1 00:00:00,834 --> 00:00:02,236 >> Host: COMING UP ON 2 00:00:02,336 --> 00:00:04,304 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES ... 3 00:00:04,371 --> 00:00:05,372 >> Appraiser: I THINK 4 00:00:05,439 --> 00:00:06,440 IT'S AN EXQUISITE CROCK. 5 00:00:06,507 --> 00:00:07,474 >> Guest: THAT'S GREAT. 6 00:00:07,541 --> 00:00:08,609 I GUESS WE WON'T STORE UMBRELLAS 7 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:09,843 IN IT ANYMORE. 8 00:00:09,910 --> 00:00:11,144 >> Appraiser: TO HAVE THE FIELD 9 00:00:11,211 --> 00:00:12,513 MANUAL FOR THE CAPTAIN, 10 00:00:12,579 --> 00:00:13,981 WHO LATER BECAME ONE OF 11 00:00:14,047 --> 00:00:15,382 THE SOUTH'S GREATEST HEROES, 12 00:00:15,449 --> 00:00:16,717 YOU REALLY FOUND SOMETHING 13 00:00:16,783 --> 00:00:18,385 IN A GARAGE SALE. 14 00:00:18,452 --> 00:00:19,486 >> Appraiser: WHAT'S REALLY NEAT 15 00:00:19,553 --> 00:00:21,088 ABOUT THIS IS, EVEN THE STRING 16 00:00:21,154 --> 00:00:22,256 ON THE TOP, AND THE STRINGS 17 00:00:22,322 --> 00:00:23,524 ON THE SIDE, AND ALL OF 18 00:00:23,590 --> 00:00:25,158 THE TASSELS ARE STILL INTACT, 19 00:00:25,225 --> 00:00:27,728 WHICH MAKES THIS A VERY UNIQUE 20 00:00:27,794 --> 00:00:28,629 PIECE AND A LITTLE MORE SOUGHT 21 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:29,763 AFTER. 22 00:00:30,330 --> 00:00:34,167 [TROLLEY BELL RINGS] 23 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:39,773 [HORSE HOOVES CLOPPING] 24 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:40,707 [TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS] 25 00:00:42,009 --> 00:00:42,609 [STEAM RISES] 26 00:00:43,944 --> 00:00:45,546 CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY MARYLAND RELAY, 27 00:00:45,646 --> 00:00:47,414 EMPOWERING THOSE WHO ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING, 28 00:00:47,514 --> 00:00:49,516 OR SPEECH DISABLED TO STAY CONNECTED BY PHONE. 29 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:00,394 >> Announcer: FUNDING FOR 30 00:01:00,494 --> 00:01:01,628 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES 31 00:01:01,695 --> 00:01:02,829 IS PROVIDED IN PART 32 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:04,131 BY ROLAND PARK PLACE. 33 00:01:04,197 --> 00:01:05,399 A BOUTIQUE-STYLE CONTINUING 34 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:06,667 CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 35 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:07,901 OFFERING INDEPENDENT LIVING, 36 00:01:07,968 --> 00:01:09,603 ASSISTED LIVING, AND SKILLED 37 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:10,003 NURSING. 38 00:01:10,070 --> 00:01:12,105 IN THE HEART OF NORTHERN 39 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:12,940 BALTIMORE CITY. 40 00:01:13,006 --> 00:01:14,207 FOR MORE INFORMATION, 41 00:01:14,274 --> 00:01:15,275 ROLANDPARKPLACE.ORG. 42 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:17,711 AND BY THE OMINSKI FAMILY 43 00:01:17,778 --> 00:01:18,845 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. 44 00:01:19,479 --> 00:01:20,714 AND BY THE LAW OFFICES 45 00:01:20,781 --> 00:01:22,583 OF MICHAEL HODES. 46 00:01:22,649 --> 00:01:23,717 A FAMILY-CENTERED LAW FIRM 47 00:01:23,784 --> 00:01:25,118 HELPING FAMILIES IN THE AREAS 48 00:01:25,185 --> 00:01:26,153 OF ESTATE PLANNING, 49 00:01:26,219 --> 00:01:27,154 WEALTH PRESERVATION, 50 00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:28,422 ELDER CARE, 51 00:01:28,488 --> 00:01:29,723 AND ASSET PROTECTION. 52 00:01:29,790 --> 00:01:31,358 WITH OFFICES IN TOWSON, 53 00:01:31,425 --> 00:01:32,593 COLUMBIA, EASTON, CAMBRIDGE, 54 00:01:32,659 --> 00:01:33,393 AND SALISBURY. 55 00:01:38,999 --> 00:01:40,233 >> Host: WELCOME BACK 56 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:41,234 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES , 57 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:44,071 MPT'S EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF HISTORY 58 00:01:44,137 --> 00:01:45,539 AND ITS TREASURES. 59 00:01:45,606 --> 00:01:48,141 I'M YOUR HOST, RHEA FEIKIN. 60 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:49,509 AS YOU WELL KNOW, PUBLIC 61 00:01:49,576 --> 00:01:50,978 TELEVISION VIEWERS ARE INQUIRING 62 00:01:51,044 --> 00:01:52,913 BY NATURE, AND FIND MEANING 63 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:55,515 IN THE STORIES OF THE PAST. 64 00:01:55,582 --> 00:01:57,684 JUST LOOK AROUND THE STUDIO. 65 00:01:57,751 --> 00:01:59,419 THERE'S AN ASTONISHING ARRAY 66 00:01:59,486 --> 00:02:00,721 OF HIGH-QUALITY HEIRLOOMS 67 00:02:00,787 --> 00:02:02,022 BROUGHT HERE TODAY. 68 00:02:02,089 --> 00:02:04,658 LET'S EXPLORE, SHALL WE? 69 00:02:04,725 --> 00:02:05,726 >> Appraiser: THANK YOU 70 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:06,793 FOR COMING TODAY. 71 00:02:06,860 --> 00:02:09,329 COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 72 00:02:09,396 --> 00:02:11,164 ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE? 73 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:13,333 >> Guest: WELL, IT'S A PAINTING 74 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:14,434 BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER, 75 00:02:14,501 --> 00:02:15,535 OR CLEMENTINE HUNTER, 76 00:02:15,602 --> 00:02:17,704 WHO WAS THE BLACK GRANDMA MOSES, 77 00:02:17,771 --> 00:02:19,906 AND IT'S A PAINTING THAT WAS 78 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:22,075 DONE, I GUESS, AROUND THE '70s 79 00:02:22,142 --> 00:02:23,543 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 80 00:02:23,610 --> 00:02:25,712 SHE, AT THAT AGE, WAS PROBABLY 81 00:02:25,779 --> 00:02:27,881 CLOSE TO 80, AND SHE STARTED 82 00:02:27,948 --> 00:02:29,716 PAINTING EARLY IN HER LIFE 83 00:02:29,783 --> 00:02:31,151 AND JUST NEVER STOPPED. 84 00:02:31,218 --> 00:02:32,986 >> Appraiser: OKAY, YOU KNOW, 85 00:02:33,053 --> 00:02:35,155 I'M EXCITED, SO I JUST HAVE 86 00:02:35,222 --> 00:02:36,990 TO JUST CUT YOU OFF, 87 00:02:37,057 --> 00:02:39,159 OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO. 88 00:02:39,226 --> 00:02:40,627 SHE CALLED HERSELF CLEMENTINE 89 00:02:40,694 --> 00:02:40,994 HUNTER. 90 00:02:41,061 --> 00:02:42,095 >> Guest: YES. 91 00:02:42,162 --> 00:02:44,631 >> Appraiser: AND SO I JUST HAVE 92 00:02:44,698 --> 00:02:46,800 TO TELL YOU THAT IN 2011, 93 00:02:46,867 --> 00:02:48,635 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 94 00:02:48,702 --> 00:02:50,070 EVALUATE A WONDERFUL COLLECTION 95 00:02:50,137 --> 00:02:51,538 OF ORIGINAL CLEMENTINE HUNTERS. 96 00:02:51,605 --> 00:02:53,707 SHE IS A ICONIC FIGURE IN 97 00:02:53,774 --> 00:02:55,175 CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN FOLK ART. 98 00:02:55,242 --> 00:02:57,010 SHE WAS NOT PROPERLY EDUCATED. 99 00:02:57,077 --> 00:02:59,179 SHE LIVED TO BE ABOUT 100 100 00:02:59,246 --> 00:03:02,315 TO 101, WITH HER DEATH IN 1988. 101 00:03:02,382 --> 00:03:04,685 AND I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT 102 00:03:04,751 --> 00:03:06,153 ONE OF HER FAVORITE QUOTES THAT 103 00:03:06,219 --> 00:03:07,421 I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU, 104 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:08,955 IT'S JUST PERFECT. 105 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:10,490 SHE WOULD SAY, "GOD PUTS THOSE 106 00:03:10,557 --> 00:03:12,325 PICTURES IN MY HEAD, 107 00:03:12,392 --> 00:03:14,194 AND I JUST PUTS THEM ON CANVAS 108 00:03:14,261 --> 00:03:16,396 LIKE HE WANTS ME TO." 109 00:03:16,463 --> 00:03:17,798 >> Guest: WONDERFUL. 110 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:18,932 >> Appraiser: AND THIS IS JUST 111 00:03:18,999 --> 00:03:20,400 AN EXAMPLE OF HER VERY 112 00:03:20,467 --> 00:03:21,868 SIMPLISTIC, COMFORTABLE, 113 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:23,370 NATURE-RELATED SCENE OF SOME 114 00:03:23,437 --> 00:03:25,172 BIRDS. 115 00:03:25,238 --> 00:03:27,841 YOU SEE SOME CROPS GROWING, 116 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:29,943 AND MAYBE SOME CHICKENS RIGHT 117 00:03:30,010 --> 00:03:31,912 HERE DOING SOMETHING. 