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>> Appraiser: I THINK

IT'S AN EXQUISITE CROCK.

>> Guest: THAT'S GREAT.

I GUESS WE WON'T STORE UMBRELLAS

IN IT ANYMORE.

>> Appraiser: TO HAVE THE FIELD

MANUAL FOR THE CAPTAIN,

WHO LATER BECAME ONE OF

THE SOUTH'S GREATEST HEROES,

YOU REALLY FOUND SOMETHING

IN A GARAGE SALE.

>> Appraiser: WHAT'S REALLY NEAT

ABOUT THIS IS, EVEN THE STRING

ON THE TOP, AND THE STRINGS

ON THE SIDE, AND ALL OF

THE TASSELS ARE STILL INTACT,

WHICH MAKES THIS A VERY UNIQUE

PIECE AND A LITTLE MORE SOUGHT

AFTER.

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>> Host: WELCOME BACK

TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES ,

MPT'S EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF HISTORY

AND ITS TREASURES.

I'M YOUR HOST, RHEA FEIKIN.

AS YOU WELL KNOW, PUBLIC

TELEVISION VIEWERS ARE INQUIRING

BY NATURE, AND FIND MEANING

IN THE STORIES OF THE PAST.

JUST LOOK AROUND THE STUDIO.

THERE'S AN ASTONISHING ARRAY

OF HIGH-QUALITY HEIRLOOMS

BROUGHT HERE TODAY.

LET'S EXPLORE, SHALL WE?

>> Appraiser: THANK YOU

FOR COMING TODAY.

COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE?

>> Guest: WELL, IT'S A PAINTING

BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER,

OR CLEMENTINE HUNTER,

WHO WAS THE BLACK GRANDMA MOSES,

AND IT'S A PAINTING THAT WAS

DONE, I GUESS, AROUND THE '70s

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SHE, AT THAT AGE, WAS PROBABLY

CLOSE TO 80, AND SHE STARTED

PAINTING EARLY IN HER LIFE

AND JUST NEVER STOPPED.

>> Appraiser: OKAY, YOU KNOW,

I'M EXCITED, SO I JUST HAVE

TO JUST CUT YOU OFF,

OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO.

SHE CALLED HERSELF CLEMENTINE

HUNTER.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Appraiser: AND SO I JUST HAVE

TO TELL YOU THAT IN 2011,

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO

EVALUATE A WONDERFUL COLLECTION

OF ORIGINAL CLEMENTINE HUNTERS.

SHE IS A ICONIC FIGURE IN

CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN FOLK ART.

SHE WAS NOT PROPERLY EDUCATED.

SHE LIVED TO BE ABOUT 100

TO 101, WITH HER DEATH IN 1988.

AND I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT

ONE OF HER FAVORITE QUOTES THAT

I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU,

IT'S JUST PERFECT.

SHE WOULD SAY, "GOD PUTS THOSE

PICTURES IN MY HEAD,

AND I JUST PUTS THEM ON CANVAS

LIKE HE WANTS ME TO."

>> Guest: WONDERFUL.

>> Appraiser: AND THIS IS JUST

AN EXAMPLE OF HER VERY

SIMPLISTIC, COMFORTABLE,

NATURE-RELATED SCENE OF SOME

BIRDS.

YOU SEE SOME CROPS GROWING,

AND MAYBE SOME CHICKENS RIGHT

HERE DOING SOMETHING.

THIS IS A AUTHENTIC PIECE

THAT'S SIGNED RIGHT HERE.

HER WORK IS SO DESIRED

THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SPENT

DECADES FORGING HER WORK AND

SELLING IT INTO THE MARKETPLACE.

LET ME JUST TELL YOU THIS.

CLEMENTINE HUNTER,

IN MY ESTIMATION, NEXT TO SISTER

GERTRUDE MORGAN, ARE TWO OF

THE LEADING, FEMALE, AFRICAN-

AMERICAN, OUTSIDE FOLK ARTISTS,

WHO ARE VERY DESIRABLE AND HAVE

CROSSOVER APPEAL TO THE ARTIST,

THE SOUTHERN COLLECTOR,

THE FEMALE COLLECTOR,

AND JUST PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT

DID NOT GET FORMAL TRAINING.

SO, WITH ALL THAT SAID,

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW THAT

THIS IS WORTH BETWEEN $6,500

TO $9,000?

>> Guest: AMAZED.

>> Appraiser: THANK YOU VERY

MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR

CLEMENTINE HUNTER PAINTING.

