WEBVTT 00:01.535 --> 00:02.102 >> HOST: COMING UP ON 00:02.202 --> 00:03.670 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 00:04.538 --> 00:05.405 >> HER RESUME READS LIKE 00:05.472 --> 00:06.573 A PROVERBIAL WHO'S WHO 00:06.640 --> 00:08.475 IN THE BLACK ART. 00:08.542 --> 00:09.943 JUST A MAGNIFICENT FIND. 00:10.010 --> 00:11.745 I WAS SPEECHLESS WHEN I FIRST 00:11.812 --> 00:13.514 JUST GOT TO LOOK AT THIS. 00:13.580 --> 00:14.715 >> ANY MUSEUM OF 00:14.781 --> 00:16.817 APPALACHIAN CULTURE WOULD BE 00:16.884 --> 00:18.919 MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE IT. 00:18.986 --> 00:19.853 >> BECAUSE OF SOME OF 00:19.920 --> 00:21.488 THE CONTROVERSIES THAT ARE 00:21.555 --> 00:23.524 GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 00:23.590 --> 00:25.859 RIGHT NOW, PRICE CAN EITHER DROP 00:25.926 --> 00:28.695 OR IT CAN ESCALATE EVEN HIGHER. 00:28.762 --> 00:29.696 >> THEY'RE REALLY WONDERFUL, 00:29.763 --> 00:30.931 ESPECIALLY THE TYRANT. 00:30.998 --> 00:32.833 >> WOW, WOW. 00:34.434 --> 00:35.536 ( TROLLEY BELL RINGS ) 00:37.804 --> 00:39.072 ( HORSE HOOVES CLOPPING ) 00:43.410 --> 00:44.478 ( TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ) 00:46.346 --> 00:47.281 ( STEAM RISES ) 00:49.783 --> 00:51.351 CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE 00:51.451 --> 00:53.020 POSSIBLE BY MARYLAND RELAY, 00:53.120 --> 00:54.454 EMPOWERING THOSE WHO ARE DEAF, 00:54.555 --> 00:55.756 HARD OF HEARING 00:55.856 --> 00:57.190 OR SPEECH DISABLED 00:57.291 --> 00:58.392 TO STAY CONNECTED BY PHONE. 01:02.429 --> 01:03.230 >> ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING 01:03.297 --> 01:04.932 IS PROVIDED BY 01:04.998 --> 01:07.167 COSMETIC AND ADVANCED DENTISTRY. 01:07.234 --> 01:08.435 OUR MISSION IS PROVIDING 01:08.502 --> 01:10.037 CUSTOMIZED CARE THAT HELPS 01:10.103 --> 01:11.805 CREATE PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE 01:11.872 --> 01:13.407 IN OUR PATIENTS BY RESTORING 01:13.473 --> 01:14.741 THEIR SMILES. 01:14.808 --> 01:15.842 MORE INFORMATION AT 01:15.909 --> 01:18.011 COSMETICDENTISTBALTIMORE.COM. 01:19.947 --> 01:21.348 THERE IS A REASON EVERY SEASON 01:21.415 --> 01:22.249 TO VISIT NEARBY 01:22.316 --> 01:23.750 HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND 01:23.817 --> 01:24.751 WHERE FUN FILLED DAYS 01:24.818 --> 01:25.986 AND ENTERTAINING NIGHTS ARE 01:26.053 --> 01:27.354 JUST MINUTES AWAY. 01:27.421 --> 01:29.289 DISCOVER SCENIC BEAUTY, HISTORY, 01:29.356 --> 01:31.058 UNIQUE SHOPPING AND DINING. 01:31.124 --> 01:32.526 VISIT HOWARD COUNTY 01:32.593 --> 01:34.127 WHERE MARYLAND COMES TOGETHER. 01:35.295 --> 01:36.563 SINCE 1924 01:36.630 --> 01:37.898 ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS 01:37.965 --> 01:38.599 HAS BEEN SERVING 01:38.665 --> 01:39.700 THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES 01:39.766 --> 01:40.901 FEATURING MONTHLY GALLERY 01:40.968 --> 01:42.402 ANTIQUE AUCTION SALES. 01:42.469 --> 01:43.870 OUR STAFF CAN ASSIST CLIENTS 01:43.937 --> 01:45.105 WITH THE DISPOSITION OF THEIR 01:45.172 --> 01:46.406 VALUED POSSESSIONS. 01:46.473 --> 01:47.874 ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS. 01:55.382 --> 01:55.916 >> WELCOME TO 01:56.016 --> 01:57.551 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES. 01:57.618 --> 01:59.286 THIS IS SEASON 5 AND WE'RE ON 01:59.353 --> 02:01.855 THE ROAD AT TURF VALLEY RESORT 02:01.922 --> 02:04.157 IN HOWARD COUNTY. 02:04.224 --> 02:05.926 I'M YOUR HOST, RHEA FEIKIN. 02:05.993 --> 02:07.628 THESE COLLECTORS COME FROM 02:07.694 --> 02:08.662 FAR AND WIDE, 02:08.729 --> 02:10.564 AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, 02:10.631 --> 02:12.499 BUT YOU KNOW THEY HAVE ONE THING 02:12.566 --> 02:13.300 IN COMMON. 02:13.367 --> 02:14.701 THAT'S THE LOVE OF A GOOD 02:14.768 --> 02:16.937 OLD FASHION TREASURE HUNT. 02:17.004 --> 02:19.072 EVERY WEEK WE DISCOVER ANTIQUES 02:19.139 --> 02:22.209 AND ARTIFACTS OF UNCOMMON VALUE. 02:22.275 --> 02:24.044 WHETHER ITS DOLLAR AMOUNTS 02:24.111 --> 02:26.647 OR CHERISHED FAMILY HISTORY. 02:26.713 --> 02:28.682 SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 02:28.749 --> 02:30.350 LET THE HUNT BEGIN. 02:31.151 --> 02:31.918 >> PHILIP MERRILL: HAVE YOU 02:31.985 --> 02:32.986 HEARD OF LADY LUCK? 02:33.053 --> 02:33.687 >> COLLECTOR: I HAVE. 02:33.754 --> 02:34.321 >> PHILIP: OKAY. 02:34.388 --> 02:35.389 AND THIS IS THE DEFINITIVE 02:35.455 --> 02:36.256 LADY LUCK. 02:36.323 --> 02:37.457 PLEASE TALK TO ME ABOUT 02:37.524 --> 02:38.992 WHAT WE'RE ABOUT TO LOOK AT. 02:39.059 --> 02:39.993 >> COLLECTOR: OKAY. 02:40.060 --> 02:41.495 I HAVE WITH ME TODAY 02:41.561 --> 02:43.030 A COLLECTION OF A COUPLE OF 02:43.096 --> 02:46.466 PIECES THAT WE PURCHASED 02:46.533 --> 02:48.802 AT A STORAGE AUCTION. 02:48.869 --> 02:50.103 >> PHILIP: IN A STORAGE AUCTION? 02:50.170 --> 02:51.071 >> COLLECTOR: YES, A STORAGE 02:51.138 --> 02:52.005 UNIT AUCTION. 02:52.072 --> 02:54.408 WE FOUND INSIDE THE UNIT 02:54.474 --> 02:56.910 THE REMAINS OF AN ESTATE WHICH 02:56.977 --> 02:59.246 TURNED OUT TO BE THE ESTATE OF 02:59.312 --> 03:02.015 LATE DC ARTIST, 03:02.082 --> 03:03.550 AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN NAMED 03:03.617 --> 03:06.420 EDITH GRIME STRANGE. 03:06.486 --> 03:08.689 SHE HAD A LONG CAREER AND WAS 03:08.755 --> 03:10.657 A VERY PROLIFIC ARTIST AND AN 03:10.724 --> 03:12.092 EDUCATOR IN DC. 03:12.159 --> 03:13.160 >> PHILIP: ROUGHLY HOW MANY 03:13.226 --> 03:14.728 PIECES WERE IN THIS TREASURE 03:14.795 --> 03:15.529 TROVE? 03:15.595 --> 03:16.163 >> COLLECTOR: WE HAVE 03:16.229 --> 03:19.232 APPROXIMATELY 22 FRAMED PIECES. 03:19.299 --> 03:21.301 >> PHILIP: 22 FRAMED PIECES? 03:21.368 --> 03:22.769 >> COLLECTOR: IN SEVERAL MEDIA. 03:22.836 --> 03:23.770 >> PHILIP: SUCH AS? 03:23.837 --> 03:25.238 MEDIA SUCH AS? 03:25.305 --> 03:26.306 >> COLLECTOR: WE HAVE I THINK 03:26.373 --> 03:28.709 4 COLLAGE PIECES, UM, 03:28.775 --> 03:31.111 MAYBE A DOZEN OR SO WATERCOLORS 03:31.178 --> 03:32.512 AND A FEW OILS. 03:32.579 --> 03:33.814 >> PHILIP: ALL SIGNED CLEARLY 03:33.880 --> 03:34.414 BY THE ARTIST? 