WEBVTT 00:00.834 --> 00:02.236 >> Host: COMING UP ON 00:02.336 --> 00:04.304 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES ... 00:04.371 --> 00:05.372 >> Appraiser: I THINK 00:05.439 --> 00:06.440 IT'S AN EXQUISITE CROCK. 00:06.507 --> 00:07.474 >> Guest: THAT'S GREAT. 00:07.541 --> 00:08.609 I GUESS WE WON'T STORE UMBRELLAS 00:08.675 --> 00:09.843 IN IT ANYMORE. 00:09.910 --> 00:11.144 >> Appraiser: TO HAVE THE FIELD 00:11.211 --> 00:12.513 MANUAL FOR THE CAPTAIN, 00:12.579 --> 00:13.981 WHO LATER BECAME ONE OF 00:14.047 --> 00:15.382 THE SOUTH'S GREATEST HEROES, 00:15.449 --> 00:16.717 YOU REALLY FOUND SOMETHING 00:16.783 --> 00:18.385 IN A GARAGE SALE. 00:18.452 --> 00:19.486 >> Appraiser: WHAT'S REALLY NEAT 00:19.553 --> 00:21.088 ABOUT THIS IS, EVEN THE STRING 00:21.154 --> 00:22.256 ON THE TOP, AND THE STRINGS 00:22.322 --> 00:23.524 ON THE SIDE, AND ALL OF 00:23.590 --> 00:25.158 THE TASSELS ARE STILL INTACT, 00:25.225 --> 00:27.728 WHICH MAKES THIS A VERY UNIQUE 00:27.794 --> 00:28.629 PIECE AND A LITTLE MORE SOUGHT 00:28.695 --> 00:29.763 AFTER. 00:30.330 --> 00:34.167 [TROLLEY BELL RINGS] 00:34.234 --> 00:39.773 [HORSE HOOVES CLOPPING] 00:39.840 --> 00:40.707 [TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS] 00:42.009 --> 00:42.609 [STEAM RISES] 00:43.944 --> 00:45.546 CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY MARYLAND RELAY, 00:45.646 --> 00:47.414 EMPOWERING THOSE WHO ARE DEAF, HARD OF HEARING, 00:47.514 --> 00:49.516 OR SPEECH DISABLED TO STAY CONNECTED BY PHONE. 00:59.159 --> 01:00.394 >> Announcer: FUNDING FOR 01:00.494 --> 01:01.628 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES 01:01.695 --> 01:02.829 IS PROVIDED IN PART 01:02.896 --> 01:04.131 BY ROLAND PARK PLACE. 01:04.197 --> 01:05.399 A BOUTIQUE-STYLE CONTINUING 01:05.465 --> 01:06.667 CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 01:06.733 --> 01:07.901 OFFERING INDEPENDENT LIVING, 01:07.968 --> 01:09.603 ASSISTED LIVING, AND SKILLED 01:09.670 --> 01:10.003 NURSING. 01:10.070 --> 01:12.105 IN THE HEART OF NORTHERN 01:12.172 --> 01:12.940 BALTIMORE CITY. 01:13.006 --> 01:14.207 FOR MORE INFORMATION, 01:14.274 --> 01:15.275 ROLANDPARKPLACE.ORG. 01:16.176 --> 01:17.711 AND BY THE OMINSKI FAMILY 01:17.778 --> 01:18.845 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. 01:19.479 --> 01:20.714 AND BY THE LAW OFFICES 01:20.781 --> 01:22.583 OF MICHAEL HODES. 01:22.649 --> 01:23.717 A FAMILY-CENTERED LAW FIRM 01:23.784 --> 01:25.118 HELPING FAMILIES IN THE AREAS 01:25.185 --> 01:26.153 OF ESTATE PLANNING, 01:26.219 --> 01:27.154 WEALTH PRESERVATION, 01:27.220 --> 01:28.422 ELDER CARE, 01:28.488 --> 01:29.723 AND ASSET PROTECTION. 01:29.790 --> 01:31.358 WITH OFFICES IN TOWSON, 01:31.425 --> 01:32.593 COLUMBIA, EASTON, CAMBRIDGE, 01:32.659 --> 01:33.393 AND SALISBURY. 01:38.999 --> 01:40.233 >> Host: WELCOME BACK 01:40.300 --> 01:41.234 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES , 01:41.301 --> 01:44.071 MPT'S EXCLUSIVE TOUR OF HISTORY 01:44.137 --> 01:45.539 AND ITS TREASURES. 01:45.606 --> 01:48.141 I'M YOUR HOST, RHEA FEIKIN. 01:48.208 --> 01:49.509 AS YOU WELL KNOW, PUBLIC 01:49.576 --> 01:50.978 TELEVISION VIEWERS ARE INQUIRING 01:51.044 --> 01:52.913 BY NATURE, AND FIND MEANING 01:52.980 --> 01:55.515 IN THE STORIES OF THE PAST. 01:55.582 --> 01:57.684 JUST LOOK AROUND THE STUDIO. 01:57.751 --> 01:59.419 THERE'S AN ASTONISHING ARRAY 01:59.486 --> 02:00.721 OF HIGH-QUALITY HEIRLOOMS 02:00.787 --> 02:02.022 BROUGHT HERE TODAY. 02:02.089 --> 02:04.658 LET'S EXPLORE, SHALL WE? 02:04.725 --> 02:05.726 >> Appraiser: THANK YOU 02:05.792 --> 02:06.793 FOR COMING TODAY. 