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CORAL PEÑA:
"Antiques Roadshow Recut"
is highlighting

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"Roadshow's" first-ever outdoor
event in Newport, Rhode Island.

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(laughs):
Awesome!

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Crazy.

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Absolutely crazy.

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PEÑA:
Stay tuned for part one

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of "Antiques Roadshow Recut:
Rosecliff."

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♪ ♪

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PEÑA:
Rosecliff Mansion,
the so-called summer cottage

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of heiress
Theresa "Tessie" Oelrichs,

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was the perfect location
for our "Roadshow" event

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back in 2017.

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Less than perfect?

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The weather conditions brought
to Newport by Hurricane Jose.

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But the storm couldn't dampen
the spirits

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of our guests and appraisers.

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So imagine, you are invited
to a party here.

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You're coming off
the back porch,

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you're walking down
to see the water.

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In a gown.
In a gown.

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And you're wearing this.

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Tell us
what you brought in.

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The pin belonged
to my grandmother,

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who lived in Chicago.

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I don't know
where she bought it.

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I don't know
what it's worth.

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And never had it
appraised, did you?

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Never had it appraised.

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We love people like you

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when you come in here
with that.

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Lack of information.

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Lack of information,
solid lack.

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Right.
(laughs)

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You see, I'm just standing here,
and it's moving.

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In the wind.
Is that fantastic?

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It is lovely.

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Imagine if
you were dancing

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in this house,
you know, in 1940,

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because that's about when
I think this pin was made.
Okay.

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I think the pin was added.

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I think
it was always made

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to have some type of a chain
running through it,

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and it hung
as a necklace.

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Not that it doesn't
work as a pin.
Okay.

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It reminds me
of a waterfall.

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I mean, the diamonds
are truly dripping off of this.

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There's a little over
two ounces of platinum

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in the whole piece.

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Then there's about four carats

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in baguettes.

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The marquise-shaped stones,
they're all different sizes.

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One of them is
as large as a carat.

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You add them all up,

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there's nine carats
in the marquise diamonds.

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So all together,

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we got 13 carats of goods.

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Any thoughts on the piece?

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Beautiful.

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Beautiful,
I like that.

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So you really don't need
to know what it's worth.

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I would like to know.
(laughs)

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Thought
I'd get out of here.

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So I would say at auction,
$15,000 to $20,000

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Great.

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It's not bad, right?
Not bad.

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Yeah.
For a bunch of rocks.

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(laughing)

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That's great,
I love it.

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Good backdrop,
huh?

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Yeah.

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This, I believe, is a foghorn
from the 18th century

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that my dad found in the bay

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when he was scuba diving
in about 1960.

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MAN:
So it might be useful today.

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It might be very useful today,

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since it's rainy
and foggy, yeah.

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(blowing, no sound coming out)

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No.

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He could do it, though,
so you just need more wind.

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♪ ♪

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(water flowing, birds chirping)

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PEÑA:
Rosecliff Mansion was made to
have a ball-- literally.

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This 3,200-square-foot ballroom
is the largest

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of all the surviving
Newport mansions.

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I think it's a tiara.

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Oh, will you put it on?

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Can I see it on you?
Yeah, well, I...

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You don't
have enough hair.

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Oh, you have
to have a bun?

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(laughing)

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WOMAN:
I collected things, always,
from when I was very young,

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because my mother was,
collected things.

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And then I started
to get older,

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and I fell in love with
Modernism.

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I don't think
Claire Falkenstein

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is that well-known
to a large jewelry audience

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because she really was known
for sculpture.

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The most famous sculpture
she made was for Guggenheim,

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"The New Gates of Paradise"
in Venice.
Yes, yeah.

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And did not use
expensive materials,

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and that was really because
she didn't,

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couldn't in the beginning,
but then she continued to use

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wood and glass
and iron and silver

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and very rarely used gold.

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And what you brought
are two quite rare pieces.

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I have actually never seen
a pair of her earrings.

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I mean, it was not
a big body of work.

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But this piece,

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this is very unusual.

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I imagine it was worn
as a head ornament,

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probably in a bun,

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and then you'd put these
in the back

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and they would dangle.

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There's brass, there's iron,
there's silver and gold,

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and also, it's signed.

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Her full name,
Claire Falkenstein.

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Where did you get this?

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The hair ornament

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I bought online.

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It came from Paris.

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It was about 20 years ago.

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It was at an auction thing,
and it didn't sell,

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and in those days,
you could contact the owner.

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And buy it.

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Which I did, and she said,
"Nobody bid on it.

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If you want,
you can have it for $50."

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The earrings I bought
when we were living in Milwaukee

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at a church thrift shop.

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I paid probably
like two, three dollars.

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I'm thinking this was made
in the '60s.

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That could be in the '60s...
But that's, that's
what I'm thinking.

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And the earrings
were probably late '40s.
Yeah.

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I am hard-pressed
to put a value.

