>> HOST: COMING UP ON

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

>> HER RESUME READS LIKE

A PROVERBIAL WHO'S WHO

IN THE BLACK ART.

JUST A MAGNIFICENT FIND.

I WAS SPEECHLESS WHEN I FIRST

JUST GOT TO LOOK AT THIS.

>> ANY MUSEUM OF

APPALACHIAN CULTURE WOULD BE

MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE IT.

>> BECAUSE OF SOME OF

THE CONTROVERSIES THAT ARE

GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

RIGHT NOW, PRICE CAN EITHER DROP

OR IT CAN ESCALATE EVEN HIGHER.

>> THEY'RE REALLY WONDERFUL,

ESPECIALLY THE TYRANT.

>> WOW, WOW.

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EMPOWERING THOSE WHO ARE DEAF,

HARD OF HEARING

OR SPEECH DISABLED

TO STAY CONNECTED BY PHONE.

>> ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING

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OUR MISSION IS PROVIDING

CUSTOMIZED CARE THAT HELPS

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THERE IS A REASON EVERY SEASON

TO VISIT NEARBY

HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND

WHERE FUN FILLED DAYS

AND ENTERTAINING NIGHTS ARE

JUST MINUTES AWAY.

DISCOVER SCENIC BEAUTY, HISTORY,

UNIQUE SHOPPING AND DINING.

VISIT HOWARD COUNTY

WHERE MARYLAND COMES TOGETHER.

SINCE 1924

ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS

HAS BEEN SERVING

THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES

FEATURING MONTHLY GALLERY

ANTIQUE AUCTION SALES.

OUR STAFF CAN ASSIST CLIENTS

WITH THE DISPOSITION OF THEIR

VALUED POSSESSIONS.

ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS.

>> WELCOME TO

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES.

THIS IS SEASON 5 AND WE'RE ON

THE ROAD AT TURF VALLEY RESORT

IN HOWARD COUNTY.

I'M YOUR HOST, RHEA FEIKIN.

THESE COLLECTORS COME FROM

FAR AND WIDE,

AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE,

BUT YOU KNOW THEY HAVE ONE THING

IN COMMON.

THAT'S THE LOVE OF A GOOD

OLD FASHION TREASURE HUNT.

EVERY WEEK WE DISCOVER ANTIQUES

AND ARTIFACTS OF UNCOMMON VALUE.

WHETHER ITS DOLLAR AMOUNTS

OR CHERISHED FAMILY HISTORY.

SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

LET THE HUNT BEGIN.

>> PHILIP MERRILL: HAVE YOU

HEARD OF LADY LUCK?

>> COLLECTOR: I HAVE.

>> PHILIP: OKAY.

AND THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE

LADY LUCK.

PLEASE TALK TO ME ABOUT

WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO LOOK AT.

>> COLLECTOR: OKAY.

I HAVE WITH ME TODAY

A COLLECTION OF A COUPLE OF

PIECES THAT WE PURCHASED

AT A STORAGE AUCTION.

>> PHILIP: IN A STORAGE AUCTION?

>> COLLECTOR: YES, A STORAGE

UNIT AUCTION.

WE FOUND INSIDE THE UNIT

THE REMAINS OF AN ESTATE WHICH

TURNED OUT TO BE THE ESTATE OF

LATE DC ARTIST,

AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN NAMED

EDITH GRIME STRANGE.

SHE HAD A LONG CAREER AND WAS

A VERY PROLIFIC ARTIST AND AN

EDUCATOR IN DC.

>> PHILIP: ROUGHLY HOW MANY

PIECES WERE IN THIS TREASURE

TROVE?

>> COLLECTOR: WE HAVE

APPROXIMATELY 22 FRAMED PIECES.

>> PHILIP: 22 FRAMED PIECES?

>> COLLECTOR: IN SEVERAL MEDIA.

>> PHILIP: SUCH AS?

MEDIA SUCH AS?

>> COLLECTOR: WE HAVE I THINK

4 COLLAGE PIECES, UM,

MAYBE A DOZEN OR SO WATERCOLORS

AND A FEW OILS.

>> PHILIP: ALL SIGNED CLEARLY

BY THE ARTIST?

>> COLLECTOR: YES, ALL CLEARLY

SIGNED AND MOSTLY IN VERY GOOD

QUALITY FRAMES WITH GLASS.