02:06.860 --> 02:09.329 COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 02:09.396 --> 02:11.164 ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE? 02:11.231 --> 02:13.333 >> Guest: WELL, IT'S A PAINTING 02:13.400 --> 02:14.434 BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER, 02:14.501 --> 02:15.535 OR CLEMENTINE HUNTER, 02:15.602 --> 02:17.704 WHO WAS THE BLACK GRANDMA MOSES, 02:17.771 --> 02:19.906 AND IT'S A PAINTING THAT WAS 02:19.973 --> 02:22.075 DONE, I GUESS, AROUND THE '70s 02:22.142 --> 02:23.543 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 02:23.610 --> 02:25.712 SHE, AT THAT AGE, WAS PROBABLY 02:25.779 --> 02:27.881 CLOSE TO 80, AND SHE STARTED 02:27.948 --> 02:29.716 PAINTING EARLY IN HER LIFE 02:29.783 --> 02:31.151 AND JUST NEVER STOPPED. 02:31.218 --> 02:32.986 >> Appraiser: OKAY, YOU KNOW, 02:33.053 --> 02:35.155 I'M EXCITED, SO I JUST HAVE 02:35.222 --> 02:36.990 TO JUST CUT YOU OFF, 02:37.057 --> 02:39.159 OKAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I DO. 02:39.226 --> 02:40.627 SHE CALLED HERSELF CLEMENTINE 02:40.694 --> 02:40.994 HUNTER. 02:41.061 --> 02:42.095 >> Guest: YES. 02:42.162 --> 02:44.631 >> Appraiser: AND SO I JUST HAVE 02:44.698 --> 02:46.800 TO TELL YOU THAT IN 2011, 02:46.867 --> 02:48.635 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO 02:48.702 --> 02:50.070 EVALUATE A WONDERFUL COLLECTION 02:50.137 --> 02:51.538 OF ORIGINAL CLEMENTINE HUNTERS. 02:51.605 --> 02:53.707 SHE IS A ICONIC FIGURE IN 02:53.774 --> 02:55.175 CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN FOLK ART. 02:55.242 --> 02:57.010 SHE WAS NOT PROPERLY EDUCATED. 02:57.077 --> 02:59.179 SHE LIVED TO BE ABOUT 100 02:59.246 --> 03:02.315 TO 101, WITH HER DEATH IN 1988. 03:02.382 --> 03:04.685 AND I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT 03:04.751 --> 03:06.153 ONE OF HER FAVORITE QUOTES THAT 03:06.219 --> 03:07.421 I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU, 03:07.487 --> 03:08.955 IT'S JUST PERFECT. 03:09.022 --> 03:10.490 SHE WOULD SAY, "GOD PUTS THOSE 03:10.557 --> 03:12.325 PICTURES IN MY HEAD, 03:12.392 --> 03:14.194 AND I JUST PUTS THEM ON CANVAS 03:14.261 --> 03:16.396 LIKE HE WANTS ME TO." 03:16.463 --> 03:17.798 >> Guest: WONDERFUL. 03:17.864 --> 03:18.932 >> Appraiser: AND THIS IS JUST 03:18.999 --> 03:20.400 AN EXAMPLE OF HER VERY 03:20.467 --> 03:21.868 SIMPLISTIC, COMFORTABLE, 03:21.935 --> 03:23.370 NATURE-RELATED SCENE OF SOME 03:23.437 --> 03:25.172 BIRDS. 03:25.238 --> 03:27.841 YOU SEE SOME CROPS GROWING, 03:27.908 --> 03:29.943 AND MAYBE SOME CHICKENS RIGHT 03:30.010 --> 03:31.912 HERE DOING SOMETHING. 03:31.978 --> 03:33.513 THIS IS A AUTHENTIC PIECE 03:33.580 --> 03:34.681 THAT'S SIGNED RIGHT HERE. 03:34.748 --> 03:36.450 HER WORK IS SO DESIRED 03:36.516 --> 03:38.018 THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE SPENT 03:38.085 --> 03:39.720 DECADES FORGING HER WORK AND 03:39.786 --> 03:41.588 SELLING IT INTO THE MARKETPLACE. 03:41.655 --> 03:43.090 LET ME JUST TELL YOU THIS. 03:43.156 --> 03:44.458 CLEMENTINE HUNTER, 03:44.524 --> 03:46.493 IN MY ESTIMATION, NEXT TO SISTER 03:46.560 --> 03:47.994 GERTRUDE MORGAN, ARE TWO OF 03:48.061 --> 03:49.629 THE LEADING, FEMALE, AFRICAN- 03:49.696 --> 03:51.932 AMERICAN, OUTSIDE FOLK ARTISTS, 03:51.998 --> 03:53.734 WHO ARE VERY DESIRABLE AND HAVE 03:53.800 --> 03:55.969 CROSSOVER APPEAL TO THE ARTIST, 03:56.036 --> 03:57.471 THE SOUTHERN COLLECTOR, 03:57.537 --> 03:59.372 THE FEMALE COLLECTOR, 03:59.439 --> 04:02.075 AND JUST PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT 04:02.142 --> 04:04.511 DID NOT GET FORMAL TRAINING. 04:04.578 --> 04:05.979 SO, WITH ALL THAT SAID, 04:06.046 --> 04:07.214 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW THAT 04:07.280 --> 04:09.116 THIS IS WORTH BETWEEN $6,500 04:09.182 --> 04:11.418 TO $9,000? 04:11.485 --> 04:12.652 >> Guest: AMAZED. 04:12.719 --> 04:13.587 >> Appraiser: THANK YOU VERY 04:13.653 --> 04:14.521 MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR 04:14.588 --> 04:15.555 CLEMENTINE HUNTER PAINTING. 04:15.622 --> 04:16.690 >> Guest: OH, THANK YOU 04:16.757 --> 04:17.424 VERY MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION. 04:23.263 --> 04:24.765 >> Appraiser: WELL, THANK YOU 04:24.831 --> 04:26.299 FOR COMING IN TO CHESAPEAKE 04:26.399 --> 04:26.933 COLLECTIBLES TODAY. 