>> Guest: OH, THANK YOU

VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION.

>> Appraiser: WELL, THANK YOU

FOR COMING IN TO CHESAPEAKE

COLLECTIBLES TODAY.

WE'VE GOT A DELIGHTFUL THING

ON THE DAIS.

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT WHAT YOU BROUGHT OUT

TODAY?

>> Guest: IT WAS A LITTLE MUSIC

BOX THAT I REMEMBER LOVING

AS A SMALL CHILD,

AND IT BELONGED TO A VERY OLD

LADY.

I REMEMBER BEING TAKEN INTO

HER APARTMENT IN BOSTON,

>> Appraiser: OKAY.

>> Guest: AND SHE WOULD BRING

THIS OUT TO SHOW YOUNG CHILDREN

WHO CAME BECAUSE...

>> Appraiser: WONDERFUL.

>> Guest: ...IT WAS SO

ENTERTAINING, AND...

>> Appraiser: AND THE REASON

IT'S ENTERTAINING, YOU'RE RIGHT,

IT IS A FORM OF A MUSIC BOX,

AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN

DELICATELY DEMONSTRATE HERE

WHY IT IS OF SUCH INTEREST,

AND THAT IS, THIS LEVER HERE

WILL BRING OPEN

AND HAVE POP UP A BIRD.

>> Guest: RIGHT.

>> G. Amory LeCuyer, Appraiser:

AND THIS IS A FORM OF WHAT

WE WOULD CALL AN AUTOMATON.

AN AUTOMATON WAS AN ANIMAL

OR OTHER TYPE OF, PERHAPS

PERSON, CHARACTER, WHO IS

WORKING OFF OF THE SAME

PRINCIPLE AS A MUSIC BOX DOES

IN THE CLOCKWORK MECHANISM

THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOX.

BUT THIS HAS EVEN MORE GOING ON

HERE THAN THAT, BECAUSE WE ALSO

HAVE THE CLOCK IN THE FRONT,

WHICH IS A KEY-WIND CLOCK,

AND IT'S UNUSUAL TO SEE THE BOX,

THE CLOCK, AND THE AUTOMATON

BIRD ALL AS A PART OF THIS.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE HAVE

INCREDIBLE ARTISTRY THAT'S GONE

INTO THE CREATION OF THIS

BECAUSE WE HAVE BOTH ENAMELING

THAT'S GOING ALL OVER THE TOP

OF THE CASE, AS WELL AS ON

THE INSIDE OF THE LID.

IT'S A BOX THAT'S IN STERLING.

LIKELY, IT'S COMING OUT OF

ONE OF TWO COUNTRIES IN EUROPE.

IT'S COMING OUT OF EITHER

GERMANY OR AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND

PERHAPS EVEN, COMING AROUND

THE EARLY PART OF THE 1900s.

AND WE TALKED, I THINK, EARLIER,

THE BOX ITSELF IS NOT WORKING

RIGHT NOW.

>> Guest: RIGHT, BECAUSE

THE BIRD WOULD SING.

>> Appraiser: THE BIRD WOULD

SING, AND ACTUALLY ITS BEAK

WOULD MOVE.

AND IT'S JUST AN ABSOLUTELY

MARVELOUS MECHANISM WHEN IT CAN

WORK.

NOW, A GOOD JEWELER QUITE LIKELY

COULD PUT IT INTO WORKING

CONDITION.

>> Guest: OH, OKAY.

EVEN IN THIS COUNTRY?

>> Appraiser: EVEN IN

THIS COUNTRY, YES.

IF THE BIRD WERE WORKING AND

ABLE TO SING, AND ITS BEAK

MOVE ALONG WITH IT,

GIVEN THE PORCELAIN THAT'S HERE,

GIVEN THAT IT'S SET IN STERLING

WITH THE CLOCK ON THE FRONT,

WHICH IS A KEY-WIND CLOCK,

WHICH IS INCREDIBLY INTERESTING

TO ME, I WOULD PUT THIS,

AS AN AUCTION ESTIMATE,

SOMEWHERE IN THE $3K TO $4,000

RANGE.

IT'S AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER.

AND THIS WAS A FAMILY MEMBER,

I THINK, THAT YOU SAID HAPPENED

TO HAVE IT?

>> Guest: YES, AND A LOT OF

LITTLE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY

ENJOYED...

>> Appraiser: OH, I'M SURE.

>> Guest: ...HAVING THE BIRD

PERFORM FOR THEM.