WE HAVE ANOTHER SEVERAL DOZEN

UNFRAMED PIECES.

MOSTLY PROBABLY, UM, SKETCHES

AND STUDIES DATING BACK MAYBE

TO AROUND 1945, 1950.

>> PHILIP: TO THE 1945,

1950 ERA?

>> COLLECTOR: YES.

>> PHILIP: ALL RIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY LETTERS

OR EXHIBITION PROGRAMS?

>> COLLECTOR: WE HAVE SEVERAL

PROGRAMS, ONE I BROUGHT TODAY.

>> PHILIP: THAT WE COULD SEGUE

TO RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THE VIRGINIA

WHITE SPEEL,

REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB

OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

PRESENTS DES ARTISTE, 1958.

>> COLLECTOR: FROM WHAT I CAN

TELL SHE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER

OF DES ARTISTE.

>> PHILIP: SHE WAS. SHE WAS.

>> COLLECTOR: IT WAS STARTED

IN 1953 AND IT WAS JUST

A COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS WHO

WANTED TO FURTHER ART

IN GENERAL.

NOT JUST THEIR ART.

>> PHILIP: VERY EXCITING.

>> COLLECTOR: THEY MET AND DID

WORK TOGETHER.

>> PHILIP: VERY EXCITING.

WHEN YOU FIRST ACQUIRED THIS,

WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND?

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE BEEN THERE

WHEN YOU MADE THIS ACQUISITION.

>> COLLECTOR: IT WAS VERY

FASCINATING BECAUSE WE HAD

SO MUCH OF HER LIFE THAT

WE COULD...

I FEEL LIKE I KNEW HER AT THIS

POINT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO

PUT TOGETHER SO MUCH OF HER

LIFE STORY.

>> PHILIP: YOU PUT THE PIECES

OF THE PUZZLE OF HER LIFE

TOGETHER.

>> COLLECTOR: YES AND SHE DIDN'T

HAVE ANY CHILDREN.

SO, THERE WAS REALLY NO ONE

TO TAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS

WHEN SHE PASSED.

SO, WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CARE

OF IT.

>> PHILIP: I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE

THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET IT

AND BRING IT IN HERE.

SO, LET'S JUST SAY A FEW QUICK

THINGS.

SHE GRADUATED FROM WHAT WAS

KNOWN AS THE BLACK HARVARD,

WHICH IS HOWARD UNIVERSITY

WITH HER B.A.

THEN SHE GOT AN M.A.

FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.

HER RESUME READS LIKE

A PROVERBIAL WHO'S WHO IN

BLACK ART.

JUST A MAGNIFICENT FIND.

I WAS SPEECHLESS WHEN I FIRST

JUST GOT TO LOOK AT THIS.

HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU FIGURE

OUT A PRICE ON SUCH

A UNDER-REPRESENTED BLACK

FEMALE COLLAGE,

PORTRAIT PAINTER,

SKETCH-PERSON THAT IS EDUCATED?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

LET'S JUST LOOK AT THIS

FOR A MOMENT.

YOU SEE THE ROADS.

YOU SEE THE COUPLE RIGHT HERE.

YOU SEE THE CARS

AND THE BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE.

THEN THERE'S A LION OVER HERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT

THEMES RUNNING THROUGH HERE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY NICE

TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO HER

TO FIGURE OUT WHY SHE PUT

THE VARIOUS PIECES WHERE

SHE DID, BUT NONETHELESS,

IT'S A LOVELY PRESENTATION.

THEY'RE NICELY PRESERVED.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING.

YOU HIT THE JACKPOT BECAUSE IT'S

NOT WATER DAMAGED,

IT'S NOT MOLDY, MILDEW.

WITHOUT ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY,

TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK

THIS COULD BE WORTH.

>> COLLECTOR: WELL, THERE ARE

PRICES ON THE BACK OF A NUMBER

OF THE FRAMED PIECES.

>> PHILIP: YOU'VE DONE YOUR

HOMEWORK.

GOOD, GOOD.

>> COLLECTOR: SHE WAS SELLING

THEM.

WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PIECES

SHE SOLD.

>> PHILIP: RIGHT.