04:27.000 --> 04:28.468 WE'VE GOT A DELIGHTFUL THING 04:28.535 --> 04:29.402 ON THE DAIS. 04:29.469 --> 04:31.571 CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 04:31.638 --> 04:33.140 ABOUT WHAT YOU BROUGHT OUT 04:33.206 --> 04:33.440 TODAY? 04:33.507 --> 04:36.309 >> Guest: IT WAS A LITTLE MUSIC 04:36.376 --> 04:38.378 BOX THAT I REMEMBER LOVING 04:38.445 --> 04:40.013 AS A SMALL CHILD, 04:40.080 --> 04:42.916 AND IT BELONGED TO A VERY OLD 04:42.983 --> 04:43.316 LADY. 04:43.383 --> 04:45.152 I REMEMBER BEING TAKEN INTO 04:45.218 --> 04:46.653 HER APARTMENT IN BOSTON, 04:46.720 --> 04:48.288 >> Appraiser: OKAY. 04:48.355 --> 04:49.723 >> Guest: AND SHE WOULD BRING 04:49.790 --> 04:50.857 THIS OUT TO SHOW YOUNG CHILDREN 04:50.924 --> 04:52.092 WHO CAME BECAUSE... 04:52.159 --> 04:53.226 >> Appraiser: WONDERFUL. 04:53.293 --> 04:54.294 >> Guest: ...IT WAS SO 04:54.361 --> 04:55.695 ENTERTAINING, AND... 04:55.762 --> 04:56.696 >> Appraiser: AND THE REASON 04:56.763 --> 04:57.697 IT'S ENTERTAINING, YOU'RE RIGHT, 04:57.764 --> 04:59.766 IT IS A FORM OF A MUSIC BOX, 04:59.833 --> 05:01.301 AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN 05:01.368 --> 05:02.302 DELICATELY DEMONSTRATE HERE 05:02.369 --> 05:03.403 WHY IT IS OF SUCH INTEREST, 05:03.470 --> 05:04.471 AND THAT IS, THIS LEVER HERE 05:04.538 --> 05:08.074 WILL BRING OPEN 05:08.141 --> 05:12.045 AND HAVE POP UP A BIRD. 05:12.112 --> 05:14.748 >> Guest: RIGHT. 05:14.815 --> 05:16.483 >> G. Amory LeCuyer, Appraiser: 05:16.550 --> 05:18.952 AND THIS IS A FORM OF WHAT 05:19.019 --> 05:20.687 WE WOULD CALL AN AUTOMATON. 05:20.754 --> 05:22.422 AN AUTOMATON WAS AN ANIMAL 05:22.489 --> 05:24.191 OR OTHER TYPE OF, PERHAPS 05:24.257 --> 05:25.592 PERSON, CHARACTER, WHO IS 05:25.659 --> 05:27.327 WORKING OFF OF THE SAME 05:27.394 --> 05:29.563 PRINCIPLE AS A MUSIC BOX DOES 05:29.629 --> 05:31.598 IN THE CLOCKWORK MECHANISM 05:31.665 --> 05:34.100 THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN THE BOX. 05:34.167 --> 05:36.536 BUT THIS HAS EVEN MORE GOING ON 05:36.603 --> 05:39.606 HERE THAN THAT, BECAUSE WE ALSO 05:39.673 --> 05:41.208 HAVE THE CLOCK IN THE FRONT, 05:41.274 --> 05:44.377 WHICH IS A KEY-WIND CLOCK, 05:44.444 --> 05:47.180 AND IT'S UNUSUAL TO SEE THE BOX, 05:47.247 --> 05:50.951 THE CLOCK, AND THE AUTOMATON 05:51.017 --> 05:53.086 BIRD ALL AS A PART OF THIS. 05:53.153 --> 05:54.421 NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE HAVE 05:54.487 --> 05:57.123 INCREDIBLE ARTISTRY THAT'S GONE 05:57.190 --> 05:58.525 INTO THE CREATION OF THIS 05:58.592 --> 06:02.095 BECAUSE WE HAVE BOTH ENAMELING 06:02.162 --> 06:04.364 THAT'S GOING ALL OVER THE TOP 06:04.431 --> 06:05.932 OF THE CASE, AS WELL AS ON 06:05.999 --> 06:07.601 THE INSIDE OF THE LID. 06:07.667 --> 06:10.437 IT'S A BOX THAT'S IN STERLING. 06:10.503 --> 06:11.838 LIKELY, IT'S COMING OUT OF 06:11.905 --> 06:13.206 ONE OF TWO COUNTRIES IN EUROPE. 06:13.273 --> 06:14.307 IT'S COMING OUT OF EITHER 06:14.374 --> 06:16.810 GERMANY OR AUSTRIA, SWITZERLAND 06:16.877 --> 06:20.080 PERHAPS EVEN, COMING AROUND 06:20.146 --> 06:24.718 THE EARLY PART OF THE 1900s. 06:24.784 --> 06:26.119 AND WE TALKED, I THINK, EARLIER, 06:26.186 --> 06:28.588 THE BOX ITSELF IS NOT WORKING 06:28.655 --> 06:29.856 RIGHT NOW. 06:29.923 --> 06:30.857 >> Guest: RIGHT, BECAUSE 06:30.924 --> 06:32.158 THE BIRD WOULD SING. 06:32.225 --> 06:33.126 >> Appraiser: THE BIRD WOULD 06:33.193 --> 06:34.194 SING, AND ACTUALLY ITS BEAK 06:34.261 --> 06:36.396 WOULD MOVE. 06:36.463 --> 06:38.531 AND IT'S JUST AN ABSOLUTELY 06:38.598 --> 06:39.532 MARVELOUS MECHANISM WHEN IT CAN 06:39.599 --> 06:41.635 WORK. 06:41.701 --> 06:43.236 NOW, A GOOD JEWELER QUITE LIKELY 06:43.303 --> 06:44.404 COULD PUT IT INTO WORKING 06:44.471 --> 06:45.672 CONDITION. 06:45.739 --> 06:46.907 >> Guest: OH, OKAY. 06:46.973 --> 06:48.241 EVEN IN THIS COUNTRY? 