1 00:00:01,535 --> 00:00:02,102 >> HOST: COMING UP ON 2 00:00:02,202 --> 00:00:03,670 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 3 00:00:04,538 --> 00:00:05,405 >> HER RESUME READS LIKE 4 00:00:05,472 --> 00:00:06,573 A PROVERBIAL WHO'S WHO 5 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,475 IN THE BLACK ART. 6 00:00:08,542 --> 00:00:09,943 JUST A MAGNIFICENT FIND. 7 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:11,745 I WAS SPEECHLESS WHEN I FIRST 8 00:00:11,812 --> 00:00:13,514 JUST GOT TO LOOK AT THIS. 9 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:14,715 >> ANY MUSEUM OF 10 00:00:14,781 --> 00:00:16,817 APPALACHIAN CULTURE WOULD BE 11 00:00:16,884 --> 00:00:18,919 MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE IT. 12 00:00:18,986 --> 00:00:19,853 >> BECAUSE OF SOME OF 13 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:21,488 THE CONTROVERSIES THAT ARE 14 00:00:21,555 --> 00:00:23,524 GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 15 00:00:23,590 --> 00:00:25,859 RIGHT NOW, PRICE CAN EITHER DROP 16 00:00:25,926 --> 00:00:28,695 OR IT CAN ESCALATE EVEN HIGHER. 17 00:00:28,762 --> 00:00:29,696 >> THEY'RE REALLY WONDERFUL, 18 00:00:29,763 --> 00:00:30,931 ESPECIALLY THE TYRANT. 19 00:00:30,998 --> 00:00:32,833 >> WOW, WOW. 20 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:35,536 ( TROLLEY BELL RINGS ) 21 00:00:37,804 --> 00:00:39,072 ( HORSE HOOVES CLOPPING ) 22 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:44,478 ( TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ) 23 00:00:46,346 --> 00:00:47,281 ( STEAM RISES ) 24 00:00:49,783 --> 00:00:51,351 CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE 25 00:00:51,451 --> 00:00:53,020 POSSIBLE BY MARYLAND RELAY, 26 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,454 EMPOWERING THOSE WHO ARE DEAF, 27 00:00:54,555 --> 00:00:55,756 HARD OF HEARING 28 00:00:55,856 --> 00:00:57,190 OR SPEECH DISABLED 29 00:00:57,291 --> 00:00:58,392 TO STAY CONNECTED BY PHONE. 30 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:03,230 >> ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING 31 00:01:03,297 --> 00:01:04,932 IS PROVIDED BY 32 00:01:04,998 --> 00:01:07,167 COSMETIC AND ADVANCED DENTISTRY. 33 00:01:07,234 --> 00:01:08,435 OUR MISSION IS PROVIDING 34 00:01:08,502 --> 00:01:10,037 CUSTOMIZED CARE THAT HELPS 35 00:01:10,103 --> 00:01:11,805 CREATE PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE 36 00:01:11,872 --> 00:01:13,407 IN OUR PATIENTS BY RESTORING 37 00:01:13,473 --> 00:01:14,741 THEIR SMILES. 38 00:01:14,808 --> 00:01:15,842 MORE INFORMATION AT 39 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:18,011 COSMETICDENTISTBALTIMORE.COM. 40 00:01:19,947 --> 00:01:21,348 THERE IS A REASON EVERY SEASON 41 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:22,249 TO VISIT NEARBY 42 00:01:22,316 --> 00:01:23,750 HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND 43 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:24,751 WHERE FUN FILLED DAYS 44 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:25,986 AND ENTERTAINING NIGHTS ARE 45 00:01:26,053 --> 00:01:27,354 JUST MINUTES AWAY. 46 00:01:27,421 --> 00:01:29,289 DISCOVER SCENIC BEAUTY, HISTORY, 47 00:01:29,356 --> 00:01:31,058 UNIQUE SHOPPING AND DINING. 48 00:01:31,124 --> 00:01:32,526 VISIT HOWARD COUNTY 49 00:01:32,593 --> 00:01:34,127 WHERE MARYLAND COMES TOGETHER. 50 00:01:35,295 --> 00:01:36,563 SINCE 1924 51 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:37,898 ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS 52 00:01:37,965 --> 00:01:38,599 HAS BEEN SERVING 53 00:01:38,665 --> 00:01:39,700 THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES 54 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:40,901 FEATURING MONTHLY GALLERY 55 00:01:40,968 --> 00:01:42,402 ANTIQUE AUCTION SALES. 56 00:01:42,469 --> 00:01:43,870 OUR STAFF CAN ASSIST CLIENTS 57 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:45,105 WITH THE DISPOSITION OF THEIR 58 00:01:45,172 --> 00:01:46,406 VALUED POSSESSIONS. 59 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:47,874 ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS. 60 00:01:55,382 --> 00:01:55,916 >> WELCOME TO 61 00:01:56,016 --> 00:01:57,551 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES. 62 00:01:57,618 --> 00:01:59,286 THIS IS SEASON 5 AND WE'RE ON 63 00:01:59,353 --> 00:02:01,855 THE ROAD AT TURF VALLEY RESORT 64 00:02:01,922 --> 00:02:04,157 IN HOWARD COUNTY. 65 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:05,926 I'M YOUR HOST, RHEA FEIKIN. 66 00:02:05,993 --> 00:02:07,628 THESE COLLECTORS COME FROM 67 00:02:07,694 --> 00:02:08,662 FAR AND WIDE, 68 00:02:08,729 --> 00:02:10,564 AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, 69 00:02:10,631 --> 00:02:12,499 BUT YOU KNOW THEY HAVE ONE THING 70 00:02:12,566 --> 00:02:13,300 IN COMMON. 71 00:02:13,367 --> 00:02:14,701 THAT'S THE LOVE OF A GOOD 72 00:02:14,768 --> 00:02:16,937 OLD FASHION TREASURE HUNT. 73 00:02:17,004 --> 00:02:19,072 EVERY WEEK WE DISCOVER ANTIQUES 74 00:02:19,139 --> 00:02:22,209 AND ARTIFACTS OF UNCOMMON VALUE. 75 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:24,044 WHETHER ITS DOLLAR AMOUNTS 76 00:02:24,111 --> 00:02:26,647 OR CHERISHED FAMILY HISTORY. 77 00:02:26,713 --> 00:02:28,682 SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 78 00:02:28,749 --> 00:02:30,350 LET THE HUNT BEGIN. 79 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:31,918 >> PHILIP MERRILL: HAVE YOU 80 00:02:31,985 --> 00:02:32,986 HEARD OF LADY LUCK? 81 00:02:33,053 --> 00:02:33,687 >> COLLECTOR: I HAVE. 82 00:02:33,754 --> 00:02:34,321 >> PHILIP: OKAY. 83 00:02:34,388 --> 00:02:35,389 AND THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE 84 00:02:35,455 --> 00:02:36,256 LADY LUCK. 85 00:02:36,323 --> 00:02:37,457 PLEASE TALK TO ME ABOUT 86 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:38,992 WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO LOOK AT. 87 00:02:39,059 --> 00:02:39,993 >> COLLECTOR: OKAY. 88 00:02:40,060 --> 00:02:41,495 I HAVE WITH ME TODAY 89 00:02:41,561 --> 00:02:43,030 A COLLECTION OF A COUPLE OF 90 00:02:43,096 --> 00:02:46,466 PIECES THAT WE PURCHASED 91 00:02:46,533 --> 00:02:48,802 AT A STORAGE AUCTION. 92 00:02:48,869 --> 00:02:50,103 >> PHILIP: IN A STORAGE AUCTION? 93 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:51,071 >> COLLECTOR: YES, A STORAGE 94 00:02:51,138 --> 00:02:52,005 UNIT AUCTION. 95 00:02:52,072 --> 00:02:54,408 WE FOUND INSIDE THE UNIT 96 00:02:54,474 --> 00:02:56,910 THE REMAINS OF AN ESTATE WHICH 97 00:02:56,977 --> 00:02:59,246 TURNED OUT TO BE THE ESTATE OF 98 00:02:59,312 --> 00:03:02,015 LATE DC ARTIST, 99 00:03:02,082 --> 00:03:03,550 AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN NAMED 100 00:03:03,617 --> 00:03:06,420 EDITH GRIME STRANGE. 101 00:03:06,486 --> 00:03:08,689 SHE HAD A LONG CAREER AND WAS 102 00:03:08,755 --> 00:03:10,657 A VERY PROLIFIC ARTIST AND AN 103 00:03:10,724 --> 00:03:12,092 EDUCATOR IN DC. 104 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:13,160 >> PHILIP: ROUGHLY HOW MANY 105 00:03:13,226 --> 00:03:14,728 PIECES WERE IN THIS TREASURE 106 00:03:14,795 --> 00:03:15,529 TROVE? 107 00:03:15,595 --> 00:03:16,163 >> COLLECTOR: WE HAVE 108 00:03:16,229 --> 00:03:19,232 APPROXIMATELY 22 FRAMED PIECES. 109 00:03:19,299 --> 00:03:21,301 >> PHILIP: 22 FRAMED PIECES? 110 00:03:21,368 --> 00:03:22,769 >> COLLECTOR: IN SEVERAL MEDIA. 111 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:23,770 >> PHILIP: SUCH AS? 112 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:25,238 MEDIA SUCH AS? 113 00:03:25,305 --> 00:03:26,306 >> COLLECTOR: WE HAVE I THINK 114 00:03:26,373 --> 00:03:28,709 4 COLLAGE PIECES, UM, 115 00:03:28,775 --> 00:03:31,111 MAYBE A DOZEN OR SO WATERCOLORS 116 00:03:31,178 --> 00:03:32,512 AND A FEW OILS. 117 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:33,814 >> PHILIP: ALL SIGNED CLEARLY 118 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:34,414 BY THE ARTIST? 119 00:03:34,481 --> 00:03:35,248 >> COLLECTOR: YES, ALL CLEARLY 120 00:03:35,315 --> 00:03:37,317 SIGNED AND MOSTLY IN VERY GOOD 121 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:39,886 QUALITY FRAMES WITH GLASS. 