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GUEST: My husband found this 
print that is called "July 
Fifteenth," and that happens

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to be our wedding anniversary.

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So he said, "I have to get 
you this print as a present."

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So he was checking lots of 
auctions, and every time he 
tried to bid, he was outbid.

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APPRAISER: When he was bidding 
and not getting the print, 
can I ask what he was bidding?

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GUEST: He bid, like, 
$3,000, $4,000, $5,000.

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APPRAISER: Yup.

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GUEST: And he was overbid.

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Okay.

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And then finally, in this 
last auction, he only bid 
$1,000, and we got it.

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APPRAISER: Well, this is, as 
you know, a lithograph by Grant 
Wood named "July Fifteenth."

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GUEST: Uh-huh.

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APPRAISER: This was 
actually printed in '38.

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Now, Grant Wood was an American 
Regionalist, and he was known 
for scenes of Iowa-- although

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he did study abroad, he spent 
most of his career in Iowa--and 
creating these wonderful

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landscapes that, on the 
one hand, were carefully 
observed and accurate, 
and on the other hand,

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have this sort of surging, 
undulating sort of style.

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And we get a sense of 
nature that's been made to 
look energized and alive.

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If we were to put this into 
auction today, we would put it 
into an American print sale,

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and the estimate would be $5,000 
to $7,000 in the current market.

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GUEST: Okay, that's good, 
that's good, thank you.