>> COLLECTOR: THIS PIECE IN

PARTICULAR I BELIEVE HAS

A PRICE TAG OF 4,500 ON IT,

SO THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS ASKING

FOR IT AT SOME TIME BEFORE

SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2006.

>> PHILIP: THAT'S GOOD.

WHAT ABOUT THIS LOVELY...

>> COLLECTOR: THAT ONE I BELIEVE

IT WAS A COUPLE,

SEVERAL HUNDRED AND WE HAVE

A NUMBER OF SIMILAR SIZED

WATERCOLORS IN THE $300 TO $400

RANGE.

>> PHILIP: OKAY, OBVIOUSLY

THE LADY HAS CROSSED OVER

AND SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US,

THEREFORE HER WORK WOULD BE

WORTH MUCH MORE.

IF THIS WAS $4,500

SEVERAL YEARS AGO,

HER ASKING PRICE,

WHY DON'T WE JUST DOUBLE IT

OR TRIPLE IT?

YOU DO THE MATH.

I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN.

>> COLLECTOR: OKAY.

>> PHILIP: IF IT WAS $4,500

YEARS AGO, SHE'S SINCE DEAD.

YOU HAVE AT THE MOMENT

THE PREEMINENT COLLECTION OF

EDITH GRIME STRANGE'S WORK.

SO, YOU'RE SETTING THE MARKET

FOR WHAT THESE WILL GO FOR AT

AUCTION OR AT A PRIVATE SALE

OR IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE

A RETROSPECTIVE.

FOR ANY 22 FRAMED PIECES,

AND THAT'S UNHEARD OF.

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING

YOU DREAM ABOUT.

BALLPARK, WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY

SOMETHING ASTRONOMICAL AND SAY

JUST GO LIKE $25,000.

THAT'S A LOW.

>> COLLECTOR: OKAY.

>> PHILIP: THAT'S A LOW.

THIS IS LADY LUCK THAT I STARTED

OFF SAYING.

THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT FIND,

AND I HOPE THAT ONE DAY YOU DO

SOMETHING THAT WILL LIFT UP

THIS LADY'S LEGACY SO THE WORLD

WILL TRULY KNOW ABOUT HER

ARTISTIC JOURNEY.

>> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD

KIND OF HOPED TO DO SINCE WE

FOUND IT.

WE FELT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW

WHO SHE IS.

>> PHILIP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> PHILIP: LADY LUCK HAS JUST

WALKED IN THE DOOR.

THANK YOU.

>> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> PHILIP: MY PLEASURE.

>> JERRY BRILL: WELL, THANK YOU

FOR BRINGING THIS CUTE

AND PETITE LITTLE DESK TO

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES TODAY.

I THINK YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING

STORY BEHIND IT.

>> COLLECTOR: MY MOTHER WORKED

IN THE ODENTON POST OFFICE UNTIL

SHE RETIRED

AND THE WOODWARDVILLE POST

OFFICE NATURALLY WAS ONLY

THROUGH ABOUT 1906.

ANYWAY, THEY CLOSED AND WENT OUT

OF BUSINESS.

AND SOMEONE IN THE POST OFFICE

GENERAL STORE AREA GAVE IT

TO MY MOTHER AS A GIFT,

AND I'VE HELD ONTO IT EVER

SINCE.

>> JERRY: SO, IT'S BEEN IN YOUR

FAMILY ABOUT 2 GENERATIONS.

>> COLLECTOR: YES, MY MOTHER

DIED AT 97.

>> JERRY: OH WOW.

>> COLLECTOR: SHE PUT 30 YEARS

IN WITH THE POST OFFICE.

>> JERRY: WOW, GOOD FOR HER.

>> COLLECTOR: YES.

>> JERRY: WELL, LET ME TELL YOU

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESK.

IT'S WALNUT AND STILL HAS

ORIGINAL HINGES.

MOST OF THE TIME IN THIS PERIOD

OF TIME, AND I WOULD DATE THIS

DESK PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN

THE MIDDLE PART OF

THE 19TH CENTURY, AND USUALLY

THE HINGES ARE BROKEN AND MOVED.

THESE HINGES HAVE NOT BEEN

BROKEN.

THEY STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL

KEEPER OR AT LEAST PART OF

"THE ORIGINAL KEEPER,"

THIS IS CALLED.