122 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:41,822 WE HAVE ANOTHER SEVERAL DOZEN 123 00:03:41,888 --> 00:03:43,790 UNFRAMED PIECES. 124 00:03:43,857 --> 00:03:48,595 MOSTLY PROBABLY, UM, SKETCHES 125 00:03:48,662 --> 00:03:51,998 AND STUDIES DATING BACK MAYBE 126 00:03:52,065 --> 00:03:54,334 TO AROUND 1945, 1950. 127 00:03:54,401 --> 00:03:55,268 >> PHILIP: TO THE 1945, 128 00:03:55,335 --> 00:03:56,336 1950 ERA? 129 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:57,104 >> COLLECTOR: YES. 130 00:03:57,170 --> 00:03:57,704 >> PHILIP: ALL RIGHT. 131 00:03:57,771 --> 00:03:58,505 ARE THERE ANY LETTERS 132 00:03:58,572 --> 00:03:59,973 OR EXHIBITION PROGRAMS? 133 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,275 >> COLLECTOR: WE HAVE SEVERAL 134 00:04:02,342 --> 00:04:04,611 PROGRAMS, ONE I BROUGHT TODAY. 135 00:04:04,678 --> 00:04:06,213 >> PHILIP: THAT WE COULD SEGUE 136 00:04:06,279 --> 00:04:06,546 TO RIGHT NOW. 137 00:04:06,613 --> 00:04:07,347 THIS IS THE VIRGINIA 138 00:04:07,414 --> 00:04:08,181 WHITE SPEEL, 139 00:04:08,248 --> 00:04:09,883 REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB 140 00:04:09,950 --> 00:04:11,284 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 141 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:14,888 PRESENTS DES ARTISTE, 1958. 142 00:04:14,955 --> 00:04:16,156 >> COLLECTOR: FROM WHAT I CAN 143 00:04:16,223 --> 00:04:17,724 TELL SHE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER 144 00:04:17,791 --> 00:04:18,592 OF DES ARTISTE. 145 00:04:18,658 --> 00:04:19,760 >> PHILIP: SHE WAS. SHE WAS. 146 00:04:19,826 --> 00:04:20,760 >> COLLECTOR: IT WAS STARTED 147 00:04:20,827 --> 00:04:22,696 IN 1953 AND IT WAS JUST 148 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:24,197 A COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS WHO 149 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:26,800 WANTED TO FURTHER ART 150 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:27,601 IN GENERAL. 151 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:28,769 NOT JUST THEIR ART. 152 00:04:28,835 --> 00:04:29,770 >> PHILIP: VERY EXCITING. 153 00:04:29,836 --> 00:04:30,737 >> COLLECTOR: THEY MET AND DID 154 00:04:30,804 --> 00:04:31,471 WORK TOGETHER. 155 00:04:31,538 --> 00:04:32,372 >> PHILIP: VERY EXCITING. 156 00:04:32,439 --> 00:04:34,374 WHEN YOU FIRST ACQUIRED THIS, 157 00:04:34,441 --> 00:04:35,342 WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND? 158 00:04:35,408 --> 00:04:36,743 I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE BEEN THERE 159 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:39,246 WHEN YOU MADE THIS ACQUISITION. 160 00:04:39,312 --> 00:04:40,547 >> COLLECTOR: IT WAS VERY 161 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:42,082 FASCINATING BECAUSE WE HAD 162 00:04:42,149 --> 00:04:44,017 SO MUCH OF HER LIFE THAT 163 00:04:44,084 --> 00:04:45,285 WE COULD... 164 00:04:45,352 --> 00:04:47,154 I FEEL LIKE I KNEW HER AT THIS 165 00:04:47,220 --> 00:04:48,722 POINT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 166 00:04:48,789 --> 00:04:50,090 PUT TOGETHER SO MUCH OF HER 167 00:04:50,157 --> 00:04:50,690 LIFE STORY. 168 00:04:50,757 --> 00:04:51,358 >> PHILIP: YOU PUT THE PIECES 169 00:04:51,424 --> 00:04:51,892 OF THE PUZZLE OF HER LIFE 170 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:52,425 TOGETHER. 171 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:53,260 >> COLLECTOR: YES AND SHE DIDN'T 172 00:04:53,326 --> 00:04:54,127 HAVE ANY CHILDREN. 173 00:04:54,194 --> 00:04:55,662 SO, THERE WAS REALLY NO ONE 174 00:04:55,729 --> 00:04:57,731 TO TAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS 175 00:04:57,798 --> 00:04:58,665 WHEN SHE PASSED. 176 00:04:58,732 --> 00:05:00,267 SO, WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT 177 00:05:00,333 --> 00:05:02,435 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CARE 178 00:05:02,502 --> 00:05:02,936 OF IT. 179 00:05:03,003 --> 00:05:04,004 >> PHILIP: I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE 180 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:04,938 THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET IT 181 00:05:05,005 --> 00:05:05,972 AND BRING IT IN HERE. 182 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:07,808 SO, LET'S JUST SAY A FEW QUICK 183 00:05:07,874 --> 00:05:08,742 THINGS. 184 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:09,943 SHE GRADUATED FROM WHAT WAS 185 00:05:10,010 --> 00:05:11,678 KNOWN AS THE BLACK HARVARD, 186 00:05:11,745 --> 00:05:13,547 WHICH IS HOWARD UNIVERSITY 187 00:05:13,613 --> 00:05:14,214 WITH HER B.A. 188 00:05:14,281 --> 00:05:15,582 THEN SHE GOT AN M.A. 189 00:05:15,649 --> 00:05:17,150 FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. 190 00:05:17,217 --> 00:05:18,552 HER RESUME READS LIKE 191 00:05:18,618 --> 00:05:20,387 A PROVERBIAL WHO'S WHO IN 192 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:22,055 BLACK ART. 193 00:05:22,122 --> 00:05:24,591 JUST A MAGNIFICENT FIND. 194 00:05:24,658 --> 00:05:26,526 I WAS SPEECHLESS WHEN I FIRST 195 00:05:26,593 --> 00:05:28,161 JUST GOT TO LOOK AT THIS. 196 00:05:28,228 --> 00:05:29,529 HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU FIGURE 197 00:05:29,596 --> 00:05:31,531 OUT A PRICE ON SUCH 198 00:05:31,598 --> 00:05:35,202 A UNDER-REPRESENTED BLACK 199 00:05:35,268 --> 00:05:36,670 FEMALE COLLAGE, 200 00:05:36,736 --> 00:05:37,637 PORTRAIT PAINTER, 201 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:39,873 SKETCH-PERSON THAT IS EDUCATED? 202 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:43,143 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. 203 00:05:43,210 --> 00:05:44,211 LET'S JUST LOOK AT THIS 204 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:45,178 FOR A MOMENT. 205 00:05:45,245 --> 00:05:46,046 YOU SEE THE ROADS. 206 00:05:46,112 --> 00:05:48,415 YOU SEE THE COUPLE RIGHT HERE. 207 00:05:48,481 --> 00:05:50,050 YOU SEE THE CARS 208 00:05:50,116 --> 00:05:51,618 AND THE BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE. 209 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:53,053 THEN THERE'S A LION OVER HERE. 210 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:54,120 THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT 211 00:05:54,187 --> 00:05:55,922 THEMES RUNNING THROUGH HERE. 212 00:05:55,989 --> 00:05:57,424 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY NICE 213 00:05:57,490 --> 00:05:59,025 TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO HER 214 00:05:59,092 --> 00:06:00,460 TO FIGURE OUT WHY SHE PUT 215 00:06:00,527 --> 00:06:01,661 THE VARIOUS PIECES WHERE 216 00:06:01,728 --> 00:06:02,929 SHE DID, BUT NONETHELESS, 217 00:06:02,996 --> 00:06:04,497 IT'S A LOVELY PRESENTATION. 218 00:06:04,564 --> 00:06:05,799 THEY'RE NICELY PRESERVED. 219 00:06:05,866 --> 00:06:06,800 THAT'S ANOTHER THING. 220 00:06:06,867 --> 00:06:08,602 YOU HIT THE JACKPOT BECAUSE IT'S 221 00:06:08,668 --> 00:06:09,536 NOT WATER DAMAGED, 222 00:06:09,603 --> 00:06:10,370 IT'S NOT MOLDY, MILDEW. 223 00:06:10,437 --> 00:06:14,307 WITHOUT ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, 224 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:15,675 TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK 225 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:17,344 THIS COULD BE WORTH. 226 00:06:17,410 --> 00:06:18,078 >> COLLECTOR: WELL, THERE ARE 227 00:06:18,144 --> 00:06:19,613 PRICES ON THE BACK OF A NUMBER 228 00:06:19,679 --> 00:06:20,881 OF THE FRAMED PIECES. 229 00:06:20,947 --> 00:06:21,815 >> PHILIP: YOU'VE DONE YOUR 230 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:22,482 HOMEWORK. 231 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:23,216 GOOD, GOOD. 232 00:06:23,283 --> 00:06:23,850 >> COLLECTOR: SHE WAS SELLING 233 00:06:23,917 --> 00:06:24,484 THEM. 234 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:25,185 WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PIECES 235 00:06:25,252 --> 00:06:26,486 SHE SOLD. 236 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:27,454 >> PHILIP: RIGHT. 