118 00:03:31,978 --> 00:03:33,513 THIS IS A AUTHENTIC PIECE 119 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:34,681 THAT'S SIGNED RIGHT HERE. 120 00:03:34,748 --> 00:03:36,450 HER WORK IS SO DESIRED 121 00:03:36,516 --> 00:03:38,018 THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SPENT 122 00:03:38,085 --> 00:03:39,720 DECADES FORGING HER WORK AND 123 00:03:39,786 --> 00:03:41,588 SELLING IT INTO THE MARKETPLACE. 124 00:03:41,655 --> 00:03:43,090 LET ME JUST TELL YOU THIS. 125 00:03:43,156 --> 00:03:44,458 CLEMENTINE HUNTER, 126 00:03:44,524 --> 00:03:46,493 IN MY ESTIMATION, NEXT TO SISTER 127 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:47,994 GERTRUDE MORGAN, ARE TWO OF 128 00:03:48,061 --> 00:03:49,629 THE LEADING, FEMALE, AFRICAN- 129 00:03:49,696 --> 00:03:51,932 AMERICAN, OUTSIDE FOLK ARTISTS, 130 00:03:51,998 --> 00:03:53,734 WHO ARE VERY DESIRABLE AND HAVE 131 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,969 CROSSOVER APPEAL TO THE ARTIST, 132 00:03:56,036 --> 00:03:57,471 THE SOUTHERN COLLECTOR, 133 00:03:57,537 --> 00:03:59,372 THE FEMALE COLLECTOR, 134 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:02,075 AND JUST PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT 135 00:04:02,142 --> 00:04:04,511 DID NOT GET FORMAL TRAINING. 136 00:04:04,578 --> 00:04:05,979 SO, WITH ALL THAT SAID, 137 00:04:06,046 --> 00:04:07,214 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW THAT 138 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,116 THIS IS WORTH BETWEEN $6,500 139 00:04:09,182 --> 00:04:11,418 TO $9,000? 140 00:04:11,485 --> 00:04:12,652 >> Guest: AMAZED. 141 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:13,587 >> Appraiser: THANK YOU VERY 142 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:14,521 MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR 143 00:04:14,588 --> 00:04:15,555 CLEMENTINE HUNTER PAINTING. 144 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:16,690 >> Guest: OH, THANK YOU 145 00:04:16,757 --> 00:04:17,424 VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. 146 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:24,765 >> Appraiser: WELL, THANK YOU 147 00:04:24,831 --> 00:04:26,299 FOR COMING IN TO CHESAPEAKE 148 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:26,933 COLLECTIBLES TODAY. 149 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,468 WE'VE GOT A DELIGHTFUL THING 150 00:04:28,535 --> 00:04:29,402 ON THE DAIS. 151 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:31,571 CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 152 00:04:31,638 --> 00:04:33,140 ABOUT WHAT YOU BROUGHT OUT 153 00:04:33,206 --> 00:04:33,440 TODAY? 154 00:04:33,507 --> 00:04:36,309 >> Guest: IT WAS A LITTLE MUSIC 155 00:04:36,376 --> 00:04:38,378 BOX THAT I REMEMBER LOVING 156 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:40,013 AS A SMALL CHILD, 157 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,916 AND IT BELONGED TO A VERY OLD 158 00:04:42,983 --> 00:04:43,316 LADY. 159 00:04:43,383 --> 00:04:45,152 I REMEMBER BEING TAKEN INTO 160 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:46,653 HER APARTMENT IN BOSTON, 161 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,288 >> Appraiser: OKAY. 162 00:04:48,355 --> 00:04:49,723 >> Guest: AND SHE WOULD BRING 163 00:04:49,790 --> 00:04:50,857 THIS OUT TO SHOW YOUNG CHILDREN 164 00:04:50,924 --> 00:04:52,092 WHO CAME BECAUSE... 165 00:04:52,159 --> 00:04:53,226 >> Appraiser: WONDERFUL. 166 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:54,294 >> Guest: ...IT WAS SO 167 00:04:54,361 --> 00:04:55,695 ENTERTAINING, AND... 168 00:04:55,762 --> 00:04:56,696 >> Appraiser: AND THE REASON 169 00:04:56,763 --> 00:04:57,697 IT'S ENTERTAINING, YOU'RE RIGHT, 170 00:04:57,764 --> 00:04:59,766 IT IS A FORM OF A MUSIC BOX, 171 00:04:59,833 --> 00:05:01,301 AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN 172 00:05:01,368 --> 00:05:02,302 DELICATELY DEMONSTRATE HERE 173 00:05:02,369 --> 00:05:03,403 WHY IT IS OF SUCH INTEREST, 174 00:05:03,470 --> 00:05:04,471 AND THAT IS, THIS LEVER HERE 175 00:05:04,538 --> 00:05:08,074 WILL BRING OPEN 176 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:12,045 AND HAVE POP UP A BIRD. 177 00:05:12,112 --> 00:05:14,748 >> Guest: RIGHT. 178 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:16,483 >> G. Amory LeCuyer, Appraiser: 179 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:18,952 AND THIS IS A FORM OF WHAT 180 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:20,687 WE WOULD CALL AN AUTOMATON. 181 00:05:20,754 --> 00:05:22,422 AN AUTOMATON WAS AN ANIMAL 182 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:24,191 OR OTHER TYPE OF, PERHAPS 183 00:05:24,257 --> 00:05:25,592 PERSON, CHARACTER, WHO IS 184 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:27,327 WORKING OFF OF THE SAME 185 00:05:27,394 --> 00:05:29,563 PRINCIPLE AS A MUSIC BOX DOES 186 00:05:29,629 --> 00:05:31,598 IN THE CLOCKWORK MECHANISM 187 00:05:31,665 --> 00:05:34,100 THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOX. 188 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:36,536 BUT THIS HAS EVEN MORE GOING ON 189 00:05:36,603 --> 00:05:39,606 HERE THAN THAT, BECAUSE WE ALSO 190 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:41,208 HAVE THE CLOCK IN THE FRONT, 191 00:05:41,274 --> 00:05:44,377 WHICH IS A KEY-WIND CLOCK, 192 00:05:44,444 --> 00:05:47,180 AND IT'S UNUSUAL TO SEE THE BOX, 193 00:05:47,247 --> 00:05:50,951 THE CLOCK, AND THE AUTOMATON 194 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:53,086 BIRD ALL AS A PART OF THIS. 195 00:05:53,153 --> 00:05:54,421 NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE HAVE 196 00:05:54,487 --> 00:05:57,123 INCREDIBLE ARTISTRY THAT'S GONE 197 00:05:57,190 --> 00:05:58,525 INTO THE CREATION OF THIS 198 00:05:58,592 --> 00:06:02,095 BECAUSE WE HAVE BOTH ENAMELING 199 00:06:02,162 --> 00:06:04,364 THAT'S GOING ALL OVER THE TOP 200 00:06:04,431 --> 00:06:05,932 OF THE CASE, AS WELL AS ON 201 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:07,601 THE INSIDE OF THE LID. 202 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:10,437 IT'S A BOX THAT'S IN STERLING. 203 00:06:10,503 --> 00:06:11,838 LIKELY, IT'S COMING OUT OF 204 00:06:11,905 --> 00:06:13,206 ONE OF TWO COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. 205 00:06:13,273 --> 00:06:14,307 IT'S COMING OUT OF EITHER 206 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:16,810 GERMANY OR AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND 207 00:06:16,877 --> 00:06:20,080 PERHAPS EVEN, COMING AROUND 208 00:06:20,146 --> 00:06:24,718 THE EARLY PART OF THE 1900s. 209 00:06:24,784 --> 00:06:26,119 AND WE TALKED, I THINK, EARLIER, 210 00:06:26,186 --> 00:06:28,588 THE BOX ITSELF IS NOT WORKING 211 00:06:28,655 --> 00:06:29,856 RIGHT NOW. 212 00:06:29,923 --> 00:06:30,857 >> Guest: RIGHT, BECAUSE 213 00:06:30,924 --> 00:06:32,158 THE BIRD WOULD SING. 214 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:33,126 >> Appraiser: THE BIRD WOULD 215 00:06:33,193 --> 00:06:34,194 SING, AND ACTUALLY ITS BEAK 216 00:06:34,261 --> 00:06:36,396 WOULD MOVE. 217 00:06:36,463 --> 00:06:38,531 AND IT'S JUST AN ABSOLUTELY 218 00:06:38,598 --> 00:06:39,532 MARVELOUS MECHANISM WHEN IT CAN 219 00:06:39,599 --> 00:06:41,635 WORK. 220 00:06:41,701 --> 00:06:43,236 NOW, A GOOD JEWELER QUITE LIKELY 221 00:06:43,303 --> 00:06:44,404 COULD PUT IT INTO WORKING 222 00:06:44,471 --> 00:06:45,672 CONDITION. 223 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:46,907 >> Guest: OH, OKAY. 224 00:06:46,973 --> 00:06:48,241 EVEN IN THIS COUNTRY? 225 00:06:48,308 --> 00:06:49,109 >> Appraiser: EVEN IN 226 00:06:49,175 --> 00:06:50,510 THIS COUNTRY, YES. 227 00:06:50,577 --> 00:06:52,212 IF THE BIRD WERE WORKING AND 228 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:52,746 ABLE TO SING, AND ITS BEAK 229 00:06:52,812 --> 00:06:54,147 MOVE ALONG WITH IT, 230 00:06:54,214 --> 00:06:56,049 GIVEN THE PORCELAIN THAT'S HERE, 231 00:06:56,116 --> 00:06:58,151 GIVEN THAT IT'S SET IN STERLING 232 00:06:58,218 --> 00:07:01,121 WITH THE CLOCK ON THE FRONT, 233 00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:03,290 WHICH IS A KEY-WIND CLOCK, 234 00:07:03,356 --> 00:07:04,991 WHICH IS INCREDIBLY INTERESTING 235 00:07:05,058 --> 00:07:07,627 TO ME, I WOULD PUT THIS, 236 00:07:07,694 --> 00:07:09,129 AS AN AUCTION ESTIMATE, 237 00:07:09,195 --> 00:07:10,764 SOMEWHERE IN THE $3K TO $4,000 238 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:12,565 RANGE. 