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GUEST: I found it at an estate
sale, just local, in town.

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APPRAISER: And how
long ago was that?

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GUEST: Maybe ten years.

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APPRAISER: Okay.

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GUEST: I love little boxes,
and this one's really pretty.

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APPRAISER: All right.

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GUEST: And I paid about ten
dollars. It's silver and enamel
of some sort. I... that's

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literally all I know.

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APPRAISER: Well, you're right
about that. The casing of
it is made of silver, silver

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gilt. We look inside, it has
a gold finish. And there are
three different types of enamel

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on it. The back plate
is finished in what we
call guilloché enamel.
The metal underneath,

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which is silver, has been given
this pattern through engine
turning. Then it's covered

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in this translucent enamel,
kind of the color of tea, I
would say. There's a little bit

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more guilloché and what we
call champlevé enamel around
the sides. But the top is what

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I want to really look at.
The center is a thin slice of
natural agate, which picks up

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the color also of the guilloché.
And then it's surrounded
by a border of what we call

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plique-à-jour enamel. And
plique-à-jour is a French term,
of course, and it translates

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best as "the light coming
through it," rather like
a stained-glass window.
This is a beautiful

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example-- great design, great
colors, great condition. And
I asked you earlier, what,

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what is it? Not what
is it made of, but, but
what do you think it is?

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GUEST: Maybe a
business card holder?

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APPRAISER: Well, there
is such a thing as a
card box or a card case.

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GUEST: Mm-hmm.

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APPRAISER: Which we wouldn't
really expect to look like
this at this point. This, by

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the way, I would date about
1930, '35. It has this kind
of Art Deco flavor to it. It's

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not a card case. It's a little
bit too small and a little bit
too delicate to be a cigarette

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case. And it's the wrong period
and a little too big to be
a snuffbox. So I think it's

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a compact.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: There is a little
tiny mark on it that says,
"Made in Austria," and another

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little mark that says,
"Sterling," which you
would expect to see if
it were made in Austria

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and sold in the United States.
Ten dollars is, is a fabulous
buy. And I think today,

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in a good auction, the bidding
would start, or the estimate
would start, at $1,000.

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GUEST: Wow.

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APPRAISER: And go
up to maybe $1,500.

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GUEST: Wow.

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APPRAISER: So, it's,
it's a great object and a
great find at ten dollars.

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GUEST: Wonderful. Awesome.