237 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,755 >> COLLECTOR: THIS PIECE IN 238 00:06:28,822 --> 00:06:29,923 PARTICULAR I BELIEVE HAS 239 00:06:29,990 --> 00:06:31,424 A PRICE TAG OF 4,500 ON IT, 240 00:06:31,491 --> 00:06:32,759 SO THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS ASKING 241 00:06:32,826 --> 00:06:34,327 FOR IT AT SOME TIME BEFORE 242 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:36,263 SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2006. 243 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:36,863 >> PHILIP: THAT'S GOOD. 244 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:37,998 WHAT ABOUT THIS LOVELY... 245 00:06:38,064 --> 00:06:39,232 >> COLLECTOR: THAT ONE I BELIEVE 246 00:06:39,299 --> 00:06:39,933 IT WAS A COUPLE, 247 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:40,967 SEVERAL HUNDRED AND WE HAVE 248 00:06:41,034 --> 00:06:42,702 A NUMBER OF SIMILAR SIZED 249 00:06:42,769 --> 00:06:44,804 WATERCOLORS IN THE $300 TO $400 250 00:06:44,871 --> 00:06:45,405 RANGE. 251 00:06:45,472 --> 00:06:46,239 >> PHILIP: OKAY, OBVIOUSLY 252 00:06:46,306 --> 00:06:47,107 THE LADY HAS CROSSED OVER 253 00:06:47,173 --> 00:06:48,008 AND SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US, 254 00:06:48,074 --> 00:06:49,342 THEREFORE HER WORK WOULD BE 255 00:06:49,409 --> 00:06:50,076 WORTH MUCH MORE. 256 00:06:50,143 --> 00:06:52,779 IF THIS WAS $4,500 257 00:06:52,846 --> 00:06:53,580 SEVERAL YEARS AGO, 258 00:06:53,647 --> 00:06:54,814 HER ASKING PRICE, 259 00:06:54,881 --> 00:06:56,750 WHY DON'T WE JUST DOUBLE IT 260 00:06:56,816 --> 00:06:58,251 OR TRIPLE IT? 261 00:06:58,318 --> 00:06:59,085 YOU DO THE MATH. 262 00:06:59,152 --> 00:07:00,220 I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN. 263 00:07:00,287 --> 00:07:00,854 >> COLLECTOR: OKAY. 264 00:07:00,921 --> 00:07:02,522 >> PHILIP: IF IT WAS $4,500 265 00:07:02,589 --> 00:07:04,157 YEARS AGO, SHE'S SINCE DEAD. 266 00:07:04,224 --> 00:07:05,458 YOU HAVE AT THE MOMENT 267 00:07:05,525 --> 00:07:07,160 THE PREEMINENT COLLECTION OF 268 00:07:07,227 --> 00:07:09,696 EDITH GRIME STRANGE'S WORK. 269 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:12,232 SO, YOU'RE SETTING THE MARKET 270 00:07:12,299 --> 00:07:14,701 FOR WHAT THESE WILL GO FOR AT 271 00:07:14,768 --> 00:07:16,937 AUCTION OR AT A PRIVATE SALE 272 00:07:17,003 --> 00:07:18,638 OR IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE 273 00:07:18,705 --> 00:07:19,739 A RETROSPECTIVE. 274 00:07:19,806 --> 00:07:20,840 FOR ANY 22 FRAMED PIECES, 275 00:07:20,907 --> 00:07:22,309 AND THAT'S UNHEARD OF. 276 00:07:22,375 --> 00:07:24,377 THIS IS THE KIND OF THING 277 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:25,745 YOU DREAM ABOUT. 278 00:07:25,812 --> 00:07:27,347 BALLPARK, WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY 279 00:07:27,414 --> 00:07:30,817 SOMETHING ASTRONOMICAL AND SAY 280 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:33,620 JUST GO LIKE $25,000. 281 00:07:33,687 --> 00:07:34,788 THAT'S A LOW. 282 00:07:34,854 --> 00:07:35,689 >> COLLECTOR: OKAY. 283 00:07:35,755 --> 00:07:36,589 >> PHILIP: THAT'S A LOW. 284 00:07:36,656 --> 00:07:37,924 THIS IS LADY LUCK THAT I STARTED 285 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:38,491 OFF SAYING. 286 00:07:38,558 --> 00:07:40,460 THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT FIND, 287 00:07:40,527 --> 00:07:41,895 AND I HOPE THAT ONE DAY YOU DO 288 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:43,296 SOMETHING THAT WILL LIFT UP 289 00:07:43,363 --> 00:07:44,597 THIS LADY'S LEGACY SO THE WORLD 290 00:07:44,664 --> 00:07:46,833 WILL TRULY KNOW ABOUT HER 291 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:47,934 ARTISTIC JOURNEY. 292 00:07:48,001 --> 00:07:48,601 >> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU. 293 00:07:48,668 --> 00:07:49,936 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD 294 00:07:50,003 --> 00:07:52,472 KIND OF HOPED TO DO SINCE WE 295 00:07:52,539 --> 00:07:53,039 FOUND IT. 296 00:07:53,106 --> 00:07:54,140 WE FELT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW 297 00:07:54,207 --> 00:07:55,008 WHO SHE IS. 298 00:07:55,075 --> 00:07:55,775 >> PHILIP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 299 00:07:55,842 --> 00:07:56,576 >> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 300 00:07:56,643 --> 00:07:57,577 >> PHILIP: LADY LUCK HAS JUST 301 00:07:57,644 --> 00:07:58,178 WALKED IN THE DOOR. 302 00:07:58,244 --> 00:07:58,445 THANK YOU. 303 00:07:58,511 --> 00:07:59,179 >> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 304 00:07:59,245 --> 00:07:59,980 >> PHILIP: MY PLEASURE. 305 00:08:05,051 --> 00:08:05,685 >> JERRY BRILL: WELL, THANK YOU 306 00:08:05,752 --> 00:08:06,886 FOR BRINGING THIS CUTE 307 00:08:06,953 --> 00:08:09,990 AND PETITE LITTLE DESK TO 308 00:08:10,090 --> 00:08:11,858 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES TODAY. 309 00:08:11,925 --> 00:08:14,227 I THINK YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING 310 00:08:14,294 --> 00:08:15,428 STORY BEHIND IT. 311 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:16,096 >> COLLECTOR: MY MOTHER WORKED 312 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:18,832 IN THE ODENTON POST OFFICE UNTIL 313 00:08:18,898 --> 00:08:20,033 SHE RETIRED 314 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:21,735 AND THE WOODWARDVILLE POST 315 00:08:21,801 --> 00:08:24,404 OFFICE NATURALLY WAS ONLY 316 00:08:24,471 --> 00:08:27,307 THROUGH ABOUT 1906. 317 00:08:27,374 --> 00:08:30,276 ANYWAY, THEY CLOSED AND WENT OUT 318 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:31,077 OF BUSINESS. 319 00:08:31,144 --> 00:08:33,680 AND SOMEONE IN THE POST OFFICE 320 00:08:33,747 --> 00:08:35,515 GENERAL STORE AREA GAVE IT 321 00:08:35,582 --> 00:08:37,484 TO MY MOTHER AS A GIFT, 322 00:08:37,550 --> 00:08:39,285 AND I'VE HELD ONTO IT EVER 323 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:39,953 SINCE. 324 00:08:40,020 --> 00:08:40,587 >> JERRY: SO, IT'S BEEN IN YOUR 325 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:42,088 FAMILY ABOUT 2 GENERATIONS. 326 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:42,856 >> COLLECTOR: YES, MY MOTHER 327 00:08:42,922 --> 00:08:44,024 DIED AT 97. 328 00:08:44,090 --> 00:08:44,724 >> JERRY: OH WOW. 329 00:08:44,791 --> 00:08:45,825 >> COLLECTOR: SHE PUT 30 YEARS 330 00:08:45,892 --> 00:08:46,726 IN WITH THE POST OFFICE. 331 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:47,827 >> JERRY: WOW, GOOD FOR HER. 332 00:08:47,894 --> 00:08:48,294 >> COLLECTOR: YES. 333 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:49,763 >> JERRY: WELL, LET ME TELL YOU 334 00:08:49,829 --> 00:08:51,031 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESK. 335 00:08:51,097 --> 00:08:56,136 IT'S WALNUT AND STILL HAS 336 00:08:56,202 --> 00:08:58,204 ORIGINAL HINGES. 337 00:08:58,271 --> 00:09:00,707 MOST OF THE TIME IN THIS PERIOD 338 00:09:00,774 --> 00:09:01,808 OF TIME, AND I WOULD DATE THIS 339 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:04,177 DESK PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN 340 00:09:04,244 --> 00:09:05,011 THE MIDDLE PART OF 341 00:09:05,078 --> 00:09:08,381 THE 19TH CENTURY, AND USUALLY 342 00:09:08,448 --> 00:09:11,217 THE HINGES ARE BROKEN AND MOVED. 343 00:09:11,284 --> 00:09:12,786 THESE HINGES HAVE NOT BEEN 344 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:14,254 BROKEN. 345 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:15,055 THEY STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL 346 00:09:15,121 --> 00:09:16,289 KEEPER OR AT LEAST PART OF 347 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:17,357 "THE ORIGINAL KEEPER," 348 00:09:17,424 --> 00:09:18,391 THIS IS CALLED. 349 00:09:18,458 --> 00:09:19,392 YOU STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL 350 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:20,593 LOCK. 351 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:22,395 A LOCKSMITH COULD POSSIBLY FIT 352 00:09:22,462 --> 00:09:23,897 A KEY TO THAT. 353 00:09:23,963 --> 00:09:24,764 >> COLLECTOR: OH, OKAY. 354 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:25,732 >> JERRY: IT LOOKS LIKE ONCE 355 00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:26,900 UPON A TIME IN HERE IT HAD 356 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:28,401 A SHELF OR POSSIBLY A DRAWER 357 00:09:28,468 --> 00:09:29,669 IN HERE. 358 00:09:29,736 --> 00:09:34,474 THESE LEGS ARE MADE OUT OF ASH 359 00:09:34,541 --> 00:09:35,708 AND THEY EXTEND. 