02,400
Because they are reports for

1096
00:45:02,400 --> 00:45:05,100
an ongoing government program,

1097
00:45:05,100 --> 00:45:06,633
the only way you can really 
get them

1098
00:45:06,633 --> 00:45:08,133
is in the original editions

1099
00:45:08,133 --> 00:45:09,600
as they're coming out 
each year

1100
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,266
from the government printing 
office.

1101
00:45:11,266 --> 00:45:13,666
There's photos in there, 
there are maps.

1102
00:45:13,666 --> 00:45:15,166
We can look at a photo.

1103
00:45:15,166 --> 00:45:18,933
It does show milking 
reindeer.

1104
00:45:18,933 --> 00:45:21,833
The female reindeer 
were only meant

1105
00:45:21,833 --> 00:45:24,566
to be given to people 
in the community only.

1106
00:45:24,566 --> 00:45:27,266
They wanted to keep the new 
tradition of herding

1107
00:45:27,266 --> 00:45:29,266
among indigenous Alaskans.

1108
00:45:29,266 --> 00:45:32,466
These books are important 
to you personally,

1109
00:45:32,466 --> 00:45:35,300
and it's also such 
an i... an interesting moment

1110
00:45:35,300 --> 00:45:40,100
in the history of this very 
diverse place of Alaska.

1111
00:45:40,100 --> 00:45:42,033
A lot of these, 
we bought

1112
00:45:42,033 --> 00:45:43,266
40 years ago... 
Right.

1113
00:45:43,266 --> 00:45:45,300
And we have no idea

1114
00:45:45,300 --> 00:45:46,966
what they're worth now. 
Yeah.

1115
00:45:46,966 --> 00:45:49,733
The price range varied;

1116
00:45:49,733 --> 00:45:52,266
the average 
was about $50.

1117
00:45:52,266 --> 00:45:53,666
What I see right now

1118
00:45:53,666 --> 00:45:55,900
on the retail market 
is individual volumes

1119
00:45:55,900 --> 00:45:56,966
selling for about,

1120
00:45:56,966 --> 00:45:59,900
more like $100 to $200. 
Mm-hmm.

1121
00:46:07,433 --> 00:46:10,700
I brought an antique 
presentation cane

1122
00:46:10,700 --> 00:46:14,033
that was presented by 
my great-great-grandfather

1123
00:46:14,033 --> 00:46:17,566
to his son in 1855 
in Philadelphia.

1124
00:46:17,566 --> 00:46:20,666
It has a 
sterling silver cap

1125
00:46:20,666 --> 00:46:24,366
where the presentation 
engraving has been placed,

1126
00:46:24,366 --> 00:46:27,300
and then this beautiful wood 
that is from

1127
00:46:27,300 --> 00:46:29,166
the timbers of Independence 
Hall.

1128
00:46:29,166 --> 00:46:32,400
I think a conservative 
auction estimate would be

1129
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:35,766
$1,500 to $2,500. 
Mm-hmm.

1130
00:46:35,766 --> 00:46:39,300
And I would insure it 
for $10,000.

1131
00:46:39,300 --> 00:46:40,633
Oh, really? 
Mm-hmm.

1132
00:46:40,633 --> 00:46:43,700
And that's based on the fact 
that a similar cane,

1133
00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:45,733
estimated at 
$1,000 to $2,000,

1134
00:46:45,733 --> 00:46:49,733
sold for $11,000 in 2020. 
(laughs)

1135
00:46:50,833 --> 00:46:53,133
Okay, great. 
Thank you.

1136
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,666
It is, I thought,

1137
00:46:56,666 --> 00:46:59,566
the only sled left 
from the first Iditarod.

1138
00:46:59,566 --> 00:47:02,266
I'm one of only nine still alive 
from the first race.

1139
00:47:02,266 --> 00:47:04,900
I found out later, 
my friend Dan Seavey

1140
00:47:04,900 --> 00:47:07,433
has one in the museum 
in Seward.