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It's not for everyone,
it's not that wearable,

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but if you want to be
avant-garde and cool,

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hey, that says it all.

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On this head ornament,

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I would put a value,
at auction,

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$4,000 to $6,000.

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And I would say
as an insurance value,

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probably in the $15,000 range,
at least.

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And the earrings
I would also put up there,

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maybe $4,000 to $5,000
as an auction price,

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and a replacement,

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I'd have to say
$10,000, $12,000.

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I think people
will all of a sudden say,

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"Claire Falkenstein--
who was she?"

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WOMAN:
I brought
a Royal typewriter

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that was presented
to my grandfather,

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and he worked at Royal
for many years.

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For his ten-year anniversary
as vice president of sales,

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he was presented
this typewriter

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by his staff,

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and all the top salespeople

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were able to sign it,
and then get it--

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and so it was engraved
at Cartier.

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And it's gold.
(chuckles)

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And my dad also worked
at Royal,

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and so it went from my
grandfather to my father to me.

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And they do refer to this
as the Gold Royal.
Right.

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So Royal Typewriter Company
was founded in 1904,

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but it wasn't
until the 1930s,

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when your grandfather
was in charge of national sales,

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that they really started
to take off.

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Right, right.

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Which, as a result, led him
to be the top salesman,

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and then eventually
the president of the company.

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Right, and he actually only
had an eighth-grade education

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and became president
of a Fortune 500 company.

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Right.

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There's 1,064 names inscribed
in this.

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Oh, wow.
And they're inscribed

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by a fellow
named Warner MacDonald

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by hand, individually.

07:17.233 --> 07:21.066 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
The typewriter itself
has 2,257 different parts.

07:21.066 --> 07:22.800 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
What Royal did is,

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they then took
a completed typewriter,

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took it to Cartier...
Yes, okay.

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And every exposed piece,
large and small,

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was plated in 24-karat gold.

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That was in 1939
at a cost of $5,000.

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When I asked some of the
appraisers

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at the jewelry table...
Uh-huh.

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"What would you think
it would cost

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to have something like this
commissioned today?",

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they couldn't even put
a number on it, barely.

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Because of, the cost of labor
was less back then.

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Right.

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And the cost of gold
was less back then.

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$150,000, $200,000,
perhaps, they speculated.

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It was exhibited

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in the 1939
New York World's Fair.
Okay.

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Then it went on tour
all around the U.S.

07:56.333 --> 07:59.100 align:left position:55% line:83% size:35%
at the offices
of Royal sales agents.

07:59.100 --> 08:01.433 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
And it was presented in 1940
to your grandfather.

08:01.433 --> 08:02.666 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
Half a dozen appraisers

08:02.666 --> 08:04.166 align:left position:27.5% line:71% size:62.5%
were all involved in this
with me...
Uh-huh.

08:04.166 --> 08:06.100 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
As we tried to talk about
the different components to it.

08:06.100 --> 08:07.566 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
We would put a value,
at auction,

08:07.566 --> 08:10.400 align:left position:65% line:83% size:25%
of $30,000
to $40,000.

08:10.400 --> 08:11.800 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
Oh, my God.

08:11.800 --> 08:13.266 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
(laughs)

08:13.266 --> 08:15.333 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
Awesome!

08:15.333 --> 08:18.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
That's amazing, wow--
I had no idea.

08:18.166 --> 08:20.933 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
It's been in my closet.
(chuckles)

08:25.200 --> 08:28.333 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
♪ ♪

08:28.333 --> 08:30.866 align:left position:70% line:71% size:20%
You have
a Japanese form here...
Right.

08:30.866 --> 08:33.700 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
That some clever
Western person said,

08:33.700 --> 08:34.833 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
"What a nice idea,

08:34.833 --> 08:37.533 align:left position:50% line:71% size:40%
"I can turn this
into an oil lamp...
Right.

08:37.533 --> 08:39.566 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
and we'll add
this little bit."

08:39.566 --> 08:41.633 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
And they actually made
all of this in the U.S.

08:41.633 --> 08:42.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Okay.

08:42.733 --> 08:46.033 align:left position:62.5% line:89% size:27.5%
Here we go.

08:46.033 --> 08:47.266 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20%
This was
the height of fashion

08:47.266 --> 08:48.900 align:left position:70% line:77% size:20%
in 1900.
Right.

08:48.900 --> 08:50.400 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
And now not so much.

08:50.400 --> 08:52.766 align:left position:42.5% line:5% size:47.5%
And now it's, like,
not fashionable anywhere.

08:52.766 --> 08:53.966 align:left position:40% line:5% size:50%
(laughs)

08:53.966 --> 08:55.800 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
This is an object that came

08:55.800 --> 08:57.833 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
from my great-grandmother's
dining room table.

08:57.833 --> 08:59.366 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
We're not quite sure what it is.

08:59.366 --> 09:00.466 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
Might be a U.F.O.