360 00:09:35,775 --> 00:09:36,709 THEY'RE VERY TALL AND THEY 361 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:38,078 EXTEND RIGHT UP THROUGH 362 00:09:38,144 --> 00:09:39,212 THE INSIDE OF THE CORNER HERE. 363 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:41,648 YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE INSIDE. 364 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:44,651 IF YOU FEEL THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN 365 00:09:44,717 --> 00:09:46,453 FEEL THE JACK PLANE MARKS. 366 00:09:46,519 --> 00:09:47,587 A JACK PLANE IS A PLANE THAT 367 00:09:47,654 --> 00:09:50,557 THEY USE TO FLATTEN OUT A BOARD 368 00:09:50,623 --> 00:09:52,425 IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME. 369 00:09:52,492 --> 00:09:54,127 AND THEN ON THE INSIDE IT WOULD 370 00:09:54,194 --> 00:09:55,995 BE SMOOTH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE 371 00:09:56,062 --> 00:09:57,297 THEY WOULD TAKE A SCRAPER 372 00:09:57,363 --> 00:09:58,965 AND SCRAPE THE JACK PLANE 373 00:09:59,032 --> 00:10:00,567 MARKS OFF. 374 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:01,534 AND THEY WOULDN'T DO IT TO BOTH 375 00:10:01,601 --> 00:10:03,670 SIDES OF THE BOARD, 376 00:10:03,736 --> 00:10:05,605 SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LIKE THIS. 377 00:10:05,672 --> 00:10:07,974 THE NAILS, 378 00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:10,410 I LOOKED AT THE NAILS. 379 00:10:10,477 --> 00:10:11,678 THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SQUARE 380 00:10:11,744 --> 00:10:12,679 CUT NAILS. 381 00:10:12,745 --> 00:10:13,746 I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY 382 00:10:13,813 --> 00:10:14,681 FORGED NAILS IN HERE, 383 00:10:14,747 --> 00:10:17,450 BUT THIS IS A COUNTRY PIECE. 384 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:19,619 IT'S JUST NAILED TOGETHER. 385 00:10:19,686 --> 00:10:22,255 IT'S JUST AS CUTE AS IT CAN BE 386 00:10:22,322 --> 00:10:24,357 BECAUSE OF ITS SMALL SIZE. 387 00:10:24,424 --> 00:10:27,193 HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT APPRAISED? 388 00:10:27,260 --> 00:10:28,328 >> COLLECTOR: NO, I HAVEN'T. 389 00:10:28,394 --> 00:10:29,095 >> JERRY: YOU HAVEN'T. 390 00:10:29,162 --> 00:10:30,964 WELL, IT'S NOT TERRIBLY VALUABLE 391 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:34,100 BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY PIECE 392 00:10:34,167 --> 00:10:34,801 THAT IT IS, 393 00:10:34,868 --> 00:10:37,003 BUT PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 394 00:10:37,070 --> 00:10:39,639 $300 TO $500, I WOULD SAY. 395 00:10:39,706 --> 00:10:42,442 SO, IT'S WORTH THAT. 396 00:10:42,509 --> 00:10:43,776 >> COLLECTOR: (LAUGHS) YES, YES. 397 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:44,644 I LOVE IT. 398 00:10:44,711 --> 00:10:45,345 >> JERRY: ENJOY IT. 399 00:10:45,411 --> 00:10:46,179 GOOD FOR YOU. 400 00:10:52,318 --> 00:10:52,819 >> JERRY COATES: HELLO 401 00:10:52,886 --> 00:10:53,419 AND WELCOME TO 402 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:54,821 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES. 403 00:10:54,888 --> 00:10:55,955 WE'RE SURE GLAD YOU CAME IN 404 00:10:56,022 --> 00:10:58,191 TO SEE US TODAY. 405 00:10:58,258 --> 00:10:59,626 CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT 406 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:00,793 OF SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT YOU 407 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:01,861 BROUGHT IN? 408 00:11:01,928 --> 00:11:04,030 >> COLLECTOR: THIS IS 409 00:11:04,097 --> 00:11:05,331 A TENNESSEE LONG RIFLE, 410 00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:07,534 IS MY SUSPICION AND IT'S BEEN 411 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,671 IN MY MOTHER'S FAMILY SINCE 412 00:11:11,738 --> 00:11:13,139 THE EARLY 1800s AS FAR AS 413 00:11:13,206 --> 00:11:14,541 I'M AWARE. 414 00:11:14,607 --> 00:11:16,109 I JUST SPOKE WITH MY MOTHER, 415 00:11:16,176 --> 00:11:17,243 AND SHE WAS SAYING SHE THOUGHT 416 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:19,913 IT MIGHT COME FROM 417 00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:21,247 A WALTER BLEVINS WHO LIVED IN 418 00:11:21,314 --> 00:11:22,782 UNICOI COUNTY WHICH I THINK 419 00:11:22,849 --> 00:11:24,551 IS WHERE THIS GUN WAS MADE. 420 00:11:24,617 --> 00:11:25,251 >> COATES: OKAY. 421 00:11:25,318 --> 00:11:25,885 DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF 422 00:11:25,952 --> 00:11:26,920 THE MAKER? 423 00:11:26,986 --> 00:11:27,453 >> COLLECTOR: THE NAME OF 424 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,622 THE MAKER IS MCINTURFF. 425 00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:32,192 THE NAME IS SCRATCHED ONTO 426 00:11:32,258 --> 00:11:33,059 THE BARREL. 427 00:11:33,126 --> 00:11:34,294 >> COATES: OKAY. 428 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:35,295 >> COLLECTOR: CAN'T MAKE OUT 429 00:11:35,361 --> 00:11:36,996 THE INITIAL OF THE FIRST NAME, 430 00:11:37,063 --> 00:11:40,099 BUT WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT IT 431 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:41,034 SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES, 432 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:42,402 WE THINK IT MIGHT BE GABRIEL, 433 00:11:42,468 --> 00:11:43,503 BUT WE'RE NOT SURE. 434 00:11:43,570 --> 00:11:44,871 >> COATES: I THINK YOU'RE 435 00:11:44,938 --> 00:11:46,639 PROBABLY ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 436 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:49,075 GABRIEL MCINTURFF WAS 437 00:11:49,142 --> 00:11:52,378 A TENNESSEE MAKER MOUNTAIN 438 00:11:52,445 --> 00:11:56,616 FAMILY FROM EAST TENNESSEE. 439 00:11:56,683 --> 00:11:58,451 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE GOT 440 00:11:58,518 --> 00:12:01,588 HERE IS A REAL APPALACHIAN 441 00:12:01,654 --> 00:12:05,858 COUNTRY RIFLE THAT SHOWS EVERY 442 00:12:05,925 --> 00:12:08,928 ASPECT OF WHAT YOU WOULD WANT 443 00:12:08,995 --> 00:12:12,999 TO SEE IN A RIFLE LIKE THAT. 444 00:12:13,066 --> 00:12:14,367 IT'S NOT YOUR HIGH GRADE 445 00:12:14,434 --> 00:12:16,536 KENTUCKY'S, BUT THESE RIFLES 446 00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:19,405 HAVE THEIR OWN CHARACTERISTICS 447 00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:21,307 AND THEIR OWN FLAVOR. 448 00:12:21,374 --> 00:12:23,243 THEY'RE VERY MUCH A PART OF 449 00:12:23,309 --> 00:12:25,678 THE APPALACHIAN CULTURE. 450 00:12:25,745 --> 00:12:27,247 IF YOU LOOK DOWN HERE AT 451 00:12:27,313 --> 00:12:30,883 THE PATCH BLOCKS ON A FINE GRADE 452 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:32,252 KENTUCKY RIFLE, 453 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:35,555 THIS WOULD BE BRASS, 454 00:12:35,622 --> 00:12:39,058 PROBABLY ENGRAVED AND ALL. 455 00:12:39,125 --> 00:12:41,728 HERE WE HAVE ONE MADE OUT OF 456 00:12:41,794 --> 00:12:45,198 TIN OR STEEL AND VERY PLAIN, 457 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:47,033 VERY UTILITARIAN. 458 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:48,968 THE TRIGGER GUARD AND ALL 459 00:12:49,035 --> 00:12:50,370 APPEARS TO ME TO BE 460 00:12:50,436 --> 00:12:53,172 A CAST PEWTER WHICH WOULD HAVE 461 00:12:53,239 --> 00:12:54,207 MADE SENSE. 462 00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:58,144 I IMAGINE HE MADE A MOLD AND WAS 463 00:12:58,211 --> 00:13:00,213 ABLE TO CAST HIS OWN TRIGGER 464 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,849 GUARDS AND ALL. 465 00:13:02,915 --> 00:13:07,086 THE LOCK IS HANDMADE. 466 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:08,721 THE BARREL, WHICH HE SIGNED IN 467 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:10,556 A SCRIPT AS YOU SAID, 468 00:13:10,623 --> 00:13:14,927 IS VERY MUCH TENNESSEE, 469 00:13:14,994 --> 00:13:16,195 VERY MUCH APPALACHIAN. 