>> Appraiser: WELL, THE LAST

THING YOU'D REALLY EXPECT

IN THIS IS FOR THE LID TO POP

OPEN AND A BIRD TO COME OUT.

IN OTHER VERSIONS OF THIS,

WE'VE HEARD THE SONG "THE BIRD

IN THE GILDED CAGE."

THAT BIRD, THE ORIGINAL,

WAS INDEED AN AUTOMATON

THAT ALSO HAD THE CLOCKWORK

MECHANISM.

BUT ABSOLUTELY A WONDERFUL

PIECE, AND THE FIRST ONE,

I THINK, WE'VE EVER HAD

ON CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

>> Guest: OH, WONDERFUL.

>> Appraiser: THANK YOU

FOR BRINGING IT OUT TODAY.

>> Guest: THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR TELLING ME ABOUT IT.

>> Appraiser: WELCOME TO

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

WHAT DID YOU BRING?

>> Guest: WELL, THIS IS AN ARMY

FIELD MANUAL, PRINTED AT WEST

POINT, THAT I BOUGHT AT A YARD

SALE MANY YEARS AGO, AND NOTICED

INSIDE THAT IT HAD AN OFFICER'S

NAME, AND IT SAID,

"CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA"

AND THE OFFICER'S NAME WAS

ANDERSON.

I ALSO HAVE SOME BALLOON VIEWS

OF WASHINGTON.

SO IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING.

>> Allan Stypeck, Appraiser:

WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE.

IT IS NOT ANDERSON,

BUT E.P. ALEXANDER, WHO WAS

THE PREEMINENT BALLOON ENGINEER

IN THE UNION ARMY, WHO LEFT --

RESIGNED FROM THE UNION ARMY

IN 1861 TO JOIN THE CONFEDERACY.

HE IS WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS TACTICS

IN THE USE OF BALLOONS

FOR BOTH SURVEILLANCE AND FOR

AERIAL BOMBARDMENT,

BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALEXANDER

WAS THE ARTILLERY -- THE HEAD

OF THE ARTILLERY BARRAGE THAT

COVERED PICKETT AT THE CHARGE

AT GETTYSBURG.

THIS IS A REALLY NICE ITEM.

>> Guest: WOW!

>> Appraiser: TO HAVE THE FIELD

MANUAL FOR THE CAPTAIN OF

ENGINEERING FOR THE CONFEDERACY,

WHO LATER BECAME A BRIGADIER

GENERAL, AND ONE OF THE SOUTH'S

GREATEST HEROES,

YOU REALLY FOUND SOMETHING

REALLY GREAT IN A GARAGE SALE.

I MEAN, THE FACT THAT --

THE GREAT PART ABOUT IT

IS IT'S INSCRIBED AS "CAPTAIN,

ENGINEER, C.S.A., ARMY OF

THE POTOMAC, CONFEDERATE."

WHICH WAS A VERY EARLY ARMY.

AND THEN AGAIN IT SAYS,

"E.P. ALEXANDER" HERE,

"CAPTAIN, ENGINEER, C.S.A.,"

USING THE U.S. ARMY FIELD

MANUAL, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED

THE SAME YEAR THAT HE JOINED

THE CONFEDERACY.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD THIS

APPRAISED?

>> Guest: NO, I HAVEN'T.

>> Appraiser: OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU

THINK THIS IS WORTH?

>> Guest: I DON'T KNOW.

A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> Appraiser: WHAT DID YOU PAY

FOR THIS?

>> Guest: IT WAS EITHER

A QUARTER OR A DOLLAR AND

A QUARTER.

IT WAS NOT -- IT WAS WELL UNDER

TWO BUCKS.

>> Appraiser: WOW!

I WOULD PROBABLY PRICE THIS

ANYWHERE BETWEEN $4K AND $5,000.

>> Guest: OH MY GOD.

>> Appraiser: YEAH.

THIS IS A REALLY GREAT ITEM.

I MEAN, TO HAVE ALEXANDER'S

FIELD MANUAL, A CONFEDERATE

GENERAL FAMOUS FOR PICKETT'S

CHARGE, FAMOUS FOR HIS BALLOON

TACTICS.

I MEAN, THIS IS ONE OF

THE ICONIC MEMBERS OF

THE CONFEDERACY.

>> Guest: WOW!

>> Appraiser: VERY COOL BUY.

>> Rhea: IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING

TO DISCOVER HOW DAILY LIFE WAS

SO DIFFERENT BEFORE THE MODERN

ERA OF MASS PRODUCTION.