09:00.466 --> 09:04.466 align:left position:37.5% line:71% size:52.5%
(laughing)

09:04.466 --> 09:07.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
This violin is labeled
"Matthias Averill,"

09:07.900 --> 09:10.166 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
but just when
you opened the case,

09:10.166 --> 09:11.966 align:left position:62.5% line:83% size:27.5%
I could see
that it reminded me

09:11.966 --> 09:14.900 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
of a, what's called
a Schweitzer commercial violin.

09:14.900 --> 09:18.200 align:left position:17.5% line:71% size:72.5%
From around 1900 to 1910,

09:18.200 --> 09:20.233 align:left position:17.5% line:71% size:72.5%
I would guess this one is.

09:20.233 --> 09:23.633 align:left position:17.5% line:71% size:72.5%
 
PEÑA:
Architect Stanford White based
the elegant Rosecliff Mansion

09:23.633 --> 09:27.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
on King Louis XIV's palace,
the Grand Trianon of Versailles.

09:27.666 --> 09:29.600 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%
The intention to create
an opulent home

09:29.600 --> 09:32.466 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
fit for so-called American
royalty like the Oelrichs family

09:32.466 --> 09:35.466 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
was abundantly clear.

09:35.466 --> 09:37.100 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
This is a letter
from Jackie Kennedy

09:37.100 --> 09:40.566 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
that was sent to the Men's
Democratic League of Newport,

09:40.566 --> 09:42.933 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5%
because she was in Newport,

09:42.933 --> 09:44.666 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
and had, unfortunately,

09:44.666 --> 09:47.300 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
a stillborn child
at Newport Hospital,

09:47.300 --> 09:48.766 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
and the Men's
Democratic League

09:48.766 --> 09:50.700 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
sent her a bouquet
of flowers.

09:50.700 --> 09:52.500 align:left position:62.5% line:83% size:27.5%
And this is
the thank-you note

09:52.500 --> 09:53.933 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
that she sent to them.

09:53.933 --> 09:55.433 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
And my grandfather,
at the time,

09:55.433 --> 09:58.833 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
was the president of
the Men's Democratic League,

09:58.833 --> 10:00.366 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
and this was 1956.

10:00.366 --> 10:02.766 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
So he kept the letter,
gave it to my mother,

10:02.766 --> 10:04.400 align:left position:67.5% line:83% size:22.5%
and said,
"Keep this letter,

10:04.400 --> 10:05.866 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
"because he's going
to be president,

10:05.866 --> 10:07.500 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
and she'll be
first lady."

10:07.500 --> 10:09.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
Wow.
And it came true.

10:09.133 --> 10:10.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Wow,
very prescient.

10:10.600 --> 10:13.100 align:left position:77.5% line:77% size:12.5%
Yeah.
You know, it's interesting,

10:13.100 --> 10:14.966 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
because there are
a lot of ties

10:14.966 --> 10:17.100 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
from Newport
and the Kennedys.

10:17.100 --> 10:20.066 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
They were married here,
1953.
Mm-hmm.

10:20.066 --> 10:21.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy,
actually,

10:21.633 --> 10:23.066 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Hammersmith Farm,

10:23.066 --> 10:24.900 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
so there's a very strong
Newport connection.
Yeah.

10:24.900 --> 10:26.300 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
It's just
a lovely little note,

10:26.300 --> 10:27.833 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
basically,
"Thank you for the roses."

10:27.833 --> 10:31.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
On the back here,
it is nicely signed.

10:31.633 --> 10:33.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
It said, "It meant
a great deal to me," so...

10:33.633 --> 10:36.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Elegant note
from a very elegant lady.

10:36.200 --> 10:38.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
At auction, I would expect
this to bring

10:38.533 --> 10:40.366 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
around $1,500.

10:40.366 --> 10:41.500 align:left position:80% line:5% size:10%
Wow.

10:41.500 --> 10:42.700 align:left position:65% line:5% size:25%
Very good.

10:46.500 --> 10:49.100 align:left position:75% line:5% size:15%
WOMAN:
They came down
from my mother-in-law.

10:49.100 --> 10:50.600 align:left position:40% line:5% size:50%
We think they may be

10:50.600 --> 10:52.033 align:left position:42.5% line:5% size:47.5%
Benjamin Greenleaf,

10:52.033 --> 10:53.733 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
but I'm not sure of that.

10:53.733 --> 10:58.400 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
My mother-in-law
was given to hyperbole.

10:58.400 --> 11:00.300 align:left position:45% line:5% size:45%
Ah.

11:00.300 --> 11:02.300 align:left position:42.5% line:5% size:47.5%
And these came down
from the family,

11:02.300 --> 11:04.400 align:left position:55% line:5% size:35%
and each woman
brought it down.

11:04.400 --> 11:07.100 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
Since you've had them,
have you done anything to them?

11:07.100 --> 11:09.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
The only thing we did
was frame them.