06:48.308 --> 06:49.109 >> Appraiser: EVEN IN 06:49.175 --> 06:50.510 THIS COUNTRY, YES. 06:50.577 --> 06:52.212 IF THE BIRD WERE WORKING AND 06:52.279 --> 06:52.746 ABLE TO SING, AND ITS BEAK 06:52.812 --> 06:54.147 MOVE ALONG WITH IT, 06:54.214 --> 06:56.049 GIVEN THE PORCELAIN THAT'S HERE, 06:56.116 --> 06:58.151 GIVEN THAT IT'S SET IN STERLING 06:58.218 --> 07:01.121 WITH THE CLOCK ON THE FRONT, 07:01.187 --> 07:03.290 WHICH IS A KEY-WIND CLOCK, 07:03.356 --> 07:04.991 WHICH IS INCREDIBLY INTERESTING 07:05.058 --> 07:07.627 TO ME, I WOULD PUT THIS, 07:07.694 --> 07:09.129 AS AN AUCTION ESTIMATE, 07:09.195 --> 07:10.764 SOMEWHERE IN THE $3K TO $4,000 07:10.830 --> 07:12.565 RANGE. 07:12.632 --> 07:14.734 IT'S AN ABSOLUTE STUNNER. 07:14.801 --> 07:15.869 AND THIS WAS A FAMILY MEMBER, 07:15.936 --> 07:16.903 I THINK, THAT YOU SAID HAPPENED 07:16.970 --> 07:18.271 TO HAVE IT? 07:18.338 --> 07:19.706 >> Guest: YES, AND A LOT OF 07:19.773 --> 07:20.907 LITTLE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY 07:20.974 --> 07:22.409 ENJOYED... 07:22.475 --> 07:23.543 >> Appraiser: OH, I'M SURE. 07:23.610 --> 07:24.744 >> Guest: ...HAVING THE BIRD 07:24.811 --> 07:25.946 PERFORM FOR THEM. 07:26.012 --> 07:27.314 >> Appraiser: WELL, THE LAST 07:27.380 --> 07:28.415 THING YOU'D REALLY EXPECT 07:28.481 --> 07:30.617 IN THIS IS FOR THE LID TO POP 07:30.684 --> 07:32.519 OPEN AND A BIRD TO COME OUT. 07:32.585 --> 07:33.887 IN OTHER VERSIONS OF THIS, 07:33.954 --> 07:35.522 WE'VE HEARD THE SONG "THE BIRD 07:35.588 --> 07:36.623 IN THE GILDED CAGE." 07:36.690 --> 07:37.724 THAT BIRD, THE ORIGINAL, 07:37.791 --> 07:38.825 WAS INDEED AN AUTOMATON 07:38.892 --> 07:40.193 THAT ALSO HAD THE CLOCKWORK 07:40.260 --> 07:40.460 MECHANISM. 07:40.527 --> 07:42.495 BUT ABSOLUTELY A WONDERFUL 07:42.562 --> 07:43.763 PIECE, AND THE FIRST ONE, 07:43.830 --> 07:44.965 I THINK, WE'VE EVER HAD 07:45.031 --> 07:46.099 ON CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 07:46.166 --> 07:46.933 >> Guest: OH, WONDERFUL. 07:47.000 --> 07:47.734 >> Appraiser: THANK YOU 07:47.801 --> 07:48.601 FOR BRINGING IT OUT TODAY. 07:48.668 --> 07:49.302 >> Guest: THANK YOU SO MUCH 07:49.369 --> 07:50.503 FOR TELLING ME ABOUT IT. 07:55.575 --> 07:57.043 >> Appraiser: WELCOME TO 07:57.143 --> 07:57.777 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 07:57.844 --> 07:59.312 WHAT DID YOU BRING? 07:59.379 --> 08:00.814 >> Guest: WELL, THIS IS AN ARMY 08:00.880 --> 08:02.315 FIELD MANUAL, PRINTED AT WEST 08:02.382 --> 08:04.117 POINT, THAT I BOUGHT AT A YARD 08:04.184 --> 08:06.386 SALE MANY YEARS AGO, AND NOTICED 08:06.453 --> 08:08.521 INSIDE THAT IT HAD AN OFFICER'S 08:08.588 --> 08:10.857 NAME, AND IT SAID, 08:10.924 --> 08:14.794 "CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA" 08:14.861 --> 08:15.895 AND THE OFFICER'S NAME WAS 08:15.962 --> 08:18.031 ANDERSON. 08:18.098 --> 08:19.432 I ALSO HAVE SOME BALLOON VIEWS 08:19.499 --> 08:19.899 OF WASHINGTON. 08:19.966 --> 08:21.067 SO IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. 08:21.134 --> 08:22.802 >> Allan Stypeck, Appraiser: 08:22.869 --> 08:25.438 WELL, LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE. 08:25.505 --> 08:27.173 IT IS NOT ANDERSON, 08:27.240 --> 08:29.342 BUT E.P. ALEXANDER, WHO WAS 08:29.409 --> 08:31.111 THE PREEMINENT BALLOON ENGINEER 08:31.177 --> 08:34.147 IN THE UNION ARMY, WHO LEFT -- 08:34.214 --> 08:36.349 RESIGNED FROM THE UNION ARMY 08:36.416 --> 08:38.952 IN 1861 TO JOIN THE CONFEDERACY. 08:39.019 --> 08:41.588 HE IS WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS TACTICS 08:41.654 --> 08:43.790 IN THE USE OF BALLOONS 08:43.857 --> 08:45.992 FOR BOTH SURVEILLANCE AND FOR 08:46.059 --> 08:46.893 AERIAL BOMBARDMENT, 08:46.960 --> 08:48.628 BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALEXANDER 08:48.695 --> 08:51.264 WAS THE ARTILLERY -- THE HEAD 08:51.331 --> 08:53.466 OF THE ARTILLERY BARRAGE THAT 08:53.533 --> 08:55.668 COVERED PICKETT AT THE CHARGE 08:55.735 --> 08:56.569 AT GETTYSBURG. 