WEBVTT 00:02.202 --> 00:10.343 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: My father-in-law started collecting Asian art, and G.T. Marsh & Sons imported many, 00:10.343 --> 00:17.984 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% many beautiful things. And we're talking around the '40s and '50s when he was going 00:17.984 --> 00:25.091 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to G.T. Marsh. Well, he struck up a relationship with Mr. Marsh and 00:25.091 --> 00:33.199 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% was invited to their family home in Stinson Beach, and took my husband, Bill, with him 00:33.199 --> 00:39.439 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to create something lovely for his mother. So we're talking 65 years ago. 00:39.439 --> 00:46.046 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: As a young man, Marsh was traveling from Australia. He's 15 and says he wants to 00:46.046 --> 00:52.318 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% stay in Japan for a while. And he starts to absorb the Japanese aesthetics and design. Um, something 00:52.318 --> 00:58.491 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% as simple as this box that this piece came in. There's Japanese dragons. It, it carried 00:58.491 --> 01:04.697 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% over to everything. He was one of the first to start exploring with mixed metals. When he's 01:04.697 --> 01:13.873 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% in the shop here, in San Francisco, they have an Italian jeweler, and I really wouldn't know this, 01:13.873 --> 01:16.810 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% except that one of our colleagues, who's not with us anymore, was, like, the Marsh expert. 01:16.810 --> 01:18.211 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Really?! 01:18.211 --> 01:19.112 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Yeah, his name was Barry Weber. 01:19.112 --> 01:21.381 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: All righty. 01:21.381 --> 01:26.252 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And I, I miss you, Barry. He taught me about this jewelry. He just loved it-- he 01:26.252 --> 01:33.393 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% had a passion for it. This is oxidized steel on the surface. How do they oxidize it? Well, 01:33.393 --> 01:41.768 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% this Italian jeweler was a gunsmith. He knew about bluing gun barrels in the bluing technique, 01:41.768 --> 01:47.440 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% in the blackening technique. In this particular case, they perfected a technique where they 01:47.440 --> 01:54.380 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% sandblast the metal. They use chemicals, they use heat, and they would gently give the metal this 01:54.380 --> 02:01.321 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% nice matte finish. And then in these connectors, they usually used white gold or platinum. 02:01.321 --> 02:01.688 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: All right. APPRAISER: I did test these. 02:01.688 --> 02:02.288 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 02:02.288 --> 02:02.922 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% APPRAISER: They're white gold. 02:02.922 --> 02:04.290 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 02:04.290 --> 02:12.398 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: They are, in all three pieces, diamonds. And that is a cultured pearl, 02:12.398 --> 02:16.669 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% which would fit with coming out of Japan, and Mikimoto developing the pearls. 02:16.669 --> 02:18.238 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 02:18.238 --> 02:21.074 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Now, you have three things here. I'll, I'll break it down-- the 02:21.074 --> 02:25.044 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% ring. The ring has a half-carat old-European-cut diamond in it. 02:25.044 --> 02:27.514 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: All right. 02:27.514 --> 02:31.117 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: The beauty of the earrings-- you could tell everybody. What's so fun about the earrings? 02:31.117 --> 02:35.388 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: The pearls move back and forth. As you move your head, 02:35.388 --> 02:40.927 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% the pearls swing back and forth. And it's a spring action. And they clamp on so well. At 65 years, 02:42.896 --> 02:45.999 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% they're as good as they were done yesterday! 02:45.999 --> 02:48.968 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: And women who, um, don't have pierced ears... 02:48.968 --> 02:49.469 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: (chuckling) Right, right. 02:49.469 --> 02:50.203 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: ...love these earrings. 02:50.203 --> 02:51.237 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Right. 02:51.237 --> 02:52.038 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: And they're not too heavy. 02:52.038 --> 02:54.774 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: No, not at all! 02:54.774 --> 03:00.013 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: On the necklace, I have to tell you, it, it kind of blew me away. You see big brooches, 03:00.013 --> 03:05.585 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% you see pins. I have never seen a necklace quite like this from Marsh. 03:05.585 --> 03:06.953 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: (voice breaking) You're going to make me cry. 03:06.953 --> 03:07.320 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: (laughing) 03:07.320 --> 03:10.523 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: That's wonderful. 03:10.523 --> 03:14.727 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% APPRAISER: It really is fabulous. I think very realistically and at auction, 03:14.727 --> 03:20.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% as a suite, I think you're looking at $30,000 to $44,000. 03:20.533 --> 03:24.604 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% GUEST: (inhales deeply) Wow. Yeah. 03:24.604 --> 03:30.910 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Now, to break it down, it's easy $20,000 to $30,000 just for the necklace. 03:30.910 --> 03:33.580 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Wow. 03:33.580 --> 03:37.850 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Necklace is beyond fabulous. I believe the earrings would be $5,000 to $7,000. 03:40.119 --> 03:44.357 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I believe the ring would be the same. You might find a ring, 03:44.357 --> 03:48.127 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% you might find a pair of earrings, but you're going to have a lot of difficulty... 03:48.127 --> 03:51.931 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: Finding that. Thank you so much, Kevin. 03:51.931 --> 03:52.599 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: (laughing) You're welcome. 03:52.599 --> 03:53.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: You made my day. 03:53.633 --> 03:54.801 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% APPRAISER: You made mine. 03:54.801 --> 03:55.435 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: (laughs)