GUEST: It's got a little bit of
a personal history. I actually
got it through my divorce

18 years ago. My
ex-husband used to be a
collector of antique toys.

APPRAISER: Lucky you.

GUEST: (laughs)

APPRAISER: What we have here is
an ocean liner, the ocean liner
Britannia. I would date this

right around 1900. We have
the original mark right there,
and that has "GBN," and what

that means is, "Gebrüder Bing
Nuremberg." And "gebrüder"
means "brother," Bing, the

name of the company, and it
was located in Nuremberg.

GUEST: Oh, cool.

APPRAISER: So, this is one
very outstanding ocean liner.
It's got this really decorative

bow up here.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: That indicates to
me that it's a nice, early
boat. And it's just a beautiful

hull design, and it's
a clockwork model, so
you would wind it up,
pull the key out, and

you could actually put
it in water. Back here,
we have this big box.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: And it's the original
box for this boat. I have never
seen a box for a Bing boat

like this, this early boat. It
has the original stand on the
bottom with wheels, so the child

could play with it on the floor.

GUEST: Wow.

APPRAISER: So this was the
type of toy that was a luxury
good. This was a very high-end,

of-the-period piece. It's
in outstanding condition,
but I believe that
this mast and this mast

are replacements. Now,
I don't feel that that
is a major problem, and
I also feel that the

anchors are probably
replacements. Other than
that, I've gone all over
the boat, and I think

that we're looking at a really
pristine example. The way this
boat is, in today's market, I

think a fair auction estimate
would be $8,000 to $10,000.

GUEST: Okay, wow. That's cool.

APPRAISER: It's just
an awesome ocean liner.