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APPRAISER: Every once in a
while, something just comes up
to the table at ROADSHOW and

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I just start to giggle, because
I see some really exciting
things.

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What did you bring in today?

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GUEST: This is a pencil vending
machine that will actually print
your name on the pencil.

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APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

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GUEST: It's from about 1925.

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I actually collect pencils.

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I collect advertising pencils.

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And so I found some from a
fellow collector that said
Vendex.

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And I'm, like, "There's got to
be a machine that goes along
with this."

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So I spent two or three years
just looking for the machine,
and finally found one.

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APPRAISER: And how long
ago did you buy this?

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GUEST: It was about
three years ago.

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I paid $325 for it.

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APPRAISER: Now, pencil
collecting is a very specific
art.

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How did you get into that?

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GUEST: When I was younger, I
would tag along with my grandpa
to flea markets.

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And any time Grandpa would be
buying something, it was
something cheap for me to pick
up at

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the same time.

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APPRAISER: And how
many do you have now?

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GUEST: I have about 60,000.

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APPRAISER: And the other
collectors, where do you in the
hierarchy of collecting pencils?

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GUEST: I'd say I'm
about in the middle.

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There's, there's a few that have
more than me, but mine, mine's
getting up there.

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APPRAISER: So, doing research on
this, I was looking at the
patent.

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I've seen two show up before.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: One has been
in restored shape.

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I have never seen one
in original condition.

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And the best that I can
tell, this is all original.

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GUEST: Yes.

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APPRAISER: It has a few little
replacement bits, but overall,
it looks original.

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The paint looks correct.

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The glass in the
front is perfect.

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In this condition, unrestored,
and, unfortunately, inoperable
at the moment...

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GUEST: Right.

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APPRAISER: We'd be looking at
around a $500 to $800 auction
estimate.

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GUEST: Wow, that's awesome.

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APPRAISER: If it worked, I guess
about $1,000, $1,200, top end.

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But it's a just fun, exciting,
weird little piece.