YOU STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL

LOCK.

A LOCKSMITH COULD POSSIBLY FIT

A KEY TO THAT.

>> COLLECTOR: OH, OKAY.

>> JERRY: IT LOOKS LIKE ONCE

UPON A TIME IN HERE IT HAD

A SHELF OR POSSIBLY A DRAWER

IN HERE.

THESE LEGS ARE MADE OUT OF ASH

AND THEY EXTEND.

THEY'RE VERY TALL AND THEY

EXTEND RIGHT UP THROUGH

THE INSIDE OF THE CORNER HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE INSIDE.

IF YOU FEEL THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN

FEEL THE JACK PLANE MARKS.

A JACK PLANE IS A PLANE THAT

THEY USE TO FLATTEN OUT A BOARD

IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME.

AND THEN ON THE INSIDE IT WOULD

BE SMOOTH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE

THEY WOULD TAKE A SCRAPER

AND SCRAPE THE JACK PLANE

MARKS OFF.

AND THEY WOULDN'T DO IT TO BOTH

SIDES OF THE BOARD,

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LIKE THIS.

THE NAILS,

I LOOKED AT THE NAILS.

THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SQUARE

CUT NAILS.

I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY

FORGED NAILS IN HERE,

BUT THIS IS A COUNTRY PIECE.

IT'S JUST NAILED TOGETHER.

IT'S JUST AS CUTE AS IT CAN BE

BECAUSE OF ITS SMALL SIZE.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT APPRAISED?

>> COLLECTOR: NO, I HAVEN'T.

>> JERRY: YOU HAVEN'T.

WELL, IT'S NOT TERRIBLY VALUABLE

BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY PIECE

THAT IT IS,

BUT PROBABLY NO MORE THAN

$300 TO $500, I WOULD SAY.

SO, IT'S WORTH THAT.

>> COLLECTOR: (LAUGHS) YES, YES.

I LOVE IT.

>> JERRY: ENJOY IT.

GOOD FOR YOU.

>> JERRY COATES: HELLO

AND WELCOME TO

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES.

WE'RE SURE GLAD YOU CAME IN

TO SEE US TODAY.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT

OF SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT YOU

BROUGHT IN?

>> COLLECTOR: THIS IS

A TENNESSEE LONG RIFLE,

IS MY SUSPICION AND IT'S BEEN

IN MY MOTHER'S FAMILY SINCE

THE EARLY 1800s AS FAR AS

I'M AWARE.

I JUST SPOKE WITH MY MOTHER,

AND SHE WAS SAYING SHE THOUGHT

IT MIGHT COME FROM

A WALTER BLEVINS WHO LIVED IN

UNICOI COUNTY WHICH I THINK

IS WHERE THIS GUN WAS MADE.

>> COATES: OKAY.

DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF

THE MAKER?

>> COLLECTOR: THE NAME OF

THE MAKER IS MCINTURFF.

THE NAME IS SCRATCHED ONTO

THE BARREL.

>> COATES: OKAY.

>> COLLECTOR: CAN'T MAKE OUT

THE INITIAL OF THE FIRST NAME,

BUT WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT IT

SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES,

WE THINK IT MIGHT BE GABRIEL,

BUT WE'RE NOT SURE.

>> COATES: I THINK YOU'RE

PROBABLY ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

GABRIEL MCINTURFF WAS

A TENNESSEE MAKER MOUNTAIN

FAMILY FROM EAST TENNESSEE.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE GOT

HERE IS A REAL APPALACHIAN

COUNTRY RIFLE THAT SHOWS EVERY

ASPECT OF WHAT YOU WOULD WANT

TO SEE IN A RIFLE LIKE THAT.

IT'S NOT YOUR HIGH GRADE

KENTUCKY'S, BUT THESE RIFLES

HAVE THEIR OWN CHARACTERISTICS

AND THEIR OWN FLAVOR.

THEY'RE VERY MUCH A PART OF

THE APPALACHIAN CULTURE.

IF YOU LOOK DOWN HERE AT

THE PATCH BLOCKS ON A FINE GRADE

KENTUCKY RIFLE,

THIS WOULD BE BRASS,

PROBABLY ENGRAVED AND ALL.