239 00:07:12,632 --> 00:07:14,734 IT'S AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER. 240 00:07:14,801 --> 00:07:15,869 AND THIS WAS A FAMILY MEMBER, 241 00:07:15,936 --> 00:07:16,903 I THINK, THAT YOU SAID HAPPENED 242 00:07:16,970 --> 00:07:18,271 TO HAVE IT? 243 00:07:18,338 --> 00:07:19,706 >> Guest: YES, AND A LOT OF 244 00:07:19,773 --> 00:07:20,907 LITTLE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY 245 00:07:20,974 --> 00:07:22,409 ENJOYED... 246 00:07:22,475 --> 00:07:23,543 >> Appraiser: OH, I'M SURE. 247 00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:24,744 >> Guest: ...HAVING THE BIRD 248 00:07:24,811 --> 00:07:25,946 PERFORM FOR THEM. 249 00:07:26,012 --> 00:07:27,314 >> Appraiser: WELL, THE LAST 250 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:28,415 THING YOU'D REALLY EXPECT 251 00:07:28,481 --> 00:07:30,617 IN THIS IS FOR THE LID TO POP 252 00:07:30,684 --> 00:07:32,519 OPEN AND A BIRD TO COME OUT. 253 00:07:32,585 --> 00:07:33,887 IN OTHER VERSIONS OF THIS, 254 00:07:33,954 --> 00:07:35,522 WE'VE HEARD THE SONG "THE BIRD 255 00:07:35,588 --> 00:07:36,623 IN THE GILDED CAGE." 256 00:07:36,690 --> 00:07:37,724 THAT BIRD, THE ORIGINAL, 257 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:38,825 WAS INDEED AN AUTOMATON 258 00:07:38,892 --> 00:07:40,193 THAT ALSO HAD THE CLOCKWORK 259 00:07:40,260 --> 00:07:40,460 MECHANISM. 260 00:07:40,527 --> 00:07:42,495 BUT ABSOLUTELY A WONDERFUL 261 00:07:42,562 --> 00:07:43,763 PIECE, AND THE FIRST ONE, 262 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:44,965 I THINK, WE'VE EVER HAD 263 00:07:45,031 --> 00:07:46,099 ON CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 264 00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:46,933 >> Guest: OH, WONDERFUL. 265 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:47,734 >> Appraiser: THANK YOU 266 00:07:47,801 --> 00:07:48,601 FOR BRINGING IT OUT TODAY. 267 00:07:48,668 --> 00:07:49,302 >> Guest: THANK YOU SO MUCH 268 00:07:49,369 --> 00:07:50,503 FOR TELLING ME ABOUT IT. 269 00:07:55,575 --> 00:07:57,043 >> Appraiser: WELCOME TO 270 00:07:57,143 --> 00:07:57,777 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 271 00:07:57,844 --> 00:07:59,312 WHAT DID YOU BRING? 272 00:07:59,379 --> 00:08:00,814 >> Guest: WELL, THIS IS AN ARMY 273 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,315 FIELD MANUAL, PRINTED AT WEST 274 00:08:02,382 --> 00:08:04,117 POINT, THAT I BOUGHT AT A YARD 275 00:08:04,184 --> 00:08:06,386 SALE MANY YEARS AGO, AND NOTICED 276 00:08:06,453 --> 00:08:08,521 INSIDE THAT IT HAD AN OFFICER'S 277 00:08:08,588 --> 00:08:10,857 NAME, AND IT SAID, 278 00:08:10,924 --> 00:08:14,794 "CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA" 279 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:15,895 AND THE OFFICER'S NAME WAS 280 00:08:15,962 --> 00:08:18,031 ANDERSON. 281 00:08:18,098 --> 00:08:19,432 I ALSO HAVE SOME BALLOON VIEWS 282 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:19,899 OF WASHINGTON. 283 00:08:19,966 --> 00:08:21,067 SO IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. 284 00:08:21,134 --> 00:08:22,802 >> Allan Stypeck, Appraiser: 285 00:08:22,869 --> 00:08:25,438 WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE. 286 00:08:25,505 --> 00:08:27,173 IT IS NOT ANDERSON, 287 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,342 BUT E.P. ALEXANDER, WHO WAS 288 00:08:29,409 --> 00:08:31,111 THE PREEMINENT BALLOON ENGINEER 289 00:08:31,177 --> 00:08:34,147 IN THE UNION ARMY, WHO LEFT -- 290 00:08:34,214 --> 00:08:36,349 RESIGNED FROM THE UNION ARMY 291 00:08:36,416 --> 00:08:38,952 IN 1861 TO JOIN THE CONFEDERACY. 292 00:08:39,019 --> 00:08:41,588 HE IS WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS TACTICS 293 00:08:41,654 --> 00:08:43,790 IN THE USE OF BALLOONS 294 00:08:43,857 --> 00:08:45,992 FOR BOTH SURVEILLANCE AND FOR 295 00:08:46,059 --> 00:08:46,893 AERIAL BOMBARDMENT, 296 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,628 BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALEXANDER 297 00:08:48,695 --> 00:08:51,264 WAS THE ARTILLERY -- THE HEAD 298 00:08:51,331 --> 00:08:53,466 OF THE ARTILLERY BARRAGE THAT 299 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:55,668 COVERED PICKETT AT THE CHARGE 300 00:08:55,735 --> 00:08:56,569 AT GETTYSBURG. 301 00:08:56,636 --> 00:08:59,205 THIS IS A REALLY NICE ITEM. 302 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:01,474 >> Guest: WOW! 303 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:03,476 >> Appraiser: TO HAVE THE FIELD 304 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:05,145 MANUAL FOR THE CAPTAIN OF 305 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:06,479 ENGINEERING FOR THE CONFEDERACY, 306 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,148 WHO LATER BECAME A BRIGADIER 307 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:10,150 GENERAL, AND ONE OF THE SOUTH'S 308 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:10,817 GREATEST HEROES, 309 00:09:10,884 --> 00:09:12,152 YOU REALLY FOUND SOMETHING 310 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:14,687 REALLY GREAT IN A GARAGE SALE. 311 00:09:14,754 --> 00:09:16,322 I MEAN, THE FACT THAT -- 312 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:18,258 THE GREAT PART ABOUT IT 313 00:09:18,324 --> 00:09:20,794 IS IT'S INSCRIBED AS "CAPTAIN, 314 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:22,862 ENGINEER, C.S.A., ARMY OF 315 00:09:22,929 --> 00:09:24,364 THE POTOMAC, CONFEDERATE." 316 00:09:24,431 --> 00:09:27,434 WHICH WAS A VERY EARLY ARMY. 317 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:29,335 AND THEN AGAIN IT SAYS, 318 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:31,604 "E.P. ALEXANDER" HERE, 319 00:09:31,671 --> 00:09:33,506 "CAPTAIN, ENGINEER, C.S.A.," 320 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:35,875 USING THE U.S. ARMY FIELD 321 00:09:35,942 --> 00:09:37,677 MANUAL, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED 322 00:09:37,744 --> 00:09:39,546 THE SAME YEAR THAT HE JOINED 323 00:09:39,612 --> 00:09:41,514 THE CONFEDERACY. 324 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:42,282 HAVE YOU EVER HAD THIS 325 00:09:42,348 --> 00:09:42,982 APPRAISED? 326 00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:43,917 >> Guest: NO, I HAVEN'T. 327 00:09:43,983 --> 00:09:44,484 >> Appraiser: OKAY. 328 00:09:44,551 --> 00:09:45,752 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU 329 00:09:45,819 --> 00:09:46,486 THINK THIS IS WORTH? 330 00:09:46,553 --> 00:09:47,954 >> Guest: I DON'T KNOW. 331 00:09:48,021 --> 00:09:48,955 A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS? 332 00:09:49,022 --> 00:09:50,190 I HAVE NO IDEA. 333 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,224 >> Appraiser: WHAT DID YOU PAY 334 00:09:51,291 --> 00:09:52,625 FOR THIS? 335 00:09:52,692 --> 00:09:53,626 >> Guest: IT WAS EITHER 336 00:09:53,693 --> 00:09:54,627 A QUARTER OR A DOLLAR AND 337 00:09:54,694 --> 00:09:56,029 A QUARTER. 338 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:57,230 IT WAS NOT -- IT WAS WELL UNDER 339 00:09:57,297 --> 00:09:58,131 TWO BUCKS. 340 00:09:58,198 --> 00:09:59,232 >> Appraiser: WOW! 341 00:09:59,299 --> 00:10:00,467 I WOULD PROBABLY PRICE THIS 342 00:10:00,533 --> 00:10:01,835 ANYWHERE BETWEEN $4K AND $5,000. 343 00:10:01,901 --> 00:10:03,236 >> Guest: OH MY GOD. 344 00:10:03,303 --> 00:10:04,571 >> Appraiser: YEAH. 345 00:10:04,637 --> 00:10:06,072 THIS IS A REALLY GREAT ITEM. 346 00:10:06,139 --> 00:10:08,041 I MEAN, TO HAVE ALEXANDER'S 347 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:10,243 FIELD MANUAL, A CONFEDERATE 348 00:10:10,310 --> 00:10:12,879 GENERAL FAMOUS FOR PICKETT'S 349 00:10:12,946 --> 00:10:14,747 CHARGE, FAMOUS FOR HIS BALLOON 350 00:10:14,814 --> 00:10:15,949 TACTICS. 351 00:10:16,015 --> 00:10:17,117 I MEAN, THIS IS ONE OF 352 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:18,284 THE ICONIC MEMBERS OF 353 00:10:18,351 --> 00:10:19,185 THE CONFEDERACY. 