03:34.481 --> 03:35.248 >> COLLECTOR: YES, ALL CLEARLY 03:35.315 --> 03:37.317 SIGNED AND MOSTLY IN VERY GOOD 03:37.384 --> 03:39.886 QUALITY FRAMES WITH GLASS. 03:39.953 --> 03:41.822 WE HAVE ANOTHER SEVERAL DOZEN 03:41.888 --> 03:43.790 UNFRAMED PIECES. 03:43.857 --> 03:48.595 MOSTLY PROBABLY, UM, SKETCHES 03:48.662 --> 03:51.998 AND STUDIES DATING BACK MAYBE 03:52.065 --> 03:54.334 TO AROUND 1945, 1950. 03:54.401 --> 03:55.268 >> PHILIP: TO THE 1945, 03:55.335 --> 03:56.336 1950 ERA? 03:56.403 --> 03:57.104 >> COLLECTOR: YES. 03:57.170 --> 03:57.704 >> PHILIP: ALL RIGHT. 03:57.771 --> 03:58.505 ARE THERE ANY LETTERS 03:58.572 --> 03:59.973 OR EXHIBITION PROGRAMS? 04:00.040 --> 04:02.275 >> COLLECTOR: WE HAVE SEVERAL 04:02.342 --> 04:04.611 PROGRAMS, ONE I BROUGHT TODAY. 04:04.678 --> 04:06.213 >> PHILIP: THAT WE COULD SEGUE 04:06.279 --> 04:06.546 TO RIGHT NOW. 04:06.613 --> 04:07.347 THIS IS THE VIRGINIA 04:07.414 --> 04:08.181 WHITE SPEEL, 04:08.248 --> 04:09.883 REPUBLICAN WOMEN'S CLUB 04:09.950 --> 04:11.284 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 04:11.351 --> 04:14.888 PRESENTS DES ARTISTE, 1958. 04:14.955 --> 04:16.156 >> COLLECTOR: FROM WHAT I CAN 04:16.223 --> 04:17.724 TELL SHE WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER 04:17.791 --> 04:18.592 OF DES ARTISTE. 04:18.658 --> 04:19.760 >> PHILIP: SHE WAS. SHE WAS. 04:19.826 --> 04:20.760 >> COLLECTOR: IT WAS STARTED 04:20.827 --> 04:22.696 IN 1953 AND IT WAS JUST 04:22.763 --> 04:24.197 A COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS WHO 04:24.264 --> 04:26.800 WANTED TO FURTHER ART 04:26.867 --> 04:27.601 IN GENERAL. 04:27.667 --> 04:28.769 NOT JUST THEIR ART. 04:28.835 --> 04:29.770 >> PHILIP: VERY EXCITING. 04:29.836 --> 04:30.737 >> COLLECTOR: THEY MET AND DID 04:30.804 --> 04:31.471 WORK TOGETHER. 04:31.538 --> 04:32.372 >> PHILIP: VERY EXCITING. 04:32.439 --> 04:34.374 WHEN YOU FIRST ACQUIRED THIS, 04:34.441 --> 04:35.342 WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR MIND? 04:35.408 --> 04:36.743 I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE BEEN THERE 04:36.810 --> 04:39.246 WHEN YOU MADE THIS ACQUISITION. 04:39.312 --> 04:40.547 >> COLLECTOR: IT WAS VERY 04:40.614 --> 04:42.082 FASCINATING BECAUSE WE HAD 04:42.149 --> 04:44.017 SO MUCH OF HER LIFE THAT 04:44.084 --> 04:45.285 WE COULD... 04:45.352 --> 04:47.154 I FEEL LIKE I KNEW HER AT THIS 04:47.220 --> 04:48.722 POINT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 04:48.789 --> 04:50.090 PUT TOGETHER SO MUCH OF HER 04:50.157 --> 04:50.690 LIFE STORY. 04:50.757 --> 04:51.358 >> PHILIP: YOU PUT THE PIECES 04:51.424 --> 04:51.892 OF THE PUZZLE OF HER LIFE 04:51.958 --> 04:52.425 TOGETHER. 04:52.492 --> 04:53.260 >> COLLECTOR: YES AND SHE DIDN'T 04:53.326 --> 04:54.127 HAVE ANY CHILDREN. 04:54.194 --> 04:55.662 SO, THERE WAS REALLY NO ONE 04:55.729 --> 04:57.731 TO TAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS 04:57.798 --> 04:58.665 WHEN SHE PASSED. 04:58.732 --> 05:00.267 SO, WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT 05:00.333 --> 05:02.435 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CARE 05:02.502 --> 05:02.936 OF IT. 05:03.003 --> 05:04.004 >> PHILIP: I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE 05:04.070 --> 05:04.938 THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET IT 05:05.005 --> 05:05.972 AND BRING IT IN HERE. 05:06.039 --> 05:07.808 SO, LET'S JUST SAY A FEW QUICK 05:07.874 --> 05:08.742 THINGS. 05:08.809 --> 05:09.943 SHE GRADUATED FROM WHAT WAS 05:10.010 --> 05:11.678 KNOWN AS THE BLACK HARVARD, 05:11.745 --> 05:13.547 WHICH IS HOWARD UNIVERSITY 05:13.613 --> 05:14.214 WITH HER B.A. 05:14.281 --> 05:15.582 THEN SHE GOT AN M.A. 05:15.649 --> 05:17.150 FROM AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. 05:17.217 --> 05:18.552 HER RESUME READS LIKE 05:18.618 --> 05:20.387 A PROVERBIAL WHO'S WHO IN 05:20.453 --> 05:22.055 BLACK ART. 05:22.122 --> 05:24.591 JUST A MAGNIFICENT FIND. 05:24.658 --> 05:26.526 I WAS SPEECHLESS WHEN I FIRST 05:26.593 --> 05:28.161 JUST GOT TO LOOK AT THIS. 05:28.228 --> 05:29.529 HOW IN THE WORLD DO YOU FIGURE 05:29.596 --> 05:31.531 OUT A PRICE ON SUCH 05:31.598 --> 05:35.202 A UNDER-REPRESENTED BLACK 05:35.268 --> 05:36.670 FEMALE COLLAGE, 05:36.736 --> 05:37.637 PORTRAIT PAINTER, 05:37.704 --> 05:39.873 SKETCH-PERSON THAT IS EDUCATED? 05:39.940 --> 05:43.143 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY. 05:43.210 --> 05:44.211 LET'S JUST LOOK AT THIS 05:44.277 --> 05:45.178 FOR A MOMENT. 05:45.245 --> 05:46.046 YOU SEE THE ROADS. 05:46.112 --> 05:48.415 YOU SEE THE COUPLE RIGHT HERE. 05:48.481 --> 05:50.050 YOU SEE THE CARS 05:50.116 --> 05:51.618 AND THE BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE. 05:51.685 --> 05:53.053 THEN THERE'S A LION OVER HERE. 05:53.119 --> 05:54.120 THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT 05:54.187 --> 05:55.922 THEMES RUNNING THROUGH HERE. 05:55.989 --> 05:57.424 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY NICE 05:57.490 --> 05:59.025 TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO HER 05:59.092 --> 06:00.460 TO FIGURE OUT WHY SHE PUT 06:00.527 --> 06:01.661 THE VARIOUS PIECES WHERE 06:01.728 --> 06:02.929 SHE DID, BUT NONETHELESS, 06:02.996 --> 06:04.497 IT'S A LOVELY PRESENTATION. 06:04.564 --> 06:05.799 THEY'RE NICELY PRESERVED. 06:05.866 --> 06:06.800 THAT'S ANOTHER THING. 06:06.867 --> 06:08.602 YOU HIT THE JACKPOT BECAUSE IT'S 06:08.668 --> 06:09.536 NOT WATER DAMAGED, 06:09.603 --> 06:10.370 IT'S NOT MOLDY, MILDEW. 06:10.437 --> 06:14.307 WITHOUT ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY, 06:14.374 --> 06:15.675 TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK 06:15.742 --> 06:17.344 THIS COULD BE WORTH. 06:17.410 --> 06:18.078 >> COLLECTOR: WELL, THERE ARE 06:18.144 --> 06:19.613 PRICES ON THE BACK OF A NUMBER 06:19.679 --> 06:20.881 OF THE FRAMED PIECES. 06:20.947 --> 06:21.815 >> PHILIP: YOU'VE DONE YOUR 06:21.882 --> 06:22.482 HOMEWORK. 