470 00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:18,298 I'VE SEEN EXAMPLES OF THIS LATER 471 00:13:18,364 --> 00:13:20,466 WHERE HE ACTUALLY STAMPED HIS 472 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:21,367 NAME IN, 473 00:13:21,434 --> 00:13:23,936 BUT IT'S THE TYPE OF RIFLE THAT 474 00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:25,738 WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR 475 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:27,840 HUNTING, FOR PUTTING FOOD ON 476 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:29,909 THE TABLE. 477 00:13:29,976 --> 00:13:32,845 VERY MUCH A PART OF AMERICAN 478 00:13:32,912 --> 00:13:35,381 CULTURE. 479 00:13:35,448 --> 00:13:37,817 YOUR FAMILY WAS FROM THAT AREA? 480 00:13:37,884 --> 00:13:38,451 >> COLLECTOR: YES. 481 00:13:38,518 --> 00:13:39,552 MY MOTHER'S FAMILY, THEY WERE 482 00:13:39,619 --> 00:13:41,054 FROM GREEN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 483 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,121 WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER 484 00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:44,324 SOUTH AND WEST OF UNICOI COUNTY. 485 00:13:44,390 --> 00:13:46,125 >> COATES: WELL, THAT MAKES 486 00:13:46,192 --> 00:13:47,226 PERFECT SENSE. 487 00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:49,028 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE. 488 00:13:49,095 --> 00:13:49,896 >> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU. 489 00:13:49,962 --> 00:13:50,830 >> COATES: I REALLY LIKE IT 490 00:13:50,897 --> 00:13:51,964 AND I REALLY THANK YOU 491 00:13:52,031 --> 00:13:53,433 FOR BRINGING IT IN. 492 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:56,169 ANY MUSEUM OF APPALACHIAN 493 00:13:56,235 --> 00:13:58,004 CULTURE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY 494 00:13:58,071 --> 00:13:59,472 TO HAVE IT. 495 00:13:59,539 --> 00:14:00,506 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT 496 00:14:00,573 --> 00:14:03,976 MIGHT BE WORTH? 497 00:14:04,043 --> 00:14:04,711 >> COLLECTOR: SINCE IT'S BEEN IN 498 00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:06,646 THE FAMILY, WE'VE NEVER HAD IT 499 00:14:06,713 --> 00:14:07,513 APPRAISED, 500 00:14:07,580 --> 00:14:10,316 SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 501 00:14:10,383 --> 00:14:11,617 >> COATES: WELL, I WOULD THINK 502 00:14:11,684 --> 00:14:13,252 IN THE RIGHT AUCTION, 503 00:14:13,319 --> 00:14:14,554 PARTICULARLY ONE DEALING WITH 504 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:16,823 AMERICAN FOLK ART, YOU'D BE 505 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:19,625 LOOKING AT 1,500 TO $1,800. 506 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:21,794 >> COLLECTOR: OH MY, 507 00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:22,729 THAT'S VERY NICE. 508 00:14:22,795 --> 00:14:24,731 >> COATES: IT'S NICE, I LIKE IT. 509 00:14:24,797 --> 00:14:26,332 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE AND 510 00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:28,835 A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF AMERICANA. 511 00:14:28,901 --> 00:14:30,703 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT IN. 512 00:14:30,770 --> 00:14:31,304 >> COLLECTOR: WELL, THANK YOU, 513 00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:33,072 JERRY. APPRECIATE IT. 514 00:14:33,139 --> 00:14:33,840 >> COATES: YOU'RE MORE THAN 515 00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:34,874 WELCOME. 516 00:14:41,047 --> 00:14:42,081 >> RHEA: PEOPLE COLLECT ANTIQUES 517 00:14:42,148 --> 00:14:44,183 FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF VALUES. 518 00:14:44,250 --> 00:14:45,651 QUALITY ORIENTAL RUGS ARE 519 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:47,019 COLLECTED BY CONNOISSEURS 520 00:14:47,086 --> 00:14:48,821 FOR THEIR INVESTMENT VALUE 521 00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:51,391 OR FOR THEIR ARTISTRY. 522 00:14:51,457 --> 00:14:52,992 APPRAISER FRANK SHAIA DESCRIBES 523 00:14:53,059 --> 00:14:54,494 WHAT DIFFERENT COLLECTORS LOOK 524 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:58,164 FOR IN THESE HEIRLOOM RUGS. 525 00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:58,831 >> HELLO THERE. 526 00:14:58,898 --> 00:14:59,832 I'M FRANK SHAIA FROM 527 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:00,900 SHAIA ORIENTAL RUGS IN 528 00:15:00,967 --> 00:15:02,535 WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA. 529 00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:03,836 TODAY I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME 530 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:06,839 EXAMPLES OF TWO OF THE DRIVING 531 00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:09,242 FORCES IN ANTIQUE RUGS. 532 00:15:09,308 --> 00:15:11,177 EVERYBODY JUST THINKS RUGS ARE 533 00:15:11,244 --> 00:15:12,145 RUGS ARE RUGS. 534 00:15:12,211 --> 00:15:13,312 WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. 535 00:15:13,379 --> 00:15:15,581 THERE ARE COLLECTOR'S PIECES, 536 00:15:15,648 --> 00:15:16,916 OR THE PIECES THAT COLLECTORS 537 00:15:16,983 --> 00:15:18,217 LIKE TO BUY, AND THEN THERE'S 538 00:15:18,284 --> 00:15:20,186 PIECES THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO BUY 539 00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:21,854 FOR THEIR HOUSE, WHICH ARE MORE 540 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:25,358 OF A DECORATIVE DRIVEN FORCE. 541 00:15:25,425 --> 00:15:27,126 WHAT I HAVE HERE IS WHAT'S 542 00:15:27,193 --> 00:15:29,328 COMMONLY KNOWN AS A SADDLEBAG. 543 00:15:29,395 --> 00:15:31,764 OF COURSE, THE TOPSIDE OF IT 544 00:15:31,831 --> 00:15:33,866 IS CALLED "THE BAG FACE," 545 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:35,368 AND THAT'S WHAT COLLECTORS BUY. 546 00:15:35,435 --> 00:15:36,569 THEY DON'T NEED ALL OF THIS 547 00:15:36,636 --> 00:15:37,370 ON THE BACK. 548 00:15:37,437 --> 00:15:39,305 THEY JUST LIKE "THE BAG FACE." 549 00:15:39,372 --> 00:15:41,240 THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE. 550 00:15:41,307 --> 00:15:42,508 THIS IS A "BAG FACE." 551 00:15:42,575 --> 00:15:44,944 IT'S JUST THE FACE OF A BAG. 552 00:15:45,011 --> 00:15:46,412 IN FACT, MOST OF THESE YOU'LL 553 00:15:46,479 --> 00:15:48,714 FIND SLITS ON THEM WHERE THEY 554 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,917 LACE THEM UP TO CLOSE THE BAG 555 00:15:50,983 --> 00:15:52,418 TIGHT WHEN THEY TRAVEL. 556 00:15:52,485 --> 00:15:53,586 A LOT OF THIS WAS DONE BY 557 00:15:53,653 --> 00:15:55,288 NOMADIC PEOPLE. 558 00:15:55,354 --> 00:15:58,357 THIS IS A BIG COLLECTOR'S ITEM. 559 00:15:58,424 --> 00:16:00,193 SADDLEBAGS AND OTHER THINGS 560 00:16:00,259 --> 00:16:00,960 LIKE THAT. 561 00:16:01,027 --> 00:16:02,161 THEY HAVE SALT BAGS, 562 00:16:02,228 --> 00:16:03,796 AND CRADLES, AND OTHER THINGS 563 00:16:03,863 --> 00:16:05,798 THAT COLLECTORS USE. 564 00:16:05,865 --> 00:16:06,866 THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT 565 00:16:06,933 --> 00:16:08,000 COLLECTORS LOVE, 566 00:16:08,067 --> 00:16:09,735 RUGS FROM THE AREA JUST NORTH OF 567 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:12,405 PERSIA KNOWN AS THE CAUCUSES. 568 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:13,539 IT'S WHERE THE ARMENIANS 569 00:16:13,606 --> 00:16:14,240 ARE FROM. 570 00:16:14,307 --> 00:16:15,608 ITS PRESENT DAY RUSSIA 571 00:16:15,675 --> 00:16:17,176 AND ACTUALLY ARMENIA'S THERE 572 00:16:17,243 --> 00:16:18,177 AS WELL. 573 00:16:18,244 --> 00:16:20,046 CAUCASIAN RUGS ARE KNOWN FOR 574 00:16:20,112 --> 00:16:22,081 THE GEOMETRIC MOTIFS THAT 575 00:16:22,148 --> 00:16:22,715 YOU SEE. 576 00:16:22,782 --> 00:16:23,316 THIS IS CALLED 577 00:16:23,382 --> 00:16:24,984 "THE RUNNING DOG PATTERN." 578 00:16:25,051 --> 00:16:26,919 THIS IS "THE S BORDER." 579 00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:29,589 ALL OF THESE ARE PATTERNS. 580 00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:31,891 A LITTLE DOG OR ANIMAL IS VERY 581 00:16:31,958 --> 00:16:35,228 COMMON TO A CAUCASIAN RUG. 582 00:16:35,294 --> 00:16:36,963 THE DATE IS VERY IMPORTANT. 