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GUEST: I collected things,
always, from when I was
very young, because my
mother was, collected

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things. And then I started
to get older, and I fell
in love with Modernism.

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APPRAISER: I don't think Claire
Falkenstein is that well-known
to a large jewelry audience

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because she really was known
for sculpture. The most famous
sculpture she made was for

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Guggenheim, "The New Gates
of Paradise" in Venice.

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GUEST: Yes, yeah.

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APPRAISER: And did not use
expensive materials, and
that was really because
she didn't, couldn't

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in the beginning, but then
she continued to use wood and
glass and iron and silver and

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very rarely used gold. And
what you brought are two quite
rare pieces. I have actually

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never seen a pair of
her earrings. I mean,
it was not a big body
of work. But this piece,

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this is very unusual. I
imagine it was worn as a head
ornament, probably in a bun, and

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then you'd put these in the
back and they would dangle.
There's brass, there's iron,

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there's silver and gold,
and also, it's signed.
Her full name, Claire
Falkenstein. Where did

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you get this?

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GUEST: The hair ornament I
bought online. It came from
Paris. It was about 20 years

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ago. It was at an auction thing,
and it didn't sell, and in
those days, you could contact

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the owner.

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APPRAISER: And buy it.

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GUEST: Which I did, and she
said, "Nobody bid on it. If
you want, you can have it for

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$50." The earrings I bought when
we were living in Milwaukee at
a church thrift shop. I paid

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probably like two, three
dollars. I'm thinking
this was made in the '60s.

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APPRAISER: That could
be in the '60s...

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GUEST: But that's,
that's what I'm thinking.

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APPRAISER: And the earrings
were probably late '40s.

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: I am hard-pressed
to put a value. It's
not for everyone, it's
not that wearable,

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but if you want to be
avant-garde and cool,
hey, that says it all.
On this head ornament,

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I would put a value, at auction,
$4,000 to $6,000. And I would
say as an insurance value,

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probably in the $15,000 range,
at least. And the earrings I
would also put up there, maybe

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$4,000 to $5,000 as an auction
price, and a replacement, I'd
have to say $10,000, $12,000.

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I think people will all
of a sudden say, "Claire
Falkenstein-- who was she?"