WEBVTT 00:02.433 --> 00:04.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% GUEST: It actually belonged to my father-in-law. Um, he was in the boys' choir at the Washington 00:04.700 --> 00:09.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% National Cathedral, and when his voice changed, he worked on the custodial crew at the cathedral 00:11.733 --> 00:15.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to help pay his tuition. And he said he found this lamp in the trash, being disposed of, 00:15.000 --> 00:20.000 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and he rescued it. When he passed away, no one in the family wanted Dad's ugly lamp, 00:22.033 --> 00:24.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and my mother-in-law was going to call someone to pick it up for scrap metal. I asked her 00:24.100 --> 00:28.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% not to do that, to let me look it over. When I saw that it was marked Samuel Yellin, I 00:28.200 --> 00:32.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% did a little bit of research, and my husband and I visited the Washington National Cathedral 00:32.333 --> 00:36.733 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to kind of learn a little bit more about Yellin, and we were shocked to find what appears to 00:36.733 --> 00:41.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% be an identical lamp hanging on the wall of the Chapel of the Resurrection. When my father-in-law 00:43.733 --> 00:46.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% had it displayed in his home, he had that shade on it. I don't know if it was original 00:46.200 --> 00:50.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to the lamp, or something that he created to go with it, but that's how we got it. 00:50.033 --> 00:52.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Well, I'll tell you what: It has nothing to do with it whatsoever. 00:52.366 --> 00:54.466 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (laughing) 00:54.466 --> 00:56.800 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: I think it was just a nice, decorative shade that fit well. But no, it has nothing 00:56.800 --> 00:57.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to do with the piece at all. 00:57.866 --> 00:59.933 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 00:59.933 --> 01:02.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: I love the story, and what's really wonderful about this piece is this the mark 01:02.633 --> 01:06.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% on it of Samuel Yellin is so very clear, and Samuel Yellin was a metalworker based in Philadelphia. 01:08.800 --> 01:11.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And he started his business in around 1907, and at the peak of the business, had over 01:11.466 --> 01:16.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% 200 people working for him, providing metalwork and lighting for great American homes. Also, 01:18.566 --> 01:23.500 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% national monuments-- the Washington Cathedral. From my little research I could do, he continued 01:25.400 --> 01:28.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% to supply pieces for the National Cathedral throughout a period of time. What's lovely 01:28.333 --> 01:32.833 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% about the piece is that we're here at Winterthur today, and there are actually drawings in 01:32.833 --> 01:35.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the museum collection of Samuel Yellin's work. 01:35.333 --> 01:37.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: Really? 01:37.300 --> 01:39.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: Yes, so really wonderful to see this here. This is a single light fixture, and 01:39.633 --> 01:43.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% it's more ecclesiastical in design, so the value's, uh, a little on the softer side for 01:43.933 --> 01:48.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% his pieces. But if I were to see this come up for auction, I would expect to see an estimate 01:48.133 --> 01:50.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of around about $3,000 to $4,000. 01:50.433 --> 01:53.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: That's fantastic. That's an expensive piece of scrap metal. (laughs)