06:22.549 --> 06:23.216 GOOD, GOOD. 06:23.283 --> 06:23.850 >> COLLECTOR: SHE WAS SELLING 06:23.917 --> 06:24.484 THEM. 06:24.551 --> 06:25.185 WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PIECES 06:25.252 --> 06:26.486 SHE SOLD. 06:26.553 --> 06:27.454 >> PHILIP: RIGHT. 06:27.520 --> 06:28.755 >> COLLECTOR: THIS PIECE IN 06:28.822 --> 06:29.923 PARTICULAR I BELIEVE HAS 06:29.990 --> 06:31.424 A PRICE TAG OF 4,500 ON IT, 06:31.491 --> 06:32.759 SO THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS ASKING 06:32.826 --> 06:34.327 FOR IT AT SOME TIME BEFORE 06:34.394 --> 06:36.263 SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2006. 06:36.329 --> 06:36.863 >> PHILIP: THAT'S GOOD. 06:36.930 --> 06:37.998 WHAT ABOUT THIS LOVELY... 06:38.064 --> 06:39.232 >> COLLECTOR: THAT ONE I BELIEVE 06:39.299 --> 06:39.933 IT WAS A COUPLE, 06:40.000 --> 06:40.967 SEVERAL HUNDRED AND WE HAVE 06:41.034 --> 06:42.702 A NUMBER OF SIMILAR SIZED 06:42.769 --> 06:44.804 WATERCOLORS IN THE $300 TO $400 06:44.871 --> 06:45.405 RANGE. 06:45.472 --> 06:46.239 >> PHILIP: OKAY, OBVIOUSLY 06:46.306 --> 06:47.107 THE LADY HAS CROSSED OVER 06:47.173 --> 06:48.008 AND SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US, 06:48.074 --> 06:49.342 THEREFORE HER WORK WOULD BE 06:49.409 --> 06:50.076 WORTH MUCH MORE. 06:50.143 --> 06:52.779 IF THIS WAS $4,500 06:52.846 --> 06:53.580 SEVERAL YEARS AGO, 06:53.647 --> 06:54.814 HER ASKING PRICE, 06:54.881 --> 06:56.750 WHY DON'T WE JUST DOUBLE IT 06:56.816 --> 06:58.251 OR TRIPLE IT? 06:58.318 --> 06:59.085 YOU DO THE MATH. 06:59.152 --> 07:00.220 I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN. 07:00.287 --> 07:00.854 >> COLLECTOR: OKAY. 07:00.921 --> 07:02.522 >> PHILIP: IF IT WAS $4,500 07:02.589 --> 07:04.157 YEARS AGO, SHE'S SINCE DEAD. 07:04.224 --> 07:05.458 YOU HAVE AT THE MOMENT 07:05.525 --> 07:07.160 THE PREEMINENT COLLECTION OF 07:07.227 --> 07:09.696 EDITH GRIME STRANGE'S WORK. 07:09.763 --> 07:12.232 SO, YOU'RE SETTING THE MARKET 07:12.299 --> 07:14.701 FOR WHAT THESE WILL GO FOR AT 07:14.768 --> 07:16.937 AUCTION OR AT A PRIVATE SALE 07:17.003 --> 07:18.638 OR IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE 07:18.705 --> 07:19.739 A RETROSPECTIVE. 07:19.806 --> 07:20.840 FOR ANY 22 FRAMED PIECES, 07:20.907 --> 07:22.309 AND THAT'S UNHEARD OF. 07:22.375 --> 07:24.377 THIS IS THE KIND OF THING 07:24.444 --> 07:25.745 YOU DREAM ABOUT. 07:25.812 --> 07:27.347 BALLPARK, WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY 07:27.414 --> 07:30.817 SOMETHING ASTRONOMICAL AND SAY 07:30.884 --> 07:33.620 JUST GO LIKE $25,000. 07:33.687 --> 07:34.788 THAT'S A LOW. 07:34.854 --> 07:35.689 >> COLLECTOR: OKAY. 07:35.755 --> 07:36.589 >> PHILIP: THAT'S A LOW. 07:36.656 --> 07:37.924 THIS IS LADY LUCK THAT I STARTED 07:37.991 --> 07:38.491 OFF SAYING. 07:38.558 --> 07:40.460 THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT FIND, 07:40.527 --> 07:41.895 AND I HOPE THAT ONE DAY YOU DO 07:41.962 --> 07:43.296 SOMETHING THAT WILL LIFT UP 07:43.363 --> 07:44.597 THIS LADY'S LEGACY SO THE WORLD 07:44.664 --> 07:46.833 WILL TRULY KNOW ABOUT HER 07:46.900 --> 07:47.934 ARTISTIC JOURNEY. 07:48.001 --> 07:48.601 >> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU. 07:48.668 --> 07:49.936 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAD 07:50.003 --> 07:52.472 KIND OF HOPED TO DO SINCE WE 07:52.539 --> 07:53.039 FOUND IT. 07:53.106 --> 07:54.140 WE FELT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW 07:54.207 --> 07:55.008 WHO SHE IS. 07:55.075 --> 07:55.775 >> PHILIP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 07:55.842 --> 07:56.576 >> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 07:56.643 --> 07:57.577 >> PHILIP: LADY LUCK HAS JUST 07:57.644 --> 07:58.178 WALKED IN THE DOOR. 07:58.244 --> 07:58.445 THANK YOU. 07:58.511 --> 07:59.179 >> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 07:59.245 --> 07:59.980 >> PHILIP: MY PLEASURE. 08:05.051 --> 08:05.685 >> JERRY BRILL: WELL, THANK YOU 08:05.752 --> 08:06.886 FOR BRINGING THIS CUTE 08:06.953 --> 08:09.990 AND PETITE LITTLE DESK TO 08:10.090 --> 08:11.858 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES TODAY. 08:11.925 --> 08:14.227 I THINK YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING 08:14.294 --> 08:15.428 STORY BEHIND IT. 08:15.495 --> 08:16.096 >> COLLECTOR: MY MOTHER WORKED 08:16.162 --> 08:18.832 IN THE ODENTON POST OFFICE UNTIL 08:18.898 --> 08:20.033 SHE RETIRED 08:20.100 --> 08:21.735 AND THE WOODWARDVILLE POST 08:21.801 --> 08:24.404 OFFICE NATURALLY WAS ONLY 08:24.471 --> 08:27.307 THROUGH ABOUT 1906. 08:27.374 --> 08:30.276 ANYWAY, THEY CLOSED AND WENT OUT 08:30.343 --> 08:31.077 OF BUSINESS. 08:31.144 --> 08:33.680 AND SOMEONE IN THE POST OFFICE 08:33.747 --> 08:35.515 GENERAL STORE AREA GAVE IT 08:35.582 --> 08:37.484 TO MY MOTHER AS A GIFT, 08:37.550 --> 08:39.285 AND I'VE HELD ONTO IT EVER 08:39.352 --> 08:39.953 SINCE. 08:40.020 --> 08:40.587 >> JERRY: SO, IT'S BEEN IN YOUR 08:40.653 --> 08:42.088 FAMILY ABOUT 2 GENERATIONS. 08:42.155 --> 08:42.856 >> COLLECTOR: YES, MY MOTHER 08:42.922 --> 08:44.024 DIED AT 97. 08:44.090 --> 08:44.724 >> JERRY: OH WOW. 08:44.791 --> 08:45.825 >> COLLECTOR: SHE PUT 30 YEARS 08:45.892 --> 08:46.726 IN WITH THE POST OFFICE. 08:46.793 --> 08:47.827 >> JERRY: WOW, GOOD FOR HER. 08:47.894 --> 08:48.294 >> COLLECTOR: YES. 08:48.361 --> 08:49.763 >> JERRY: WELL, LET ME TELL YOU 08:49.829 --> 08:51.031 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESK. 08:51.097 --> 08:56.136 IT'S WALNUT AND STILL HAS 08:56.202 --> 08:58.204 ORIGINAL HINGES. 08:58.271 --> 09:00.707 MOST OF THE TIME IN THIS PERIOD 09:00.774 --> 09:01.808 OF TIME, AND I WOULD DATE THIS 09:01.875 --> 09:04.177 DESK PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN 09:04.244 --> 09:05.011 THE MIDDLE PART OF 09:05.078 --> 09:08.381 THE 19TH CENTURY, AND USUALLY 09:08.448 --> 09:11.217 THE HINGES ARE BROKEN AND MOVED. 09:11.284 --> 09:12.786 THESE HINGES HAVE NOT BEEN 09:12.852 --> 09:14.254 BROKEN. 