583 00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:38,331 THIS IS THE MUSLIM CALENDAR 584 00:16:38,397 --> 00:16:38,931 YEAR, 585 00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:42,435 SO WHILE IT SAYS HERE 13, 14, 586 00:16:42,502 --> 00:16:45,638 IT'S ACTUALLY MEANS 1913. 587 00:16:45,705 --> 00:16:47,907 NOW, THAT'S WHAT COLLECTORS BUY, 588 00:16:47,974 --> 00:16:49,308 BUT NOW LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT 589 00:16:49,375 --> 00:16:51,177 DECORATIVE PEOPLE BUY. 590 00:16:51,244 --> 00:16:52,612 MOST CUSTOMERS THAT COME INTO 591 00:16:52,678 --> 00:16:54,347 MY BUSINESS ARE LOOKING FOR 592 00:16:54,413 --> 00:16:55,715 A PRETTY RUG FOR THEIR 593 00:16:55,781 --> 00:16:56,883 LIVING ROOM FLOOR. 594 00:16:56,949 --> 00:16:58,651 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE COLORS. 595 00:16:58,718 --> 00:17:00,319 THEY LIKE THE LIGHT BLUE, 596 00:17:00,386 --> 00:17:01,654 OR THE SALMON COLOR, 597 00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:03,723 OR THESE BEAUTIFUL SHADES OF 598 00:17:03,789 --> 00:17:05,458 RUST AND RED. 599 00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:07,460 THIS CAMEL COLOR THAT'S IN HERE 600 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:09,996 OR THIS SHADE OF BLUE IN HERE, 601 00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:11,998 AND THIS PARTICULAR RUG IS KNOWN 602 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:13,766 AS A SERAPE WHICH IS 603 00:17:13,833 --> 00:17:15,167 A NICKNAME FOR AN ANTIQUE 604 00:17:15,234 --> 00:17:16,269 CARESS. 605 00:17:16,335 --> 00:17:17,837 YOU'VE GOT THE 2 MARKETS, 606 00:17:17,904 --> 00:17:19,705 THE MARKET THAT DRIVES FOR 607 00:17:19,772 --> 00:17:21,374 THE COLLECTOR'S PIECES, 608 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,109 AND THE MARKET THAT BUYS JUST 609 00:17:23,175 --> 00:17:24,377 FOR A RUG FOR THEIR LIVING ROOM 610 00:17:24,443 --> 00:17:25,278 FLOOR. 611 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:34,954 >> AMORY LECUYER: I WANT TO 612 00:17:35,021 --> 00:17:35,788 THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT 613 00:17:35,855 --> 00:17:37,523 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES 614 00:17:37,590 --> 00:17:38,824 AND TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 615 00:17:38,891 --> 00:17:40,860 WHAT YOU BROUGHT ME TO LOOK AT. 616 00:17:40,927 --> 00:17:41,460 >> COLLECTOR: WELL, THANK YOU 617 00:17:41,527 --> 00:17:42,662 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 618 00:17:42,728 --> 00:17:44,697 THESE ARE CARVED IVORY TUSKS 619 00:17:44,764 --> 00:17:46,232 FROM THE CONGO, ZAIRE 620 00:17:46,299 --> 00:17:47,133 WHEN WE LIVED THERE. 621 00:17:47,199 --> 00:17:48,534 THE CONGO NOW. 622 00:17:48,601 --> 00:17:49,802 THEY'RE KUBA CARVINGS, 623 00:17:49,869 --> 00:17:51,904 TRADITIONAL CARVINGS AND THIS 624 00:17:51,971 --> 00:17:53,539 IS A KUBA KING. 625 00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:54,473 >> AMORY: THESE WERE ACQUIRED 626 00:17:54,540 --> 00:17:56,208 WHEN YOU WERE IN AFRICA... 627 00:17:56,275 --> 00:17:57,376 >> COLLECTOR: YES. 628 00:17:57,443 --> 00:17:59,478 >> AMORY: AND DATE SOMEWHERE 629 00:17:59,545 --> 00:18:01,514 FROM THE 1930s TO 1950s? 630 00:18:01,581 --> 00:18:02,348 >> COLLECTOR: THE '30s. 631 00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:03,182 MY HUSBAND AND I WERE WITH 632 00:18:03,249 --> 00:18:04,383 THE FOREIGN SERVICE, 633 00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:07,320 AND OUR BELGIAN FRIENDS OFFERED 634 00:18:07,386 --> 00:18:09,522 US THE TUSKS THAT HAD BEEN 635 00:18:09,589 --> 00:18:11,190 COLLECTED BY HIS FATHER IN 636 00:18:11,257 --> 00:18:11,991 THE '30s. 637 00:18:12,058 --> 00:18:12,858 >> AMORY: OKAY. 638 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:14,060 WELL, ONE OF THE REASONS 639 00:18:14,126 --> 00:18:15,528 I WANTED TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT 640 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:17,763 YOUR PIECES IS BECAUSE OF SOME 641 00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:19,365 OF THE CONTROVERSIES THAT ARE 642 00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:21,434 GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 643 00:18:21,500 --> 00:18:23,369 RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO 644 00:18:23,436 --> 00:18:26,639 ELEPHANT TUSK AND ELEPHANT 645 00:18:26,706 --> 00:18:28,975 OBJECT DECORATIVE ARTS. 646 00:18:29,041 --> 00:18:30,376 THE ADMINISTRATION PASSED 647 00:18:30,443 --> 00:18:32,612 AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT HAS 648 00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:34,680 REALLY DYNAMICALLY CHANGED 649 00:18:34,747 --> 00:18:37,650 THE MARKET ON IVORY AND IVORY 650 00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:39,151 PRODUCTS, EVEN ONES THAT WERE 651 00:18:39,218 --> 00:18:41,187 HISTORICALLY RELATED. 652 00:18:41,253 --> 00:18:42,855 WE ARE STILL, I THINK, 653 00:18:42,922 --> 00:18:44,924 TRYING TO FILTER OUT THE EFFECT 654 00:18:44,991 --> 00:18:47,226 THAT THIS IS HAVING NOT MERELY 655 00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:49,562 ON THE VALUES, 656 00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:51,330 BUT ON ALSO OWNERSHIP. 657 00:18:51,397 --> 00:18:54,400 IT IS STILL LEGAL TO OWN IVORY 658 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:56,035 THAT WAS ALREADY ACQUIRED. 659 00:18:56,102 --> 00:18:58,137 WHAT EVERYONE IS TRYING TO FOCUS 660 00:18:58,204 --> 00:19:03,409 ON IS THE CURTAILING THE CURRENT 661 00:19:03,476 --> 00:19:04,744 KILLING OF ELEPHANTS ACROSS 662 00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:05,444 AFRICA. 663 00:19:05,511 --> 00:19:06,178 >> COLLECTOR: ABSOLUTELY. 664 00:19:06,245 --> 00:19:07,046 >> AMORY: I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY 665 00:19:07,113 --> 00:19:08,047 WHO DISAGREES WITH THAT. 666 00:19:08,114 --> 00:19:08,881 >> COLLECTOR: NO, IT'S 667 00:19:08,948 --> 00:19:09,715 A TERRIBLE THING. 668 00:19:09,782 --> 00:19:11,083 >> AMORY: IT'S THROWN HISTORIC 669 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:12,451 PIECES, PIECES THAT HAVE 50, 670 00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:14,387 70, 100 YEARS OF AGE TO THEM 671 00:19:14,453 --> 00:19:16,555 AND MUCH MORE INTO A GREAT 672 00:19:16,622 --> 00:19:18,324 CONTROVERSY. 673 00:19:18,391 --> 00:19:20,259 BECAUSE OF DISCREPANCIES WITHIN 674 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:21,961 THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, 675 00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:25,197 IT IS UNCLEAR AS TO HOW ONE 676 00:19:25,264 --> 00:19:27,667 WHO ALREADY HAD PIECES IS TO 677 00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:29,335 DEAL WITH PIECES. 678 00:19:29,402 --> 00:19:31,570 THIS IS EFFECTING PEOPLE NOT 679 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:33,506 MERELY LIKE YOURSELF WHO ARE 680 00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:35,007 PRIVATE COLLECTORS, 681 00:19:35,074 --> 00:19:36,842 BUT IT'S EFFECTING MUSICIANS 682 00:19:36,909 --> 00:19:38,878 WHOSE PIANOS MAY HAVE IVORY 683 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:39,945 KEYS. 684 00:19:40,012 --> 00:19:41,947 IT'S EFFECTING MUSEUMS WHO MAY 685 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:44,283 WANT TO LOAN FROM ONE MUSEUM 686 00:19:44,350 --> 00:19:45,051 TO ANOTHER, 687 00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:46,886 PART OF THEIR COLLECTION. 688 00:19:46,952 --> 00:19:49,422 WITHIN AN INDIVIDUAL STATE IT IS 689 00:19:49,488 --> 00:19:50,723 AT LEAST OUR UNDERSTANDING 690 00:19:50,790 --> 00:19:52,958 TODAY, NOW THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT 691 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:54,393 TOMORROW, OR NEXT WEEK, 692 00:19:54,460 --> 00:19:56,362 BUT AT LEAST TODAY, 693 00:19:56,429 --> 00:19:58,164 IT IS LEGAL FOR A PRIVATE 694 00:19:58,230 --> 00:19:59,765 INDIVIDUAL TO SELL TO ANOTHER 695 00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:01,233 PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AS LONG AS 696 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:04,570 IT DOES NOT CROSS STATE LINES. 