08:56.636 --> 08:59.205 THIS IS A REALLY NICE ITEM. 08:59.272 --> 09:01.474 >> Guest: WOW! 09:01.541 --> 09:03.476 >> Appraiser: TO HAVE THE FIELD 09:03.543 --> 09:05.145 MANUAL FOR THE CAPTAIN OF 09:05.211 --> 09:06.479 ENGINEERING FOR THE CONFEDERACY, 09:06.546 --> 09:08.148 WHO LATER BECAME A BRIGADIER 09:08.214 --> 09:10.150 GENERAL, AND ONE OF THE SOUTH'S 09:10.216 --> 09:10.817 GREATEST HEROES, 09:10.884 --> 09:12.152 YOU REALLY FOUND SOMETHING 09:12.218 --> 09:14.687 REALLY GREAT IN A GARAGE SALE. 09:14.754 --> 09:16.322 I MEAN, THE FACT THAT -- 09:16.389 --> 09:18.258 THE GREAT PART ABOUT IT 09:18.324 --> 09:20.794 IS IT'S INSCRIBED AS "CAPTAIN, 09:20.860 --> 09:22.862 ENGINEER, C.S.A., ARMY OF 09:22.929 --> 09:24.364 THE POTOMAC, CONFEDERATE." 09:24.431 --> 09:27.434 WHICH WAS A VERY EARLY ARMY. 09:27.500 --> 09:29.335 AND THEN AGAIN IT SAYS, 09:29.402 --> 09:31.604 "E.P. ALEXANDER" HERE, 09:31.671 --> 09:33.506 "CAPTAIN, ENGINEER, C.S.A.," 09:33.573 --> 09:35.875 USING THE U.S. ARMY FIELD 09:35.942 --> 09:37.677 MANUAL, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED 09:37.744 --> 09:39.546 THE SAME YEAR THAT HE JOINED 09:39.612 --> 09:41.514 THE CONFEDERACY. 09:41.581 --> 09:42.282 HAVE YOU EVER HAD THIS 09:42.348 --> 09:42.982 APPRAISED? 09:43.049 --> 09:43.917 >> Guest: NO, I HAVEN'T. 09:43.983 --> 09:44.484 >> Appraiser: OKAY. 09:44.551 --> 09:45.752 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU 09:45.819 --> 09:46.486 THINK THIS IS WORTH? 09:46.553 --> 09:47.954 >> Guest: I DON'T KNOW. 09:48.021 --> 09:48.955 A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS? 09:49.022 --> 09:50.190 I HAVE NO IDEA. 09:50.256 --> 09:51.224 >> Appraiser: WHAT DID YOU PAY 09:51.291 --> 09:52.625 FOR THIS? 09:52.692 --> 09:53.626 >> Guest: IT WAS EITHER 09:53.693 --> 09:54.627 A QUARTER OR A DOLLAR AND 09:54.694 --> 09:56.029 A QUARTER. 09:56.096 --> 09:57.230 IT WAS NOT -- IT WAS WELL UNDER 09:57.297 --> 09:58.131 TWO BUCKS. 09:58.198 --> 09:59.232 >> Appraiser: WOW! 09:59.299 --> 10:00.467 I WOULD PROBABLY PRICE THIS 10:00.533 --> 10:01.835 ANYWHERE BETWEEN $4K AND $5,000. 10:01.901 --> 10:03.236 >> Guest: OH MY GOD. 10:03.303 --> 10:04.571 >> Appraiser: YEAH. 10:04.637 --> 10:06.072 THIS IS A REALLY GREAT ITEM. 10:06.139 --> 10:08.041 I MEAN, TO HAVE ALEXANDER'S 10:08.108 --> 10:10.243 FIELD MANUAL, A CONFEDERATE 10:10.310 --> 10:12.879 GENERAL FAMOUS FOR PICKETT'S 10:12.946 --> 10:14.747 CHARGE, FAMOUS FOR HIS BALLOON 10:14.814 --> 10:15.949 TACTICS. 10:16.015 --> 10:17.117 I MEAN, THIS IS ONE OF 10:17.183 --> 10:18.284 THE ICONIC MEMBERS OF 10:18.351 --> 10:19.185 THE CONFEDERACY. 10:19.252 --> 10:20.820 >> Guest: WOW! 10:20.887 --> 10:23.223 >> Appraiser: VERY COOL BUY. 10:25.992 --> 10:27.427 >> Rhea: IT'S ALWAYS AMAZING 10:27.494 --> 10:29.395 TO DISCOVER HOW DAILY LIFE WAS 10:29.462 --> 10:30.897 SO DIFFERENT BEFORE THE MODERN 10:30.964 --> 10:32.732 ERA OF MASS PRODUCTION. 10:32.799 --> 10:34.134 HERE TO SHOW US SOME OF 10:34.200 --> 10:35.802 THE MATERIALS AND PRODUCTION 10:35.869 --> 10:37.337 TECHNIQUES OF METALS FROM 10:37.403 --> 10:40.640 THE PAST IS APPRAISER ED MORENO. 10:40.707 --> 10:41.975 >> Ed Moreno, Appraiser: 10:42.041 --> 10:43.943 I BROUGHT A SELECTION OF SILVER 10:44.010 --> 10:45.612 AND SILVER-PLATED GOODS TO TAKE 10:45.678 --> 10:47.280 A LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION 10:47.347 --> 10:49.282 OF SOME OF THEM, AND ALSO 10:49.349 --> 10:51.251 THE WAY -- HOW THEY WEAR, 10:51.317 --> 10:52.919 SOME PATTERNS OF WEAR AND 10:52.986 --> 10:53.586 OF TARNISH. 10:53.653 --> 10:55.255 STARTING WITH THE OLDEST PIECE, 10:55.321 --> 10:56.890 THIS IS A CREAMER MADE 10:56.956 --> 10:58.224 IN PHILADELPHIA BY WILLIAM 10:58.291 --> 10:59.225 HOLLINGSHEAD, AROUND 1770. 10:59.292 --> 11:01.327 THIS IS AMERICAN COIN SILVER, 11:01.394 --> 11:02.128 AND IT TARNISHES -- 11:02.195 --> 11:03.396 IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND 11:03.463 --> 11:04.998 A PIECE LIKE THIS IN THE 11:05.064 --> 11:06.299 MARKETPLACE, YOU'LL FIND THERE'S 11:06.366 --> 11:08.001 VERY, VERY DARK, ALMOST BLACK 11:08.067 --> 11:09.435 TARNISH, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE 11:09.502 --> 11:11.004 LOOKING FOR IN A PIECE, 11:11.070 --> 11:12.338 AN 18TH CENTURY PIECE 11:12.405 --> 11:13.673 OF AMERICAN SILVER. 