354 00:10:19,252 --> 00:10:20,820 >> Guest: WOW! 355 00:10:20,887 --> 00:10:23,223 >> Appraiser: VERY COOL BUY. 356 00:10:25,992 --> 00:10:27,427 >> Rhea: IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING 357 00:10:27,494 --> 00:10:29,395 TO DISCOVER HOW DAILY LIFE WAS 358 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:30,897 SO DIFFERENT BEFORE THE MODERN 359 00:10:30,964 --> 00:10:32,732 ERA OF MASS PRODUCTION. 360 00:10:32,799 --> 00:10:34,134 HERE TO SHOW US SOME OF 361 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:35,802 THE MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION 362 00:10:35,869 --> 00:10:37,337 TECHNIQUES OF METALS FROM 363 00:10:37,403 --> 00:10:40,640 THE PAST IS APPRAISER ED MORENO. 364 00:10:40,707 --> 00:10:41,975 >> Ed Moreno, Appraiser: 365 00:10:42,041 --> 00:10:43,943 I BROUGHT A SELECTION OF SILVER 366 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:45,612 AND SILVER-PLATED GOODS TO TAKE 367 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:47,280 A LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION 368 00:10:47,347 --> 00:10:49,282 OF SOME OF THEM, AND ALSO 369 00:10:49,349 --> 00:10:51,251 THE WAY -- HOW THEY WEAR, 370 00:10:51,317 --> 00:10:52,919 SOME PATTERNS OF WEAR AND 371 00:10:52,986 --> 00:10:53,586 OF TARNISH. 372 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:55,255 STARTING WITH THE OLDEST PIECE, 373 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:56,890 THIS IS A CREAMER MADE 374 00:10:56,956 --> 00:10:58,224 IN PHILADELPHIA BY WILLIAM 375 00:10:58,291 --> 00:10:59,225 HOLLINGSHEAD, AROUND 1770. 376 00:10:59,292 --> 00:11:01,327 THIS IS AMERICAN COIN SILVER, 377 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:02,128 AND IT TARNISHES -- 378 00:11:02,195 --> 00:11:03,396 IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND 379 00:11:03,463 --> 00:11:04,998 A PIECE LIKE THIS IN THE 380 00:11:05,064 --> 00:11:06,299 MARKETPLACE, YOU'LL FIND THERE'S 381 00:11:06,366 --> 00:11:08,001 VERY, VERY DARK, ALMOST BLACK 382 00:11:08,067 --> 00:11:09,435 TARNISH, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE 383 00:11:09,502 --> 00:11:11,004 LOOKING FOR IN A PIECE, 384 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:12,338 AN 18TH CENTURY PIECE 385 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:13,673 OF AMERICAN SILVER. 386 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:14,674 VERY TRADITIONAL PIECE. 387 00:11:14,741 --> 00:11:15,909 AGAIN, MADE IN PHILADELPHIA 388 00:11:15,975 --> 00:11:18,411 IN THE 1770s. 389 00:11:18,478 --> 00:11:20,180 A LITTLE WHILE LATER, 390 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:22,115 THE COIN SILVER WAS MADE QUITE 391 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:23,883 THIN, AND YOU FIND A LOT 392 00:11:23,950 --> 00:11:26,052 OF FLATWARE, SUGAR SHELLS, 393 00:11:26,119 --> 00:11:28,354 TABLESPOONS, AND TEASPOONS. 394 00:11:28,421 --> 00:11:31,357 THESE DON'T COME UP VERY OFTEN 395 00:11:31,424 --> 00:11:33,126 MADE IN THE SOUTH, BUT A LOT 396 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:35,528 OF THEM ARE MADE IN NEW ENGLAND. 397 00:11:35,595 --> 00:11:37,130 THE SUGAR SHELL IS VERY, 398 00:11:37,197 --> 00:11:39,032 VERY THIN AND HAS LITTLE 399 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:40,934 MONETARY VALUE, BUT THEY ARE 400 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,303 COLLECTIBLE BECAUSE OF MAKERS. 401 00:11:43,369 --> 00:11:44,537 SOMETIMES THEY'RE MADE 402 00:11:44,604 --> 00:11:46,539 HOLLOWWARE. 403 00:11:46,606 --> 00:11:48,074 LINCOLN AND FOSS MADE THIS 404 00:11:48,141 --> 00:11:49,309 BUTTER DISH, BEAUTIFUL BUTTER 405 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:50,843 DISH, MADE ABOUT IN 1840 406 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:52,045 IN THE BOSTON AREA. 407 00:11:52,111 --> 00:11:53,580 ALMOST ALL OF STERLING SILVER 408 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:54,581 IS MARKED STERLING. 409 00:11:54,647 --> 00:11:56,449 THIS IS A ASPARAGUS SERVER MADE 410 00:11:56,516 --> 00:11:58,284 BY TIFFANY IN THE KINGS PATTERN, 411 00:11:58,351 --> 00:11:59,819 AND THESE PIECES ARE MARKED, 412 00:11:59,886 --> 00:12:00,820 "TIFFANY STERLING," 413 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:02,989 AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE 414 00:12:03,056 --> 00:12:04,524 A STERLING PIECE BECAUSE THEY'RE 415 00:12:04,591 --> 00:12:05,758 OFTENTIMES MARKED AS OPPOSED 416 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:07,360 TO THE COIN SILVER THAT 417 00:12:07,427 --> 00:12:08,661 IS OFTENTIMES NOT MARKED. 418 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:10,563 IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY 419 00:12:10,630 --> 00:12:11,564 TO AFFORD SILVER, 420 00:12:11,631 --> 00:12:13,800 YOU COULD GO TO A PLATED WARE. 421 00:12:13,866 --> 00:12:15,835 THE FIRST PLATED WARES WERE MADE 422 00:12:15,902 --> 00:12:17,403 AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE 18TH 423 00:12:17,470 --> 00:12:19,839 CENTURY IN LONDON, IN ENGLAND, 424 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:21,241 IN BIRMINGHAM, AND THEY WERE 425 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:22,875 CALLED SHEFFIELD PLATE. 426 00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:23,977 THESE ARE SHEFFIELD PLATED 427 00:12:24,043 --> 00:12:25,778 GOODS. 428 00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:27,280 THIS IS ACTUALLY A SHEET 429 00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:29,415 OF COPPER WITH A PIECE OF SILVER 430 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:30,917 THAT IS ADDED ONTO IT, 431 00:12:30,984 --> 00:12:32,418 AND IT'S CONSTRUCTED VERY MUCH 432 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:33,920 BY HAND, VERY MUCH LIKE 433 00:12:33,987 --> 00:12:34,921 THIS PIECE HERE, 434 00:12:34,988 --> 00:12:37,056 AND YOU GET THE LOOK OF SILVER, 435 00:12:37,123 --> 00:12:38,858 BUT NOT THE COST OF IT. 436 00:12:38,925 --> 00:12:40,360 SHEFFIELD PLATE HAS A GOOD 437 00:12:40,426 --> 00:12:41,561 MARKET VALUE, VERY, VERY 438 00:12:41,628 --> 00:12:43,363 COLLECTIBLE, AND YOU CAN TELL IT 439 00:12:43,429 --> 00:12:44,864 BY THE COPPER SHOWING THROUGH 440 00:12:44,931 --> 00:12:46,399 IN SOME OF THESE PLACES, 441 00:12:46,466 --> 00:12:47,900 ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGH POINTS. 442 00:12:47,967 --> 00:12:49,402 IN THE 1860s, THE ELECTRIC 443 00:12:49,469 --> 00:12:50,403 BATTERY WAS PERFECTED. 444 00:12:50,470 --> 00:12:51,404 THIS ALLOWED ELECTROPLATING 445 00:12:51,471 --> 00:12:52,405 TO OCCUR. 446 00:12:52,472 --> 00:12:53,906 THIS PIECE DATING FROM AROUND 447 00:12:53,973 --> 00:12:56,042 THE 1900s HAS THE KIND OF MARKS 448 00:12:56,109 --> 00:12:57,243 THAT ONE OFTEN SEES 449 00:12:57,310 --> 00:12:58,244 IN ELECTROPLATING. 450 00:12:58,311 --> 00:12:59,412 THESE FOUR MARKS SEEM 451 00:12:59,479 --> 00:13:00,947 TO INDICATE THAT IT'S STERLING, 452 00:13:01,014 --> 00:13:02,181 BUT IT'S ACTUALLY USED 453 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:03,182 TO DECEIVE. 454 00:13:03,249 --> 00:13:04,350 SO THESE ELECTROPLATED GOODS 455 00:13:04,417 --> 00:13:05,351 SOMETIMES ARE QUADRUPLE-PLATED 456 00:13:05,418 --> 00:13:06,352 OR MARKED QUADRUPLED 457 00:13:06,419 --> 00:13:07,353 OR TRIPLE-PLATED, 458 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:09,188 AND THEY CAME IN ALL SORTS 459 00:13:09,255 --> 00:13:10,323 OF SIZES AND SHAPES, 460 00:13:10,390 --> 00:13:11,324 INCLUDING RESTAURANT WARE 461 00:13:11,391 --> 00:13:12,325 AS WELL. 462 00:13:12,392 --> 00:13:13,860 ALL OF THESE PIECES HAVE SOME 463 00:13:13,926 --> 00:13:15,128 VALUE, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS, 464 00:13:15,194 --> 00:13:16,663 AND THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME, 465 00:13:16,729 --> 00:13:18,197 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF 466 00:13:18,264 --> 00:13:19,732 TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION 467 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:21,267 AND HOW THEY TARNISH TO GET 468 00:13:21,334 --> 00:13:22,535 TO KNOW WHAT IS SILVER, 469 00:13:22,602 --> 00:13:23,569 WHAT IS SHEFFIELD PLATE, 470 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,071 AND WHAT IS AMERICAN COLONIAL 471 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:27,373 SILVER. 