HERE WE HAVE ONE MADE OUT OF

TIN OR STEEL AND VERY PLAIN,

VERY UTILITARIAN.

THE TRIGGER GUARD AND ALL

APPEARS TO ME TO BE

A CAST PEWTER WHICH WOULD HAVE

MADE SENSE.

I IMAGINE HE MADE A MOLD AND WAS

ABLE TO CAST HIS OWN TRIGGER

GUARDS AND ALL.

THE LOCK IS HANDMADE.

THE BARREL, WHICH HE SIGNED IN

A SCRIPT AS YOU SAID,

IS VERY MUCH TENNESSEE,

VERY MUCH APPALACHIAN.

I'VE SEEN EXAMPLES OF THIS LATER

WHERE HE ACTUALLY STAMPED HIS

NAME IN,

BUT IT'S THE TYPE OF RIFLE THAT

WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR

HUNTING, FOR PUTTING FOOD ON

THE TABLE.

VERY MUCH A PART OF AMERICAN

CULTURE.

YOUR FAMILY WAS FROM THAT AREA?

>> COLLECTOR: YES.

MY MOTHER'S FAMILY, THEY WERE

FROM GREEN COUNTY, TENNESSEE,

WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER

SOUTH AND WEST OF UNICOI COUNTY.

>> COATES: WELL, THAT MAKES

PERFECT SENSE.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.

>> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU.

>> COATES: I REALLY LIKE IT

AND I REALLY THANK YOU

FOR BRINGING IT IN.

ANY MUSEUM OF APPALACHIAN

CULTURE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY

TO HAVE IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT

MIGHT BE WORTH?

>> COLLECTOR: SINCE IT'S BEEN IN

THE FAMILY, WE'VE NEVER HAD IT

APPRAISED,

SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

>> COATES: WELL, I WOULD THINK

IN THE RIGHT AUCTION,

PARTICULARLY ONE DEALING WITH

AMERICAN FOLK ART, YOU'D BE

LOOKING AT 1,500 TO $1,800.

>> COLLECTOR: OH MY,

THAT'S VERY NICE.

>> COATES: IT'S NICE, I LIKE IT.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE AND

A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF AMERICANA.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT IN.

>> COLLECTOR: WELL, THANK YOU,

JERRY. APPRECIATE IT.

>> COATES: YOU'RE MORE THAN

WELCOME.

>> RHEA: PEOPLE COLLECT ANTIQUES

FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF VALUES.

QUALITY ORIENTAL RUGS ARE

COLLECTED BY CONNOISSEURS

FOR THEIR INVESTMENT VALUE

OR FOR THEIR ARTISTRY.

APPRAISER FRANK SHAIA DESCRIBES

WHAT DIFFERENT COLLECTORS LOOK

FOR IN THESE HEIRLOOM RUGS.

>> HELLO THERE.

I'M FRANK SHAIA FROM

SHAIA ORIENTAL RUGS IN

WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA.

TODAY I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME

EXAMPLES OF TWO OF THE DRIVING

FORCES IN ANTIQUE RUGS.

EVERYBODY JUST THINKS RUGS ARE

RUGS ARE RUGS.

WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.

THERE ARE COLLECTOR'S PIECES,

OR THE PIECES THAT COLLECTORS

LIKE TO BUY, AND THEN THERE'S

PIECES THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO BUY

FOR THEIR HOUSE, WHICH ARE MORE

OF A DECORATIVE DRIVEN FORCE.

WHAT I HAVE HERE IS WHAT'S

COMMONLY KNOWN AS A SADDLEBAG.

OF COURSE, THE TOPSIDE OF IT

IS CALLED "THE BAG FACE,"

AND THAT'S WHAT COLLECTORS BUY.

THEY DON'T NEED ALL OF THIS

ON THE BACK.

THEY JUST LIKE "THE BAG FACE."

THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

THIS IS A "BAG FACE."

IT'S JUST THE FACE OF A BAG.

IN FACT, MOST OF THESE YOU'LL

FIND SLITS ON THEM WHERE THEY

LACE THEM UP TO CLOSE THE BAG

TIGHT WHEN THEY TRAVEL.

A LOT OF THIS WAS DONE BY

NOMADIC PEOPLE.

THIS IS A BIG COLLECTOR'S ITEM.