11:13.740 --> 11:14.674 VERY TRADITIONAL PIECE. 11:14.741 --> 11:15.909 AGAIN, MADE IN PHILADELPHIA 11:15.975 --> 11:18.411 IN THE 1770s. 11:18.478 --> 11:20.180 A LITTLE WHILE LATER, 11:20.246 --> 11:22.115 THE COIN SILVER WAS MADE QUITE 11:22.182 --> 11:23.883 THIN, AND YOU FIND A LOT 11:23.950 --> 11:26.052 OF FLATWARE, SUGAR SHELLS, 11:26.119 --> 11:28.354 TABLESPOONS, AND TEASPOONS. 11:28.421 --> 11:31.357 THESE DON'T COME UP VERY OFTEN 11:31.424 --> 11:33.126 MADE IN THE SOUTH, BUT A LOT 11:33.193 --> 11:35.528 OF THEM ARE MADE IN NEW ENGLAND. 11:35.595 --> 11:37.130 THE SUGAR SHELL IS VERY, 11:37.197 --> 11:39.032 VERY THIN AND HAS LITTLE 11:39.098 --> 11:40.934 MONETARY VALUE, BUT THEY ARE 11:41.000 --> 11:43.303 COLLECTIBLE BECAUSE OF MAKERS. 11:43.369 --> 11:44.537 SOMETIMES THEY'RE MADE 11:44.604 --> 11:46.539 HOLLOWWARE. 11:46.606 --> 11:48.074 LINCOLN AND FOSS MADE THIS 11:48.141 --> 11:49.309 BUTTER DISH, BEAUTIFUL BUTTER 11:49.375 --> 11:50.843 DISH, MADE ABOUT IN 1840 11:50.910 --> 11:52.045 IN THE BOSTON AREA. 11:52.111 --> 11:53.580 ALMOST ALL OF STERLING SILVER 11:53.646 --> 11:54.581 IS MARKED STERLING. 11:54.647 --> 11:56.449 THIS IS A ASPARAGUS SERVER MADE 11:56.516 --> 11:58.284 BY TIFFANY IN THE KINGS PATTERN, 11:58.351 --> 11:59.819 AND THESE PIECES ARE MARKED, 11:59.886 --> 12:00.820 "TIFFANY STERLING," 12:00.887 --> 12:02.989 AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE 12:03.056 --> 12:04.524 A STERLING PIECE BECAUSE THEY'RE 12:04.591 --> 12:05.758 OFTENTIMES MARKED AS OPPOSED 12:05.825 --> 12:07.360 TO THE COIN SILVER THAT 12:07.427 --> 12:08.661 IS OFTENTIMES NOT MARKED. 12:08.728 --> 12:10.563 IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY 12:10.630 --> 12:11.564 TO AFFORD SILVER, 12:11.631 --> 12:13.800 YOU COULD GO TO A PLATED WARE. 12:13.866 --> 12:15.835 THE FIRST PLATED WARES WERE MADE 12:15.902 --> 12:17.403 AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE 18TH 12:17.470 --> 12:19.839 CENTURY IN LONDON, IN ENGLAND, 12:19.906 --> 12:21.241 IN BIRMINGHAM, AND THEY WERE 12:21.307 --> 12:22.875 CALLED SHEFFIELD PLATE. 12:22.942 --> 12:23.977 THESE ARE SHEFFIELD PLATED 12:24.043 --> 12:25.778 GOODS. 12:25.845 --> 12:27.280 THIS IS ACTUALLY A SHEET 12:27.347 --> 12:29.415 OF COPPER WITH A PIECE OF SILVER 12:29.482 --> 12:30.917 THAT IS ADDED ONTO IT, 12:30.984 --> 12:32.418 AND IT'S CONSTRUCTED VERY MUCH 12:32.485 --> 12:33.920 BY HAND, VERY MUCH LIKE 12:33.987 --> 12:34.921 THIS PIECE HERE, 12:34.988 --> 12:37.056 AND YOU GET THE LOOK OF SILVER, 12:37.123 --> 12:38.858 BUT NOT THE COST OF IT. 12:38.925 --> 12:40.360 SHEFFIELD PLATE HAS A GOOD 12:40.426 --> 12:41.561 MARKET VALUE, VERY, VERY 12:41.628 --> 12:43.363 COLLECTIBLE, AND YOU CAN TELL IT 12:43.429 --> 12:44.864 BY THE COPPER SHOWING THROUGH 12:44.931 --> 12:46.399 IN SOME OF THESE PLACES, 12:46.466 --> 12:47.900 ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGH POINTS. 12:47.967 --> 12:49.402 IN THE 1860s, THE ELECTRIC 12:49.469 --> 12:50.403 BATTERY WAS PERFECTED. 12:50.470 --> 12:51.404 THIS ALLOWED ELECTROPLATING 12:51.471 --> 12:52.405 TO OCCUR. 12:52.472 --> 12:53.906 THIS PIECE DATING FROM AROUND 12:53.973 --> 12:56.042 THE 1900s HAS THE KIND OF MARKS 12:56.109 --> 12:57.243 THAT ONE OFTEN SEES 12:57.310 --> 12:58.244 IN ELECTROPLATING. 12:58.311 --> 12:59.412 THESE FOUR MARKS SEEM 12:59.479 --> 13:00.947 TO INDICATE THAT IT'S STERLING, 13:01.014 --> 13:02.181 BUT IT'S ACTUALLY USED 13:02.248 --> 13:03.182 TO DECEIVE. 