HERE TO SHOW US SOME OF

THE MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION

TECHNIQUES OF METALS FROM

THE PAST IS APPRAISER ED MORENO.

>> Ed Moreno, Appraiser:

I BROUGHT A SELECTION OF SILVER

AND SILVER-PLATED GOODS TO TAKE

A LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION

OF SOME OF THEM, AND ALSO

THE WAY -- HOW THEY WEAR,

SOME PATTERNS OF WEAR AND

OF TARNISH.

STARTING WITH THE OLDEST PIECE,

THIS IS A CREAMER MADE

IN PHILADELPHIA BY WILLIAM

HOLLINGSHEAD, AROUND 1770.

THIS IS AMERICAN COIN SILVER,

AND IT TARNISHES --

IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND

A PIECE LIKE THIS IN THE

MARKETPLACE, YOU'LL FIND THERE'S

VERY, VERY DARK, ALMOST BLACK

TARNISH, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE

LOOKING FOR IN A PIECE,

AN 18TH CENTURY PIECE

OF AMERICAN SILVER.

VERY TRADITIONAL PIECE.

AGAIN, MADE IN PHILADELPHIA

IN THE 1770s.

A LITTLE WHILE LATER,

THE COIN SILVER WAS MADE QUITE

THIN, AND YOU FIND A LOT

OF FLATWARE, SUGAR SHELLS,

TABLESPOONS, AND TEASPOONS.

THESE DON'T COME UP VERY OFTEN

MADE IN THE SOUTH, BUT A LOT

OF THEM ARE MADE IN NEW ENGLAND.

THE SUGAR SHELL IS VERY,

VERY THIN AND HAS LITTLE

MONETARY VALUE, BUT THEY ARE

COLLECTIBLE BECAUSE OF MAKERS.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE MADE

HOLLOWWARE.

LINCOLN AND FOSS MADE THIS

BUTTER DISH, BEAUTIFUL BUTTER

DISH, MADE ABOUT IN 1840

IN THE BOSTON AREA.

ALMOST ALL OF STERLING SILVER

IS MARKED STERLING.

THIS IS A ASPARAGUS SERVER MADE

BY TIFFANY IN THE KINGS PATTERN,

AND THESE PIECES ARE MARKED,

"TIFFANY STERLING,"

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE

A STERLING PIECE BECAUSE THEY'RE

OFTENTIMES MARKED AS OPPOSED

TO THE COIN SILVER THAT

IS OFTENTIMES NOT MARKED.

IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY

TO AFFORD SILVER,

YOU COULD GO TO A PLATED WARE.

THE FIRST PLATED WARES WERE MADE

AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE 18TH

CENTURY IN LONDON, IN ENGLAND,

IN BIRMINGHAM, AND THEY WERE

CALLED SHEFFIELD PLATE.

THESE ARE SHEFFIELD PLATED

GOODS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A SHEET

OF COPPER WITH A PIECE OF SILVER

THAT IS ADDED ONTO IT,

AND IT'S CONSTRUCTED VERY MUCH

BY HAND, VERY MUCH LIKE

THIS PIECE HERE,

AND YOU GET THE LOOK OF SILVER,

BUT NOT THE COST OF IT.

SHEFFIELD PLATE HAS A GOOD

MARKET VALUE, VERY, VERY

COLLECTIBLE, AND YOU CAN TELL IT

BY THE COPPER SHOWING THROUGH

IN SOME OF THESE PLACES,

ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGH POINTS.

IN THE 1860s, THE ELECTRIC

BATTERY WAS PERFECTED.

THIS ALLOWED ELECTROPLATING

TO OCCUR.

THIS PIECE DATING FROM AROUND

THE 1900s HAS THE KIND OF MARKS

THAT ONE OFTEN SEES

IN ELECTROPLATING.

THESE FOUR MARKS SEEM

TO INDICATE THAT IT'S STERLING,

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY USED

TO DECEIVE.

SO THESE ELECTROPLATED GOODS

SOMETIMES ARE QUADRUPLE-PLATED

OR MARKED QUADRUPLED

OR TRIPLE-PLATED,

AND THEY CAME IN ALL SORTS

OF SIZES AND SHAPES,

INCLUDING RESTAURANT WARE

AS WELL.