697 00:20:04,637 --> 00:20:06,272 BUT ONE OF TWO THINGS GENERALLY 698 00:20:06,338 --> 00:20:08,974 HAPPENS WHEN ORDERS LIKE THIS 699 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:09,675 COMES OUT. 700 00:20:09,742 --> 00:20:10,443 IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO 701 00:20:10,509 --> 00:20:11,143 PROHIBITION. 702 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:11,877 YOU MAKE IT ILLEGAL, 703 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:15,147 PRICE CAN EITHER DROP BECAUSE 704 00:20:15,214 --> 00:20:16,282 PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 705 00:20:16,348 --> 00:20:18,317 HAVING IT AND THEREFORE 706 00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:20,319 PERCEIVING LITTLE VALUE IN IT, 707 00:20:20,386 --> 00:20:23,355 OR IT CAN ESCALATE EVEN HIGHER 708 00:20:23,422 --> 00:20:25,458 BECAUSE EVEN MODEST TRADES 709 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:27,960 WITHIN HISTORIC IVORY ARE 710 00:20:28,027 --> 00:20:29,395 UNAVAILABLE. 711 00:20:29,462 --> 00:20:31,497 AND I WILL TELL YOU TODAY AT 712 00:20:31,597 --> 00:20:32,531 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES, 713 00:20:32,598 --> 00:20:34,300 I THINK IT IS VERY UNDECIDED 714 00:20:34,366 --> 00:20:37,002 AS TO WHERE THE MARKET IS HEADED 715 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:38,504 ON THESE. 716 00:20:38,571 --> 00:20:41,207 I WILL SAY 2 YEARS AGO 717 00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:43,342 THE PIECES WE HAVE HERE WOULD 718 00:20:43,409 --> 00:20:47,413 BE WORTH $15,000 TO $20,000. 719 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:48,547 TODAY I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU 720 00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:51,150 THAT WE'VE GOT $2,000 OR EVEN 721 00:20:51,217 --> 00:20:53,452 A TRADE AVAILABLE. 722 00:20:53,519 --> 00:20:54,620 THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO ARE 723 00:20:54,687 --> 00:20:56,122 WILLING TO DEAL IN OBJECTS THAT 724 00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:59,458 ARE PERHAPS NOT LEGAL ANYMORE, 725 00:20:59,525 --> 00:21:01,660 BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT 726 00:21:01,727 --> 00:21:03,195 WE'RE EVER ENCOURAGING WITHIN 727 00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,096 THE AUCTION WORLD 728 00:21:04,163 --> 00:21:05,131 OR THE ANTIQUES WORLD, 729 00:21:05,197 --> 00:21:06,365 BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF 730 00:21:06,432 --> 00:21:08,634 PEOPLE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS. 731 00:21:08,701 --> 00:21:09,802 AND I THINK OVER THE COURSE OF 732 00:21:09,869 --> 00:21:10,836 THE COURSE OF 8 MONTHS 733 00:21:10,903 --> 00:21:12,138 TO A YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SEE 734 00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:14,707 SOME CLARITY COME OUT. 735 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:16,008 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM. 736 00:21:16,075 --> 00:21:17,343 THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, 737 00:21:17,409 --> 00:21:18,644 AND I'M SURE THEY DECORATE 738 00:21:18,711 --> 00:21:19,812 THE HOME VERY WELL. 739 00:21:19,879 --> 00:21:20,446 >> COLLECTOR: THEY DO. 740 00:21:20,513 --> 00:21:21,447 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 741 00:21:21,514 --> 00:21:22,181 >> AMORY: THANKS SO MUCH. 742 00:21:22,248 --> 00:21:22,948 >> COLLECTOR: A PLEASURE MEETING 743 00:21:23,015 --> 00:21:23,883 YOU. 744 00:21:23,949 --> 00:21:24,750 >> AMORY: NICE MEETING YOU. 745 00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:28,320 >> DARYL REILLY: HI. WELCOME TO 746 00:21:28,420 --> 00:21:29,722 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 747 00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:30,489 >> COLLECTOR: HELLO. 748 00:21:30,556 --> 00:21:31,323 >> DARYL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH 749 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:31,991 FOR COMING IN TODAY. 750 00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:32,658 YOU BROUGHT A WONDERFUL 751 00:21:32,725 --> 00:21:35,427 COLLECTION OF 1950s MODERN GLASS 752 00:21:35,494 --> 00:21:36,328 WHICH WE DON'T SEE ON THE SHOW 753 00:21:36,395 --> 00:21:37,696 VERY OFTEN. 754 00:21:37,763 --> 00:21:39,131 WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT? 755 00:21:39,198 --> 00:21:40,099 >> COLLECTOR: I KNOW THE GLASS 756 00:21:40,166 --> 00:21:41,400 WAS MADE BY A MAN NAMED 757 00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:44,737 MAURICE HEATON, AND HE CAME TO 758 00:21:44,804 --> 00:21:48,240 AMERICA IN 1913 TO WORK WITH 759 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:51,744 HIS FATHER ON STAINED GLASS 760 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:53,045 AND THEN BECAME A REALLY FAMOUS 761 00:21:53,112 --> 00:21:55,147 GLASS ARTIST. 762 00:21:55,214 --> 00:21:57,149 AND HE DEVELOPED A TECHNIQUE 763 00:21:57,216 --> 00:22:00,252 WHERE HE GROUND UP PIGMENTS 764 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:01,987 FROM ENAMEL AND LEARNED HOW TO 765 00:22:02,054 --> 00:22:03,289 FUSE THEM ONTO GLASS. 766 00:22:03,355 --> 00:22:06,091 HE WAS A PIONEER OF THIS KIND OF 767 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:07,459 GLASS WORK. 768 00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:08,327 >> DARYL: REALLY WONDERFUL 769 00:22:08,394 --> 00:22:09,195 PIECES. 770 00:22:09,261 --> 00:22:11,330 HIS SIGNATURE'S ON ALL OF THESE, 771 00:22:11,397 --> 00:22:13,265 THIS MH THAT YOU'LL SEE AT 772 00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:13,933 THE BOTTOM. 773 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:14,633 >> COLLECTOR: YES, IT'S VERY 774 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:15,334 CLEAR TO SEE THEM. 775 00:22:15,401 --> 00:22:16,836 THEY ARE ON EVERY PIECE. 776 00:22:16,902 --> 00:22:18,003 >> DARYL: RIGHT, RIGHT. 777 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:18,637 THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE 778 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:19,538 PIECES. 779 00:22:19,605 --> 00:22:20,439 THIS IS CALLED "THE TYRANT" 780 00:22:20,506 --> 00:22:21,774 AND I KNOW YOU STILL HAVE 781 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:23,442 THE ORIGINAL CARD HERE. 782 00:22:23,509 --> 00:22:24,176 >> COLLECTOR: YEAH, I DO. 783 00:22:24,243 --> 00:22:27,980 IT WAS A BOWL, NUMBER 1570, 784 00:22:28,047 --> 00:22:29,782 FIRST EDITION OF 12. 785 00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:30,516 >> DARYL: YUP. 786 00:22:30,583 --> 00:22:31,817 IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. 787 00:22:31,884 --> 00:22:33,919 THEN WE HAVE THIS ONE HERE WITH 788 00:22:33,986 --> 00:22:34,787 THE ANIMALS. 789 00:22:34,854 --> 00:22:35,554 I KNOW THIS IS AT 790 00:22:35,621 --> 00:22:36,922 THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM. 791 00:22:36,989 --> 00:22:37,890 >> COLLECTOR: YES, IT IS. 792 00:22:37,957 --> 00:22:38,757 AT LEAST ONE OF THEM. 793 00:22:38,824 --> 00:22:39,925 I'M NOT SURE... 794 00:22:39,992 --> 00:22:40,926 THERE WAS ONE WITH A LION 795 00:22:40,993 --> 00:22:42,294 AND ONE WITH A TIGER. 796 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:43,529 >> DARYL: TIGER, RIGHT. 797 00:22:43,596 --> 00:22:44,396 >> COLLECTOR: I'M NOT SURE 798 00:22:44,463 --> 00:22:45,030 WHICH ONE. 799 00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:45,764 >> DARYL: THIS IS THE OTHER ONE. 800 00:22:45,831 --> 00:22:46,532 RIGHT. 801 00:22:46,599 --> 00:22:47,867 THEN WE HAVE THESE 2 SMALLER 802 00:22:47,933 --> 00:22:49,235 PLATES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT 803 00:22:49,301 --> 00:22:50,369 MORE TYPICAL OF HIS WORK, 804 00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:51,103 THAT YOU SEE MORE OF. 805 00:22:51,170 --> 00:22:51,904 >> COLLECTOR: YEAH, YOU WOULD 806 00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:52,671 SEE THEM MORE OFTEN. 