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GUEST: Years ago, my 
husband and I went to the 
Museum of Fine Arts in 
Boston for an exhibition,

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and on the way home, we passed 
this little antique shop, and 
I wanted to stop. He didn't,

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but we stopped-- I won. 
(chuckling) Nothing of the, in 
the shop was of value, but this

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was hanging on the railing 
outside. And I said to my 
husband, "I absolutely love that

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rug. I've got to find out 
how much it is." So I went in 
to see the gentleman, and he

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said, "The rug's $100." And 
I said, "Are you sure?" He 
said, "Yes, it's a good rug." I

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wanted the rug.

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APPRAISER: Early 20th century, 
there was a trend of collecting 
Oriental rugs in the United

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States. People collected 
paintings, tapestries, 
furniture, also 
collected great rugs. And

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as a result, other 
people thought, "Hmm, 
we have this tradition 
of American hooked rugs.

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We could use those designs 
and create..." Basically, not 
really reproductions, but our

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own variations on what 
Eastern rugs looked like.

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GUEST: Mm-hmm.

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APPRAISER: They were really 
originally sold as kits. Circa 
1920, you'd buy the burlap

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backing and it would 
have a pattern stenciled 
on it, but then you'd 
get your own wools and

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you'd get your own fabrics, and 
do the hooking yourself. And 
so whoever did this went out

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and very specifically 
bought the proper yarns. 
I think, just because 
the color's so consistent

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throughout, it's obviously not 
scrap material that's been used.

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: But you can see a 
few a spots where they have 
filled in. There's a deeper red

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through here.

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GUEST: I can see it, yeah.

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APPRAISER: There's a purple, 
and I originally thought, "Hmm, 
some restoration." But when

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you look at the back 
of the rug and really 
look at the consistency 
of the yarn itself...

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GUEST: They ran out 
of this red, so they 
transitioned to the other?

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APPRAISER: Absolutely, 
absolutely.

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GUEST: Uh-huh.

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APPRAISER: And that's a really 
nice aspect of things, because 
hooked rugs really come

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out of a Folk Art tradition, 
so it's nice to have those 
kind of homey touches that are

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coming into the rug itself. 
This example's in extremely 
good condition, with very, very

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good color retention. 
I think it would have a 
retail price of $8,000.

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GUEST: $8,000?

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APPRAISER: $8,000.

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GUEST: Oh, my goodness. 
That... that is remarkable, 
and certainly far beyond 
what I've ever expected.

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I have loved this for the 
years that I've had it, and, 
actually, I tried to give it

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to one of my girls, and she 
said no, and I bet she regrets 
it right now! (laughing)