11:09.233 --> 11:11.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And so these
are newer frames, then?

11:11.633 --> 11:13.600 align:left position:45% line:77% size:45%
Yes.
And what did

11:13.600 --> 11:15.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
the original frame look like?

11:15.266 --> 11:18.233 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
Well, the frames
that my mother-in-law had, um,

11:18.233 --> 11:22.366 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
were really the kind
that you would put on a diploma,

11:22.366 --> 11:24.666 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70%
those little black ones?
Uh-huh, okay.

11:24.666 --> 11:26.100 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75%
And they were falling apart.

11:26.100 --> 11:30.533 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
Let's start with dispelling
any family hyperbole,

11:30.533 --> 11:33.133 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
any apocryphal story.

11:33.133 --> 11:35.733 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
These paintings are definitely
by Benjamin Greenleaf.

11:35.733 --> 11:38.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Greenleaf,
as you may know,

11:38.666 --> 11:42.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
was born in Hull,
Massachusetts, in 1769,

11:42.933 --> 11:44.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and he really
started painting

11:44.533 --> 11:46.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
when he was
in his early 30s.

11:46.833 --> 11:48.800 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
Before that,
we don't know what he did.

11:48.800 --> 11:52.200 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
He's one of those artists
that we don't know much about.

11:52.200 --> 11:53.433 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5%
But we do know

11:53.433 --> 11:56.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
when he was born
and when he was active.

11:56.000 --> 11:59.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And he was active for
about a 15-year period

11:59.433 --> 12:02.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
between 1803 and 1818.

12:02.100 --> 12:04.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
He was
an itinerant painter,

12:04.166 --> 12:05.433 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70%
going from town to town,

12:05.433 --> 12:07.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
staying there until...

12:07.100 --> 12:08.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
he had either
worn his welcome out

12:08.700 --> 12:10.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
or he's painted enough
commissions that he was done.

12:10.833 --> 12:13.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
These two portraits--

12:13.500 --> 12:15.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
this painting is very typical
of Greenleaf's work,

12:15.766 --> 12:17.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
because it's painted
on glass.

12:17.766 --> 12:20.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
In other words,
it's a reverse painting.

12:20.166 --> 12:22.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Greenleaf took
a piece of glass

12:22.466 --> 12:24.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and painted the portrait
on the back of the glass,

12:24.766 --> 12:26.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and they're
very fragile.

12:26.700 --> 12:28.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
The gentleman,

12:28.366 --> 12:31.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
who's almost certainly by--
also by Greenleaf,

12:31.000 --> 12:32.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
but it's on a panel.

12:32.500 --> 12:34.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
It's on a piece
of wood.

12:34.033 --> 12:36.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
One of the things
that Greenleaf was known for

12:36.533 --> 12:38.566 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
was painting
these profile portraits

12:38.566 --> 12:40.400 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
and virtually
filling the painting

12:40.400 --> 12:42.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
with the portrait.

12:42.500 --> 12:44.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And, in fact,
this one,

12:44.933 --> 12:48.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I wonder when it was reframed,
if, there, her bonnet

12:48.666 --> 12:51.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
really goes underneath
the rabbet of the frame.

12:51.266 --> 12:52.800 align:left position:65% line:83% size:25%
Oh, yeah--
oh, interesting.

12:52.800 --> 12:55.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Here's the potential bad news.

12:55.466 --> 12:57.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Greenleafs,
every one that I've seen,

12:57.900 --> 13:00.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
they're in those
little crummy black frames,

13:00.400 --> 13:02.800 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5%
so you might have thrown away
the original frames.

13:02.800 --> 13:06.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
That hurts the package,

13:06.200 --> 13:09.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
because it's not
the original frame.

13:09.300 --> 13:12.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
In spite of the fact
that the portraits are great,

13:12.600 --> 13:14.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
if they'd been
in their original frame,

13:14.633 --> 13:15.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
they'd be even greater.

13:15.966 --> 13:18.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
Greenleaf's work
is really pretty rare.

13:18.666 --> 13:22.700 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
There are less than 60
of these portraits

13:22.700 --> 13:24.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
known to have been
done by him,

13:24.633 --> 13:26.633 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
probably because
a lot of them broke.

13:26.633 --> 13:30.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
In this condition,
in these new frames,

13:30.200 --> 13:33.833 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
a good pre-sale
auction estimate

13:33.833 --> 13:35.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
would be $5,000
to $7,000.

13:35.433 --> 13:36.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
Wow, very good.

13:36.466 --> 13:37.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Now, if they were

13:37.666 --> 13:40.900 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
in their original frames,
you might add

13:40.900 --> 13:42.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
a few more thousand,

13:42.200 --> 13:44.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and it might have been worth
$8,000 to $10,000.