09:14.320 --> 09:15.055 THEY STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL 09:15.121 --> 09:16.289 KEEPER OR AT LEAST PART OF 09:16.356 --> 09:17.357 "THE ORIGINAL KEEPER," 09:17.424 --> 09:18.391 THIS IS CALLED. 09:18.458 --> 09:19.392 YOU STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL 09:19.459 --> 09:20.593 LOCK. 09:20.660 --> 09:22.395 A LOCKSMITH COULD POSSIBLY FIT 09:22.462 --> 09:23.897 A KEY TO THAT. 09:23.963 --> 09:24.764 >> COLLECTOR: OH, OKAY. 09:24.831 --> 09:25.732 >> JERRY: IT LOOKS LIKE ONCE 09:25.799 --> 09:26.900 UPON A TIME IN HERE IT HAD 09:26.966 --> 09:28.401 A SHELF OR POSSIBLY A DRAWER 09:28.468 --> 09:29.669 IN HERE. 09:29.736 --> 09:34.474 THESE LEGS ARE MADE OUT OF ASH 09:34.541 --> 09:35.708 AND THEY EXTEND. 09:35.775 --> 09:36.709 THEY'RE VERY TALL AND THEY 09:36.776 --> 09:38.078 EXTEND RIGHT UP THROUGH 09:38.144 --> 09:39.212 THE INSIDE OF THE CORNER HERE. 09:39.279 --> 09:41.648 YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE INSIDE. 09:41.714 --> 09:44.651 IF YOU FEEL THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN 09:44.717 --> 09:46.453 FEEL THE JACK PLANE MARKS. 09:46.519 --> 09:47.587 A JACK PLANE IS A PLANE THAT 09:47.654 --> 09:50.557 THEY USE TO FLATTEN OUT A BOARD 09:50.623 --> 09:52.425 IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME. 09:52.492 --> 09:54.127 AND THEN ON THE INSIDE IT WOULD 09:54.194 --> 09:55.995 BE SMOOTH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE 09:56.062 --> 09:57.297 THEY WOULD TAKE A SCRAPER 09:57.363 --> 09:58.965 AND SCRAPE THE JACK PLANE 09:59.032 --> 10:00.567 MARKS OFF. 10:00.633 --> 10:01.534 AND THEY WOULDN'T DO IT TO BOTH 10:01.601 --> 10:03.670 SIDES OF THE BOARD, 10:03.736 --> 10:05.605 SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LIKE THIS. 10:05.672 --> 10:07.974 THE NAILS, 10:08.041 --> 10:10.410 I LOOKED AT THE NAILS. 10:10.477 --> 10:11.678 THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SQUARE 10:11.744 --> 10:12.679 CUT NAILS. 10:12.745 --> 10:13.746 I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY 10:13.813 --> 10:14.681 FORGED NAILS IN HERE, 10:14.747 --> 10:17.450 BUT THIS IS A COUNTRY PIECE. 10:17.517 --> 10:19.619 IT'S JUST NAILED TOGETHER. 10:19.686 --> 10:22.255 IT'S JUST AS CUTE AS IT CAN BE 10:22.322 --> 10:24.357 BECAUSE OF ITS SMALL SIZE. 10:24.424 --> 10:27.193 HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT APPRAISED? 10:27.260 --> 10:28.328 >> COLLECTOR: NO, I HAVEN'T. 10:28.394 --> 10:29.095 >> JERRY: YOU HAVEN'T. 10:29.162 --> 10:30.964 WELL, IT'S NOT TERRIBLY VALUABLE 10:31.030 --> 10:34.100 BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY PIECE 10:34.167 --> 10:34.801 THAT IT IS, 10:34.868 --> 10:37.003 BUT PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 10:37.070 --> 10:39.639 $300 TO $500, I WOULD SAY. 10:39.706 --> 10:42.442 SO, IT'S WORTH THAT. 10:42.509 --> 10:43.776 >> COLLECTOR: (LAUGHS) YES, YES. 10:43.843 --> 10:44.644 I LOVE IT. 10:44.711 --> 10:45.345 >> JERRY: ENJOY IT. 10:45.411 --> 10:46.179 GOOD FOR YOU. 10:52.318 --> 10:52.819 >> JERRY COATES: HELLO 10:52.886 --> 10:53.419 AND WELCOME TO 10:53.520 --> 10:54.821 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES. 10:54.888 --> 10:55.955 WE'RE SURE GLAD YOU CAME IN 10:56.022 --> 10:58.191 TO SEE US TODAY. 10:58.258 --> 10:59.626 CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT 10:59.692 --> 11:00.793 OF SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT YOU 11:00.860 --> 11:01.861 BROUGHT IN? 11:01.928 --> 11:04.030 >> COLLECTOR: THIS IS 11:04.097 --> 11:05.331 A TENNESSEE LONG RIFLE, 11:05.398 --> 11:07.534 IS MY SUSPICION AND IT'S BEEN 11:07.600 --> 11:11.671 IN MY MOTHER'S FAMILY SINCE 11:11.738 --> 11:13.139 THE EARLY 1800s AS FAR AS 11:13.206 --> 11:14.541 I'M AWARE. 11:14.607 --> 11:16.109 I JUST SPOKE WITH MY MOTHER, 11:16.176 --> 11:17.243 AND SHE WAS SAYING SHE THOUGHT 11:17.310 --> 11:19.913 IT MIGHT COME FROM 11:19.979 --> 11:21.247 A WALTER BLEVINS WHO LIVED IN 11:21.314 --> 11:22.782 UNICOI COUNTY WHICH I THINK 11:22.849 --> 11:24.551 IS WHERE THIS GUN WAS MADE. 11:24.617 --> 11:25.251 >> COATES: OKAY. 11:25.318 --> 11:25.885 DO YOU KNOW THE NAME OF 11:25.952 --> 11:26.920 THE MAKER? 11:26.986 --> 11:27.453 >> COLLECTOR: THE NAME OF 11:27.520 --> 11:29.622 THE MAKER IS MCINTURFF. 11:29.689 --> 11:32.192 THE NAME IS SCRATCHED ONTO 11:32.258 --> 11:33.059 THE BARREL. 11:33.126 --> 11:34.294 >> COATES: OKAY. 11:34.360 --> 11:35.295 >> COLLECTOR: CAN'T MAKE OUT 11:35.361 --> 11:36.996 THE INITIAL OF THE FIRST NAME, 11:37.063 --> 11:40.099 BUT WHEN WE'VE LOOKED AT IT 11:40.166 --> 11:41.034 SEVERAL DIFFERENT TIMES, 11:41.100 --> 11:42.402 WE THINK IT MIGHT BE GABRIEL, 11:42.468 --> 11:43.503 BUT WE'RE NOT SURE. 11:43.570 --> 11:44.871 >> COATES: I THINK YOU'RE 11:44.938 --> 11:46.639 PROBABLY ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 11:46.706 --> 11:49.075 GABRIEL MCINTURFF WAS 11:49.142 --> 11:52.378 A TENNESSEE MAKER MOUNTAIN 11:52.445 --> 11:56.616 FAMILY FROM EAST TENNESSEE. 11:56.683 --> 11:58.451 THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE GOT 11:58.518 --> 12:01.588 HERE IS A REAL APPALACHIAN 12:01.654 --> 12:05.858 COUNTRY RIFLE THAT SHOWS EVERY 12:05.925 --> 12:08.928 ASPECT OF WHAT YOU WOULD WANT 12:08.995 --> 12:12.999 TO SEE IN A RIFLE LIKE THAT. 12:13.066 --> 12:14.367 IT'S NOT YOUR HIGH GRADE 12:14.434 --> 12:16.536 KENTUCKY'S, BUT THESE RIFLES 12:16.603 --> 12:19.405 HAVE THEIR OWN CHARACTERISTICS 12:19.472 --> 12:21.307 AND THEIR OWN FLAVOR. 12:21.374 --> 12:23.243 THEY'RE VERY MUCH A PART OF 12:23.309 --> 12:25.678 THE APPALACHIAN CULTURE. 12:25.745 --> 12:27.247 IF YOU LOOK DOWN HERE AT 12:27.313 --> 12:30.883 THE PATCH BLOCKS ON A FINE GRADE 12:30.950 --> 12:32.252 KENTUCKY RIFLE, 12:32.318 --> 12:35.555 THIS WOULD BE BRASS, 12:35.622 --> 12:39.058 PROBABLY ENGRAVED AND ALL. 12:39.125 --> 12:41.728 HERE WE HAVE ONE MADE OUT OF 12:41.794 --> 12:45.198 TIN OR STEEL AND VERY PLAIN, 12:45.265 --> 12:47.033 VERY UTILITARIAN. 