SADDLEBAGS AND OTHER THINGS

LIKE THAT.

THEY HAVE SALT BAGS,

AND CRADLES, AND OTHER THINGS

THAT COLLECTORS USE.

THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT

COLLECTORS LOVE,

RUGS FROM THE AREA JUST NORTH OF

PERSIA KNOWN AS THE CAUCUSES.

IT'S WHERE THE ARMENIANS

ARE FROM.

ITS PRESENT DAY RUSSIA

AND ACTUALLY ARMENIA'S THERE

AS WELL.

CAUCASIAN RUGS ARE KNOWN FOR

THE GEOMETRIC MOTIFS THAT

YOU SEE.

THIS IS CALLED

"THE RUNNING DOG PATTERN."

THIS IS "THE S BORDER."

ALL OF THESE ARE PATTERNS.

A LITTLE DOG OR ANIMAL IS VERY

COMMON TO A CAUCASIAN RUG.

THE DATE IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THIS IS THE MUSLIM CALENDAR

YEAR,

SO WHILE IT SAYS HERE 13, 14,

IT'S ACTUALLY MEANS 1913.

NOW, THAT'S WHAT COLLECTORS BUY,

BUT NOW LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT

DECORATIVE PEOPLE BUY.

MOST CUSTOMERS THAT COME INTO

MY BUSINESS ARE LOOKING FOR

A PRETTY RUG FOR THEIR

LIVING ROOM FLOOR.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE COLORS.

THEY LIKE THE LIGHT BLUE,

OR THE SALMON COLOR,

OR THESE BEAUTIFUL SHADES OF

RUST AND RED.

THIS CAMEL COLOR THAT'S IN HERE

OR THIS SHADE OF BLUE IN HERE,

AND THIS PARTICULAR RUG IS KNOWN

AS A SERAPE WHICH IS

A NICKNAME FOR AN ANTIQUE

CARESS.

YOU'VE GOT THE 2 MARKETS,

THE MARKET THAT DRIVES FOR

THE COLLECTOR'S PIECES,

AND THE MARKET THAT BUYS JUST

FOR A RUG FOR THEIR LIVING ROOM

FLOOR.

>> AMORY LECUYER: I WANT TO

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT

TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES

AND TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

WHAT YOU BROUGHT ME TO LOOK AT.

>> COLLECTOR: WELL, THANK YOU

FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THESE ARE CARVED IVORY TUSKS

FROM THE CONGO, ZAIRE

WHEN WE LIVED THERE.

THE CONGO NOW.

THEY'RE KUBA CARVINGS,

TRADITIONAL CARVINGS AND THIS

IS A KUBA KING.

>> AMORY: THESE WERE ACQUIRED

WHEN YOU WERE IN AFRICA...

>> COLLECTOR: YES.

>> AMORY: AND DATE SOMEWHERE

FROM THE 1930s TO 1950s?

>> COLLECTOR: THE '30s.

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE WITH

THE FOREIGN SERVICE,

AND OUR BELGIAN FRIENDS OFFERED

US THE TUSKS THAT HAD BEEN

COLLECTED BY HIS FATHER IN

THE '30s.

>> AMORY: OKAY.

WELL, ONE OF THE REASONS

I WANTED TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT

YOUR PIECES IS BECAUSE OF SOME

OF THE CONTROVERSIES THAT ARE

GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO

ELEPHANT TUSK AND ELEPHANT

OBJECT DECORATIVE ARTS.

THE ADMINISTRATION PASSED

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT HAS

REALLY DYNAMICALLY CHANGED

THE MARKET ON IVORY AND IVORY

PRODUCTS, EVEN ONES THAT WERE

HISTORICALLY RELATED.

WE ARE STILL, I THINK,

TRYING TO FILTER OUT THE EFFECT

THAT THIS IS HAVING NOT MERELY

ON THE VALUES,

BUT ON ALSO OWNERSHIP.

IT IS STILL LEGAL TO OWN IVORY

THAT WAS ALREADY ACQUIRED.

WHAT EVERYONE IS TRYING TO FOCUS

ON IS THE CURTAILING THE CURRENT

KILLING OF ELEPHANTS ACROSS

AFRICA.

>> COLLECTOR: ABSOLUTELY.

>> AMORY: I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY

WHO DISAGREES WITH THAT.

