WEBVTT 00:02.602 --> 00:06.940 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% GUEST: Uh, my dad was a professor at the University of California, and they had just finished 00:06.940 --> 00:11.344 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% updating an old house and needed to furnish it. 00:11.344 --> 00:16.549 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And they went to an auction and pretty much bought up any pieces of old oak furniture 00:16.549 --> 00:19.152 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% they could find. 00:19.152 --> 00:24.691 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% My mother has told me that if he paid ten dollars for it, it probably was a lot. 00:24.691 --> 00:25.992 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: So you remember this as a kid? 00:25.992 --> 00:26.893 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: I do. 00:26.893 --> 00:27.994 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% I do. 00:27.994 --> 00:28.862 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% APPRAISER: Wow. 00:28.862 --> 00:30.296 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% Wow. 00:30.296 --> 00:32.232 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GUEST: It had a long journey. 00:32.232 --> 00:33.233 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% It left Berkeley, it lived in Jerusalem, Israel, for many, many years. 00:33.233 --> 00:35.702 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% APPRAISER: Wow. 00:35.702 --> 00:41.307 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: And when my father passed away, and my mother left her house there, um, she divided 00:41.307 --> 00:45.078 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% up some of her things, and this was one of the pieces I picked to bring back to the United 00:45.078 --> 00:47.647 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% States for me, because I liked it. 00:47.647 --> 00:50.617 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: This is in a style a lot of people refer to as Mission. 00:50.617 --> 00:54.921 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Uh, Gustav Stickley was not fond of the term "Mission." 00:54.921 --> 00:58.091 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% "Mission" refers to Spanish Colonial Mission furniture. 00:58.091 --> 01:00.126 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 01:00.126 --> 01:02.662 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: This is more Arts and Crafts in the European tradition. 01:02.662 --> 01:04.864 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Stickley and the Stickley family is a fascinating story. 01:04.864 --> 01:06.299 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Gustav had many brothers. 01:06.299 --> 01:08.501 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% There were five of them. 01:08.501 --> 01:10.637 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% There were several iterations of the Stickley companies. 01:10.637 --> 01:13.073 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Okay. 01:13.073 --> 01:17.510 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: This iteration was with two brothers, Albert and John George Stickley. 01:17.510 --> 01:24.317 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Uh, they came together to form Stickley Brothers Company in roughly 1891. 01:24.317 --> 01:29.756 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And then they launched this line called Quaint Furniture in roughly 1903. 01:29.756 --> 01:32.292 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It has the model number, which I get a kick out of. 01:32.292 --> 01:33.560 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: (laughs) 01:33.560 --> 01:36.429 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% APPRAISER: 314 and a half. 01:36.429 --> 01:40.500 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% So what we have here is a piece that many people refer to as a taboret. 01:40.500 --> 01:43.103 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A taboret can be a stool. 01:43.103 --> 01:45.371 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (chuckles) 01:45.371 --> 01:48.641 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Uh, I think, however, this table was intended to be used as a plant stand or 01:48.641 --> 01:49.576 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% a lamp stand. 01:49.576 --> 01:51.344 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh. 01:51.344 --> 01:51.478 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: The whole piece is made of white oak. 01:51.478 --> 01:53.546 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% Mm. 01:53.546 --> 01:54.881 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And there was another version of this which was in dark oak. 01:54.881 --> 01:57.317 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Oh! 01:57.317 --> 02:01.488 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And that was a fumed finish or an ammonia finish to get it nice and dark. 02:01.488 --> 02:06.326 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% This one is closer to natural, but when you cut it on an angle, it gives you, like, a 02:06.326 --> 02:07.327 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% tiger pattern. 02:07.327 --> 02:09.362 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Right. 02:09.362 --> 02:11.331 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And you may have heard people call, uh, oak tiger oak. 02:11.331 --> 02:13.766 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 02:13.766 --> 02:16.302 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Well, it's really quarter-sawn and it has to do with how the lumber is cut 02:16.302 --> 02:21.474 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% down to reveal a more expressive, dancy fluid in the grain. 02:21.474 --> 02:25.745 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% We have a very, very thick top, and then the thickness steps down to a slightly thinner 02:25.745 --> 02:27.514 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% leg. 02:27.514 --> 02:29.382 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% On the top, we see the legs coming through. 02:29.382 --> 02:32.118 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% That's a tenon. 02:32.118 --> 02:35.989 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And then over here, we have this connection pulling the whole form together with these 02:35.989 --> 02:39.325 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% wedge-shaped pieces. 02:39.325 --> 02:46.132 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% So there's no screws, there's no nails, there's no hidden aspect to the way this is made. 02:46.132 --> 02:53.106 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% Arts and Crafts collectors are very keen on originality and finish. 02:53.106 --> 02:56.476 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% They do like the darker version slightly more than the lighter version. 02:56.476 --> 02:58.878 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Um, there are some boo-boos... 02:58.878 --> 03:00.380 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: (chuckling) 03:00.380 --> 03:00.880 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER:...or blemishes on this table. 03:00.880 --> 03:03.449 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Definitely. 03:03.449 --> 03:06.252 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: But all told, it's still very desirable because they're so easy to use and they're 03:06.252 --> 03:08.488 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% so practical. 03:08.488 --> 03:13.793 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% In this original condition, at auction, this would bring about $800. 03:13.793 --> 03:17.197 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% And the same piece in a dark finish, with roughly the same, uh, blemishes, would bring 03:17.197 --> 03:19.832 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% about $1,200. 03:19.832 --> 03:23.002 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% In a gallery, no problem-- $2,000 for a piece like this. 03:23.002 --> 03:26.372 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: And if it didn't have the blemishes? 03:26.372 --> 03:30.376 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: If you had something that was free of any of these blemishes, to the right collector, 03:30.376 --> 03:31.444 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% it's easily $3,000. 03:31.444 --> 03:33.546 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Whoa! 03:33.546 --> 03:34.847 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% (laughs) Not what I would have expected. 03:34.847 --> 03:34.647 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% APPRAISER: (laughs)