13:44.966 --> 13:46.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
I should also point out

13:46.466 --> 13:49.300 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
that Greenleaf
did various sizes of these,

13:49.300 --> 13:52.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
so the bigger that they are,
the more expensive they are,

13:52.666 --> 13:55.400 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
because they're more fragile.

13:55.400 --> 13:59.200 align:left position:42.5% line:77% size:47.5%
PEÑA:
Rosecliff has seen many notable
gatherings over the years.

13:59.200 --> 14:02.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
A circus tent was erected
on the grounds in 1901

14:02.100 --> 14:04.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
for the tenth birthday
of Tessie Oelrichs' son.

14:04.666 --> 14:07.933 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
For her Bal Blanc,
or white party, in 1904,

14:07.933 --> 14:10.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Tessie had full-size silhouettes
of sailing ships

14:10.666 --> 14:12.766 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
anchored in the water
off the back lawn

14:12.766 --> 14:15.533 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
to give the illusion
of a grand white fleet.

14:17.533 --> 14:20.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
WOMAN:
Years ago,
my husband and I

14:20.133 --> 14:23.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
went to the Museum of Fine Arts
in Boston for an exhibition,

14:23.800 --> 14:25.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and on the way home,

14:25.400 --> 14:28.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
we passed
this little antique shop,

14:28.233 --> 14:29.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and I wanted to stop.

14:29.633 --> 14:31.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
He didn't,
but we stopped-- I won.

14:31.400 --> 14:33.133 align:left position:62.5% line:89% size:27.5%
(chuckling)

14:33.133 --> 14:35.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Nothing of the, in the shop
was of value,

14:35.600 --> 14:39.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
but this was hanging
on the railing outside.

14:39.366 --> 14:42.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And I said to my husband,
"I absolutely love that rug.

14:42.100 --> 14:44.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I've got to find out
how much it is."

14:44.200 --> 14:45.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
So I went in
to see the gentleman,

14:45.866 --> 14:48.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and he said,
"The rug's $100."

14:48.433 --> 14:49.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And I said,
"Are you sure?"

14:49.466 --> 14:50.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
He said,
"Yes, it's a good rug."

14:50.766 --> 14:51.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
I wanted the rug.

14:51.800 --> 14:53.800 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5%
Early 20th century,

14:53.800 --> 14:56.533 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
there was a trend
of collecting Oriental rugs

14:56.533 --> 14:57.866 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5%
in the United States.

14:57.866 --> 15:00.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
People collected paintings,
tapestries, furniture,

15:00.666 --> 15:02.166 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
also collected great rugs.

15:02.166 --> 15:04.866 align:left position:50% line:5% size:40%
And as a result,
other people thought,

15:04.866 --> 15:07.900 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
"Hmm, we have this tradition
of American hooked rugs.

15:07.900 --> 15:10.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
We could use those designs
and create..."

15:10.700 --> 15:13.233 align:left position:65% line:83% size:25%
Basically,
not really reproductions,

15:13.233 --> 15:15.933 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
but our own variations on what
Eastern rugs looked like.

15:15.933 --> 15:17.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Mm-hmm.

15:17.066 --> 15:18.533 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
They were really
originally sold as kits.

15:18.533 --> 15:21.666 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
Circa 1920, you'd buy
the burlap backing

15:21.666 --> 15:24.000 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
and it would have
a pattern stenciled on it,

15:24.000 --> 15:25.000 align:left position:70% line:83% size:20%
but then
you'd get your own wools

15:25.000 --> 15:26.533 align:left position:57.5% line:83% size:32.5%
and you'd get
your own fabrics,

15:26.533 --> 15:27.800 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
and do the hooking
yourself.

15:27.800 --> 15:29.866 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
And so whoever did this
went out

15:29.866 --> 15:32.433 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
and very specifically
bought the proper yarns.

15:32.433 --> 15:33.700 align:left position:70% line:89% size:20%
I think,

15:33.700 --> 15:35.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
just because the color's
so consistent throughout,

15:35.666 --> 15:37.866 align:left position:55% line:83% size:35%
it's obviously
not scrap material

15:37.866 --> 15:39.566 align:left position:47.5% line:77% size:42.5%
that's been used.
Yeah.

15:39.566 --> 15:42.700 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%
But you can see a few a spots
where they have filled in.

15:42.700 --> 15:45.000 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
There's a deeper red
through here.

15:45.000 --> 15:46.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I can see it,
yeah.

15:46.266 --> 15:47.566 align:left position:47.5% line:89% size:42.5%
There's a purple,

15:47.566 --> 15:50.066 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
and I originally thought,
"Hmm, some restoration."

15:50.066 --> 15:51.633 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
But when you look
at the back of the rug

15:51.633 --> 15:52.966 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
and really look
at the consistency

15:52.966 --> 15:54.333 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5%
of the yarn itself...

15:54.333 --> 15:57.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
They ran out of this red, so
they transitioned to the other?

15:57.633 --> 15:59.166 align:left position:62.5% line:71% size:27.5%
Absolutely,
absolutely.
Uh-huh.

