WEBVTT 00:01.868 --> 00:08.375 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% GUEST: It belonged to my stepmother, who inherited it from her grandmother. 00:08.375 --> 00:13.279 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% My stepmom was born in 1917, so I think her grandmother probably had her heyday 00:13.279 --> 00:17.517 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% at the end of the 19th century. Her second husband, I think, gave her this beautiful 00:17.517 --> 00:21.221 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% brooch. But she had been a single mom and had her own millinery shop in New York. 00:21.221 --> 00:22.822 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Wow, wow. GUEST: Which at that time was very unusual. 00:22.822 --> 00:24.357 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: Totally. 00:24.357 --> 00:30.230 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: I think it's... diamonds and onyx. That's what my, I was always 00:30.230 --> 00:35.568 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% told. But I don't know exactly the year, or the maker, or anything more. 00:35.568 --> 00:38.638 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: You're spot-on, it is diamond and onyx. What I 00:38.638 --> 00:40.907 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% love about it is, these onyx are sort of faceted. 00:40.907 --> 00:42.475 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yes. 00:42.475 --> 00:46.613 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: So you get that play of the light in the darkness of the stones. 00:46.613 --> 00:50.383 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% These are old-European-cut diamonds, and all in all, 00:50.383 --> 00:56.222 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% they weigh about five carats. The piece firmly dates to the Art Deco period. It's 00:56.222 --> 01:03.263 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% very much in the Deco color palette. It feels very architectural. And then, on top of that, 01:03.263 --> 01:09.402 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% what's kind of fun is that it's, it's a ribbon bow, which has been interpreted in jewelry for 01:09.402 --> 01:12.639 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% centuries. But the best thing about it is that it's signed by the maker Cartier. 01:12.639 --> 01:13.907 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh, wow! 01:13.907 --> 01:15.542 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Do you ever wear this piece? 01:15.542 --> 01:17.177 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: I never have. I've always been afraid I'd lose it. 01:17.177 --> 01:18.378 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (both laughing) 01:18.378 --> 01:20.146 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% APPRAISER: Well, it is a brooch. 01:20.146 --> 01:20.280 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 01:22.549 --> 01:26.686 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And if you turn it over here, you can see that it's marked on the pin stem 01:29.355 --> 01:35.662 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% along the side of the piece. And then it also has a serial number on the center element. Cartier 01:35.662 --> 01:42.936 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% was, and continues to be, preeminent jewelry maker to royalty and important socialites, especially at 01:42.936 --> 01:50.477 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% this time. They were the leaders of this style of jewelry. Of course, they started as a French firm 01:50.477 --> 01:56.449 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% and expanded into the U.K. And then, ultimately, into New York. And I feel that this is Cartier New 01:56.449 --> 02:00.854 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% York. Conservatively, an auction estimate today would be in the neighborhood of $8,000 to $12,000. 02:00.854 --> 02:03.423 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Wow, okay! 02:03.423 --> 02:06.359 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And I'd expect that it would perform at the high end of that 02:06.359 --> 02:12.866 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% estimate because it just epitomizes Cartier, 1920s, Art Deco jewelry. 02:12.866 --> 02:13.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: And I chose it 'cause I just thought it was beautiful.