ALL OF THESE PIECES HAVE SOME

VALUE, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS,

AND THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME,

SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF

TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION

AND HOW THEY TARNISH TO GET

TO KNOW WHAT IS SILVER,

WHAT IS SHEFFIELD PLATE,

AND WHAT IS AMERICAN COLONIAL

SILVER.

>> Appraiser: WELL, WELCOME

TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Appraiser: WHAT TREASURE DID

YOU BRING FOR US TODAY?

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT?

>> Guest: NOT A WHOLE LOT.

THIS IS A CLOCK THAT WAS

ON MY MOTHER'S MANTLE.

SHE PASSED AWAY AND THE SIBLINGS

WERE GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE,

AND WE WERE PICKING THINGS THAT

WE LIKED, AND I DID NOT LIKE

THIS.

I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN THIS

CLOCK AT ALL, AND MY WIFE KEPT

SAYING, "BUT IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL."

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE

OSTENTATIOUS AND GAUDY,

AND SHE LOVED THE DING IT MADE

WHEN IT HIT THE HOUR.

SO FINALLY I SAID, "FINE, GO.

YOU CAN HAVE THAT."

THEN SHE STARTED TO SORT OF LOOK

ONLINE TO FIND THEM AND WE

STUMBLED ACROSS THIS PROGRAM,

AND SO WE THOUGHT WE'D BRING IT

IN AND HAVE SOMEBODY TELL US

WHAT IT IS, WHAT WE ACTUALLY

ENDED UP WITH.

>> Appraiser: WELL, IT IS

VERY BEAUTIFUL.

IT IS A THREE-PIECE CLOCK

GARNITURE MEANT FOR THE MANTLE.

IT WAS MANUFACTURED BY A

PRESTIGIOUS PARISIAN FIRM

CALLED MOUGIN, M-O-U-G-I-N,

WHO STARTED IN BUSINESS IN 1852.

ACTUALLY, IT'S INTERESTING,

1852, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE PERIOD

OF THE DEUXIÈME EMPIRE,

THE SECOND EMPIRE.

NAPOLEON III, WHO COMES TO REIGN

IN 1848 AND RULES TO 1870,

AND IT'S IMPORTANT IN

THE THOUGHT OF SECOND EMPIRE,

SECOND FRENCH EMPIRE,

BECAUSE THIS CLOCK INCORPORATES

A NUMBER OF IDIOMS FROM EARLIER

TIMES.

THE MARBLE IS VERDE ALPI SCURO,

IS A GREEN, ITALIAN MARBLE,

AND IT'S MOUNTED WITH ORMOLU.

ORMOLU IS GILT BRONZE.

BUT WHAT IT HAS WITH IT

ARE IDEAS FROM EARLIER PERIODS,

AND THAT'S WHAT NAPOLEON III

WAS DOING, HE WAS MAKING

REFERENCES...

HE WAS MAKING REFERENCES

TO EARLY TIMES AND TO EARLIER

FRENCH MONARCHS.

THIS IS CALLED A PORTICO CLOCK.

OBVIOUSLY, IT HAS

AN ARCHITECTONIC SHAPE,

AND THESE PILLAR FORM THINGS

RELATE BACK TO THE FIRST EMPIRE,

NAPOLEON AND THE FIRST EMPIRE,

AS DOES THIS CLASSICAL URN ON

THE TOP.

THE SHAPE OF IT IS A EMPIRE

OR EMPEER LOOK.

THE FLAME FINIALS HERE ARE

A REFERENCE TO LOUIS SEIZE,

LOUIS XVI.

SO YOU HAVE, AGAIN, MORE

REFERENCES THERE.

AND WHAT YOU HAVE BOBBING BACK

AND FORTH WITH THE PENDULUM

IS THE SUN KING, WHO IS LOUIS

QUATORZE, LOUIS XIV.

SO AGAIN, THESE ARE REFERENCES

THAT A PERSON OF THAT DAY,

CERTAINLY A FRENCH PERSON OF

THE FOURTH-QUARTER 19TH CENTURY,

WOULD RECOGNIZE THESE AND EITHER

ACTIVELY UNDERSTAND THEM

OR INTUITIVELY UNDERSTAND THESE

REFERENCES TO IT.

NOW, IN TODAY'S MARKET,

THESE THINGS ARE BECOMING

A LITTLE LESS, UH...

COLLECTIBLE AS PEOPLE ARE

CHANG -- OR MOVING AWAY FROM

MORE FANCIFUL GOODS,

BUT, NONETHELESS, AT AUCTION,

YOU MIGHT FIND THIS FOR SALE

FOR $1,500, $2,000.