12:47.100 --> 12:48.968 THE TRIGGER GUARD AND ALL 12:49.035 --> 12:50.370 APPEARS TO ME TO BE 12:50.436 --> 12:53.172 A CAST PEWTER WHICH WOULD HAVE 12:53.239 --> 12:54.207 MADE SENSE. 12:54.274 --> 12:58.144 I IMAGINE HE MADE A MOLD AND WAS 12:58.211 --> 13:00.213 ABLE TO CAST HIS OWN TRIGGER 13:00.280 --> 13:02.849 GUARDS AND ALL. 13:02.915 --> 13:07.086 THE LOCK IS HANDMADE. 13:07.153 --> 13:08.721 THE BARREL, WHICH HE SIGNED IN 13:08.788 --> 13:10.556 A SCRIPT AS YOU SAID, 13:10.623 --> 13:14.927 IS VERY MUCH TENNESSEE, 13:14.994 --> 13:16.195 VERY MUCH APPALACHIAN. 13:16.262 --> 13:18.298 I'VE SEEN EXAMPLES OF THIS LATER 13:18.364 --> 13:20.466 WHERE HE ACTUALLY STAMPED HIS 13:20.533 --> 13:21.367 NAME IN, 13:21.434 --> 13:23.936 BUT IT'S THE TYPE OF RIFLE THAT 13:24.003 --> 13:25.738 WOULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR 13:25.805 --> 13:27.840 HUNTING, FOR PUTTING FOOD ON 13:27.907 --> 13:29.909 THE TABLE. 13:29.976 --> 13:32.845 VERY MUCH A PART OF AMERICAN 13:32.912 --> 13:35.381 CULTURE. 13:35.448 --> 13:37.817 YOUR FAMILY WAS FROM THAT AREA? 13:37.884 --> 13:38.451 >> COLLECTOR: YES. 13:38.518 --> 13:39.552 MY MOTHER'S FAMILY, THEY WERE 13:39.619 --> 13:41.054 FROM GREEN COUNTY, TENNESSEE, 13:41.120 --> 13:42.121 WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER 13:42.188 --> 13:44.324 SOUTH AND WEST OF UNICOI COUNTY. 13:44.390 --> 13:46.125 >> COATES: WELL, THAT MAKES 13:46.192 --> 13:47.226 PERFECT SENSE. 13:47.293 --> 13:49.028 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE. 13:49.095 --> 13:49.896 >> COLLECTOR: THANK YOU. 13:49.962 --> 13:50.830 >> COATES: I REALLY LIKE IT 13:50.897 --> 13:51.964 AND I REALLY THANK YOU 13:52.031 --> 13:53.433 FOR BRINGING IT IN. 13:53.499 --> 13:56.169 ANY MUSEUM OF APPALACHIAN 13:56.235 --> 13:58.004 CULTURE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY 13:58.071 --> 13:59.472 TO HAVE IT. 13:59.539 --> 14:00.506 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT 14:00.573 --> 14:03.976 MIGHT BE WORTH? 14:04.043 --> 14:04.711 >> COLLECTOR: SINCE IT'S BEEN IN 14:04.777 --> 14:06.646 THE FAMILY, WE'VE NEVER HAD IT 14:06.713 --> 14:07.513 APPRAISED, 14:07.580 --> 14:10.316 SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 14:10.383 --> 14:11.617 >> COATES: WELL, I WOULD THINK 14:11.684 --> 14:13.252 IN THE RIGHT AUCTION, 14:13.319 --> 14:14.554 PARTICULARLY ONE DEALING WITH 14:14.620 --> 14:16.823 AMERICAN FOLK ART, YOU'D BE 14:16.889 --> 14:19.625 LOOKING AT 1,500 TO $1,800. 14:19.692 --> 14:21.794 >> COLLECTOR: OH MY, 14:21.861 --> 14:22.729 THAT'S VERY NICE. 14:22.795 --> 14:24.731 >> COATES: IT'S NICE, I LIKE IT. 14:24.797 --> 14:26.332 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE AND 14:26.399 --> 14:28.835 A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF AMERICANA. 14:28.901 --> 14:30.703 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT IN. 14:30.770 --> 14:31.304 >> COLLECTOR: WELL, THANK YOU, 14:31.371 --> 14:33.072 JERRY. APPRECIATE IT. 14:33.139 --> 14:33.840 >> COATES: YOU'RE MORE THAN 14:33.906 --> 14:34.874 WELCOME. 14:41.047 --> 14:42.081 >> RHEA: PEOPLE COLLECT ANTIQUES 14:42.148 --> 14:44.183 FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF VALUES. 14:44.250 --> 14:45.651 QUALITY ORIENTAL RUGS ARE 14:45.718 --> 14:47.019 COLLECTED BY CONNOISSEURS 14:47.086 --> 14:48.821 FOR THEIR INVESTMENT VALUE 14:48.888 --> 14:51.391 OR FOR THEIR ARTISTRY. 14:51.457 --> 14:52.992 APPRAISER FRANK SHAIA DESCRIBES 14:53.059 --> 14:54.494 WHAT DIFFERENT COLLECTORS LOOK 14:54.560 --> 14:58.164 FOR IN THESE HEIRLOOM RUGS. 14:58.231 --> 14:58.831 >> HELLO THERE. 14:58.898 --> 14:59.832 I'M FRANK SHAIA FROM 14:59.899 --> 15:00.900 SHAIA ORIENTAL RUGS IN 15:00.967 --> 15:02.535 WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA. 15:02.602 --> 15:03.836 TODAY I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME 15:03.903 --> 15:06.839 EXAMPLES OF TWO OF THE DRIVING 15:06.906 --> 15:09.242 FORCES IN ANTIQUE RUGS. 15:09.308 --> 15:11.177 EVERYBODY JUST THINKS RUGS ARE 15:11.244 --> 15:12.145 RUGS ARE RUGS. 15:12.211 --> 15:13.312 WELL, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT. 15:13.379 --> 15:15.581 THERE ARE COLLECTOR'S PIECES, 15:15.648 --> 15:16.916 OR THE PIECES THAT COLLECTORS 15:16.983 --> 15:18.217 LIKE TO BUY, AND THEN THERE'S 15:18.284 --> 15:20.186 PIECES THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO BUY 15:20.253 --> 15:21.854 FOR THEIR HOUSE, WHICH ARE MORE 15:21.921 --> 15:25.358 OF A DECORATIVE DRIVEN FORCE. 15:25.425 --> 15:27.126 WHAT I HAVE HERE IS WHAT'S 15:27.193 --> 15:29.328 COMMONLY KNOWN AS A SADDLEBAG. 15:29.395 --> 15:31.764 OF COURSE, THE TOPSIDE OF IT 15:31.831 --> 15:33.866 IS CALLED "THE BAG FACE," 15:33.933 --> 15:35.368 AND THAT'S WHAT COLLECTORS BUY. 15:35.435 --> 15:36.569 THEY DON'T NEED ALL OF THIS 15:36.636 --> 15:37.370 ON THE BACK. 15:37.437 --> 15:39.305 THEY JUST LIKE "THE BAG FACE." 15:39.372 --> 15:41.240 THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE. 15:41.307 --> 15:42.508 THIS IS A "BAG FACE." 15:42.575 --> 15:44.944 IT'S JUST THE FACE OF A BAG. 15:45.011 --> 15:46.412 IN FACT, MOST OF THESE YOU'LL 15:46.479 --> 15:48.714 FIND SLITS ON THEM WHERE THEY 15:48.781 --> 15:50.917 LACE THEM UP TO CLOSE THE BAG 15:50.983 --> 15:52.418 TIGHT WHEN THEY TRAVEL. 15:52.485 --> 15:53.586 A LOT OF THIS WAS DONE BY 15:53.653 --> 15:55.288 NOMADIC PEOPLE. 15:55.354 --> 15:58.357 THIS IS A BIG COLLECTOR'S ITEM. 15:58.424 --> 16:00.193 SADDLEBAGS AND OTHER THINGS 16:00.259 --> 16:00.960 LIKE THAT. 16:01.027 --> 16:02.161 THEY HAVE SALT BAGS, 16:02.228 --> 16:03.796 AND CRADLES, AND OTHER THINGS 16:03.863 --> 16:05.798 THAT COLLECTORS USE. 16:05.865 --> 16:06.866 THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT 16:06.933 --> 16:08.000 COLLECTORS LOVE, 16:08.067 --> 16:09.735 RUGS FROM THE AREA JUST NORTH OF 16:09.802 --> 16:12.405 PERSIA KNOWN AS THE CAUCUSES. 