WEBVTT 00:01.334 --> 00:04.304 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: I actually inherited this from my grandmother... 00:04.304 --> 00:05.972 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: Mm-hmm. 00:05.972 --> 00:14.714 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% GUEST: ...who died in s, 1961, and my mother told me that my grandfather had had this and another 00:14.714 --> 00:22.188 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% horse commissioned, because this was supposed to be his horse, whose name was Fargo. When I 00:22.188 --> 00:23.490 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% received this... APPRAISER: Mm. 00:23.490 --> 00:27.894 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST (chuckling): ...I carved the name into this block. 00:27.894 --> 00:30.130 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: The plinth here, the block that it's on, it's always been on there, as far as you know? 00:30.130 --> 00:32.699 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: Since I've had it, yes. 00:32.699 --> 00:36.403 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: And you incredibly professionally put the title plaque on the front there, "Fargo." 00:36.403 --> 00:37.170 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: Thank you. (chuckling): Of course, yes. 00:37.170 --> 00:37.804 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: How old were you when you did that? 00:37.804 --> 00:39.305 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Eleven. 00:39.305 --> 00:40.306 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Eleven. GUEST: Yeah. 00:40.306 --> 00:43.076 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Very generous gift. So, one of two. But they weren't identical, were they? 00:43.076 --> 00:45.345 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: They were close. 00:45.345 --> 00:47.080 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Okay. GUEST: But this one has a saddle. 00:47.080 --> 00:49.582 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Uh-huh. GUEST: The other one is bareback. 00:49.582 --> 00:52.685 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Uh-huh. GUEST: This has the chopped tail. 00:52.685 --> 00:53.853 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Okay. GUEST: The other had the regular, normal tail... 00:53.853 --> 00:55.255 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% APPRAISER: Okay. 00:55.255 --> 00:59.993 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: ...that a, that a horse would have. The other statue was donated as a trophy. 00:59.993 --> 01:01.494 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: Where do you think it's from? Any ideas? 01:01.494 --> 01:04.998 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: I thought England, only because my grandfather 01:04.998 --> 01:07.734 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and my great-grandparents traveled extensively. 01:07.734 --> 01:11.838 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Right, well, it is English. It's more likely, 01:11.838 --> 01:15.708 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% rather than this being a portrait sculpture of Fargo, it's more likely that... 01:15.708 --> 01:16.443 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yeah. 01:16.443 --> 01:18.211 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: ...he chose this while he was in London. 01:18.211 --> 01:20.380 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Yes. 01:20.380 --> 01:24.818 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And it was a good approximation, or it reminded him of Fargo. I think it's more 01:24.818 --> 01:33.193 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% likely to be a reproduction of a sculpture by the English sculptor John Willis Good. And he was a 01:33.193 --> 01:38.865 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% 19th-century animalier sculptor on a par with the great animaliers that were working in France at 01:38.865 --> 01:44.070 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% the time. Sadly, not too much is known about his work, and the reason for that is, is that he did 01:44.070 --> 01:48.875 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% meet with an untimely death at the age of 34. Sadly, from a gunshot wound to the head. It was 01:48.875 --> 01:53.980 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% very common that horses by John Willis Good were reproduced in sterling silver, which this one is. 01:53.980 --> 01:58.218 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: Thank you. That's what I wanted to know, cause I... It could have been plate. 01:58.218 --> 02:04.290 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% APPRAISER: It's expertly sculpted and very naturalistically cast. If we turn it, 02:04.290 --> 02:08.728 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% you can really see some of the details, including the hair on the coat, the tail, the hooves. 02:11.431 --> 02:15.668 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And the marks are here on the inside of the rear leg. It's hallmarked London. The maker's 02:15.668 --> 02:20.907 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% J.H. I've not fully identified the maker. But the, but the date letter is, uh, an N, for 1928. 02:20.907 --> 02:22.008 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST (gasps): Thank you. 02:22.008 --> 02:26.446 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: That I'm certain of. He's got all of his reins and he's in very good 02:26.446 --> 02:30.750 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% condition. The detail is very good. You've got all of the bridles. And even the bridles 02:30.750 --> 02:32.218 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% carry hallmarks on them, as well. So we know that these are sterling silver, too. 02:32.218 --> 02:34.387 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh, okay. 02:34.387 --> 02:37.857 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: At auction, I would estimate this probably to sell for around $6,000 to $8,000. 02:37.857 --> 02:40.793 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: Wow. (chuckling): That's surprising, okay.