AND SOMEONE'S STORE, AGAIN,

THINK $3,000, $4,000,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS A SALE

VALUE.

>> Guest: OH, OKAY.

>> Appraiser: SO, VERY

BEAUTIFUL, AND THANK YOU

FOR BRINGING IT IN.

>> Guest: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

>> Appraiser: WELCOME

TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

SO WHAT DID YOU BRING FOR US

TODAY?

>> Guest: IT CAN EITHER BE

A WALL HANGING OR A CAMEL COVER

DURING A FESTIVITY.

>> Appraiser: WELL, WHERE'D YOU

GET THIS?

>> Guest: IN HARRODS IN LONDON.

>> Appraiser: HARRODS. AH!

SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THIS?

>> Guest: AT LEAST 20 YEARS.

>> Appraiser: 20 YEARS.

YOU BOUGHT IT AT HARRODS

IN LONDON 20 YEARS AGO?

ACTUALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT IT,

CAMEL AND WALL.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY WOVEN

TO BE USED FOR A WEDDING FEAST,

AND THEY WERE HUNG ON BOTH SIDES

OF A CAMEL FOR THE BRIDE...

Frank Shaia: ...AND THEN SHE

WOULD TAKE IT HOME AND HANG IT

ON A WALL.

SO MOST PEOPLE SAW IT AS A WALL

HANGING, BUT INITIALLY IT WAS

USED AS A CAMEL COVER.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL ASMALYK.

AND ASMALYK IS JUST THIS,

AND IT WAS WOVEN FOR DECORATION.

"MALYK" ACTUALLY MEANS

"HANGING," SO THAT'S WHY

IT'S CALLED AN ASMALYK

BECAUSE IT'S JUST A HANGING.

WHAT'S REALLY NEAT ABOUT THIS

IS, AS YOU SEE, EVEN THE STRING

ON THE TOP, AND THE STRINGS

ON THE SIDE, AND ALL OF

THE TASSELS ARE STILL INTACT,

WHICH MAKES THIS A VERY UNIQUE

PIECE AND A LITTLE MORE SOUGHT

AFTER.

THIS WAS WOVEN IN WHAT IS

NORTHEAST PERSIA, JUST NORTH

OF NORTHEAST PERSIA, IN THE AREA

CALLED TURKOMAN.

SO THIS IS A TURKOMAN ASMALYK,

AND SOMETIMES IF IT WAS WOVEN

A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH,

IT WOULD BE CALLED A YOMUT

ASMALYK, WHICH WOULD BE IN

THE PERSIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER,

BUT THIS IS THE TURKOMAN SIDE.

TURKOMAN IS VERY KNOWN FOR USING

THESE COPPER COLORS THAT YOU SEE

IN HERE, AND, OF COURSE,

THE IVORY.

THESE STARS ARE THE SAME STARS

THAT YOU SEE, IF YOU'VE EVER

HEARD OF A BOKARA RUG.

THIS IS FROM THE SAME AREA

AS THE BOKARA RUG,

AND THE BOKARA USES A MOTIF

SIMILAR TO THIS.

NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO RUGS,

ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS

ABOUT RUGS IS THAT THERE ARE

WHAT WE CALL COMMERCIAL PIECES,

WHICH ARE RUGS THAT PEOPLE BUY

FOR THE FLOOR,

AND THEN THERE'S COLLECTIBLE

PIECES, WHICH ARE PIECES THAT

PEOPLE BUY JUST TO COLLECT.

USUALLY, COLLECTIBLE PIECES WERE

THINGS LIKE THIS,

A WALL HANGING, OR A SADDLEBAG,

OR A BAG FACE, OR A SALT BAG,

OR A GRAIN BAG, OR A BABY

CRADLE, AND THESE ARE WHAT

WE CALL COLLECTIBLE PIECES.

SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT MARKETS

IN THE RUG WORLD.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE COLLECTORS

DON'T USUALLY HAVE AS MUCH MONEY

AS THE PEOPLE THAT BUY THEM

FOR THE FLOORS.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE A PIECE

LIKE THIS, WHICH IS

AESTHETICALLY VERY PLEASING

AND IS IN GREAT SHAPE,

NOW YOU HAVE IT MARKETED IN BOTH

WORLDS.

PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT TO BUY ART

WOULD LIKE THIS.

COLLECTORS WOULD LIKE THIS

BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN VERY GOOD

CONDITION.

SO, 20 YEARS AGO, DO YOU KNOW

ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU PAID FOR IT?

