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GUEST: I'm hoping it's
a woodblock print.

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APPRAISER: Mm-hmm?

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GUEST: A friend of mine gave
me, or let me choose, two. And
these prints were given to her

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by her aunt, who had a friend
that had a friend that worked in
the embassy during World War II.

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APPRAISER: Ah.

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GUEST: So they were exchanged,
I, we were told, for food,
medicines, or whatever.

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APPRAISER: Yeah, yeah.

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GUEST: She was given a,
a, a fairly good-sized
stack of all kinds.

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APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

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GUEST: And she told me
I could pick two. And
this was my favorite.

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APPRAISER: Oh, you did well.

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GUEST: Oh, good. (both laugh)

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APPRAISER: You know what it is?

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GUEST: I think it's a woodblock.

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APPRAISER: Yes, it is. A
woodblock print. GUEST:
I'm hoping-- that's
what we were told.

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APPRAISER: Yes, woodblock print.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: But, uh, um,
not traditional one. It's
an early 20th century...

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GUEST: Ooh.

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APPRAISER: ...called
sosaku-hanga. So the, uh,
artist, Kotondo, is very famous.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: And all the print
collectors like him. His,
um, last name was Torii.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: And he's, um,
famous, um, maker, famous, uh,
printmaker, making, uh, posters

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for kabuki. Also, uh,
he did bijin-ga, meaning
"beautiful women prints."
It's very popular.

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GUEST: That's where this
comes from, yeah, okay.

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APPRAISER: Yes and he worked
in Tokyo. And it's signed here,

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Kotondo. Here-- it says
its artist's name and
the artist's name in a
seal. It's dated Showa,

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Showa-- fourth of Showa.
So that's around 1930s.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: And she's combing
her hair, actually, right?

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GUEST: Yeah.
APPRAISER: You can see. Yes.

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GUEST: Yeah, long hair.

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APPRAISER: Yes, yeah, long hair.
So the title is, it's embossed.

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GUEST: Oh! Yes, it is!
APPRAISER: Can you see?

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GUEST: I see, I never
saw that before.

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APPRAISER: Says "Kamisuki,"
meaning, uh, "Combing Hair."

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GUEST: Huh? Never saw that.

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APPRAISER: Wonderful, yes.
Yes. GUEST: And I called
it "The Girl With a Comb."

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APPRAISER: When they do
a block, it's not one.
You have to make several.

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GUEST: Oh.

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APPRAISER: You have to
do the key block, which
is just black outline,

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and then you have to do red, the
lips, and yellow for the comb.

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GUEST: Jeez.

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APPRAISER: You see? So you
probably have to do four,
five different blocks.

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GUEST: Oh, wow.

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APPRAISER: Japanese prints
are not numbered, yeah.

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GUEST: Oh, okay.

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APPRAISER: But they
probably made about 200.
So, yeah, I have seen this,
it's one of my favorite.

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GUEST: Oh, you're kidding.

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APPRAISER: So I was
surprised to see it in, uh...

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GUEST: I have looked, I
have gone on the computer.
I have never found it.

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APPRAISER: Oh, you
haven't? Yeah, okay.

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GUEST: No, never saw
it before, again.

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APPRAISER: Oh, I see. Yes,
and you probably wonder
how much that would be,

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'cause you didn't pay for
it, right? You picked.
(chuckles) What do you think?

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GUEST: $500?

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APPRAISER (laughs):
No, much more.

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GUEST: Ooh.
APPRAISER (laughing): Yeah.

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GUEST: No, no...

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APPRAISER: Um, I think in a
shop, they could go for...
It's a good condition,

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so it could go for maybe $4,000?

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GUEST(gasps): Oh, my
gosh! (laughs) No!

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APPRAISER: On a good
day, $5,000 or more.

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GUEST: No idea-- none.

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APPRAISER: Yeah,
yes, yeah, yeah.

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GUEST: Wow. APPRAISER: But
anyway, if you wait, the,

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the market is very good for
these Japanese prints, so
it might go up in prices.

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GUEST: Wow.

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APPRAISER: So I'll see you
in five years. (both laugh)

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GUEST: Yeah, oh,
that's exciting.

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APPRAISER: Isn't that?