16:12.472 --> 16:13.539 IT'S WHERE THE ARMENIANS 16:13.606 --> 16:14.240 ARE FROM. 16:14.307 --> 16:15.608 ITS PRESENT DAY RUSSIA 16:15.675 --> 16:17.176 AND ACTUALLY ARMENIA'S THERE 16:17.243 --> 16:18.177 AS WELL. 16:18.244 --> 16:20.046 CAUCASIAN RUGS ARE KNOWN FOR 16:20.112 --> 16:22.081 THE GEOMETRIC MOTIFS THAT 16:22.148 --> 16:22.715 YOU SEE. 16:22.782 --> 16:23.316 THIS IS CALLED 16:23.382 --> 16:24.984 "THE RUNNING DOG PATTERN." 16:25.051 --> 16:26.919 THIS IS "THE S BORDER." 16:26.986 --> 16:29.589 ALL OF THESE ARE PATTERNS. 16:29.655 --> 16:31.891 A LITTLE DOG OR ANIMAL IS VERY 16:31.958 --> 16:35.228 COMMON TO A CAUCASIAN RUG. 16:35.294 --> 16:36.963 THE DATE IS VERY IMPORTANT. 16:37.029 --> 16:38.331 THIS IS THE MUSLIM CALENDAR 16:38.397 --> 16:38.931 YEAR, 16:38.998 --> 16:42.435 SO WHILE IT SAYS HERE 13, 14, 16:42.502 --> 16:45.638 IT'S ACTUALLY MEANS 1913. 16:45.705 --> 16:47.907 NOW, THAT'S WHAT COLLECTORS BUY, 16:47.974 --> 16:49.308 BUT NOW LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT 16:49.375 --> 16:51.177 DECORATIVE PEOPLE BUY. 16:51.244 --> 16:52.612 MOST CUSTOMERS THAT COME INTO 16:52.678 --> 16:54.347 MY BUSINESS ARE LOOKING FOR 16:54.413 --> 16:55.715 A PRETTY RUG FOR THEIR 16:55.781 --> 16:56.883 LIVING ROOM FLOOR. 16:56.949 --> 16:58.651 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE COLORS. 16:58.718 --> 17:00.319 THEY LIKE THE LIGHT BLUE, 17:00.386 --> 17:01.654 OR THE SALMON COLOR, 17:01.721 --> 17:03.723 OR THESE BEAUTIFUL SHADES OF 17:03.789 --> 17:05.458 RUST AND RED. 17:05.525 --> 17:07.460 THIS CAMEL COLOR THAT'S IN HERE 17:07.527 --> 17:09.996 OR THIS SHADE OF BLUE IN HERE, 17:10.062 --> 17:11.998 AND THIS PARTICULAR RUG IS KNOWN 17:12.064 --> 17:13.766 AS A SERAPE WHICH IS 17:13.833 --> 17:15.167 A NICKNAME FOR AN ANTIQUE 17:15.234 --> 17:16.269 CARESS. 17:16.335 --> 17:17.837 YOU'VE GOT THE 2 MARKETS, 17:17.904 --> 17:19.705 THE MARKET THAT DRIVES FOR 17:19.772 --> 17:21.374 THE COLLECTOR'S PIECES, 17:21.440 --> 17:23.109 AND THE MARKET THAT BUYS JUST 17:23.175 --> 17:24.377 FOR A RUG FOR THEIR LIVING ROOM 17:24.443 --> 17:25.278 FLOOR. 17:34.420 --> 17:34.954 >> AMORY LECUYER: I WANT TO 17:35.021 --> 17:35.788 THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT 17:35.855 --> 17:37.523 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES 17:37.590 --> 17:38.824 AND TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 17:38.891 --> 17:40.860 WHAT YOU BROUGHT ME TO LOOK AT. 17:40.927 --> 17:41.460 >> COLLECTOR: WELL, THANK YOU 17:41.527 --> 17:42.662 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 17:42.728 --> 17:44.697 THESE ARE CARVED IVORY TUSKS 17:44.764 --> 17:46.232 FROM THE CONGO, ZAIRE 17:46.299 --> 17:47.133 WHEN WE LIVED THERE. 17:47.199 --> 17:48.534 THE CONGO NOW. 17:48.601 --> 17:49.802 THEY'RE KUBA CARVINGS, 17:49.869 --> 17:51.904 TRADITIONAL CARVINGS AND THIS 17:51.971 --> 17:53.539 IS A KUBA KING. 17:53.606 --> 17:54.473 >> AMORY: THESE WERE ACQUIRED 17:54.540 --> 17:56.208 WHEN YOU WERE IN AFRICA... 17:56.275 --> 17:57.376 >> COLLECTOR: YES. 17:57.443 --> 17:59.478 >> AMORY: AND DATE SOMEWHERE 17:59.545 --> 18:01.514 FROM THE 1930s TO 1950s? 18:01.581 --> 18:02.348 >> COLLECTOR: THE '30s. 18:02.415 --> 18:03.182 MY HUSBAND AND I WERE WITH 18:03.249 --> 18:04.383 THE FOREIGN SERVICE, 18:04.450 --> 18:07.320 AND OUR BELGIAN FRIENDS OFFERED 18:07.386 --> 18:09.522 US THE TUSKS THAT HAD BEEN 18:09.589 --> 18:11.190 COLLECTED BY HIS FATHER IN 18:11.257 --> 18:11.991 THE '30s. 18:12.058 --> 18:12.858 >> AMORY: OKAY. 18:12.925 --> 18:14.060 WELL, ONE OF THE REASONS 18:14.126 --> 18:15.528 I WANTED TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT 18:15.595 --> 18:17.763 YOUR PIECES IS BECAUSE OF SOME 18:17.830 --> 18:19.365 OF THE CONTROVERSIES THAT ARE 18:19.432 --> 18:21.434 GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 18:21.500 --> 18:23.369 RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO 18:23.436 --> 18:26.639 ELEPHANT TUSK AND ELEPHANT 18:26.706 --> 18:28.975 OBJECT DECORATIVE ARTS. 18:29.041 --> 18:30.376 THE ADMINISTRATION PASSED 18:30.443 --> 18:32.612 AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT HAS 18:32.678 --> 18:34.680 REALLY DYNAMICALLY CHANGED 18:34.747 --> 18:37.650 THE MARKET ON IVORY AND IVORY 18:37.717 --> 18:39.151 PRODUCTS, EVEN ONES THAT WERE 18:39.218 --> 18:41.187 HISTORICALLY RELATED. 18:41.253 --> 18:42.855 WE ARE STILL, I THINK, 18:42.922 --> 18:44.924 TRYING TO FILTER OUT THE EFFECT 18:44.991 --> 18:47.226 THAT THIS IS HAVING NOT MERELY 18:47.293 --> 18:49.562 ON THE VALUES, 18:49.629 --> 18:51.330 BUT ON ALSO OWNERSHIP. 18:51.397 --> 18:54.400 IT IS STILL LEGAL TO OWN IVORY 18:54.467 --> 18:56.035 THAT WAS ALREADY ACQUIRED. 18:56.102 --> 18:58.137 WHAT EVERYONE IS TRYING TO FOCUS 18:58.204 --> 19:03.409 ON IS THE CURTAILING THE CURRENT 19:03.476 --> 19:04.744 KILLING OF ELEPHANTS ACROSS 19:04.810 --> 19:05.444 AFRICA. 19:05.511 --> 19:06.178 >> COLLECTOR: ABSOLUTELY. 19:06.245 --> 19:07.046 >> AMORY: I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY 19:07.113 --> 19:08.047 WHO DISAGREES WITH THAT. 19:08.114 --> 19:08.881 >> COLLECTOR: NO, IT'S 19:08.948 --> 19:09.715 A TERRIBLE THING. 19:09.782 --> 19:11.083 >> AMORY: IT'S THROWN HISTORIC 19:11.150 --> 19:12.451 PIECES, PIECES THAT HAVE 50, 19:12.518 --> 19:14.387 70, 100 YEARS OF AGE TO THEM 19:14.453 --> 19:16.555 AND MUCH MORE INTO A GREAT 19:16.622 --> 19:18.324 CONTROVERSY. 19:18.391 --> 19:20.259 BECAUSE OF DISCREPANCIES WITHIN 19:20.326 --> 19:21.961 THE ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER, 19:22.028 --> 19:25.197 IT IS UNCLEAR AS TO HOW ONE 19:25.264 --> 19:27.667 WHO ALREADY HAD PIECES IS TO 19:27.733 --> 19:29.335 DEAL WITH PIECES. 19:29.402 --> 19:31.570 THIS IS EFFECTING PEOPLE NOT 19:31.637 --> 19:33.506 MERELY LIKE YOURSELF WHO ARE 19:33.572 --> 19:35.007 PRIVATE COLLECTORS, 19:35.074 --> 19:36.842 BUT IT'S EFFECTING MUSICIANS 19:36.909 --> 19:38.878 WHOSE PIANOS MAY HAVE IVORY 19:38.944 --> 19:39.945 KEYS. 19:40.012 --> 19:41.947 IT'S EFFECTING MUSEUMS WHO MAY 19:42.014 --> 19:44.283 WANT TO LOAN FROM ONE MUSEUM 19:44.350 --> 19:45.051 TO ANOTHER, 19:45.117 --> 19:46.886 PART OF THEIR COLLECTION. 