1141
00:47:07,433 --> 00:47:10,600
When was the first 
Iditarod race?

1142
00:47:10,600 --> 00:47:13,900
It begun in 1973, 
with the goal of

1143
00:47:13,900 --> 00:47:16,466
getting the Iditarod Trail 
commemorated

1144
00:47:16,466 --> 00:47:19,233
as part of the 
National Historic Trail system.

1145
00:47:19,233 --> 00:47:21,300
I found that the actual

1146
00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:22,866
original Iditarod Trail

1147
00:47:22,866 --> 00:47:25,633
was created largely 
during the gold rush years

1148
00:47:25,633 --> 00:47:27,233
in the early 1900s?

1149
00:47:27,233 --> 00:47:29,066
Yes, it was. 
It was Seward

1150
00:47:29,066 --> 00:47:31,600
to the gold rush town 
of Iditarod.

1151
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:35,400
There were trails coming 
in off of the Yukon from Nome

1152
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,100
and also from Fairbanks 
to Iditarod

1153
00:47:38,100 --> 00:47:41,600
that all became part 
of the Iditarod Trail.

1154
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:45,933
That old trail had not been 
coursed for over a half century,

1155
00:47:45,933 --> 00:47:49,366
and it was just... 
had to be relocated

1156
00:47:49,366 --> 00:47:52,666
and recreated, and it was 
one monumental job.

1157
00:47:52,666 --> 00:47:56,833
Dog teams existed 
until, uh, the snowmobile came,

1158
00:47:56,833 --> 00:47:58,733
and all of a sudden, 
almost overnight,

1159
00:47:58,733 --> 00:48:00,700
where there were 
hundreds of thousands

1160
00:48:00,700 --> 00:48:03,200
of sled dogs 
across the north,

1161
00:48:03,200 --> 00:48:04,400
within about 
a five-year stretch,

1162
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:05,600
there were almost none,

1163
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,466
and we had to do 
something to save them.

1164
00:48:07,466 --> 00:48:09,166
How did you build this sled?

1165
00:48:09,166 --> 00:48:11,966
The stanchions 
are hockey sticks.

1166
00:48:11,966 --> 00:48:14,566
The rest of it's hickory, 
and it's all steamed and bent.

1167
00:48:14,566 --> 00:48:15,900
I designed it,

1168
00:48:15,900 --> 00:48:18,266
and I got 
three friends going,

1169
00:48:18,266 --> 00:48:19,566
and they worked 
day and day... and night

1170
00:48:19,566 --> 00:48:21,733
for three days and nights

1171
00:48:21,733 --> 00:48:23,100
without going to sleep

1172
00:48:23,100 --> 00:48:25,000
to finish it 
in time for the race.

1173
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:26,666
It got me a thousand miles. 
S...

1174
00:48:26,666 --> 00:48:29,000
And this was 
my shelter as well... 
This...

1175
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:31,800
I'd jam my snowshoes 
in the snow...

1176
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,700
Yeah. 
And put a canvas over it,

1177
00:48:33,700 --> 00:48:34,766
and I'd sleep inside.

1178
00:48:34,766 --> 00:48:37,200
No! 
Yeah, at 40, 50 below zero.

1179
00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:38,466
Wow. 
And the dogs

1180
00:48:38,466 --> 00:48:40,700
survive very well 
in lower temperatures.

1181
00:48:40,700 --> 00:48:42,300
Dogs... 
Yeah, they're... 
30 to 50 degrees...

1182
00:48:42,300 --> 00:48:43,733
The dogs are born to it.

1183
00:48:43,733 --> 00:48:46,833
They were very well-furred 
back then, especially.

1184
00:48:46,833 --> 00:48:49,200
How'd you know 
when the dogs are tired?

1185
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:51,033
You just get to 
know your dogs so well,

1186
00:48:51,033 --> 00:48:52,866
you know pretty much 
what they can take.

