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GUEST: My friend Linda...

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GUEST: ...who is now 81, gifted
this to me about five or six
years ago. Her father

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traveled extensively, and, uh,
the late '60s, early '70s. And
he went to Japan,

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and he went to the factory where
this was produced, and that's
where it was purchased.

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APPRAISER: The factory that this
was bought in was in Japan, and
it was a factory that actually

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manufactured lacquer, lacquer
wares. But what they also did
is, they sold antique lacquer
objects.

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GUEST: Okay. That is
what this is. (whispers)

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APPRAISER: Yes. So this was
not manufactured by them.

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APPRAISER: It was sold by
them. So that's one part.

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GUEST: Okay.

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APPRAISER: Now, the second part
is just the stunning decoration.
You can see the cranes,

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and then you can see the sky and
the waves. There's a variety of
gold and silver. All of

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this is accentuated by the black
ground, which is lacquer. Cranes
represent in

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Japan, and throughout Asia, long
life and happiness and success.
So this is a Japanese

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lacquer writing box and table,
and it dates to around 1900. You
can see inside the case,

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you've got an ink cake stick at
the bottom over here. There are
several brushes that are
lacquer.

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APPRAISER: You have a little
silver container at the top for
other implements. And in the
center

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of it, also, is the ink stone.
What we see is just this mix of
skills of a silversmith,

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lacquer workers, the people
that designed this scene,

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that came together to create
truly what is a masterwork. What
do you think it's worth?

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GUEST: There was a receipt.

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GUEST: When he purchased it, he
paid around $2,200, U.S.
dollars, for it.

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APPRAISER: That was a
lot of money in 1966.

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GUEST: Yeah, '66 is when
he bought it. And so,

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well, I would hope it has
doubled in value, that would be
nice.

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APPRAISER: The Japanese market
has been very interesting. What
we had is a peak of

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the market in the late '80s,
early '90s, and a gradual
diminution in interest...

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GUEST: Oh.

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APPRAISER: ...up to where we are
now. But because this is so
extraordinary...

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GUEST: Ah.

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APPRAISER: ...it's going to do a
little bit more than what you
thought. I think that in

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an auction situation, this would
realize somewhere between
$10,000 and $15,000.

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GUEST: Wow, wow! Blows my mind!

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APPRAISER: (laughs)

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GUEST: (chuckles) Really? Oh.
Well, I don't know what to say.

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APPRAISER: (laughs) GUEST:
(chuckles) Wow! That's
wonderful.