13:03.249 --> 13:04.350 SO THESE ELECTROPLATED GOODS 13:04.417 --> 13:05.351 SOMETIMES ARE QUADRUPLE-PLATED 13:05.418 --> 13:06.352 OR MARKED QUADRUPLED 13:06.419 --> 13:07.353 OR TRIPLE-PLATED, 13:07.420 --> 13:09.188 AND THEY CAME IN ALL SORTS 13:09.255 --> 13:10.323 OF SIZES AND SHAPES, 13:10.390 --> 13:11.324 INCLUDING RESTAURANT WARE 13:11.391 --> 13:12.325 AS WELL. 13:12.392 --> 13:13.860 ALL OF THESE PIECES HAVE SOME 13:13.926 --> 13:15.128 VALUE, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS, 13:15.194 --> 13:16.663 AND THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME, 13:16.729 --> 13:18.197 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF 13:18.264 --> 13:19.732 TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION 13:19.799 --> 13:21.267 AND HOW THEY TARNISH TO GET 13:21.334 --> 13:22.535 TO KNOW WHAT IS SILVER, 13:22.602 --> 13:23.569 WHAT IS SHEFFIELD PLATE, 13:23.636 --> 13:25.071 AND WHAT IS AMERICAN COLONIAL 13:25.138 --> 13:27.373 SILVER. 13:31.344 --> 13:32.278 >> Appraiser: WELL, WELCOME 13:32.345 --> 13:33.279 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 13:33.346 --> 13:34.280 >> Guest: THANK YOU. 13:34.347 --> 13:35.548 >> Appraiser: WHAT TREASURE DID 13:35.615 --> 13:36.816 YOU BRING FOR US TODAY? 13:36.883 --> 13:38.618 WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT? 13:38.685 --> 13:40.219 >> Guest: NOT A WHOLE LOT. 13:40.286 --> 13:41.821 THIS IS A CLOCK THAT WAS 13:41.888 --> 13:42.889 ON MY MOTHER'S MANTLE. 13:42.955 --> 13:44.490 SHE PASSED AWAY AND THE SIBLINGS 13:44.557 --> 13:45.825 WERE GOING THROUGH THE HOUSE, 13:45.892 --> 13:47.460 AND WE WERE PICKING THINGS THAT 13:47.527 --> 13:49.362 WE LIKED, AND I DID NOT LIKE 13:49.429 --> 13:50.363 THIS. 13:50.430 --> 13:51.998 I WAS NOT INTERESTED IN THIS 13:52.065 --> 13:53.900 CLOCK AT ALL, AND MY WIFE KEPT 13:53.966 --> 13:55.234 SAYING, "BUT IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL." 13:55.301 --> 13:57.136 AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE 13:57.203 --> 13:58.137 OSTENTATIOUS AND GAUDY, 13:58.204 --> 14:00.039 AND SHE LOVED THE DING IT MADE 14:00.106 --> 14:01.374 WHEN IT HIT THE HOUR. 14:01.441 --> 14:02.909 SO FINALLY I SAID, "FINE, GO. 14:02.975 --> 14:03.910 YOU CAN HAVE THAT." 14:03.976 --> 14:05.712 THEN SHE STARTED TO SORT OF LOOK 14:05.778 --> 14:07.246 ONLINE TO FIND THEM AND WE 14:07.313 --> 14:08.247 STUMBLED ACROSS THIS PROGRAM, 14:08.314 --> 14:10.049 AND SO WE THOUGHT WE'D BRING IT 14:10.116 --> 14:11.584 IN AND HAVE SOMEBODY TELL US 14:11.651 --> 14:13.152 WHAT IT IS, WHAT WE ACTUALLY 14:13.219 --> 14:14.153 ENDED UP WITH. 14:14.220 --> 14:16.222 >> Appraiser: WELL, IT IS 14:16.289 --> 14:17.223 VERY BEAUTIFUL. 14:17.290 --> 14:19.325 IT IS A THREE-PIECE CLOCK 14:19.392 --> 14:21.394 GARNITURE MEANT FOR THE MANTLE. 14:21.461 --> 14:23.463 IT WAS MANUFACTURED BY A 14:23.529 --> 14:24.697 PRESTIGIOUS PARISIAN FIRM 14:24.764 --> 14:27.200 CALLED MOUGIN, M-O-U-G-I-N, 14:27.266 --> 14:29.702 WHO STARTED IN BUSINESS IN 1852. 14:29.769 --> 14:31.471 ACTUALLY, IT'S INTERESTING, 14:31.537 --> 14:33.473 1852, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE PERIOD 14:33.539 --> 14:36.776 OF THE DEUXIÈME EMPIRE, 14:36.843 --> 14:38.911 THE SECOND EMPIRE. 14:38.978 --> 14:41.214 NAPOLEON III, WHO COMES TO REIGN 14:41.280 --> 14:45.151 IN 1848 AND RULES TO 1870, 14:45.218 --> 14:47.153 AND IT'S IMPORTANT IN 14:47.220 --> 14:49.455 THE THOUGHT OF SECOND EMPIRE, 14:49.522 --> 14:52.859 SECOND FRENCH EMPIRE, 14:52.925 --> 14:55.228 BECAUSE THIS CLOCK INCORPORATES 14:55.294 --> 14:56.562 A NUMBER OF IDIOMS FROM EARLIER 14:56.629 --> 14:58.331 TIMES. 14:58.398 --> 15:00.900 THE MARBLE IS VERDE ALPI SCURO, 15:00.967 --> 15:02.902 IS A GREEN, ITALIAN MARBLE, 15:02.969 --> 15:05.638 AND IT'S MOUNTED WITH ORMOLU. 15:05.705 --> 15:08.374 ORMOLU IS GILT BRONZE. 15:08.441 --> 15:10.643 BUT WHAT IT HAS WITH IT 15:10.710 --> 15:13.413 ARE IDEAS FROM EARLIER PERIODS, 15:13.479 --> 15:14.914 AND THAT'S WHAT NAPOLEON III 15:14.981 --> 15:16.048 WAS DOING, HE WAS MAKING 15:16.115 --> 15:18.184 REFERENCES... 15:18.251 --> 15:20.086 HE WAS MAKING REFERENCES 15:20.153 --> 15:22.955 TO EARLY TIMES AND TO EARLIER 15:23.022 --> 15:23.956 FRENCH MONARCHS. 