472 00:13:31,344 --> 00:13:32,278 >> Appraiser: WELL, WELCOME 473 00:13:32,345 --> 00:13:33,279 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 474 00:13:33,346 --> 00:13:34,280 >> Guest: THANK YOU. 475 00:13:34,347 --> 00:13:35,548 >> Appraiser: WHAT TREASURE DID 476 00:13:35,615 --> 00:13:36,816 YOU BRING FOR US TODAY? 477 00:13:36,883 --> 00:13:38,618 WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT? 478 00:13:38,685 --> 00:13:40,219 >> Guest: NOT A WHOLE LOT. 479 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:41,821 THIS IS A CLOCK THAT WAS 480 00:13:41,888 --> 00:13:42,889 ON MY MOTHER'S MANTLE. 481 00:13:42,955 --> 00:13:44,490 SHE PASSED AWAY AND THE SIBLINGS 482 00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:45,825 WERE GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE, 483 00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:47,460 AND WE WERE PICKING THINGS THAT 484 00:13:47,527 --> 00:13:49,362 WE LIKED, AND I DID NOT LIKE 485 00:13:49,429 --> 00:13:50,363 THIS. 486 00:13:50,430 --> 00:13:51,998 I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN THIS 487 00:13:52,065 --> 00:13:53,900 CLOCK AT ALL, AND MY WIFE KEPT 488 00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:55,234 SAYING, "BUT IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL." 489 00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:57,136 AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE 490 00:13:57,203 --> 00:13:58,137 OSTENTATIOUS AND GAUDY, 491 00:13:58,204 --> 00:14:00,039 AND SHE LOVED THE DING IT MADE 492 00:14:00,106 --> 00:14:01,374 WHEN IT HIT THE HOUR. 493 00:14:01,441 --> 00:14:02,909 SO FINALLY I SAID, "FINE, GO. 494 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:03,910 YOU CAN HAVE THAT." 495 00:14:03,976 --> 00:14:05,712 THEN SHE STARTED TO SORT OF LOOK 496 00:14:05,778 --> 00:14:07,246 ONLINE TO FIND THEM AND WE 497 00:14:07,313 --> 00:14:08,247 STUMBLED ACROSS THIS PROGRAM, 498 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:10,049 AND SO WE THOUGHT WE'D BRING IT 499 00:14:10,116 --> 00:14:11,584 IN AND HAVE SOMEBODY TELL US 500 00:14:11,651 --> 00:14:13,152 WHAT IT IS, WHAT WE ACTUALLY 501 00:14:13,219 --> 00:14:14,153 ENDED UP WITH. 502 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:16,222 >> Appraiser: WELL, IT IS 503 00:14:16,289 --> 00:14:17,223 VERY BEAUTIFUL. 504 00:14:17,290 --> 00:14:19,325 IT IS A THREE-PIECE CLOCK 505 00:14:19,392 --> 00:14:21,394 GARNITURE MEANT FOR THE MANTLE. 506 00:14:21,461 --> 00:14:23,463 IT WAS MANUFACTURED BY A 507 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:24,697 PRESTIGIOUS PARISIAN FIRM 508 00:14:24,764 --> 00:14:27,200 CALLED MOUGIN, M-O-U-G-I-N, 509 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:29,702 WHO STARTED IN BUSINESS IN 1852. 510 00:14:29,769 --> 00:14:31,471 ACTUALLY, IT'S INTERESTING, 511 00:14:31,537 --> 00:14:33,473 1852, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE PERIOD 512 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:36,776 OF THE DEUXIÈME EMPIRE, 513 00:14:36,843 --> 00:14:38,911 THE SECOND EMPIRE. 514 00:14:38,978 --> 00:14:41,214 NAPOLEON III, WHO COMES TO REIGN 515 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:45,151 IN 1848 AND RULES TO 1870, 516 00:14:45,218 --> 00:14:47,153 AND IT'S IMPORTANT IN 517 00:14:47,220 --> 00:14:49,455 THE THOUGHT OF SECOND EMPIRE, 518 00:14:49,522 --> 00:14:52,859 SECOND FRENCH EMPIRE, 519 00:14:52,925 --> 00:14:55,228 BECAUSE THIS CLOCK INCORPORATES 520 00:14:55,294 --> 00:14:56,562 A NUMBER OF IDIOMS FROM EARLIER 521 00:14:56,629 --> 00:14:58,331 TIMES. 522 00:14:58,398 --> 00:15:00,900 THE MARBLE IS VERDE ALPI SCURO, 523 00:15:00,967 --> 00:15:02,902 IS A GREEN, ITALIAN MARBLE, 524 00:15:02,969 --> 00:15:05,638 AND IT'S MOUNTED WITH ORMOLU. 525 00:15:05,705 --> 00:15:08,374 ORMOLU IS GILT BRONZE. 526 00:15:08,441 --> 00:15:10,643 BUT WHAT IT HAS WITH IT 527 00:15:10,710 --> 00:15:13,413 ARE IDEAS FROM EARLIER PERIODS, 528 00:15:13,479 --> 00:15:14,914 AND THAT'S WHAT NAPOLEON III 529 00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:16,048 WAS DOING, HE WAS MAKING 530 00:15:16,115 --> 00:15:18,184 REFERENCES... 531 00:15:18,251 --> 00:15:20,086 HE WAS MAKING REFERENCES 532 00:15:20,153 --> 00:15:22,955 TO EARLY TIMES AND TO EARLIER 533 00:15:23,022 --> 00:15:23,956 FRENCH MONARCHS. 534 00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:26,826 THIS IS CALLED A PORTICO CLOCK. 535 00:15:26,893 --> 00:15:28,294 OBVIOUSLY, IT HAS 536 00:15:28,361 --> 00:15:29,729 AN ARCHITECTONIC SHAPE, 537 00:15:29,796 --> 00:15:32,131 AND THESE PILLAR FORM THINGS 538 00:15:32,198 --> 00:15:35,034 RELATE BACK TO THE FIRST EMPIRE, 539 00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:37,470 NAPOLEON AND THE FIRST EMPIRE, 540 00:15:37,537 --> 00:15:40,339 AS DOES THIS CLASSICAL URN ON 541 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:41,340 THE TOP. 542 00:15:41,407 --> 00:15:44,744 THE SHAPE OF IT IS A EMPIRE 543 00:15:44,811 --> 00:15:46,179 OR EMPEER LOOK. 544 00:15:46,245 --> 00:15:48,714 THE FLAME FINIALS HERE ARE 545 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,716 A REFERENCE TO LOUIS SEIZE, 546 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:53,820 LOUIS XVI. 547 00:15:53,886 --> 00:15:55,388 SO YOU HAVE, AGAIN, MORE 548 00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:57,557 REFERENCES THERE. 549 00:15:57,623 --> 00:15:59,158 AND WHAT YOU HAVE BOBBING BACK 550 00:15:59,225 --> 00:16:01,227 AND FORTH WITH THE PENDULUM 551 00:16:01,294 --> 00:16:03,296 IS THE SUN KING, WHO IS LOUIS 552 00:16:03,362 --> 00:16:05,698 QUATORZE, LOUIS XIV. 553 00:16:05,765 --> 00:16:08,534 SO AGAIN, THESE ARE REFERENCES 554 00:16:08,601 --> 00:16:09,869 THAT A PERSON OF THAT DAY, 555 00:16:09,936 --> 00:16:12,472 CERTAINLY A FRENCH PERSON OF 556 00:16:12,538 --> 00:16:14,507 THE FOURTH-QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, 557 00:16:14,574 --> 00:16:16,642 WOULD RECOGNIZE THESE AND EITHER 558 00:16:16,709 --> 00:16:19,612 ACTIVELY UNDERSTAND THEM 559 00:16:19,679 --> 00:16:21,013 OR INTUITIVELY UNDERSTAND THESE 560 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,882 REFERENCES TO IT. 561 00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:24,417 NOW, IN TODAY'S MARKET, 562 00:16:24,484 --> 00:16:26,619 THESE THINGS ARE BECOMING 563 00:16:26,686 --> 00:16:30,623 A LITTLE LESS, UH... 564 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:32,158 COLLECTIBLE AS PEOPLE ARE 565 00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:34,527 CHANG -- OR MOVING AWAY FROM 566 00:16:34,594 --> 00:16:35,661 MORE FANCIFUL GOODS, 567 00:16:35,728 --> 00:16:37,230 BUT, NONETHELESS, AT AUCTION, 568 00:16:37,296 --> 00:16:39,599 YOU MIGHT FIND THIS FOR SALE 569 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:40,800 FOR $1,500, $2,000. 570 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:42,368 AND SOMEONE'S STORE, AGAIN, 571 00:16:42,435 --> 00:16:43,536 THINK $3,000, $4,000, 572 00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:45,938 SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS A SALE 573 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:46,939 VALUE. 574 00:16:47,006 --> 00:16:48,508 >> Guest: OH, OKAY. 575 00:16:48,574 --> 00:16:50,109 >> Appraiser: SO, VERY 576 00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:51,677 BEAUTIFUL, AND THANK YOU 577 00:16:51,744 --> 00:16:53,246 FOR BRINGING IT IN. 578 00:16:53,312 --> 00:16:55,615 >> Guest: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 579 00:17:01,521 --> 00:17:02,588 >> Appraiser: WELCOME 580 00:17:02,655 --> 00:17:04,390 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 581 00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:05,558 SO WHAT DID YOU BRING FOR US 582 00:17:05,625 --> 00:17:07,593 TODAY? 583 00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:09,562 >> Guest: IT CAN EITHER BE 584 00:17:09,629 --> 00:17:11,397 A WALL HANGING OR A CAMEL COVER 585 00:17:11,464 --> 00:17:13,266 DURING A FESTIVITY. 586 00:17:13,332 --> 00:17:14,500 >> Appraiser: WELL, WHERE'D YOU 587 00:17:14,567 --> 00:17:16,002 GET THIS? 588 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:17,503 >> Guest: IN HARRODS IN LONDON. 