15:59.166 --> 16:01.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
And that's a really nice
aspect of things,

16:01.433 --> 16:02.700 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
because hooked rugs
really come out

16:02.700 --> 16:04.233 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
of a Folk Art tradition,

16:04.233 --> 16:05.966 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
so it's nice to have
those kind of homey touches

16:05.966 --> 16:08.066 align:left position:52.5% line:83% size:37.5%
that are coming
into the rug itself.

16:08.066 --> 16:10.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5%
This example's in extremely
good condition,

16:10.166 --> 16:13.100 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50%
with very, very good
color retention.

16:13.100 --> 16:17.033 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
I think it would have
a retail price of $8,000.

16:18.233 --> 16:19.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
$8,000?

16:19.666 --> 16:22.566 align:left position:72.5% line:77% size:17.5%
$8,000.
Oh, my goodness.

16:22.566 --> 16:25.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
That...
that is remarkable,

16:25.266 --> 16:28.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and certainly far beyond
what I've ever expected.

16:28.433 --> 16:31.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I have loved this
for the years that I've had it,

16:31.900 --> 16:35.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and, actually, I tried to give
it to one of my girls,

16:35.700 --> 16:37.233 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and she said no,

16:37.233 --> 16:38.566 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and I bet she regrets it
right now!

16:38.566 --> 16:40.133 align:left position:37.5% line:5% size:52.5%
(laughing)

16:41.733 --> 16:43.333 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
MAN:
Well, I got it
from my ex-mother-in-law,

16:43.333 --> 16:45.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
who grew up
in Cooperstown, New York.

16:45.333 --> 16:46.666 align:left position:65% line:83% size:25%
APPRAISER:
Right.

16:46.666 --> 16:48.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And they happened to go
to this event,

16:48.200 --> 16:50.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
which was
the only exhibition event

16:50.066 --> 16:52.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
held by Major League Baseball
at the time,

16:52.200 --> 16:53.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
called
"Cavalcade of Baseball."

16:53.533 --> 16:54.533 align:left position:75% line:89% size:15%
Right.

16:54.533 --> 16:55.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And it was held
at Doubleday Field.

16:55.900 --> 16:57.733 align:left position:57.5% line:71% size:32.5%
These tickets
are really rare,

16:57.733 --> 17:00.333 align:left position:35% line:71% size:55%
and they sell anywhere
between $500 and $800.

17:00.333 --> 17:02.500 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
This is like
a little pencil box

17:02.500 --> 17:04.600 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
or a dresser box.
Uh-huh.

17:04.600 --> 17:06.566 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
And it's probably German.

17:06.566 --> 17:08.666 align:left position:72.5% line:5% size:17.5%
German!
European.

17:08.666 --> 17:10.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
We made things like this
in America.

17:10.433 --> 17:11.500 align:left position:77.5% line:5% size:12.5%
Yeah.

17:11.500 --> 17:12.833 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
But the way it's painted

17:12.833 --> 17:14.433 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and the decoration
and the wood...
Yes.

17:14.433 --> 17:17.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80%
That tells you that
it's probably European.

17:17.166 --> 17:20.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80%
You're looking
at about $350.

17:20.300 --> 17:21.766 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
I like to yard-sale,

17:21.766 --> 17:23.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
but I get a lot of grief
from my sons all the time,

17:23.600 --> 17:26.766 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
so I've been trying
to, like, not do it as often,

17:26.766 --> 17:28.533 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
but I saw a sign,
and I stopped,

17:28.533 --> 17:31.233 align:left position:50% line:71% size:40%
and I saw these,
and I liked them.
Okay.

17:31.233 --> 17:32.566 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
And the price was right.

17:32.566 --> 17:34.166 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
Can I ask
what you paid for them?

17:34.166 --> 17:35.633 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
For all of them,
$25.

17:35.633 --> 17:36.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
How long ago?

17:36.733 --> 17:37.800 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
Just a few months ago.

17:37.800 --> 17:38.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
Really?

17:38.800 --> 17:40.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
When you came in,

17:40.300 --> 17:42.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
you had these
all in a folder.

17:42.766 --> 17:44.033 align:left position:57.5% line:5% size:32.5%
That I bought
last night.

17:44.033 --> 17:46.166 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75%
That you bought last night.

17:46.166 --> 17:48.366 align:left position:40% line:5% size:50%
Probably
for almost the same amount.

17:48.366 --> 17:50.633 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
Yeah, yeah, it was $20
for the folder, yeah.

17:50.633 --> 17:51.866 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
And the top one

17:51.866 --> 17:54.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
was this one up here.
Yes.

17:54.033 --> 17:55.400 align:left position:45% line:89% size:45%
I really liked it,

17:55.400 --> 17:57.233 align:left position:50% line:83% size:40%
and I'm familiar
with the artist,

17:57.233 --> 18:00.433 align:left position:47.5% line:83% size:42.5%
but I wasn't sure
if it was real or not.

