WEBVTT 00:02.033 --> 00:04.066 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: I like to yard-sale, but I get a lot of grief from my sons all the time, so I've 00:04.066 --> 00:08.900 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% been trying to, like, not do it as often, but I saw a sign, and I stopped, and I saw 00:09.900 --> 00:11.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% these, and I liked them. 00:11.300 --> 00:12.300 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% APPRAISER: Okay. 00:12.300 --> 00:13.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: And the price was right. 00:13.500 --> 00:14.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Can I ask what you paid for them? 00:14.433 --> 00:15.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: For all of them, $25. 00:15.533 --> 00:16.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: How long ago? 00:16.533 --> 00:18.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: Just a few months ago. 00:18.166 --> 00:22.333 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% APPRAISER: Really? When you came in, you had these all in a folder. 00:22.333 --> 00:24.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: That I bought last night. 00:24.400 --> 00:27.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: That you bought last night. Probably for almost the same amount. 00:27.466 --> 00:31.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: Yeah, yeah, it was $20 for the folder, yeah. 00:31.000 --> 00:33.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: And the top one was this one up here. 00:33.533 --> 00:38.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% GUEST: Yes. I really liked it, and I'm familiar with the artist, but I wasn't sure if it was 00:39.233 --> 00:40.766 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% real or not. 00:40.766 --> 00:42.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: And it's signed "Edward Hopper" underneath. 00:42.633 --> 00:44.733 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yes. 00:44.733 --> 00:48.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: So then, I flipped the page in the book, and this piece showed up. This is 00:48.633 --> 00:53.600 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% by Kenneth Hayes Miller, who is, was, in his day, a very important artist and instructor, 00:55.566 --> 00:58.933 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% but isn't somebody who's really withstood the test of time. But what's interesting about 00:58.933 --> 01:03.900 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% seeing these two together is, the Hopper was in a portfolio called "Six American Etchings: 01:05.933 --> 01:10.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% The 'New Republic' Portfolio." That was published in 1924. This was also in that same portfolio. 01:11.966 --> 01:14.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh. 01:14.066 --> 01:18.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: So just by having found the two together, that strengthens the provenance 01:18.633 --> 01:19.300 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% even more. 01:19.300 --> 01:21.366 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh, okay. 01:21.366 --> 01:25.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: To tell me, "This looks very good." Also in that same portfolio of six prints 01:26.533 --> 01:29.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% was a John Marin print, an Ernest Haskell print... 01:29.600 --> 01:30.833 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Ah! 01:30.833 --> 01:32.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: And a Peggy Bacon print. 01:32.866 --> 01:34.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: And I left one behind. 01:34.400 --> 01:36.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: And that was by John Sloan? 01:36.533 --> 01:41.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: I don't know. Because I didn't have enough money-- I only had, like, $25, so I 01:41.766 --> 01:42.600 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% left one behind. 01:42.600 --> 01:44.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: Oh, no! 01:44.333 --> 01:46.300 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% GUEST: (laughing) And I just took the one that I didn't-- yeah. 01:46.300 --> 01:49.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: So that was probably a print by John Sloan called "The Bandits Cave." 01:49.466 --> 01:52.066 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 01:52.066 --> 01:55.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: So the fact that you have all these together is wonderful proof that this is indeed 01:57.433 --> 02:02.300 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% what it purports to be. The Hayes Miller, also pencil-signed, also an etching, lovely 02:04.766 --> 02:07.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% print, not in terrific condition. Realistically, were you to sell this at auction, you might 02:07.466 --> 02:09.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% expect it to bring about $80 to $120. 02:09.566 --> 02:10.800 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 02:10.800 --> 02:11.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Not a tremendous amount. 02:11.633 --> 02:13.666 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 02:13.666 --> 02:17.633 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: The Ernest Haskell, also signed, called "Sentinels of North Creek," another 02:19.666 --> 02:22.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% lovely etching, but again, not very important. $200, $300. Peggy Bacon, a fairly unusual 02:25.733 --> 02:30.733 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% female artist. This is a more important print. It's called "Promenade Deck." At auction currently, 02:32.166 --> 02:34.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% you're probably looking about $500 to $700 for it. 02:34.300 --> 02:36.300 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 02:36.300 --> 02:40.300 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: The John Marin is interesting. When the portfolio first came out, it included 02:42.200 --> 02:44.733 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% this John Marin print, which is called "Brooklyn Bridge Six Swaying." 02:44.733 --> 02:46.866 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 02:46.866 --> 02:50.133 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: After just a few of the edition was published, he changed out that print for 02:50.133 --> 02:55.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% another print called "Downtown, The El." This is the more rare and desirable print. 02:55.733 --> 02:58.200 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh. 02:58.200 --> 03:00.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: So this is a fantastic etching, and it's in lovely condition. So at auction, 03:00.533 --> 03:04.100 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% for the John Marin, you're looking about $15,000 to $25,000. 03:04.100 --> 03:09.100 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: Oh, my God. Oh, my God! I'm glad I didn't leave that one behind. (laughs) 03:13.700 --> 03:18.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: The Hopper is possibly one of his best-known prints. And at auction, you're 03:19.600 --> 03:22.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% looking $30,000 to $50,000. 03:22.466 --> 03:27.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: Crazy. Absolutely crazy. 03:27.200 --> 03:32.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Are your kids going to give you grief after this? 03:32.200 --> 03:37.200 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: No, they better not. (both laugh) They better not. No, not at all, they better not. 03:39.133 --> 03:43.700 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: The one you left behind, the John Sloan, $500 to $700 at auction.