19:46.952 --> 19:49.422 WITHIN AN INDIVIDUAL STATE IT IS 19:49.488 --> 19:50.723 AT LEAST OUR UNDERSTANDING 19:50.790 --> 19:52.958 TODAY, NOW THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT 19:53.025 --> 19:54.393 TOMORROW, OR NEXT WEEK, 19:54.460 --> 19:56.362 BUT AT LEAST TODAY, 19:56.429 --> 19:58.164 IT IS LEGAL FOR A PRIVATE 19:58.230 --> 19:59.765 INDIVIDUAL TO SELL TO ANOTHER 19:59.832 --> 20:01.233 PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AS LONG AS 20:01.300 --> 20:04.570 IT DOES NOT CROSS STATE LINES. 20:04.637 --> 20:06.272 BUT ONE OF TWO THINGS GENERALLY 20:06.338 --> 20:08.974 HAPPENS WHEN ORDERS LIKE THIS 20:09.041 --> 20:09.675 COMES OUT. 20:09.742 --> 20:10.443 IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO 20:10.509 --> 20:11.143 PROHIBITION. 20:11.210 --> 20:11.877 YOU MAKE IT ILLEGAL, 20:11.944 --> 20:15.147 PRICE CAN EITHER DROP BECAUSE 20:15.214 --> 20:16.282 PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT 20:16.348 --> 20:18.317 HAVING IT AND THEREFORE 20:18.384 --> 20:20.319 PERCEIVING LITTLE VALUE IN IT, 20:20.386 --> 20:23.355 OR IT CAN ESCALATE EVEN HIGHER 20:23.422 --> 20:25.458 BECAUSE EVEN MODEST TRADES 20:25.524 --> 20:27.960 WITHIN HISTORIC IVORY ARE 20:28.027 --> 20:29.395 UNAVAILABLE. 20:29.462 --> 20:31.497 AND I WILL TELL YOU TODAY AT 20:31.597 --> 20:32.531 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES, 20:32.598 --> 20:34.300 I THINK IT IS VERY UNDECIDED 20:34.366 --> 20:37.002 AS TO WHERE THE MARKET IS HEADED 20:37.069 --> 20:38.504 ON THESE. 20:38.571 --> 20:41.207 I WILL SAY 2 YEARS AGO 20:41.273 --> 20:43.342 THE PIECES WE HAVE HERE WOULD 20:43.409 --> 20:47.413 BE WORTH $15,000 TO $20,000. 20:47.480 --> 20:48.547 TODAY I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU 20:48.614 --> 20:51.150 THAT WE'VE GOT $2,000 OR EVEN 20:51.217 --> 20:53.452 A TRADE AVAILABLE. 20:53.519 --> 20:54.620 THERE ARE ALWAYS PEOPLE WHO ARE 20:54.687 --> 20:56.122 WILLING TO DEAL IN OBJECTS THAT 20:56.188 --> 20:59.458 ARE PERHAPS NOT LEGAL ANYMORE, 20:59.525 --> 21:01.660 BUT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT 21:01.727 --> 21:03.195 WE'RE EVER ENCOURAGING WITHIN 21:03.262 --> 21:04.096 THE AUCTION WORLD 21:04.163 --> 21:05.131 OR THE ANTIQUES WORLD, 21:05.197 --> 21:06.365 BUT THERE IS CERTAINLY A LOT OF 21:06.432 --> 21:08.634 PEOPLE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS. 21:08.701 --> 21:09.802 AND I THINK OVER THE COURSE OF 21:09.869 --> 21:10.836 THE COURSE OF 8 MONTHS 21:10.903 --> 21:12.138 TO A YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SEE 21:12.204 --> 21:14.707 SOME CLARITY COME OUT. 21:14.774 --> 21:16.008 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM. 21:16.075 --> 21:17.343 THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, 21:17.409 --> 21:18.644 AND I'M SURE THEY DECORATE 21:18.711 --> 21:19.812 THE HOME VERY WELL. 21:19.879 --> 21:20.446 >> COLLECTOR: THEY DO. 21:20.513 --> 21:21.447 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 21:21.514 --> 21:22.181 >> AMORY: THANKS SO MUCH. 21:22.248 --> 21:22.948 >> COLLECTOR: A PLEASURE MEETING 21:23.015 --> 21:23.883 YOU. 21:23.949 --> 21:24.750 >> AMORY: NICE MEETING YOU. 21:27.419 --> 21:28.320 >> DARYL REILLY: HI. WELCOME TO 21:28.420 --> 21:29.722 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 21:29.789 --> 21:30.489 >> COLLECTOR: HELLO. 21:30.556 --> 21:31.323 >> DARYL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH 21:31.390 --> 21:31.991 FOR COMING IN TODAY. 21:32.057 --> 21:32.658 YOU BROUGHT A WONDERFUL 21:32.725 --> 21:35.427 COLLECTION OF 1950s MODERN GLASS 21:35.494 --> 21:36.328 WHICH WE DON'T SEE ON THE SHOW 21:36.395 --> 21:37.696 VERY OFTEN. 21:37.763 --> 21:39.131 WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT? 21:39.198 --> 21:40.099 >> COLLECTOR: I KNOW THE GLASS 21:40.166 --> 21:41.400 WAS MADE BY A MAN NAMED 21:41.467 --> 21:44.737 MAURICE HEATON, AND HE CAME TO 21:44.804 --> 21:48.240 AMERICA IN 1913 TO WORK WITH 21:48.307 --> 21:51.744 HIS FATHER ON STAINED GLASS 21:51.811 --> 21:53.045 AND THEN BECAME A REALLY FAMOUS 21:53.112 --> 21:55.147 GLASS ARTIST. 21:55.214 --> 21:57.149 AND HE DEVELOPED A TECHNIQUE 21:57.216 --> 22:00.252 WHERE HE GROUND UP PIGMENTS 22:00.319 --> 22:01.987 FROM ENAMEL AND LEARNED HOW TO 22:02.054 --> 22:03.289 FUSE THEM ONTO GLASS. 22:03.355 --> 22:06.091 HE WAS A PIONEER OF THIS KIND OF 22:06.158 --> 22:07.459 GLASS WORK. 22:07.526 --> 22:08.327 >> DARYL: REALLY WONDERFUL 22:08.394 --> 22:09.195 PIECES. 22:09.261 --> 22:11.330 HIS SIGNATURE'S ON ALL OF THESE, 22:11.397 --> 22:13.265 THIS MH THAT YOU'LL SEE AT 22:13.332 --> 22:13.933 THE BOTTOM. 22:13.999 --> 22:14.633 >> COLLECTOR: YES, IT'S VERY 22:14.700 --> 22:15.334 CLEAR TO SEE THEM. 22:15.401 --> 22:16.836 THEY ARE ON EVERY PIECE. 22:16.902 --> 22:18.003 >> DARYL: RIGHT, RIGHT. 22:18.070 --> 22:18.637 THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE 22:18.704 --> 22:19.538 PIECES. 22:19.605 --> 22:20.439 THIS IS CALLED "THE TYRANT" 22:20.506 --> 22:21.774 AND I KNOW YOU STILL HAVE 22:21.841 --> 22:23.442 THE ORIGINAL CARD HERE. 22:23.509 --> 22:24.176 >> COLLECTOR: YEAH, I DO. 22:24.243 --> 22:27.980 IT WAS A BOWL, NUMBER 1570, 22:28.047 --> 22:29.782 FIRST EDITION OF 12. 22:29.849 --> 22:30.516 >> DARYL: YUP. 22:30.583 --> 22:31.817 IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL. 22:31.884 --> 22:33.919 THEN WE HAVE THIS ONE HERE WITH 22:33.986 --> 22:34.787 THE ANIMALS. 22:34.854 --> 22:35.554 I KNOW THIS IS AT 22:35.621 --> 22:36.922 THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM. 22:36.989 --> 22:37.890 >> COLLECTOR: YES, IT IS. 22:37.957 --> 22:38.757 AT LEAST ONE OF THEM. 22:38.824 --> 22:39.925 I'M NOT SURE... 22:39.992 --> 22:40.926 THERE WAS ONE WITH A LION 22:40.993 --> 22:42.294 AND ONE WITH A TIGER. 22:42.361 --> 22:43.529 >> DARYL: TIGER, RIGHT. 22:43.596 --> 22:44.396 >> COLLECTOR: I'M NOT SURE 22:44.463 --> 22:45.030 WHICH ONE. 22:45.097 --> 22:45.764 >> DARYL: THIS IS THE OTHER ONE. 22:45.831 --> 22:46.532 RIGHT. 