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GUEST: They came from my
great-grandmother who, uh,
worked in the studios. The lore
is

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that they would hand these to
the drapers, and my grandmother
was one of the drapers,

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and they would be told to make
them. When they were done with
them, they'd throw them out,

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and she would go to the trash
and just collect 'em. Especially
if it was she that did the
dress,

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or she knew the female lead,
or whoever was in the scenes.

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APPRAISER: Very cool. Well,
they're obviously hard-working
drawings, as we would say.

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(both laughing)

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GUEST: There's thumb tacks
everywhere. There's coffee
everywhere. There's pencil
adjustments,

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autumn notes, all kinds
of things, yeah.

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APPRAISER: Well, you've
watched the ANTIQUES ROADSHOW,

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you hear us often say,
"Condition is everything."

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: And this is one of
those rare cases where, yes,
condition matters, however,

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the types of condition issues
you have here are such, as we
call it, honest wear, it shows
that

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they were functional production
pieces, which is what we like to
see. They're fascinating.

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This one has some information on
the back that identifies Rita
and "You Excite Me" number.

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And down here, we actually have
Rita Hayworth. And that's really
great to have,

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because we like to see that,
that it was actually used.

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GUEST: Yeah!

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APPRAISER: The department
that created the costumes,

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there were so many different
jobs. You mentioned that your
great-grandmother was a draper.

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GUEST: Yes.

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APPRAISER: They had cutters,
they had patterners. So there
were many people involved in the
process

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of doing it. And these were
created by the designer. So this
is what their concept was

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for the costumes for a film. It
seems that most of the pieces
you have here are from the 1940s

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roughly. We have a combination
of gouache on board and pencil.
And some of these even have

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some much more fun metallic
paints. You brought a whole
stack of these in to the table.
And I chose

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these for a purpose. And the
purpose I chose them for is
because we have a bit of a good,

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better, best here. And when I
say that, it's because most of
the value in drawings is, who

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is it of and what film is it
from? The one closest to you,
what, what drew your eye about
that one?

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GUEST: My grandmother said it
was Elizabeth Taylor, and this
was from the film Cleopatra.

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And on the back, you can see
where they actually changed some
of the draping in the skirt
design

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and were adjusting it right on
the pattern. She just thought
that made it extra-special.

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APPRAISER: The reason I put that
down on towards you is because
we have no identifying

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marks on that one to clearly
identify it as Elizabeth, and
her face is turned away.

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It's possible that it is
Elizabeth, but there were also
so many extras in that

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film that were wearing similar
garments that we can't say for
sure. Without that information,

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a piece like that at auction, it
might be in the $300 to $500
range. The middle one, what I
love

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is that there, there's no
question that this is Lucille
Ball. We can see her face very
clearly,

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and there's no doubt about it.
But we don't know is which film
this is from. It's also
possible,

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which happens a lot, is that we
see costumes like this, and
maybe the scene that they were
used

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for gets cut from the film. And
when you can't identify it, but
you know it is someone famous,

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it has a different value. Now,
Lucille Ball did so many
showgirl roles in her

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early days in Hollywood that
clearly it's from something like
that, we just can't nail it
down.

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: So without knowing,
but knowing it's Lucille, it's
more in the $800 to $1,200
range.

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Now, this one, I already sh,
showed the back of it that has
the Rita Hayworth.

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It also gives us some further
information, that it's from the
"You Excite Me" number.

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And that number is actually from
a film in 1945, a musical called
Tonight and Every Night. And...

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GUEST: Oh, wow.

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APPRAISER: ...that film was
nominated for two Academy
Awards.

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GUEST: Oh!

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APPRAISER: And that particular
number from that movie, "You
Excite Me," is

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actually considered one of Rita
Hayworth's best musical numbers
captured on film.

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GUEST: Oh, my gosh!

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APPRAISER: So you have
the best one over here.

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GUEST: Wow.

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APPRAISER: I pulled some clips
from that scene on my computer

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before I came out here. And this
is the outfit she's wearing on
screen.

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GUEST: Oh, no kidding! (laughs)
I've never looked it up. They've
just been family pictures.

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APPRAISER: Because we have a big
star and a moment we can
identify with a costume that

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was used on screen, this would
be more in the $3,000 to $5,000
range.

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GUEST: (exhales sharply) Wow.

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APPRAISER: (chuckling)

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GUEST: For studio trash, wow.
Who'da thought? Certainly not
me.

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APPRAISER: (chuckles)

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GUEST: Thank you. (laughs)
Unbelievable. (voice breaking) I

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never think of it as money.
They're just friends. They're my
grandmother.