589 00:17:17,570 --> 00:17:19,038 >> Appraiser: HARRODS. AH! 590 00:17:19,105 --> 00:17:21,307 SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THIS? 591 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:22,542 >> Guest: AT LEAST 20 YEARS. 592 00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:23,743 >> Appraiser: 20 YEARS. 593 00:17:23,809 --> 00:17:25,077 YOU BOUGHT IT AT HARRODS 594 00:17:25,144 --> 00:17:27,613 IN LONDON 20 YEARS AGO? 595 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:28,848 ACTUALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT IT, 596 00:17:28,915 --> 00:17:31,050 CAMEL AND WALL. 597 00:17:31,117 --> 00:17:33,052 THEY WERE ACTUALLY WOVEN 598 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:36,188 TO BE USED FOR A WEDDING FEAST, 599 00:17:36,255 --> 00:17:37,790 AND THEY WERE HUNG ON BOTH SIDES 600 00:17:37,857 --> 00:17:39,191 OF A CAMEL FOR THE BRIDE... 601 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:41,294 Frank Shaia: ...AND THEN SHE 602 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:42,962 WOULD TAKE IT HOME AND HANG IT 603 00:17:43,029 --> 00:17:43,963 ON A WALL. 604 00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:46,098 SO MOST PEOPLE SAW IT AS A WALL 605 00:17:46,165 --> 00:17:47,400 HANGING, BUT INITIALLY IT WAS 606 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:48,734 USED AS A CAMEL COVER. 607 00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:51,938 THIS IS WHAT WE CALL ASMALYK. 608 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:54,774 AND ASMALYK IS JUST THIS, 609 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,310 AND IT WAS WOVEN FOR DECORATION. 610 00:17:57,376 --> 00:17:58,811 "MALYK" ACTUALLY MEANS 611 00:17:58,878 --> 00:18:00,346 "HANGING," SO THAT'S WHY 612 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:01,948 IT'S CALLED AN ASMALYK 613 00:18:02,014 --> 00:18:03,449 BECAUSE IT'S JUST A HANGING. 614 00:18:03,516 --> 00:18:04,951 WHAT'S REALLY NEAT ABOUT THIS 615 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:07,153 IS, AS YOU SEE, EVEN THE STRING 616 00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:09,055 ON THE TOP, AND THE STRINGS 617 00:18:09,121 --> 00:18:10,957 ON THE SIDE, AND ALL OF 618 00:18:11,023 --> 00:18:12,525 THE TASSELS ARE STILL INTACT, 619 00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,794 WHICH MAKES THIS A VERY UNIQUE 620 00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:16,062 PIECE AND A LITTLE MORE SOUGHT 621 00:18:16,128 --> 00:18:17,897 AFTER. 622 00:18:17,964 --> 00:18:19,999 THIS WAS WOVEN IN WHAT IS 623 00:18:20,066 --> 00:18:21,901 NORTHEAST PERSIA, JUST NORTH 624 00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:23,669 OF NORTHEAST PERSIA, IN THE AREA 625 00:18:23,736 --> 00:18:25,705 CALLED TURKOMAN. 626 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:27,840 SO THIS IS A TURKOMAN ASMALYK, 627 00:18:27,907 --> 00:18:29,342 AND SOMETIMES IF IT WAS WOVEN 628 00:18:29,408 --> 00:18:31,043 A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH, 629 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:32,511 IT WOULD BE CALLED A YOMUT 630 00:18:32,578 --> 00:18:34,347 ASMALYK, WHICH WOULD BE IN 631 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:35,915 THE PERSIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER, 632 00:18:35,982 --> 00:18:38,084 BUT THIS IS THE TURKOMAN SIDE. 633 00:18:38,150 --> 00:18:40,152 TURKOMAN IS VERY KNOWN FOR USING 634 00:18:40,219 --> 00:18:41,787 THESE COPPER COLORS THAT YOU SEE 635 00:18:41,854 --> 00:18:43,289 IN HERE, AND, OF COURSE, 636 00:18:43,356 --> 00:18:44,890 THE IVORY. 637 00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:46,525 THESE STARS ARE THE SAME STARS 638 00:18:46,592 --> 00:18:48,294 THAT YOU SEE, IF YOU'VE EVER 639 00:18:48,361 --> 00:18:50,663 HEARD OF A BOKARA RUG. 640 00:18:50,730 --> 00:18:51,931 THIS IS FROM THE SAME AREA 641 00:18:51,998 --> 00:18:53,265 AS THE BOKARA RUG, 642 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:55,267 AND THE BOKARA USES A MOTIF 643 00:18:55,334 --> 00:18:56,602 SIMILAR TO THIS. 644 00:18:56,669 --> 00:18:58,037 NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO RUGS, 645 00:18:58,104 --> 00:18:59,905 ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS 646 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:01,707 ABOUT RUGS IS THAT THERE ARE 647 00:19:01,774 --> 00:19:03,209 WHAT WE CALL COMMERCIAL PIECES, 648 00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:04,577 WHICH ARE RUGS THAT PEOPLE BUY 649 00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:06,012 FOR THE FLOOR, 650 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:07,546 AND THEN THERE'S COLLECTIBLE 651 00:19:07,613 --> 00:19:08,914 PIECES, WHICH ARE PIECES THAT 652 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:11,717 PEOPLE BUY JUST TO COLLECT. 653 00:19:11,784 --> 00:19:13,719 USUALLY, COLLECTIBLE PIECES WERE 654 00:19:13,786 --> 00:19:15,121 THINGS LIKE THIS, 655 00:19:15,187 --> 00:19:17,456 A WALL HANGING, OR A SADDLEBAG, 656 00:19:17,523 --> 00:19:20,559 OR A BAG FACE, OR A SALT BAG, 657 00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:23,462 OR A GRAIN BAG, OR A BABY 658 00:19:23,529 --> 00:19:24,964 CRADLE, AND THESE ARE WHAT 659 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:26,899 WE CALL COLLECTIBLE PIECES. 660 00:19:26,966 --> 00:19:28,167 SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT MARKETS 661 00:19:28,234 --> 00:19:29,468 IN THE RUG WORLD. 662 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:31,437 UNFORTUNATELY, THE COLLECTORS 663 00:19:31,504 --> 00:19:32,905 DON'T USUALLY HAVE AS MUCH MONEY 664 00:19:32,972 --> 00:19:34,106 AS THE PEOPLE THAT BUY THEM 665 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:36,175 FOR THE FLOORS. 666 00:19:36,242 --> 00:19:37,810 HOWEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE A PIECE 667 00:19:37,877 --> 00:19:39,845 LIKE THIS, WHICH IS 668 00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:42,248 AESTHETICALLY VERY PLEASING 669 00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:44,450 AND IS IN GREAT SHAPE, 670 00:19:44,517 --> 00:19:45,885 NOW YOU HAVE IT MARKETED IN BOTH 671 00:19:45,951 --> 00:19:47,153 WORLDS. 672 00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:48,688 PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT TO BUY ART 673 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:49,722 WOULD LIKE THIS. 674 00:19:49,789 --> 00:19:51,090 COLLECTORS WOULD LIKE THIS 675 00:19:51,157 --> 00:19:52,258 BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN VERY GOOD 676 00:19:52,324 --> 00:19:53,893 CONDITION. 677 00:19:53,959 --> 00:19:55,394 SO, 20 YEARS AGO, DO YOU KNOW 678 00:19:55,461 --> 00:19:57,263 ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU PAID FOR IT? 679 00:19:57,329 --> 00:19:58,431 >> Guest: 200 HUNDRED POUNDS, 680 00:19:58,497 --> 00:19:59,498 ROUGHLY. 681 00:19:59,565 --> 00:20:00,666 >> Appraiser: 200 POUNDS, 682 00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:02,134 SO PROBABLY ABOUT $300 DOLLARS, 683 00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:04,503 U.S. DOLLARS. 684 00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:05,738 HAVE YOU HAD IT APPRAISED? 685 00:20:05,805 --> 00:20:07,039 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? 686 00:20:07,106 --> 00:20:08,374 >> Guest: NO, NEVER HAD IT 687 00:20:08,441 --> 00:20:08,641 APPRAISED. 688 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:09,709 >> Appraiser: WELL, IN THIS 689 00:20:09,775 --> 00:20:11,143 CONDITION... 690 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:13,245 BY THE WAY, I DATE THIS ABOUT 691 00:20:13,312 --> 00:20:14,880 1925, PROBABLY IN BETWEEN WORLD 692 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:16,716 WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. 693 00:20:16,782 --> 00:20:18,217 IF IT WERE BEFORE WORLD WAR I, 694 00:20:18,284 --> 00:20:19,752 IT WOULD BE WORTH A LOT MORE, 695 00:20:19,819 --> 00:20:23,255 BUT EVEN BECAUSE IT'S 1925, 696 00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:25,458 I STILL VALUE THIS AT ABOUT 697 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:26,525 $1,500 TO $2,000, 698 00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:28,360 AND IT WOULD JUST DEPEND... 