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GUEST: It actually belonged 
to my father-in-law. 
Um, he was in the boys' 
choir at the Washington

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National Cathedral, and when his 
voice changed, he worked on the 
custodial crew at the cathedral

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to help pay his tuition. And 
he said he found this lamp in 
the trash, being disposed of,

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and he rescued it. When he 
passed away, no one in the 
family wanted Dad's ugly lamp,

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and my mother-in-law was going 
to call someone to pick it up 
for scrap metal. I asked her

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not to do that, to let me look 
it over. When I saw that it 
was marked Samuel Yellin, I

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did a little bit of research, 
and my husband and I visited the 
Washington National Cathedral

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to kind of learn a little bit 
more about Yellin, and we were 
shocked to find what appears to

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be an identical lamp 
hanging on the wall of the 
Chapel of the Resurrection. 
When my father-in-law

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had it displayed in his home, 
he had that shade on it. I 
don't know if it was original

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to the lamp, or something 
that he created to go with 
it, but that's how we got it.

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APPRAISER: Well, I'll tell 
you what: It has nothing 
to do with it whatsoever.

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GUEST: (laughing)

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APPRAISER: I think it was just 
a nice, decorative shade that 
fit well. But no, it has nothing

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to do with the piece at all.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: I love the story, and 
what's really wonderful about 
this piece is this the mark

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on it of Samuel Yellin is 
so very clear, and Samuel 
Yellin was a metalworker 
based in Philadelphia.

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And he started his business 
in around 1907, and at the 
peak of the business, had over

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200 people working for him, 
providing metalwork and lighting 
for great American homes. Also,

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national monuments-- the 
Washington Cathedral. 
From my little research 
I could do, he continued

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to supply pieces for the 
National Cathedral throughout 
a period of time. What's lovely

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about the piece is that we're 
here at Winterthur today, and 
there are actually drawings in

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the museum collection 
of Samuel Yellin's work.

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APPRAISER: Really?

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GUEST: Yes, so really wonderful 
to see this here. This is 
a single light fixture, and

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it's more ecclesiastical in 
design, so the value's, uh, a 
little on the softer side for

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his pieces. But if I were to 
see this come up for auction, I 
would expect to see an estimate

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of around about 
$3,000 to $4,000.

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GUEST: That's fantastic. 
That's an expensive piece 
of scrap metal. (laughs)