1187
00:48:52,866 --> 00:48:56,033
And I would stop 
every hour on the hour

1188
00:48:56,033 --> 00:48:57,466
to check their feet.

1189
00:48:57,466 --> 00:48:58,966
And then about 
every three hours,

1190
00:48:58,966 --> 00:49:02,300
I'd give them a snack, 
and, and a good meal

1191
00:49:02,300 --> 00:49:05,166
at the end of a, 
of a run.

1192
00:49:05,166 --> 00:49:07,000
What was it like 
when you finished?

1193
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:08,433
I was so high,

1194
00:49:08,433 --> 00:49:11,000
knowing I was actually 
going to make Nome.

1195
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:14,233
My glacier goggles 
are fogging up.

1196
00:49:14,233 --> 00:49:17,533
And I thought, 
"Okay, I'm this close to Nome.

1197
00:49:17,533 --> 00:49:20,600
"I'm getting sunburned on my... 
on the left side of my face,

1198
00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:23,333
"frostbitten on the right side, 
and I'm going snow-blind,

1199
00:49:23,333 --> 00:49:26,133
but I don't care. 
I am gonna make Nome."

1200
00:49:26,133 --> 00:49:27,333
And I got to Nome,

1201
00:49:27,333 --> 00:49:28,800
and the whole town 
would turn out,

1202
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:31,100
the fire siren would sound,

1203
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:32,933
and the mayor would 
be there,

1204
00:49:32,933 --> 00:49:34,566
and it was a hero's welcome

1205
00:49:34,566 --> 00:49:35,966
to everyone.

1206
00:49:35,966 --> 00:49:39,566
The whole north was just 
ignited.

1207
00:49:39,566 --> 00:49:41,033
In the last 50 years,

1208
00:49:41,033 --> 00:49:43,766
the sleds have gotten 
much more aerodynamic

1209
00:49:43,766 --> 00:49:45,133
and not as homemade... 
(chuckling): No.

1210
00:49:45,133 --> 00:49:47,133
much more 
professionally built, right?

1211
00:49:47,133 --> 00:49:49,700
But we have this sled here.

1212
00:49:49,700 --> 00:49:52,966
And as far as I know, 
and you know,

1213
00:49:52,966 --> 00:49:56,000
there's only one other sled 
that's extant from,

1214
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,433
from this race, right? 
Yes, yeah.

1215
00:49:57,433 --> 00:49:58,666
In the museum. 
Yeah.

1216
00:49:58,666 --> 00:50:00,966
We look at this 
as a milestone piece.

1217
00:50:00,966 --> 00:50:03,800
It's from the first 
Iditarod.

1218
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:06,166
There's only one first Iditarod.

1219
00:50:06,166 --> 00:50:07,200
Only one first race.

1220
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:09,533
An auction estimate 
on this would be

1221
00:50:09,533 --> 00:50:12,000
somewhere in the $20,000

1222
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,833
to $30,000 range.

1223
00:50:14,833 --> 00:50:16,600
Wow.

1224
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,333
That's impressive.

1225
00:50:18,333 --> 00:50:19,500
I would insure it for

1226
00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:21,766
at least $40,000. 
Okay.

1227
00:50:21,766 --> 00:50:23,666
Okay, that's 
good information,

1228
00:50:23,666 --> 00:50:26,600
that's very valuable 
information to have.

1229
00:50:30,166 --> 00:50:32,366
PEÑA: 
And now it's time for 
the "Roadshow" Feedback Booth.

1230
00:50:32,366 --> 00:50:34,133
We have a Renaissance painting

1231
00:50:34,133 --> 00:50:36,133
from the 1780s... 
No.

1232
00:50:36,133 --> 00:50:38,333
From the 1880s. 
No.

1233
00:50:38,333 --> 00:50:39,900
From the 1980s. 
Yes.