699 00:20:28,427 --> 00:20:30,563 YOU HAVE TO MARKET IT PROPERLY. 700 00:20:30,629 --> 00:20:32,398 IF YOU MARKETED IT POORLY, 701 00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:33,899 IT MIGHT BRING LESS, 702 00:20:33,966 --> 00:20:36,135 BUT IT ACTUALLY COULD BRING MORE 703 00:20:36,202 --> 00:20:38,003 IF IT WAS MARKETED PROPERLY. 704 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:39,872 IT'S A VERY GREAT PIECE. 705 00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:41,741 IT'S AN ASMALYK FROM THE 706 00:20:41,807 --> 00:20:42,742 TURKOMAN DISTRICT 707 00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:43,743 OF TURKMENISTAN. 708 00:20:43,809 --> 00:20:45,745 >> Guest: I THINK I'LL JUST 709 00:20:45,811 --> 00:20:46,712 KEEP IT HANGING ON MY WALL. 710 00:20:46,779 --> 00:20:47,346 >> Appraiser: GOOD. 711 00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:54,019 >> Appraiser: WELCOME 712 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:55,020 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES. 713 00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:56,021 YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING REALLY 714 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:57,022 INTERESTING IN TODAY. 715 00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:58,524 WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT YOU 716 00:20:58,591 --> 00:20:59,525 HAVE? 717 00:20:59,592 --> 00:21:00,693 >> Guest: THANK YOU. 718 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,795 THIS IS A CROCK OFF THE FAMILY 719 00:21:02,862 --> 00:21:04,263 FARM THAT WAS OUTSIDE NIAGARA 720 00:21:04,330 --> 00:21:05,264 FALLS, NEW YORK, 721 00:21:05,331 --> 00:21:06,799 GOING BACK INTO THE 1840s, 722 00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:08,300 AND THEY DID EVERYTHING ON 723 00:21:08,367 --> 00:21:10,102 THE FARM FROM SOUP TO NUTS, 724 00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:11,937 SO TO SPEAK, AND WE ALWAYS 725 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:13,439 MADE PICKLES IN THIS CROCK. 726 00:21:13,506 --> 00:21:14,940 >> Appraiser: AND YOU REMEMBER 727 00:21:15,007 --> 00:21:16,742 THIS WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD? 728 00:21:16,809 --> 00:21:17,943 >> Guest: ABSOLUTELY. YEP. 729 00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:19,478 PLAYED AROUND IT AND ATE 730 00:21:19,545 --> 00:21:20,479 THE PICKLES. 731 00:21:20,546 --> 00:21:21,914 >> Appraiser: MOST IMPORTANT 732 00:21:21,981 --> 00:21:22,915 PART. 733 00:21:22,982 --> 00:21:25,084 THIS IS A PIECE OF AMERICAN 734 00:21:25,151 --> 00:21:26,152 STONEWARE, AND AMERICAN 735 00:21:26,218 --> 00:21:28,320 STONEWARE WAS THE THING TO USE 736 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:29,755 IN THE 19TH CENTURY. 737 00:21:29,822 --> 00:21:31,557 IT WAS THE HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT, 738 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:33,359 THE SORT OF THE TUPPERWARE, 739 00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:34,860 IF YOU WILL, OF THE 19TH 740 00:21:34,927 --> 00:21:35,861 CENTURY. 741 00:21:35,928 --> 00:21:37,062 IT TOOK OVER FROM REDWARE, 742 00:21:37,129 --> 00:21:38,063 WHICH WAS LEAD-GLAZED. 743 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:40,199 AND THIS HAS A SLIP INSIDE OF IT 744 00:21:40,266 --> 00:21:41,200 THAT'S NOT LEAD. 745 00:21:41,267 --> 00:21:43,335 IT'S OPAQUE, IT'S FIRED AT HIGH 746 00:21:43,402 --> 00:21:45,004 TEMPERATURES, AND IT WAS USED 747 00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:46,438 FOR ANY NUMBER OF THINGS: 748 00:21:46,505 --> 00:21:48,574 PICKLES, BUTTER, CREAM, 749 00:21:48,641 --> 00:21:50,042 ALL SORTS OF THINGS. 750 00:21:50,109 --> 00:21:51,477 THIS IS A FOUR-GALLON JUG. 751 00:21:51,544 --> 00:21:52,978 WE CAN SEE IT, ACTUALLY, 752 00:21:53,045 --> 00:21:54,180 ON THE FRONT HERE, 753 00:21:54,246 --> 00:21:56,248 AND IT HAS ONE OF THE MOST 754 00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:57,449 PROMINENT DECORATION SCHEMES IN 755 00:21:57,516 --> 00:21:58,918 THE 19TH CENTURY, AND THAT'S 756 00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:00,419 COBALT SLIP OR COBALT BLUE. 757 00:22:00,486 --> 00:22:01,921 NOW, THERE WERE TWO -- 758 00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:03,389 YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS BECAUSE 759 00:22:03,455 --> 00:22:05,191 I KNOW YOU'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH 760 00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:06,659 ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. 761 00:22:06,725 --> 00:22:08,460 IT'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO PUT 762 00:22:08,527 --> 00:22:10,129 SLIP ON IN THE 19TH CENTURY. 763 00:22:10,196 --> 00:22:11,797 ONE IS TO DO IT BY HAND. 764 00:22:11,864 --> 00:22:12,865 THE OTHER IS TO DO IT 765 00:22:12,932 --> 00:22:14,366 BY STENCIL. 766 00:22:14,433 --> 00:22:15,634 THE HAND PIECES, OR THE HAND- 767 00:22:15,701 --> 00:22:16,902 DONE PIECES, ARE THE MORE 768 00:22:16,969 --> 00:22:18,404 DESIRABLE. 769 00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:20,105 AND AS WE CAN LOOK, THIS HAS 770 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:21,907 A HAND-DONE BIRD ON THE FRONT, 771 00:22:21,974 --> 00:22:23,509 AND IT WAS MADE BY THE CHARLES 772 00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:25,477 W. BRAUN COMPANY OF BUFFALO, 773 00:22:25,544 --> 00:22:27,580 NEW YORK, AND BRAUN WAS 774 00:22:27,646 --> 00:22:29,215 IN BUSINESS FROM ABOUT 1857 775 00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:30,749 TO ABOUT 1896, 776 00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:32,318 SO HIS PIECES ARE WELL-KNOWN, 777 00:22:32,384 --> 00:22:34,019 AND WE HAVE LOTS OF RECORDS 778 00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:36,355 ON PIECES THAT ARE BEING SOLD. 779 00:22:36,422 --> 00:22:37,923 BUT IT'S -- WHAT'S REALLY 780 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:39,258 INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PIECE, 781 00:22:39,325 --> 00:22:40,793 AGAIN, IS THIS BIRD. 782 00:22:40,860 --> 00:22:42,228 AS WE LOOK AT IT, 783 00:22:42,294 --> 00:22:43,629 IT'S A HAND-DESIGNED BIRD. 784 00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:44,897 SOMETIMES THEY'RE CALLED 785 00:22:44,964 --> 00:22:46,332 PARTRIDGES. 786 00:22:46,398 --> 00:22:47,733 IT'S GOT A LITTLE SWIRL 787 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,401 UNDERNEATH OF IT IN THE LEAF 788 00:22:49,468 --> 00:22:50,970 THAT IT'S STANDING IN, 789 00:22:51,036 --> 00:22:52,972 AND THEN THE FOUR IS NICELY MADE 790 00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:54,673 HERE, ON THE SIDE OF THE BIRD, 791 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:56,008 UNDERNEATH THE STAMPED DESIGN 792 00:22:56,075 --> 00:22:57,276 OF THE MAKER. 793 00:22:57,343 --> 00:22:58,711 AND IT'S GOT TWO LUG HANDLES, 794 00:22:58,777 --> 00:23:00,112 AND THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT 795 00:23:00,179 --> 00:23:01,614 BECAUSE WHEN THESE ARE FILLED, 796 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:02,581 THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE. 797 00:23:02,648 --> 00:23:04,083 WHATEVER WOULD'VE BEEN IN HERE; 798 00:23:04,149 --> 00:23:05,851 PICKLES, CREAM, WHATEVER, 799 00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:07,486 WOULD'VE BEEN COVERED BY SOME 800 00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:09,154 SORT OF LEATHER OR SOME SORT 801 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:10,823 OF ANIMAL SKIN, AND THEN TIED, 802 00:23:10,890 --> 00:23:12,992 AND SOMETIMES THESE WERE STORED 803 00:23:13,058 --> 00:23:14,260 IN THE SPRINGHOUSES OR IN 804 00:23:14,326 --> 00:23:15,728 THE CELLARS. 805 00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:17,029 DOES THAT KIND OF FIT... 806 00:23:17,096 --> 00:23:18,030 >> Guest: THAT'S WHERE 807 00:23:18,097 --> 00:23:19,064 THE CROCKS ALL WERE, 808 00:23:19,131 --> 00:23:20,065 IN A SPRINGHOUSE. 