>> COLLECTOR: NO, IT'S

A TERRIBLE THING.

>> AMORY: IT'S THROWN HISTORIC

PIECES, PIECES THAT HAVE 50,

70, 100 YEARS OF AGE TO THEM

AND MUCH MORE INTO A GREAT

CONTROVERSY.

BECAUSE OF DISCREPANCIES WITHIN

THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER,

IT IS UNCLEAR AS TO HOW ONE

WHO ALREADY HAD PIECES IS TO

DEAL WITH PIECES.

THIS IS EFFECTING PEOPLE NOT

MERELY LIKE YOURSELF WHO ARE

PRIVATE COLLECTORS,

BUT IT'S EFFECTING MUSICIANS

WHOSE PIANOS MAY HAVE IVORY

KEYS.

IT'S EFFECTING MUSEUMS WHO MAY

WANT TO LOAN FROM ONE MUSEUM

TO ANOTHER,

PART OF THEIR COLLECTION.

WITHIN AN INDIVIDUAL STATE IT IS

AT LEAST OUR UNDERSTANDING

TODAY, NOW THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT

TOMORROW, OR NEXT WEEK,

BUT AT LEAST TODAY,

IT IS LEGAL FOR A PRIVATE

INDIVIDUAL TO SELL TO ANOTHER

PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AS LONG AS

IT DOES NOT CROSS STATE LINES.

BUT ONE OF TWO THINGS GENERALLY

HAPPENS WHEN ORDERS LIKE THIS

COMES OUT.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO

PROHIBITION.

YOU MAKE IT ILLEGAL,

PRICE CAN EITHER DROP BECAUSE

PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT

HAVING IT AND THEREFORE

PERCEIVING LITTLE VALUE IN IT,

OR IT CAN ESCALATE EVEN HIGHER

BECAUSE EVEN MODEST TRADES

WITHIN HISTORIC IVORY ARE

UNAVAILABLE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU TODAY AT

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES,

I THINK IT IS VERY UNDECIDED

AS TO WHERE THE MARKET IS HEADED

ON THESE.

I WILL SAY 2 YEARS AGO

THE PIECES WE HAVE HERE WOULD

BE WORTH $15,000 TO $20,000.

TODAY I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU

THAT WE'VE GOT $2,000 OR EVEN

A TRADE AVAILABLE.

THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO ARE

WILLING TO DEAL IN OBJECTS THAT

ARE PERHAPS NOT LEGAL ANYMORE,

BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT

WE'RE EVER ENCOURAGING WITHIN

THE AUCTION WORLD

OR THE ANTIQUES WORLD,

BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF

PEOPLE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS.

AND I THINK OVER THE COURSE OF

THE COURSE OF 8 MONTHS

TO A YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SEE

SOME CLARITY COME OUT.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM.

THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS,

AND I'M SURE THEY DECORATE

THE HOME VERY WELL.

>> COLLECTOR: THEY DO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AMORY: THANKS SO MUCH.

>> COLLECTOR: A PLEASURE MEETING

YOU.

>> AMORY: NICE MEETING YOU.

>> DARYL REILLY: HI. WELCOME TO

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

>> COLLECTOR: HELLO.

>> DARYL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH

FOR COMING IN TODAY.

YOU BROUGHT A WONDERFUL

COLLECTION OF 1950s MODERN GLASS

WHICH WE DON'T SEE ON THE SHOW

VERY OFTEN.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT?

>> COLLECTOR: I KNOW THE GLASS

WAS MADE BY A MAN NAMED

MAURICE HEATON, AND HE CAME TO

AMERICA IN 1913 TO WORK WITH

HIS FATHER ON STAINED GLASS

AND THEN BECAME A REALLY FAMOUS

GLASS ARTIST.

AND HE DEVELOPED A TECHNIQUE

WHERE HE GROUND UP PIGMENTS

FROM ENAMEL AND LEARNED HOW TO

FUSE THEM ONTO GLASS.

HE WAS A PIONEER OF THIS KIND OF

GLASS WORK.

>> DARYL: REALLY WONDERFUL

PIECES.

HIS SIGNATURE'S ON ALL OF THESE,

THIS MH THAT YOU'LL SEE AT

THE BOTTOM.