22:46.599 --> 22:47.867 THEN WE HAVE THESE 2 SMALLER 22:47.933 --> 22:49.235 PLATES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT 22:49.301 --> 22:50.369 MORE TYPICAL OF HIS WORK, 22:50.436 --> 22:51.103 THAT YOU SEE MORE OF. 22:51.170 --> 22:51.904 >> COLLECTOR: YEAH, YOU WOULD 22:51.971 --> 22:52.671 SEE THEM MORE OFTEN. 22:52.738 --> 22:54.673 NOW THIS, MY PARENTS KNEW HIM, 22:54.740 --> 22:57.176 AND I ACTUALLY MET HIS WHEN 22:57.243 --> 22:58.444 I WAS VERY LITTLE AND SAW HIS 22:58.510 --> 22:59.311 STUDIO. 22:59.378 --> 23:02.481 BUT THIS WAS GIVEN AS A SET TO 23:02.548 --> 23:04.183 MY MOTHER WHEN THEY GOT MARRIED. 23:04.250 --> 23:05.150 SHE HAD A WHOLE SET OF THEM, 23:05.217 --> 23:06.585 BUT NOW THERE'S ONLY THIS ONE. 23:06.652 --> 23:07.553 >> DARYL: HIS STUDIO BURNED 23:07.620 --> 23:09.455 DOWN IN 1970? 23:09.521 --> 23:10.623 >> COLLECTOR: '73. 23:10.689 --> 23:11.690 HE WAS AFRAID HE WOULDN'T BE 23:11.757 --> 23:12.758 ABLE TO REBUILD IT. 23:12.825 --> 23:14.226 IT WAS IN A 200 YEAR OLD 23:14.293 --> 23:15.728 GRISTMILL, 23:15.794 --> 23:18.163 AND HE LOST EVERYTHING. 23:18.230 --> 23:20.065 IF YOU CAN IMAGINE LOSING ALL 23:20.132 --> 23:21.300 YOUR PATTERNS, 23:21.367 --> 23:23.235 AND ALL YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS, 23:23.302 --> 23:25.537 AND ALL YOUR DOCUMENTATION, 23:25.604 --> 23:28.107 AND ALL YOUR FORMULAS. 23:28.173 --> 23:28.674 >> DARYL: YOUR WHOLE LIFE IS 23:28.741 --> 23:29.241 RIGHT THERE. 23:29.308 --> 23:30.075 >> COLLECTOR: YOUR KILN 23:30.142 --> 23:31.911 AND ALL YOUR WORK, 23:31.977 --> 23:32.945 BUT HE DID REBUILD IT, 23:33.012 --> 23:36.015 AND HE WOUND UP WORKING UNTIL 23:36.081 --> 23:38.584 HE DIED IN 1990. 23:38.651 --> 23:39.285 >> DARYL: THIS WAS ALL FROM 23:39.351 --> 23:41.086 HIS EARLIER PERIOD IN THE '50s. 23:41.153 --> 23:42.655 I THINK VERY CONSERVATIVELY 23:42.721 --> 23:43.923 IN THE MARKET BECAUSE THESE ARE 23:43.989 --> 23:45.057 SO RARE AND HARD TO FIND, 23:45.124 --> 23:47.159 I THINK AROUND $7,000 TO $8,000. 23:47.226 --> 23:51.063 >> COLLECTOR: WOW, WOW. REALLY? 23:51.130 --> 23:52.164 $7,000 OR $8,000? 23:52.231 --> 23:52.898 >> DARYL: THEY'RE REALLY 23:52.965 --> 23:53.432 WONDERFUL, 23:53.499 --> 23:54.333 ESPECIALLY OF "THE TYRANT." 23:54.400 --> 23:55.401 >> COLLECTOR: YEAH, I'VE NEVER 23:55.467 --> 23:57.469 SEEN A PICTURE OF THIS ONE. 23:57.536 --> 23:58.637 I'VE SEEN PICTURES OF 23:58.704 --> 24:01.173 THE OTHER ONES, FAIRLY SIMILAR, 24:01.240 --> 24:02.541 BUT NOT THIS ONE. 24:02.608 --> 24:03.676 >> DARYL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH 24:03.742 --> 24:04.777 FOR COMING TO THE SHOW. 24:04.843 --> 24:05.444 >> COLLECTOR: I APPRECIATE IT. 24:05.511 --> 24:06.078 THANK YOU. 24:06.145 --> 24:06.812 >> DARYL: THANK YOU. 24:11.750 --> 24:12.284 >> RHEA: THAT'S IT FOR THIS 24:12.351 --> 24:14.053 WEEK'S SHOW, BUT THERE'S PLENTY 24:14.119 --> 24:15.888 OF TREASURES TO DISCOVER NEXT 24:15.955 --> 24:16.722 WEEK. 24:16.789 --> 24:17.790 HERE'S PROOF. 24:17.856 --> 24:18.891 >> I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT 24:18.958 --> 24:20.526 BECAUSE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE 24:20.592 --> 24:22.728 WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE 24:22.795 --> 24:24.330 THIS AND TO SEE SOMETHING, 24:24.396 --> 24:25.998 ANOTHER TYPE OF MEDIUM THAT 24:26.065 --> 24:27.666 WAS USED. 24:27.733 --> 24:29.168 >> THIS PIECE, LIKE I SAID, 24:29.234 --> 24:30.469 IS EDWARDIAN, AROUND THE TURN 24:30.536 --> 24:31.937 OF THE 20TH CENTURY, 24:32.004 --> 24:34.206 BUT THE LARGE DIAMOND AT 24:34.273 --> 24:36.041 THE TOP WAS ACTUALLY CUT BEFORE 24:36.108 --> 24:36.909 THEN. 24:36.976 --> 24:38.911 >> THIS IS A COMPASS USED BY 24:38.978 --> 24:40.212 ANDREW ELLICOTT, 24:40.279 --> 24:41.947 TO SURVEY "ELLICOTT MILLS" 24:42.014 --> 24:43.048 WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS CALLED 24:43.115 --> 24:43.749 BEFORE IT WAS CALLED 24:43.816 --> 24:44.650 "ELLICOTT CITY." 24:44.717 --> 24:45.684 >> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. 24:45.751 --> 24:46.785 >> COLLECTOR: IT'S GOOD TO BE 24:46.852 --> 24:47.419 CZAR. 24:47.486 --> 24:50.222 >> (LAUGHS) AS THEY SAY, YES. 24:50.289 --> 24:51.890 >> I'M RHEA FEIKIN AND WE'LL SEE 24:51.957 --> 24:53.726 YOU SOON FOR OUR NEXT EDITION 24:53.792 --> 24:55.394 OF CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 24:56.762 --> 24:57.563 >> ANNOUNCER: MAJOR FUNDING IS 24:57.629 --> 25:00.733 PROVIDED BY 25:00.799 --> 25:01.567 COSMETIC AND ADVANCED DENTISTRY. 25:01.633 --> 25:02.701 OUR MISSION IS PROVIDING 25:02.768 --> 25:04.236 CUSTOMIZED CARE THAT HELPS 25:04.303 --> 25:06.005 CREATE PRIDE AND CONFIDENCE 25:06.071 --> 25:07.573 IN OUR PATIENTS BY RESTORING 25:07.639 --> 25:08.907 THEIR SMILES. 25:08.974 --> 25:09.908 MORE INFORMATION AT 25:09.975 --> 25:12.177 COSMETICDENTISTBALTIMORE.COM. 25:14.279 --> 25:15.547 THERE IS A REASON EVERY SEASON 25:15.614 --> 25:16.482 TO VISIT NEARBY 25:16.548 --> 25:17.816 HOWARD COUNTY, MARYLAND, 25:17.883 --> 25:18.984 WHERE FUN FILLED DAYS 25:19.051 --> 25:20.185 AND ENTERTAINING NIGHTS ARE 25:20.252 --> 25:21.653 JUST MINUTES AWAY. 25:21.720 --> 25:23.422 DISCOVER SCENIC BEAUTY, HISTORY, 25:23.489 --> 25:25.457 UNIQUE SHOPPING AND DINING. 25:25.524 --> 25:26.759 VISIT HOWARD COUNTY, 25:26.825 --> 25:28.127 WHERE MARYLAND COMES TOGETHER. 25:29.328 --> 25:30.696 SINCE 1924 25:30.763 --> 25:32.031 ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS 25:32.097 --> 25:32.931 HAS BEEN SERVING 25:32.998 --> 25:33.932 THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES 25:33.999 --> 25:35.134 FEATURING MONTHLY GALLERY 25:35.200 --> 25:36.568 ANTIQUE AUCTION SALES. 25:36.635 --> 25:38.003 OUR STAFF CAN ASSIST CLIENTS 25:38.070 --> 25:39.238 WITH THE DISPOSITION OF THEIR 25:39.304 --> 25:40.539 VALUED POSSESSIONS. 25:40.606 --> 25:41.874 ALEX COOPER AUCTIONEERS. 25:45.210 --> 25:46.412 CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE 25:46.478 --> 25:47.579 POSSIBLE BY MARYLAND RELAY, 25:47.646 --> 25:48.747 EMPOWERING THOSE WITH 25:48.814 --> 25:50.115 HEARING AND SPEECH LOSS 25:50.182 --> 25:51.417 TO STAY CONNECTED.