1234
00:50:39,900 --> 00:50:41,666
But it's worth about what 
we paid for.

1235
00:50:41,666 --> 00:50:44,200
I'm a retired kindergarten 
first grade teacher.

1236
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:45,933
I took this to school 
every year

1237
00:50:45,933 --> 00:50:47,566
to share with my students.

1238
00:50:47,566 --> 00:50:49,166
And unfortunately, one year,

1239
00:50:49,166 --> 00:50:51,433
one of my students 
knocked it off the table,

1240
00:50:51,433 --> 00:50:53,366
hence the broken piece.

1241
00:50:53,366 --> 00:50:55,966
My husband said that was 
the last time

1242
00:50:55,966 --> 00:50:58,433
I was taking it to school.

1243
00:50:58,433 --> 00:51:02,700
We brought these spears and 
an axe from the 18th century.

1244
00:51:02,700 --> 00:51:04,266
Not worth as much as I had 
hoped,

1245
00:51:04,266 --> 00:51:05,700
but we had a great time,

1246
00:51:05,700 --> 00:51:08,366
and we didn't have to wait 
in any lines.

1247
00:51:08,366 --> 00:51:09,466
Everybody got out of our way,

1248
00:51:09,466 --> 00:51:11,033
It was fun. 
(laughs)

1249
00:51:11,033 --> 00:51:13,166
This is for all my friends 
here in northeastern Ohio,

1250
00:51:13,166 --> 00:51:15,133
I brought the-- that are 
still waiting for

1251
00:51:15,133 --> 00:51:16,900
the Browns to go to 
a Super Bowl.

1252
00:51:16,900 --> 00:51:20,566
I brought the 1964 
championship game program,

1253
00:51:20,566 --> 00:51:24,133
which I attended 
when I was in college in 1964,

1254
00:51:24,133 --> 00:51:28,633
and also my Otto Graham 
and Dante Lavelli autographs.

1255
00:51:28,633 --> 00:51:29,866
Go Browns.

1256
00:51:29,866 --> 00:51:32,000
This was an ancient piece

1257
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:34,033
of the pyramids of Egypt,

1258
00:51:34,033 --> 00:51:36,000
except it's not ancient.

1259
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:37,366
(laughs)

1260
00:51:37,366 --> 00:51:39,000
And it's not worth anything.

1261
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:40,733
(laughing): 
And it's not worth anything.

1262
00:51:40,733 --> 00:51:44,400
I came with some diamonds 
from my grandmother,

1263
00:51:44,400 --> 00:51:46,600
and they were appraised at 
market value.

1264
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:49,066
But, of course, they are 
always priceless.

1265
00:51:49,066 --> 00:51:51,066
And, of course, 
everyone knows that

1266
00:51:51,066 --> 00:51:53,300
diamonds are 
a girl's best friend.

1267
00:51:53,300 --> 00:51:56,866
I brought St. Francis to 
the antique show.

1268
00:51:56,866 --> 00:51:59,633
They think it's 
a couple hundred years old

1269
00:51:59,633 --> 00:52:02,200
and worth 
a couple hundred dollars.

1270
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:05,633
The poor guy, 
his halo fell off.

1271
00:52:05,633 --> 00:52:07,200
It happens to the best of us;

1272
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:08,933
mine fell off years ago.

1273
00:52:08,933 --> 00:52:10,733
As you can see by my shirt,

1274
00:52:10,733 --> 00:52:13,366
I brought my entire family to 
the "Antiques Roadshow."

1275
00:52:13,366 --> 00:52:14,966
I had a tremendous time

1276
00:52:14,966 --> 00:52:17,433
getting my Grandpa Bud's 
World War II items appraised

1277
00:52:17,433 --> 00:52:19,300
for up to $500.

1278
00:52:19,300 --> 00:52:20,500
PEÑA: 
Thanks for watching.

1279
00:52:20,500 --> 00:52:23,200
See you next time 
on "Antiques Roadshow."