18:00.433 --> 18:02.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And it's signed
"Edward Hopper" underneath.

18:02.666 --> 18:04.466 align:left position:80% line:77% size:10%
Yes.
So then,

18:04.466 --> 18:07.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
I flipped the page
in the book,

18:07.500 --> 18:08.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
and this piece showed up.

18:08.633 --> 18:10.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
This is
by Kenneth Hayes Miller,

18:10.600 --> 18:11.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
who is, was,
in his day,

18:11.900 --> 18:14.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
a very important artist
and instructor,

18:14.800 --> 18:17.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
but isn't somebody who's really
withstood the test of time.

18:17.400 --> 18:21.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
But what's interesting about
seeing these two together

18:21.066 --> 18:23.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
is, the Hopper was
in a portfolio

18:23.933 --> 18:27.400 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
called "Six American Etchings:
The 'New Republic' Portfolio."

18:27.400 --> 18:29.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
That was published
in 1924.

18:29.966 --> 18:32.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
This was also
in that same portfolio.

18:32.766 --> 18:33.933 align:left position:82.5% line:89% size:7.5%
Oh.

18:33.933 --> 18:36.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
So just by having
found the two together,

18:36.733 --> 18:39.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
that strengthens
the provenance even more.

18:39.100 --> 18:40.233 align:left position:67.5% line:89% size:22.5%
Oh, okay.

18:40.233 --> 18:43.200 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
To tell me,
"This looks very good."

18:43.200 --> 18:45.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
Also in that same portfolio
of six prints

18:45.666 --> 18:48.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
was a John Marin print,

18:48.433 --> 18:50.600 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
an Ernest Haskell print...
Ah!

18:50.600 --> 18:54.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
And a Peggy Bacon print.

18:54.000 --> 18:55.200 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
And I left one behind.

18:55.200 --> 18:57.400 align:left position:15% line:77% size:75%
And that was by John Sloan?
I don't know.

18:57.400 --> 18:59.500 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5%
Because I didn't have
enough money--

18:59.500 --> 19:02.366 align:left position:35% line:71% size:55%
I only had, like, $25,
so I left one behind.
Oh, no!

19:02.366 --> 19:03.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
(laughing)

19:03.766 --> 19:06.033 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5%
And I just took the one
that I didn't-- yeah.

19:06.033 --> 19:07.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
So that was probably a print
by John Sloan

19:07.966 --> 19:09.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
called "The Bandits Cave."

19:09.300 --> 19:10.566 align:left position:77.5% line:89% size:12.5%
Okay.

19:10.566 --> 19:12.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
So the fact that you have
all these together

19:12.233 --> 19:17.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
is wonderful proof
that this is indeed

19:17.433 --> 19:18.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
what it purports to be.

19:18.700 --> 19:20.266 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
The Hayes Miller,

19:20.266 --> 19:21.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
also pencil-signed,

19:21.266 --> 19:22.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
also an etching,
lovely print,

19:22.966 --> 19:24.933 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
not in terrific condition.

19:24.933 --> 19:27.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
Realistically, were you
to sell this at auction,

19:27.133 --> 19:28.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
you might expect it
to bring

19:28.866 --> 19:30.900 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
about $80 to $120.
Okay.

19:30.900 --> 19:32.366 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%
Not a tremendous amount.
Yeah.

19:32.366 --> 19:34.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
The Ernest Haskell,

19:34.366 --> 19:35.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
also signed,

19:35.633 --> 19:37.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
called
"Sentinels of North Creek,"

19:37.700 --> 19:41.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
another lovely etching,
but again, not very important.

19:41.000 --> 19:42.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
$200, $300.

19:42.466 --> 19:44.133 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
Peggy Bacon,

19:44.133 --> 19:47.066 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
a fairly unusual
female artist.

19:47.066 --> 19:48.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
This is
a more important print.

19:48.933 --> 19:50.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
It's called
"Promenade Deck."

19:50.366 --> 19:51.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
At auction currently,

19:51.600 --> 19:54.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
you're probably looking
about $500 to $700 for it.

19:54.100 --> 19:55.133 align:left position:77.5% line:89% size:12.5%
Okay.

19:55.133 --> 19:57.466 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5%
The John Marin is interesting.

19:57.466 --> 20:00.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
When the portfolio
first came out,

20:00.100 --> 20:01.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
it included
this John Marin print,

20:01.900 --> 20:05.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80%
which is called
"Brooklyn Bridge Six Swaying."
Okay.

20:05.033 --> 20:08.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
After just a few
of the edition was published,

20:08.300 --> 20:10.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
he changed out that print

20:10.066 --> 20:13.166 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
for another print called
"Downtown, The El."

20:13.166 --> 20:15.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
This is the more rare
and desirable print.

20:15.333 --> 20:16.333 align:left position:70% line:89% size:20%
Oh.

