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GUEST: I bought this at an
auction, a charity auction, in
the late '80s, early '90s, and

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this one was also in a charity
auction about five years ago.

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APPRAISER: What did
you pay for them?

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GUEST: I know I paid $500 for
this. I'm not sure about that,
but I would guess about $1,500.

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APPRAISER: What
drew you to these?

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GUEST: Well, when I was 11,
my grandmother took me to the
first film showing of "The

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King and I," and I fell in love
with the American musical. And
so, I've always been interested

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in acquiring part of its
history, and these are
sort of iconic pieces.

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APPRAISER: What we have here
next to me is a costume sketch
by Irene Sharaff of Chita

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Rivera, who portrayed Anita.

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GUEST: Right.

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APPRAISER: Both in the 1957
Broadway debut and the West End
debut of the play in London.

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On your side, we have,
obviously, Carol Channing,
in probably her most
famous role, from the

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1964 original production of
"Hello, Dolly!" And this one's
by Freddy Wittop. These are

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pretty great productions to have
pieces from, because obviously
they're both award-winning.

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This one was done by Irene
Sharaff, a very famous costume
designer. She was nominated

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for best costume design on
this, but didn't win. And that
one, Freddy Wittop, he actually

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did win the award for best
costume design for "Hello,
Dolly!" This won two of its six

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Tony nominations for scenic
design and choreography,
and "Hello, Dolly!" won
ten of their 11 Tony

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nominations, which actually
was a record that held for 37
years. So, this is really one

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of the most famous musicals,
I think, also having Academy
Award- winning film made out

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of it, and this role
really was Carol Channing.

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GUEST: Yes.

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APPRAISER: She not only did
the original production in
'64, she did a 1995 revival,
which is extraordinary.

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All those years later, she
was still able to carry that
show. And sadly, we obviously

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lost her in January of 2019.

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GUEST: Right.

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APPRAISER: The "West Side
Story" piece in front of me,
we see that Chita Rivera has

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signed the mat for you. And
she signed below this depiction
of herself in her two primary

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costumes from the musical.
The "West Side Story" piece
is a gouache and ink on board.

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The Carol Channing is actually
framed so that we can't see the
edges to tell if that's board

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or paper. But, it is also
gouache. Each of these are
signed by the costume designer.

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Sharaff has signed it
and then also listed the
name of the production,
and listed "America,"

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because these are the costumes
that she would have worn
during that most famous number.

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And the Carol Channing is also
signed by the costume designer.
And it's actually signed

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in paint. When you brought them
up, the first thing I think
about with value is, in the

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marketplace, we generally
don't see many Broadway
pieces as compared to
Hollywood pieces, the

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film costumes. And they
traditionally don't sell as well
as the film costume sketches

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for these very famous roles.
But, when you look at these,
you have to look at who is

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portrayed, what's the
production, is it the
original production,
what's the character,

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how visually desirable are they.
And both of these tick every
single box you could possibly

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hope to tick, because they're
both really important shows.
They're both visually appealing.

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I think your, your Carol
Channing is probably
the most visually
impactful here. A lot of

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times, when there are charity
auctions, the whole point is
actually to overpay for things.

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GUEST: Right.

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APPRAISER: You're there to
support a charity. It's a little
bit of a good news, bad news

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on this, This one, you probably
paid closer to what it is
worth now. But years ago, when

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you, when you bought it back
then, and you probably overpaid
for it just a little bit.

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Now, it probably has caught
up to where you're at, and the
auction estimate would probably

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be $2,000 to $3,000.

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GUEST: Mm-hmm.

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APPRAISER: On the Carol
Channing, I'm very conservative
in this, because I think the

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fact that she just passed away,
I anticipate that the market
for her is about to shift,

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and I would expect there'll
be more pieces of hers in the
market, and so we'll have more

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data to go by. Right now, I
would conservatively estimate
it at $2,000 to $3,000, as well.

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But I expect that that would
do better if it came up,
because it's just such a great,

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striking piece.

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GUEST: That's great.
But I really didn't buy
them as an investment.
I bought them because

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I like the work.