1 00:00:02,033 --> 00:00:06,000 GUEST: I bought this at an auction, a charity auction, in the late '80s, early '90s, and 2 00:00:08,033 --> 00:00:12,566 this one was also in a charity auction about five years ago. 3 00:00:12,566 --> 00:00:14,633 APPRAISER: What did you pay for them? 4 00:00:14,633 --> 00:00:19,066 GUEST: I know I paid $500 for this. I'm not sure about that, but I would guess about $1,500. 5 00:00:20,233 --> 00:00:22,266 APPRAISER: What drew you to these? 6 00:00:22,266 --> 00:00:26,400 GUEST: Well, when I was 11, my grandmother took me to the first film showing of "The 7 00:00:28,433 --> 00:00:31,800 King and I," and I fell in love with the American musical. And so, I've always been interested 8 00:00:33,433 --> 00:00:37,133 in acquiring part of its history, and these are sort of iconic pieces. 9 00:00:39,133 --> 00:00:42,633 APPRAISER: What we have here next to me is a costume sketch by Irene Sharaff of Chita 10 00:00:43,533 --> 00:00:44,866 Rivera, who portrayed Anita. 11 00:00:44,866 --> 00:00:46,900 GUEST: Right. 12 00:00:46,900 --> 00:00:50,833 APPRAISER: Both in the 1957 Broadway debut and the West End debut of the play in London. 13 00:00:50,833 --> 00:00:55,800 On your side, we have, obviously, Carol Channing, in probably her most famous role, from the 14 00:00:57,833 --> 00:01:01,033 1964 original production of "Hello, Dolly!" And this one's by Freddy Wittop. These are 15 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,366 pretty great productions to have pieces from, because obviously they're both award-winning. 16 00:01:06,366 --> 00:01:10,233 This one was done by Irene Sharaff, a very famous costume designer. She was nominated 17 00:01:10,233 --> 00:01:14,866 for best costume design on this, but didn't win. And that one, Freddy Wittop, he actually 18 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:19,866 did win the award for best costume design for "Hello, Dolly!" This won two of its six 19 00:01:22,266 --> 00:01:25,700 Tony nominations for scenic design and choreography, and "Hello, Dolly!" won ten of their 11 Tony 20 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:33,266 nominations, which actually was a record that held for 37 years. So, this is really one 21 00:01:33,266 --> 00:01:38,266 of the most famous musicals, I think, also having Academy Award- winning film made out 22 00:01:39,633 --> 00:01:40,966 of it, and this role really was Carol Channing. 23 00:01:40,966 --> 00:01:43,633 GUEST: Yes. 24 00:01:43,633 --> 00:01:46,766 APPRAISER: She not only did the original production in '64, she did a 1995 revival, which is extraordinary. 25 00:01:46,766 --> 00:01:51,733 All those years later, she was still able to carry that show. And sadly, we obviously 26 00:01:52,633 --> 00:01:53,766 lost her in January of 2019. 27 00:01:53,766 --> 00:01:55,900 GUEST: Right. 28 00:01:55,900 --> 00:01:58,700 APPRAISER: The "West Side Story" piece in front of me, we see that Chita Rivera has 29 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:03,666 signed the mat for you. And she signed below this depiction of herself in her two primary 30 00:02:05,633 --> 00:02:09,433 costumes from the musical. The "West Side Story" piece is a gouache and ink on board. 31 00:02:11,433 --> 00:02:14,100 The Carol Channing is actually framed so that we can't see the edges to tell if that's board 32 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:18,566 or paper. But, it is also gouache. Each of these are signed by the costume designer. 33 00:02:18,566 --> 00:02:23,500 Sharaff has signed it and then also listed the name of the production, and listed "America," 34 00:02:23,500 --> 00:02:28,500 because these are the costumes that she would have worn during that most famous number. 35 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,366 And the Carol Channing is also signed by the costume designer. And it's actually signed 36 00:02:34,366 --> 00:02:38,966 in paint. When you brought them up, the first thing I think about with value is, in the 37 00:02:38,966 --> 00:02:43,966 marketplace, we generally don't see many Broadway pieces as compared to Hollywood pieces, the 38 00:02:45,833 --> 00:02:49,200 film costumes. And they traditionally don't sell as well as the film costume sketches 39 00:02:51,266 --> 00:02:54,500 for these very famous roles. But, when you look at these, you have to look at who is 40 00:02:56,633 --> 00:03:00,233 portrayed, what's the production, is it the original production, what's the character, 41 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,600 how visually desirable are they. And both of these tick every single box you could possibly 42 00:03:07,566 --> 00:03:11,366 hope to tick, because they're both really important shows. They're both visually appealing. 43 00:03:11,366 --> 00:03:16,066 I think your, your Carol Channing is probably the most visually impactful here. A lot of 44 00:03:16,066 --> 00:03:20,133 times, when there are charity auctions, the whole point is actually to overpay for things. 45 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:22,100 GUEST: Right. 46 00:03:22,100 --> 00:03:24,100 APPRAISER: You're there to support a charity. It's a little bit of a good news, bad news 47 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:28,000 on this, This one, you probably paid closer to what it is worth now. But years ago, when 48 00:03:30,166 --> 00:03:33,700 you, when you bought it back then, and you probably overpaid for it just a little bit. 49 00:03:33,700 --> 00:03:37,666 Now, it probably has caught up to where you're at, and the auction estimate would probably 50 00:03:37,666 --> 00:03:38,666 be $2,000 to $3,000. 51 00:03:38,666 --> 00:03:40,600 GUEST: Mm-hmm. 52 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,966 APPRAISER: On the Carol Channing, I'm very conservative in this, because I think the 53 00:03:43,966 --> 00:03:48,966 fact that she just passed away, I anticipate that the market for her is about to shift, 54 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,033 and I would expect there'll be more pieces of hers in the market, and so we'll have more 55 00:03:53,033 --> 00:03:57,933 data to go by. Right now, I would conservatively estimate it at $2,000 to $3,000, as well. 56 00:03:59,833 --> 00:04:02,766 But I expect that that would do better if it came up, because it's just such a great, 57 00:04:02,766 --> 00:04:04,833 striking piece. 58 00:04:04,833 --> 00:04:08,833 GUEST: That's great. But I really didn't buy them as an investment. I bought them because 59 00:04:09,433 --> 00:04:09,800 I like the work.