807 00:22:52,738 --> 00:22:54,673 NOW THIS, MY PARENTS KNEW HIM, 808 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:57,176 AND I ACTUALLY MET HIS WHEN 809 00:22:57,243 --> 00:22:58,444 I WAS VERY LITTLE AND SAW HIS 810 00:22:58,510 --> 00:22:59,311 STUDIO. 811 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:02,481 BUT THIS WAS GIVEN AS A SET TO 812 00:23:02,548 --> 00:23:04,183 MY MOTHER WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED. 813 00:23:04,250 --> 00:23:05,150 SHE HAD A WHOLE SET OF THEM, 814 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:06,585 BUT NOW THERE'S ONLY THIS ONE. 815 00:23:06,652 --> 00:23:07,553 >> DARYL: HIS STUDIO BURNED 816 00:23:07,620 --> 00:23:09,455 DOWN IN 1970? 817 00:23:09,521 --> 00:23:10,623 >> COLLECTOR: '73. 818 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:11,690 HE WAS AFRAID HE WOULDN'T BE 819 00:23:11,757 --> 00:23:12,758 ABLE TO REBUILD IT. 820 00:23:12,825 --> 00:23:14,226 IT WAS IN A 200 YEAR OLD 821 00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:15,728 GRISTMILL, 822 00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:18,163 AND HE LOST EVERYTHING. 823 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,065 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE LOSING ALL 824 00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:21,300 YOUR PATTERNS, 825 00:23:21,367 --> 00:23:23,235 AND ALL YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS, 826 00:23:23,302 --> 00:23:25,537 AND ALL YOUR DOCUMENTATION, 827 00:23:25,604 --> 00:23:28,107 AND ALL YOUR FORMULAS. 828 00:23:28,173 --> 00:23:28,674 >> DARYL: YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS 829 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:29,241 RIGHT THERE. 830 00:23:29,308 --> 00:23:30,075 >> COLLECTOR: YOUR KILN 831 00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:31,911 AND ALL YOUR WORK, 832 00:23:31,977 --> 00:23:32,945 BUT HE DID REBUILD IT, 833 00:23:33,012 --> 00:23:36,015 AND HE WOUND UP WORKING UNTIL 834 00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:38,584 HE DIED IN 1990. 835 00:23:38,651 --> 00:23:39,285 >> DARYL: THIS WAS ALL FROM 836 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:41,086 HIS EARLIER PERIOD IN THE '50s. 837 00:23:41,153 --> 00:23:42,655 I THINK VERY CONSERVATIVELY 838 00:23:42,721 --> 00:23:43,923 IN THE MARKET BECAUSE THESE ARE 839 00:23:43,989 --> 00:23:45,057 SO RARE AND HARD TO FIND, 840 00:23:45,124 --> 00:23:47,159 I THINK AROUND $7,000 TO $8,000. 841 00:23:47,226 --> 00:23:51,063 >> COLLECTOR: WOW, WOW. REALLY? 842 00:23:51,130 --> 00:23:52,164 $7,000 OR $8,000? 843 00:23:52,231 --> 00:23:52,898 >> DARYL: THEY'RE REALLY 844 00:23:52,965 --> 00:23:53,432 WONDERFUL, 845 00:23:53,499 --> 00:23:54,333 ESPECIALLY OF "THE TYRANT." 846 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:55,401 >> COLLECTOR: YEAH, I'VE NEVER 847 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:57,469 SEEN A PICTURE OF THIS ONE. 848 00:23:57,536 --> 00:23:58,637 I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF 849 00:23:58,704 --> 00:24:01,173 THE OTHER ONES, FAIRLY SIMILAR, 850 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,541 BUT NOT THIS ONE. 851 00:24:02,608 --> 00:24:03,676 >> DARYL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH 852 00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:04,777 FOR COMING TO THE SHOW. 853 00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:05,444 >> COLLECTOR: I APPRECIATE IT. 854 00:24:05,511 --> 00:24:06,078 THANK YOU. 855 00:24:06,145 --> 00:24:06,812 >> DARYL: THANK YOU. 856 00:24:11,750 --> 00:24:12,284 >> RHEA: THAT'S IT FOR THIS 857 00:24:12,351 --> 00:24:14,053 WEEK'S SHOW, BUT THERE'S PLENTY 858 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,888 OF TREASURES TO DISCOVER NEXT 859 00:24:15,955 --> 00:24:16,722 WEEK. 860 00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:17,790 HERE'S PROOF. 861 00:24:17,856 --> 00:24:18,891 >> I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT 862 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:20,526 BECAUSE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE 863 00:24:20,592 --> 00:24:22,728 WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE 864 00:24:22,795 --> 00:24:24,330 THIS AND TO SEE SOMETHING, 865 00:24:24,396 --> 00:24:25,998 ANOTHER TYPE OF MEDIUM THAT 866 00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:27,666 WAS USED. 867 00:24:27,733 --> 00:24:29,168 >> THIS PIECE, LIKE I SAID, 868 00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:30,469 IS EDWARDIAN, AROUND THE TURN 869 00:24:30,536 --> 00:24:31,937 OF THE 20TH CENTURY, 870 00:24:32,004 --> 00:24:34,206 BUT THE LARGE DIAMOND AT 871 00:24:34,273 --> 00:24:36,041 THE TOP WAS ACTUALLY CUT BEFORE 872 00:24:36,108 --> 00:24:36,909 THEN. 873 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:38,911 >> THIS IS A COMPASS USED BY 874 00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:40,212 ANDREW ELLICOTT, 875 00:24:40,279 --> 00:24:41,947 TO SURVEY "ELLICOTT MILLS" 876 00:24:42,014 --> 00:24:43,048 WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS CALLED 877 00:24:43,115 --> 00:24:43,749 BEFORE IT WAS CALLED 878 00:24:43,816 --> 00:24:44,650 "ELLICOTT CITY." 879 00:24:44,717 --> 00:24:45,684 >> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. 880 00:24:45,751 --> 00:24:46,785 >> COLLECTOR: IT'S GOOD TO BE 881 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:47,419 CZAR. 882 00:24:47,486 --> 00:24:50,222 >> (LAUGHS) AS THEY SAY, YES. 883 00:24:50,289 --> 00:24:51,890 >> I'M RHEA FEIKIN AND WE'LL SEE 884 00:24:51,957 --> 00:24:53,726 YOU SOON FOR OUR NEXT EDITION 885 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:55,394 OF CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 886 00:24:56,762 --> 00:24:57,563 >> ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING IS 887 00:24:57,629 --> 00:25:00,733 PROVIDED BY 888 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:01,567 COSMETIC AND ADVANCED DENTISTRY. 889 00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:02,701 OUR MISSION IS PROVIDING 890 00:25:02,768 --> 00:25:04,236 CUSTOMIZED CARE THAT HELPS 891 00:25:04,303 --> 00:25:06,005 CREATE PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE 892 00:25:06,071 --> 00:25:07,573 IN OUR PATIENTS BY RESTORING 893 00:25:07,639 --> 00:25:08,907 THEIR SMILES. 894 00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:09,908 MORE INFORMATION AT 895 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:12,177 COSMETICDENTISTBALTIMORE.COM. 896 00:25:14,279 --> 00:25:15,547 THERE IS A REASON EVERY SEASON 897 00:25:15,614 --> 00:25:16,482 TO VISIT NEARBY 898 00:25:16,548 --> 00:25:17,816 HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, 899 00:25:17,883 --> 00:25:18,984 WHERE FUN FILLED DAYS 900 00:25:19,051 --> 00:25:20,185 AND ENTERTAINING NIGHTS ARE 901 00:25:20,252 --> 00:25:21,653 JUST MINUTES AWAY. 902 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,422 DISCOVER SCENIC BEAUTY, HISTORY, 903 00:25:23,489 --> 00:25:25,457 UNIQUE SHOPPING AND DINING. 904 00:25:25,524 --> 00:25:26,759 VISIT HOWARD COUNTY, 905 00:25:26,825 --> 00:25:28,127 WHERE MARYLAND COMES TOGETHER. 906 00:25:29,328 --> 00:25:30,696 SINCE 1924 907 00:25:30,763 --> 00:25:32,031 ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS 908 00:25:32,097 --> 00:25:32,931 HAS BEEN SERVING 909 00:25:32,998 --> 00:25:33,932 THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES 910 00:25:33,999 --> 00:25:35,134 FEATURING MONTHLY GALLERY 911 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:36,568 ANTIQUE AUCTION SALES. 912 00:25:36,635 --> 00:25:38,003 OUR STAFF CAN ASSIST CLIENTS 913 00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:39,238 WITH THE DISPOSITION OF THEIR 914 00:25:39,304 --> 00:25:40,539 VALUED POSSESSIONS. 915 00:25:40,606 --> 00:25:41,874 ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS. 916 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:46,412 CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE 917 00:25:46,478 --> 00:25:47,579 POSSIBLE BY MARYLAND RELAY, 918 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:48,747 EMPOWERING THOSE WITH 919 00:25:48,814 --> 00:25:50,115 HEARING AND SPEECH LOSS 920 00:25:50,182 --> 00:25:51,417 TO STAY CONNECTED.