>> Guest: 200 HUNDRED POUNDS,

ROUGHLY.

>> Appraiser: 200 POUNDS,

SO PROBABLY ABOUT $300 DOLLARS,

U.S. DOLLARS.

HAVE YOU HAD IT APPRAISED?

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?

>> Guest: NO, NEVER HAD IT

APPRAISED.

>> Appraiser: WELL, IN THIS

CONDITION...

BY THE WAY, I DATE THIS ABOUT

1925, PROBABLY IN BETWEEN WORLD

WAR I AND WORLD WAR II.

IF IT WERE BEFORE WORLD WAR I,

IT WOULD BE WORTH A LOT MORE,

BUT EVEN BECAUSE IT'S 1925,

I STILL VALUE THIS AT ABOUT

$1,500 TO $2,000,

AND IT WOULD JUST DEPEND...

YOU HAVE TO MARKET IT PROPERLY.

IF YOU MARKETED IT POORLY,

IT MIGHT BRING LESS,

BUT IT ACTUALLY COULD BRING MORE

IF IT WAS MARKETED PROPERLY.

IT'S A VERY GREAT PIECE.

IT'S AN ASMALYK FROM THE

TURKOMAN DISTRICT

OF TURKMENISTAN.

>> Guest: I THINK I'LL JUST

KEEP IT HANGING ON MY WALL.

>> Appraiser: GOOD.

>> Appraiser: WELCOME

TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES.

YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING REALLY

INTERESTING IN TODAY.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT YOU

HAVE?

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

THIS IS A CROCK OFF THE FAMILY

FARM THAT WAS OUTSIDE NIAGARA

FALLS, NEW YORK,

GOING BACK INTO THE 1840s,

AND THEY DID EVERYTHING ON

THE FARM FROM SOUP TO NUTS,

SO TO SPEAK, AND WE ALWAYS

MADE PICKLES IN THIS CROCK.

>> Appraiser: AND YOU REMEMBER

THIS WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD?

>> Guest: ABSOLUTELY. YEP.

PLAYED AROUND IT AND ATE

THE PICKLES.

>> Appraiser: MOST IMPORTANT

PART.

THIS IS A PIECE OF AMERICAN

STONEWARE, AND AMERICAN

STONEWARE WAS THE THING TO USE

IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

IT WAS THE HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT,

THE SORT OF THE TUPPERWARE,

IF YOU WILL, OF THE 19TH

CENTURY.

IT TOOK OVER FROM REDWARE,

WHICH WAS LEAD-GLAZED.

AND THIS HAS A SLIP INSIDE OF IT

THAT'S NOT LEAD.

IT'S OPAQUE, IT'S FIRED AT HIGH

TEMPERATURES, AND IT WAS USED

FOR ANY NUMBER OF THINGS:

PICKLES, BUTTER, CREAM,

ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

THIS IS A FOUR-GALLON JUG.

WE CAN SEE IT, ACTUALLY,

ON THE FRONT HERE,

AND IT HAS ONE OF THE MOST

PROMINENT DECORATION SCHEMES IN

THE 19TH CENTURY, AND THAT'S

COBALT SLIP OR COBALT BLUE.

NOW, THERE WERE TWO --

YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS BECAUSE

I KNOW YOU'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH

ON THIS A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO PUT

SLIP ON IN THE 19TH CENTURY.

ONE IS TO DO IT BY HAND.

THE OTHER IS TO DO IT

BY STENCIL.

THE HAND PIECES, OR THE HAND-

DONE PIECES, ARE THE MORE

DESIRABLE.

AND AS WE CAN LOOK, THIS HAS

A HAND-DONE BIRD ON THE FRONT,

AND IT WAS MADE BY THE CHARLES

W. BRAUN COMPANY OF BUFFALO,

NEW YORK, AND BRAUN WAS

IN BUSINESS FROM ABOUT 1857

TO ABOUT 1896,

SO HIS PIECES ARE WELL-KNOWN,

AND WE HAVE LOTS OF RECORDS

ON PIECES THAT ARE BEING SOLD.

BUT IT'S -- WHAT'S REALLY

INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PIECE,

AGAIN, IS THIS BIRD.

AS WE LOOK AT IT,

IT'S A HAND-DESIGNED BIRD.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE CALLED

PARTRIDGES.