809 00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:21,634 >> Appraiser: WHAT WE SEE WITH 810 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:22,668 THOSE IS THE WATERMARK, 811 00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:24,270 AND WE DON'T SEE THAT HERE, 812 00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:25,838 SO THE CONDITION OF THIS PIECE 813 00:23:25,905 --> 00:23:26,839 IS REALLY NICE. 814 00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:28,707 WE SEE A COUPLE OF WEAR MARKS 815 00:23:28,774 --> 00:23:30,309 FROM THE KILN ON THE TOP, 816 00:23:30,376 --> 00:23:31,343 AND THAT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE. 817 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,612 THE GLAZE INSIDE IS PRISTINE. 818 00:23:33,679 --> 00:23:35,347 THAT'S VERY NICE. 819 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:37,449 NOW, THERE ARE GREAT RANGES 820 00:23:37,516 --> 00:23:38,517 ON THESE THINGS. 821 00:23:38,584 --> 00:23:39,718 HAVE YOU EVER HAD THIS APPRAISED 822 00:23:39,785 --> 00:23:40,920 BEFORE? 823 00:23:40,986 --> 00:23:42,054 >> Guest: I'VE NEVER HAD IT 824 00:23:42,121 --> 00:23:43,389 APPRAISED. 825 00:23:43,455 --> 00:23:44,423 I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT 826 00:23:44,490 --> 00:23:45,691 OF RESEARCH, AND I'D JUST SEE 827 00:23:45,758 --> 00:23:46,725 A WIDE RANGE OF VALUES, 828 00:23:46,792 --> 00:23:47,760 SO I DIDN'T CONCLUDE ANYTHING, 829 00:23:47,826 --> 00:23:49,028 AND THAT'S WHY I CAME TODAY. 830 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:50,229 >> Appraiser: OKAY, WELL, 831 00:23:50,296 --> 00:23:51,764 WE'RE GLAD YOU DID BECAUSE 832 00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:53,299 THE RANGE ON THESE PIECES, 833 00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:54,500 AND PARTICULARLY WITH BRAUN, 834 00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:56,936 IS THAT YOU CAN BE IN THE LOW 835 00:23:57,002 --> 00:24:00,506 HUNDREDS, $250 TO ABOUT $500, 836 00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:02,441 AND THEN THERE'S A GREAT JUMP, 837 00:24:02,508 --> 00:24:04,476 DEPENDING ON THE DECORATION. 838 00:24:04,543 --> 00:24:05,978 IN THE RESEARCH THAT WE WERE 839 00:24:06,045 --> 00:24:07,446 ABLE TO DO, WE SAW A COUPLE 840 00:24:07,513 --> 00:24:09,014 OF THESE, ONE OF WHICH HAD 841 00:24:09,081 --> 00:24:10,716 BEEN SOLD LOCALLY IN 2008, 842 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:13,819 AND THAT SOLD FOR ABOUT $13,000. 843 00:24:13,886 --> 00:24:14,954 IT WAS ALL IN THE BIRD 844 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:15,955 DECORATIONS. 845 00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:17,856 SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT 846 00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:19,091 AN IMPORTANT CROCK HERE. 847 00:24:19,158 --> 00:24:21,026 ONE WITH A LION WAS SOLD 848 00:24:21,093 --> 00:24:22,628 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO 849 00:24:22,695 --> 00:24:24,196 AT SOTHEBY'S, AND THAT SOLD 850 00:24:24,263 --> 00:24:25,464 IN THE $20,000 RANGE. 851 00:24:25,531 --> 00:24:27,866 SO, IN LOOKING AT THE INTEREST 852 00:24:27,933 --> 00:24:30,369 OF THE DECORATION, THE HISTORY, 853 00:24:30,436 --> 00:24:31,737 AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS 854 00:24:31,804 --> 00:24:33,939 IN VERY, VERY GOOD CONDITION, 855 00:24:34,006 --> 00:24:35,607 I WOULD CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATE 856 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:37,209 FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES OF BEING 857 00:24:37,276 --> 00:24:39,178 SOMEWHERE IN THE 858 00:24:39,244 --> 00:24:41,447 $13K TO $15,000 RANGE WITH THIS 859 00:24:41,513 --> 00:24:42,648 PARTICULAR BIRD. 860 00:24:42,715 --> 00:24:44,483 >> Guest: WOW! OKAY. 861 00:24:44,550 --> 00:24:45,551 >> Appraiser: I THINK IT'S AN 862 00:24:45,617 --> 00:24:47,186 EXQUISITE CROCK, 863 00:24:47,252 --> 00:24:48,721 AND THE FACT THAT IT'S A FAMILY 864 00:24:48,787 --> 00:24:50,356 PIECE WITH THE HISTORY THAT YOU 865 00:24:50,422 --> 00:24:51,557 PRESENTED MAKES IT ALL THE MORE 866 00:24:51,623 --> 00:24:52,725 INTERESTING. 867 00:24:52,791 --> 00:24:53,726 >> Guest: THAT'S GREAT. 868 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:54,893 I GUESS WE WON'T STORE UMBRELLAS 869 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:55,894 IN IT ANYMORE. 870 00:24:55,961 --> 00:24:56,895 >> Appraiser: YEAH, DON'T DO 871 00:24:56,962 --> 00:24:57,896 THAT. 872 00:24:57,963 --> 00:24:59,131 BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN. 873 00:24:59,198 --> 00:25:00,132 IT'S A GREAT PIECE. 874 00:25:00,199 --> 00:25:01,100 >> Guest: THANK YOU. 875 00:25:03,469 --> 00:25:04,937 >> Host: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED 876 00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:06,672 OUR EXPLORATION OF WHAT'S RARE 877 00:25:06,739 --> 00:25:08,340 AND WONDERFUL IN THE CHESAPEAKE. 878 00:25:08,407 --> 00:25:09,608 HERE'S A PEEK AT NEXT WEEK'S 879 00:25:09,675 --> 00:25:10,909 SHOW... 880 00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:12,144 >> Appraiser: AND I'VE GOT 881 00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:13,879 TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT EASY 882 00:25:13,946 --> 00:25:15,080 TO FIND COMPARABLES FOR PIECES 883 00:25:15,147 --> 00:25:16,081 LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE 884 00:25:16,148 --> 00:25:17,082 SO WELL DONE. 885 00:25:17,149 --> 00:25:18,317 >> Guest: IT'S VERY UNIQUE. 886 00:25:18,384 --> 00:25:19,818 >> Appraiser: WHAT I THINK IS 887 00:25:19,885 --> 00:25:21,086 SO NEAT ABOUT YOUR COLLECTION 888 00:25:21,153 --> 00:25:22,588 IS THE GREAT DISTANCE IN TIME 889 00:25:22,654 --> 00:25:24,089 THAT YOU HAVE IN THE WAY 890 00:25:24,156 --> 00:25:25,090 YOU'VE COLLECTED THEM. 891 00:25:25,157 --> 00:25:26,358 >> Appraiser: THIS IS SO 892 00:25:26,425 --> 00:25:27,626 EXCITING. 893 00:25:27,693 --> 00:25:28,894 IT'S JUST BEYOND ANYTHING I CAN 894 00:25:28,961 --> 00:25:30,562 FATHOM WHEN HIGH-QUALITY, LOCAL, 895 00:25:30,629 --> 00:25:32,631 SLAVERY, CIVIL WAR-ERA CONTENT 896 00:25:32,698 --> 00:25:33,766 COMES IN. 897 00:25:33,832 --> 00:25:35,167 >> SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON 898 00:25:35,267 --> 00:25:36,535 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 899 00:25:36,602 --> 00:25:38,270 I'M RHEA FEIKIN. 900 00:25:38,737 --> 00:25:39,972 >> Announcer: FUNDING FOR 901 00:25:40,072 --> 00:25:41,206 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES 902 00:25:41,273 --> 00:25:42,408 IS PROVIDED IN PART 903 00:25:42,474 --> 00:25:43,709 BY ROLAND PARK PLACE. 904 00:25:43,776 --> 00:25:44,977 A BOUTIQUE-STYLE CONTINUING 905 00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:46,245 CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 906 00:25:46,311 --> 00:25:47,479 OFFERING INDEPENDENT LIVING, 907 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:49,181 ASSISTED LIVING, AND SKILLED 908 00:25:49,248 --> 00:25:49,581 NURSING. 909 00:25:49,648 --> 00:25:51,683 IN THE HEART OF NORTHERN 910 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:52,518 BALTIMORE CITY. 911 00:25:52,584 --> 00:25:53,786 FOR MORE INFORMATION, 912 00:25:53,852 --> 00:25:54,853 ROLANDPARKPLACE.ORG. 913 00:25:55,754 --> 00:25:57,289 AND BY THE OMINSKI FAMILY 914 00:25:57,356 --> 00:25:58,424 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. 915 00:25:59,058 --> 00:26:00,292 AND BY THE LAW OFFICES 916 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,161 OF MICHAEL HODES. 917 00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:03,295 A FAMILY-CENTERED LAW FIRM 918 00:26:03,362 --> 00:26:04,696 HELPING FAMILIES IN THE AREAS 919 00:26:04,763 --> 00:26:05,731 OF ESTATE PLANNING, 920 00:26:05,798 --> 00:26:06,732 WEALTH PRESERVATION, 921 00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:08,000 ELDER CARE, 922 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:09,301 AND ASSET PROTECTION. 923 00:26:09,368 --> 00:26:10,936 WITH OFFICES IN TOWSON, 924 00:26:11,003 --> 00:26:12,171 COLUMBIA, EASTON, CAMBRIDGE, 925 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:12,438 AND SALISBURY.