>> COLLECTOR: YES, IT'S VERY

CLEAR TO SEE THEM.

THEY ARE ON EVERY PIECE.

>> DARYL: RIGHT, RIGHT.

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE

PIECES.

THIS IS CALLED "THE TYRANT"

AND I KNOW YOU STILL HAVE

THE ORIGINAL CARD HERE.

>> COLLECTOR: YEAH, I DO.

IT WAS A BOWL, NUMBER 1570,

FIRST EDITION OF 12.

>> DARYL: YUP.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

THEN WE HAVE THIS ONE HERE WITH

THE ANIMALS.

I KNOW THIS IS AT

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM.

>> COLLECTOR: YES, IT IS.

AT LEAST ONE OF THEM.

I'M NOT SURE...

THERE WAS ONE WITH A LION

AND ONE WITH A TIGER.

>> DARYL: TIGER, RIGHT.

>> COLLECTOR: I'M NOT SURE

WHICH ONE.

>> DARYL: THIS IS THE OTHER ONE.

RIGHT.

THEN WE HAVE THESE 2 SMALLER

PLATES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT

MORE TYPICAL OF HIS WORK,

THAT YOU SEE MORE OF.

>> COLLECTOR: YEAH, YOU WOULD

SEE THEM MORE OFTEN.

NOW THIS, MY PARENTS KNEW HIM,

AND I ACTUALLY MET HIS WHEN

I WAS VERY LITTLE AND SAW HIS

STUDIO.

BUT THIS WAS GIVEN AS A SET TO

MY MOTHER WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED.

SHE HAD A WHOLE SET OF THEM,

BUT NOW THERE'S ONLY THIS ONE.

>> DARYL: HIS STUDIO BURNED

DOWN IN 1970?

>> COLLECTOR: '73.

HE WAS AFRAID HE WOULDN'T BE

ABLE TO REBUILD IT.

IT WAS IN A 200 YEAR OLD

GRISTMILL,

AND HE LOST EVERYTHING.

IF YOU CAN IMAGINE LOSING ALL

YOUR PATTERNS,

AND ALL YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS,

AND ALL YOUR DOCUMENTATION,

AND ALL YOUR FORMULAS.

>> DARYL: YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS

RIGHT THERE.

>> COLLECTOR: YOUR KILN

AND ALL YOUR WORK,

BUT HE DID REBUILD IT,

AND HE WOUND UP WORKING UNTIL

HE DIED IN 1990.

>> DARYL: THIS WAS ALL FROM

HIS EARLIER PERIOD IN THE '50s.

I THINK VERY CONSERVATIVELY

IN THE MARKET BECAUSE THESE ARE

SO RARE AND HARD TO FIND,

I THINK AROUND $7,000 TO $8,000.

>> COLLECTOR: WOW, WOW. REALLY?

$7,000 OR $8,000?

>> DARYL: THEY'RE REALLY

WONDERFUL,

ESPECIALLY OF "THE TYRANT."

>> COLLECTOR: YEAH, I'VE NEVER

SEEN A PICTURE OF THIS ONE.

I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF

THE OTHER ONES, FAIRLY SIMILAR,

BUT NOT THIS ONE.

>> DARYL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH

FOR COMING TO THE SHOW.

>> COLLECTOR: I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

>> DARYL: THANK YOU.

>> RHEA: THAT'S IT FOR THIS

WEEK'S SHOW, BUT THERE'S PLENTY

OF TREASURES TO DISCOVER NEXT

WEEK.

HERE'S PROOF.

>> I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT

BECAUSE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE

WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE

THIS AND TO SEE SOMETHING,

ANOTHER TYPE OF MEDIUM THAT

WAS USED.

>> THIS PIECE, LIKE I SAID,

IS EDWARDIAN, AROUND THE TURN

OF THE 20TH CENTURY,

BUT THE LARGE DIAMOND AT

THE TOP WAS ACTUALLY CUT BEFORE

THEN.

>> THIS IS A COMPASS USED BY

ANDREW ELLICOTT,

TO SURVEY "ELLICOTT MILLS"

WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS CALLED

BEFORE IT WAS CALLED

"ELLICOTT CITY."

>> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

>> COLLECTOR: IT'S GOOD TO BE

CZAR.

>> (LAUGHS) AS THEY SAY, YES.

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