IT'S GOT A LITTLE SWIRL

UNDERNEATH OF IT IN THE LEAF

THAT IT'S STANDING IN,

AND THEN THE FOUR IS NICELY MADE

HERE, ON THE SIDE OF THE BIRD,

UNDERNEATH THE STAMPED DESIGN

OF THE MAKER.

AND IT'S GOT TWO LUG HANDLES,

AND THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT

BECAUSE WHEN THESE ARE FILLED,

THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE.

WHATEVER WOULD'VE BEEN IN HERE;

PICKLES, CREAM, WHATEVER,

WOULD'VE BEEN COVERED BY SOME

SORT OF LEATHER OR SOME SORT

OF ANIMAL SKIN, AND THEN TIED,

AND SOMETIMES THESE WERE STORED

IN THE SPRINGHOUSES OR IN

THE CELLARS.

DOES THAT KIND OF FIT...

>> Guest: THAT'S WHERE

THE CROCKS ALL WERE,

IN A SPRINGHOUSE.

>> Appraiser: WHAT WE SEE WITH

THOSE IS THE WATERMARK,

AND WE DON'T SEE THAT HERE,

SO THE CONDITION OF THIS PIECE

IS REALLY NICE.

WE SEE A COUPLE OF WEAR MARKS

FROM THE KILN ON THE TOP,

AND THAT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.

THE GLAZE INSIDE IS PRISTINE.

THAT'S VERY NICE.

NOW, THERE ARE GREAT RANGES

ON THESE THINGS.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD THIS APPRAISED

BEFORE?

>> Guest: I'VE NEVER HAD IT

APPRAISED.

I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT

OF RESEARCH, AND I'D JUST SEE

A WIDE RANGE OF VALUES,

SO I DIDN'T CONCLUDE ANYTHING,

AND THAT'S WHY I CAME TODAY.

>> Appraiser: OKAY, WELL,

WE'RE GLAD YOU DID BECAUSE

THE RANGE ON THESE PIECES,

AND PARTICULARLY WITH BRAUN,

IS THAT YOU CAN BE IN THE LOW

HUNDREDS, $250 TO ABOUT $500,

AND THEN THERE'S A GREAT JUMP,

DEPENDING ON THE DECORATION.

IN THE RESEARCH THAT WE WERE

ABLE TO DO, WE SAW A COUPLE

OF THESE, ONE OF WHICH HAD

BEEN SOLD LOCALLY IN 2008,

AND THAT SOLD FOR ABOUT $13,000.

IT WAS ALL IN THE BIRD

DECORATIONS.

SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT

AN IMPORTANT CROCK HERE.

ONE WITH A LION WAS SOLD

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO

AT SOTHEBY'S, AND THAT SOLD

IN THE $20,000 RANGE.

SO, IN LOOKING AT THE INTEREST

OF THE DECORATION, THE HISTORY,

AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS

IN VERY, VERY GOOD CONDITION,

I WOULD CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATE

FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES OF BEING

SOMEWHERE IN THE

$13K TO $15,000 RANGE WITH THIS

PARTICULAR BIRD.

>> Guest: WOW! OKAY.

>> Appraiser: I THINK IT'S AN

EXQUISITE CROCK,

AND THE FACT THAT IT'S A FAMILY

PIECE WITH THE HISTORY THAT YOU

PRESENTED MAKES IT ALL THE MORE

INTERESTING.

>> Guest: THAT'S GREAT.

I GUESS WE WON'T STORE UMBRELLAS

IN IT ANYMORE.

>> Appraiser: YEAH, DON'T DO

THAT.

BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN.

IT'S A GREAT PIECE.

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Host: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED

OUR EXPLORATION OF WHAT'S RARE

AND WONDERFUL IN THE CHESAPEAKE.

HERE'S A PEEK AT NEXT WEEK'S

SHOW...

>> Appraiser: AND I'VE GOT

TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT EASY

TO FIND COMPARABLES FOR PIECES

LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE

SO WELL DONE.

>> Guest: IT'S VERY UNIQUE.

>> Appraiser: WHAT I THINK IS

SO NEAT ABOUT YOUR COLLECTION

IS THE GREAT DISTANCE IN TIME

THAT YOU HAVE IN THE WAY

YOU'VE COLLECTED THEM.

>> Appraiser: THIS IS SO

EXCITING.

IT'S JUST BEYOND ANYTHING I CAN

FATHOM WHEN HIGH-QUALITY, LOCAL,

SLAVERY, CIVIL WAR-ERA CONTENT

COMES IN.

>> SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

I'M RHEA FEIKIN.

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