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GUEST: They were gems and, um, 
gold that were given to my 
grandmother.

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They've been in the family 
since the early 1900s.

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APPRAISER: You brought them in, 
like, a little crumpled up 
plastic bag. Yeah.

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(chuckles) Took me half an hour 
to get the note out. (laughs) 
Tell us what the note says.

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GUEST: The note says the h, 
Idaho gems were given to Louise 
Morrison when her father,

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John Tracy Morrison, 
was governor of Idaho.

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APPRAISER: The red one is, in 
fact, garnet, which is one of 
the gemstones... Of Idaho, 
uh-huh. ...of

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Idaho. The other one really 
fooled me, because it's got this 
light bluish green. Uh-huh. And

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I'm thinking, okay, maybe it's 
aqua. I tested it, and son of a 
gun, it's sapphire.

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GUEST: I'll be darned. 
APPRAISER: Now, Montana is 
famous for sapphire.

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GUEST: Uh-huh. 
APPRAISER: Idaho, I didn't know.

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GUEST: Uh-huh. 
APPRAISER: Potatoes, yeah.

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GUEST: The Gem State.

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APPRAISER: Gem State. Yeah. And 
then what I love is the gold 
nuggets.

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They're also from here. It's a 
pair of earrings and a little 
pin/pendant. They

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weigh about three pennyweights. 
There's not a ton of gold here.

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GUEST: Right.

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APPRAISER: But the fact that all 
of this comes from this state...

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GUEST: Isn't that great?

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APPRAISER: I think it's so cool.

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: So value-wise, 
you have about $300 of gold

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in, in the gold nuggets. But the 
fact that you got that 
provenance, could be $300 to 
$500. And then

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you have a ring, which, I just 
love the story, and it's lovely, 
but the ring is probably worth 
$150.

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: Thank you.

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GUEST: Well, as they say, 
it's priceless to us, yeah.