WEBVTT 00:02.168 --> 00:08.975 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% GUEST: Well, uh, my mother was a closet collector, and, uh, in New York City, and she came home one 00:08.975 --> 00:12.712 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% day, and this was there. And I asked, "What's the story on this?" And she said, "Well, it's 00:12.712 --> 00:16.916 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% just a little something I got." And that's what I know. I mean, it just appeared in our apartment. 00:16.916 --> 00:19.652 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: And do you know where she got it? 00:19.652 --> 00:22.389 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: Yeah, she got it from, um, a dealer in New York. 00:22.389 --> 00:24.557 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Did you know the name of the dealer? 00:24.557 --> 00:28.928 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: Carol Ferranti. She got it in the '60s. And knowing she got it from Carol, 00:28.928 --> 00:32.098 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% I'm sure it was quite a lot. (chuckles) Couple of thousand dollars, maybe. 00:32.098 --> 00:35.668 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Oh, wow. And she did actually say she paid that in the 1960s? 00:35.668 --> 00:38.538 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: Uh... That seems like a lot? 00:38.538 --> 00:39.606 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% APPRAISER: It does, actually. 00:39.606 --> 00:41.241 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 00:41.241 --> 00:46.579 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Carol Ferranti was a very well- known dealer in New York City, and she handled 00:46.579 --> 00:51.551 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% all kinds of lamps, including Tiffany, and also lamps that were made by this company. 00:51.551 --> 00:54.687 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: Wow. APPRAISER: And did you ever look for signatures? 00:54.687 --> 00:58.024 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST (chuckling): No, but I just saw that there is one. 00:58.024 --> 00:59.459 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Okay. But you don't know what it, it stands for. 00:59.459 --> 01:01.428 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: No, I don't, I don't. 01:01.428 --> 01:05.165 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Okay. Well, it's very discreet, because on the underside of the lamp, 01:05.165 --> 01:09.869 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% there is this lovely little diamond-shaped signature with a P in the middle, 01:09.869 --> 01:13.039 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% which is the way the bases would be signed for the Pairpoint Company. 01:13.039 --> 01:14.207 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Uh-huh, oh. 01:14.207 --> 01:19.913 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% APPRAISER: And Pairpoint originally made a lot of silver-plated metalware. And, 01:19.913 --> 01:22.715 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% uh, in 1894, they joined with Mount Washington Glassworks. 01:22.715 --> 01:23.950 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Uh-huh. 01:23.950 --> 01:29.489 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: They were both based in New Bedford, Massachusetts. But they didn't 01:29.489 --> 01:36.563 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% start making lamps that look like this until 1907, when they applied for the patent for the 01:36.563 --> 01:40.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% particular technique that was used to make this shade. The shade is called a blown-out shade. 01:40.900 --> 01:41.801 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 01:41.801 --> 01:46.106 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: And blown-out shades were blown glass, 01:46.106 --> 01:51.377 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and then they were actually... They, um, acid-treated the surface, and then after that, 01:51.377 --> 01:56.249 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the interior was painted. Today a lot of us refer to these as Pairpoint puffy lamps. 01:56.249 --> 01:58.318 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh. 01:58.318 --> 02:02.755 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: I really like this. This is, it's, this is very unusual. Because what, 02:02.755 --> 02:06.025 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% what I've been accustomed to seeing, and also on ROADSHOW, 02:06.025 --> 02:10.630 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the only types of, uh, Pairpoint puffy lamps that we've seen have been florals. 02:10.630 --> 02:13.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: Yeah. APPRAISER: And to have this unbelievable owl, 02:13.800 --> 02:17.403 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who is perched on a branch ready to pounce on its prey... 02:17.403 --> 02:18.404 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (chuckles) 02:18.404 --> 02:21.708 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: ...which is a little ominous, but beautifully rendered... 02:21.708 --> 02:22.308 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% GUEST: Uh-huh. APPRAISER: ...is a rare form. 02:22.308 --> 02:23.643 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Hm. 02:23.643 --> 02:29.282 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: This came in two types. That, this is, uh, the simpler base, 02:29.282 --> 02:33.887 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% and then there is, uh, a base that is comprised of an owl, sculptural owl form. 02:33.887 --> 02:34.854 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh. 02:34.854 --> 02:39.759 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Uh, but this is, this definitely came this way. The, 02:39.759 --> 02:42.896 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% for the most part, the condition of this is really terrific. 02:42.896 --> 02:43.963 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 02:43.963 --> 02:49.669 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: There is some sign of corrosion. That's not unusual. So, 02:49.669 --> 02:52.972 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% um, do you have any idea, um, of value on this? 02:52.972 --> 02:56.276 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: No, not really. 02:56.276 --> 02:59.846 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Okay. All right, so on this particular base... 02:59.846 --> 03:00.847 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 03:00.847 --> 03:04.417 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: ...a good retail value would be $25,000 to $30,000. 03:04.417 --> 03:05.318 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Wow. 03:06.920 --> 03:10.156 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Now, if you had the owl base... 03:10.156 --> 03:11.224 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 03:11.224 --> 03:13.860 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: ...it would be more in the range of $60,000 to $70,000. 03:13.860 --> 03:13.793 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Wow.