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GUEST: I inherited these bowls
from a very, very dear friend of
mine.

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APPRAISER: Mm-hmm. GUEST: Uh,
she was an artist and an art
teacher.

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APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

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GUEST: And she passed away about
ten years ago. They're
beautiful.

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I sit them in the nooks
of my bookcases. (laughs)

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APPRAISER: Yeah. They're
beautiful for that, that's for
sure. And do you know who made
them?

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GUEST: These bowls were made by
a local artist named Bob
Stocksdale.

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And my understanding is he had a
studio right here in the area,
on Kings Mountain.

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APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

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GUEST: So, um, uh, my friend who
left them to me used to visit
him and hang out with him.

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APPRAISER: Yeah.

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GUEST: And over the years
purchased various bowls that he
made.

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APPRAISER: They're beautiful. I
think that Bob Stocksdale is
certainly one of the most

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well-known woodturners in
America. He, he was one of the
first guys to start. He, he

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took the whole art form to
another, another level. He
really has made a big
difference,

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and some of his turned bowls are
amongst the best that anyone has
ever done.

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GUEST: Wow.

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APPRAISER: When I saw you, uh,
un, unveil them on my table,

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I thought, "Oh, my God, those
are Bob Stocksdale, and they're
so fantastic!"

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GUEST: (chuckles) You
recognized them?

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APPRAISER: I did, I did.

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GUEST: Wow.

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APPRAISER: I've been a
turned-wood fan for a long time.

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GUEST: Oh.

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APPRAISER: Bob Stocksdale was
a really interesting man. One:

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he was a conscientious objector
during World War II, which was
very unusual in America. He
spent

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time in various prison camps in
America, and, and, uh, he ended
up moving here, California...

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GUEST: Mm-hmm.

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APPRAISER: ...and, and began
making bowls, uh, after the war,
after the war was over.

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: And he did that, uh,
for his whole career. He made
about 200 a year. Uh,

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he dies in 2003, but, but that's
a lot of bowls. Made about 8,000
bowls.

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GUEST: Hm.

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APPRAISER: And he kind of
pioneered the whole art form.

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GUEST: Mm.

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APPRAISER: And one of the things
he's most well-known for is
using really cool,

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exotic wood. And, and if you
look at the four that you
have...

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GUEST: Mm-hmm.

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APPRAISER: ...they're all
different, they're all
interesting.

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GUEST: Yes.

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APPRAISER: And people would send
him wood from around the world,

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and he would make them
a bowl out of it.

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GUEST: That's funny. Because he
was a local artist, I assumed
these,

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at least most of them,
would be local wood.

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APPRAISER: These are woods
that are beyond my...

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GUEST: Okay, so... APPRAISER:
...common furniture knowledge...

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GUEST: Right. APPRAISER: ...to
be honest. The ebony I
recognize.

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GUEST: Right.

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APPRAISER: But the rest of them
are, you know, not something
that you see every day.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: These were produced
in the '90s, which is sort of
the middle of his career.

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GUEST: Mm-hmm. APPRAISER: Kind
of tailing off a little bit,

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but was still, he was very
active at this point. People
collect them.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: Collect turned wood.

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GUEST: Mm-hmm.

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APPRAISER: But, but it's not
something that's really taken
off yet, and it's

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still moving forward. But one of
the things I did see was, this
one has been cracked.

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GUEST (gasps): No!

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APPRAISER: And it has cracks
in several different places,

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and that's going to really
affect the value. And I think
his work is as good and as
beautiful,

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and, and actually tells the tale
of woodturning in America as
well as anybody.

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GUEST: Hm.

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APPRAISER: I really love his
stuff. Do you have any idea what
these pieces are worth?

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GUEST: I have no idea
at all. (laughs)

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APPRAISER: Yeah-- do you have
any idea? You're going to make a
guess?

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GUEST: Um... Maybe a
couple of hundred dollars?

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APPRAISER: Uh, well, you're a
little low. You're a little low.

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GUEST: Oh.

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APPRAISER: They're worth more
than that. Their sizes are sort
of middle. Their, they,

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there are bigger ones, sometimes
bring a little bit more money.

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GUEST: Hm, mm-hmm.

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APPRAISER: But I would say for
these three, the three in good
shape,

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we're looking at somewhere
between $900 and $1,200 apiece
at auction.

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GUEST (gasps): What?

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APPRAISER: So, like, $2,700 to
$3,600 for these three at
auction.

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GUEST: Oh! Hm. (laughing):

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That's wonderful. That's a lot
more than I thought they would
be worth.

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APPRAISER: Yeah, yeah,
they're great, they're...

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GUEST: So I'll have to talk to
my insurance agent now.
(laughing)

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APPRAISER: Absolutely. This one
that's broken is probably worth
a lot less. Well,

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maybe $100 to $300,
somewhere in that vicinity.

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GUEST: Yeah, well, thank you.
(laughing): I'm very pleased.

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APPRAISER: Yeah.