20:16.333 --> 20:17.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
So this is
a fantastic etching,

20:17.800 --> 20:19.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
and it's in
lovely condition.

20:19.666 --> 20:21.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
So at auction,
for the John Marin,

20:21.266 --> 20:22.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
you're looking about

20:22.266 --> 20:24.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
$15,000 to $25,000.

20:26.700 --> 20:28.366 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
Oh, my God.

20:28.366 --> 20:30.200 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
Oh, my God!

20:30.200 --> 20:31.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
I'm glad I didn't
leave that one behind.

20:31.866 --> 20:34.133 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%
(laughs)

20:34.133 --> 20:38.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
The Hopper is possibly
one of his best-known prints.

20:38.733 --> 20:41.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And at auction,
you're looking

20:41.000 --> 20:43.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
$30,000 to $50,000.

20:46.533 --> 20:48.200 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5%
Crazy.

20:48.200 --> 20:50.366 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5%
Absolutely crazy.

20:50.366 --> 20:52.166 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65%
Are your kids going
to give you grief after this?

20:52.166 --> 20:53.500 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65%
No, they better not.

20:53.500 --> 20:54.633 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55%
(both laugh)

20:54.633 --> 20:56.466 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60%
They better not.

20:56.466 --> 20:58.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
No, not at all,
they better not.

21:00.533 --> 21:02.500 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
The one you left behind,
the John Sloan,

21:02.500 --> 21:04.733 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
$500 to $700
at auction.

21:06.066 --> 21:06.933 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
PEÑA:
This is part one

21:06.933 --> 21:08.100 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5%
PEÑA:
And now it's time

21:08.100 --> 21:10.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5%
for the "Roadshow"
Feedback Booth.

21:10.166 --> 21:13.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
And these are two German
wooden figurines.

21:13.266 --> 21:14.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
They're pretty crudely carved,

21:14.700 --> 21:16.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80%
so they were only worth
five or ten bucks.

21:16.700 --> 21:18.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%
So, play toys!

21:18.566 --> 21:19.966 align:left position:55% line:89% size:35%
(laughs)

21:19.966 --> 21:21.766 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
My wife won me tickets

21:21.766 --> 21:23.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60%
to the Antiques Roadshow
for my birthday,

21:23.866 --> 21:25.633 align:left position:45% line:83% size:45%
and there's no one
luckier than me.

21:25.633 --> 21:27.833 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
Everyone who brought something
worth money's luckier than me,

21:27.833 --> 21:29.166 align:left position:55% line:89% size:35%
but, oh, well.

21:29.166 --> 21:31.600 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75%
Next time, we're going to have
more fun and more money.

21:31.600 --> 21:34.300 align:left position:15% line:77% size:75%
And I brought a carriage clock
that, actually,

21:34.300 --> 21:37.100 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55%
the case is worth more
than the clock itself.

21:37.100 --> 21:39.933 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
I brought the family
heirloom medals.

21:39.933 --> 21:41.566 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
I found a lot about them,

21:41.566 --> 21:43.966 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and the appraiser,
I made his day,

21:43.966 --> 21:46.733 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
and my grouping
was worth about $1,000,

21:46.733 --> 21:48.500 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80%
so I am very pleased.

21:48.500 --> 21:50.633 align:left position:52.5% line:5% size:37.5%
And I found out
that my photographs

21:50.633 --> 21:52.466 align:left position:50% line:5% size:40%
of Elvis Presley
doing karate

21:52.466 --> 21:56.600 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55%
were worth about $225,
so, not bad.

21:56.600 --> 21:59.566 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5%
My family has told me
for years and years

21:59.566 --> 22:02.733 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65%
that it was a print
and it wasn't worth very much,

22:02.733 --> 22:05.466 align:left position:37.5% line:5% size:52.5%
but today,
I came to the Antiques Roadshow,

22:05.466 --> 22:07.566 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60%
and I found out
that it was a print

22:07.566 --> 22:09.000 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
and it wasn't worth very much.

22:09.000 --> 22:10.566 align:left position:42.5% line:5% size:47.5%
$100.

22:10.566 --> 22:14.733 align:left position:57.5% line:5% size:32.5%
I've got this
antique chicken boot scraper

22:14.733 --> 22:18.233 align:left position:42.5% line:5% size:47.5%
that my wife bought
at a yard sale for $25

22:18.233 --> 22:21.533 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5%
and appraised it for $15,
so I think we are rich.

22:21.533 --> 22:22.900 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%
$1,500.

22:22.900 --> 22:24.800 align:left position:57.5% line:5% size:32.5%
$1,500, yeah.

22:24.800 --> 22:26.133 align:left position:42.5% line:5% size:47.5%
PEÑA:
Thanks for watching.

22:26.133 --> 22:27.766 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5%
Tune in again for another
great episode

22:27.766 --> 22:29.666 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5%
of "Antiques Roadshow Recut."