15:24.023 --> 15:26.826 THIS IS CALLED A PORTICO CLOCK. 15:26.893 --> 15:28.294 OBVIOUSLY, IT HAS 15:28.361 --> 15:29.729 AN ARCHITECTONIC SHAPE, 15:29.796 --> 15:32.131 AND THESE PILLAR FORM THINGS 15:32.198 --> 15:35.034 RELATE BACK TO THE FIRST EMPIRE, 15:35.101 --> 15:37.470 NAPOLEON AND THE FIRST EMPIRE, 15:37.537 --> 15:40.339 AS DOES THIS CLASSICAL URN ON 15:40.406 --> 15:41.340 THE TOP. 15:41.407 --> 15:44.744 THE SHAPE OF IT IS A EMPIRE 15:44.811 --> 15:46.179 OR EMPEER LOOK. 15:46.245 --> 15:48.714 THE FLAME FINIALS HERE ARE 15:48.781 --> 15:50.716 A REFERENCE TO LOUIS SEIZE, 15:50.783 --> 15:53.820 LOUIS XVI. 15:53.886 --> 15:55.388 SO YOU HAVE, AGAIN, MORE 15:55.455 --> 15:57.557 REFERENCES THERE. 15:57.623 --> 15:59.158 AND WHAT YOU HAVE BOBBING BACK 15:59.225 --> 16:01.227 AND FORTH WITH THE PENDULUM 16:01.294 --> 16:03.296 IS THE SUN KING, WHO IS LOUIS 16:03.362 --> 16:05.698 QUATORZE, LOUIS XIV. 16:05.765 --> 16:08.534 SO AGAIN, THESE ARE REFERENCES 16:08.601 --> 16:09.869 THAT A PERSON OF THAT DAY, 16:09.936 --> 16:12.472 CERTAINLY A FRENCH PERSON OF 16:12.538 --> 16:14.507 THE FOURTH-QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, 16:14.574 --> 16:16.642 WOULD RECOGNIZE THESE AND EITHER 16:16.709 --> 16:19.612 ACTIVELY UNDERSTAND THEM 16:19.679 --> 16:21.013 OR INTUITIVELY UNDERSTAND THESE 16:21.080 --> 16:22.882 REFERENCES TO IT. 16:22.949 --> 16:24.417 NOW, IN TODAY'S MARKET, 16:24.484 --> 16:26.619 THESE THINGS ARE BECOMING 16:26.686 --> 16:30.623 A LITTLE LESS, UH... 16:30.690 --> 16:32.158 COLLECTIBLE AS PEOPLE ARE 16:32.225 --> 16:34.527 CHANG -- OR MOVING AWAY FROM 16:34.594 --> 16:35.661 MORE FANCIFUL GOODS, 16:35.728 --> 16:37.230 BUT, NONETHELESS, AT AUCTION, 16:37.296 --> 16:39.599 YOU MIGHT FIND THIS FOR SALE 16:39.665 --> 16:40.800 FOR $1,500, $2,000. 16:40.867 --> 16:42.368 AND SOMEONE'S STORE, AGAIN, 16:42.435 --> 16:43.536 THINK $3,000, $4,000, 16:43.603 --> 16:45.938 SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS A SALE 16:46.005 --> 16:46.939 VALUE. 16:47.006 --> 16:48.508 >> Guest: OH, OKAY. 16:48.574 --> 16:50.109 >> Appraiser: SO, VERY 16:50.176 --> 16:51.677 BEAUTIFUL, AND THANK YOU 16:51.744 --> 16:53.246 FOR BRINGING IT IN. 16:53.312 --> 16:55.615 >> Guest: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 17:01.521 --> 17:02.588 >> Appraiser: WELCOME 17:02.655 --> 17:04.390 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 17:04.457 --> 17:05.558 SO WHAT DID YOU BRING FOR US 17:05.625 --> 17:07.593 TODAY? 17:07.660 --> 17:09.562 >> Guest: IT CAN EITHER BE 17:09.629 --> 17:11.397 A WALL HANGING OR A CAMEL COVER 17:11.464 --> 17:13.266 DURING A FESTIVITY. 17:13.332 --> 17:14.500 >> Appraiser: WELL, WHERE'D YOU 17:14.567 --> 17:16.002 GET THIS? 17:16.068 --> 17:17.503 >> Guest: IN HARRODS IN LONDON. 17:17.570 --> 17:19.038 >> Appraiser: HARRODS. AH! 17:19.105 --> 17:21.307 SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THIS? 17:21.374 --> 17:22.542 >> Guest: AT LEAST 20 YEARS. 17:22.608 --> 17:23.743 >> Appraiser: 20 YEARS. 17:23.809 --> 17:25.077 YOU BOUGHT IT AT HARRODS 17:25.144 --> 17:27.613 IN LONDON 20 YEARS AGO? 17:27.680 --> 17:28.848 ACTUALLY, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT IT, 17:28.915 --> 17:31.050 CAMEL AND WALL. 17:31.117 --> 17:33.052 THEY WERE ACTUALLY WOVEN 17:33.119 --> 17:36.188 TO BE USED FOR A WEDDING FEAST, 17:36.255 --> 17:37.790 AND THEY WERE HUNG ON BOTH SIDES 17:37.857 --> 17:39.191 OF A CAMEL FOR THE BRIDE... 17:39.258 --> 17:41.294 Frank Shaia: ...AND THEN SHE 17:41.360 --> 17:42.962 WOULD TAKE IT HOME AND HANG IT 17:43.029 --> 17:43.963 ON A WALL. 17:44.030 --> 17:46.098 SO MOST PEOPLE SAW IT AS A WALL 17:46.165 --> 17:47.400 HANGING, BUT INITIALLY IT WAS 17:47.466 --> 17:48.734 USED AS A CAMEL COVER. 17:48.801 --> 17:51.938 THIS IS WHAT WE CALL ASMALYK. 17:52.004 --> 17:54.774 AND ASMALYK IS JUST THIS, 17:54.840 --> 17:57.310 AND IT WAS WOVEN FOR DECORATION. 17:57.376 --> 17:58.811 "MALYK" ACTUALLY MEANS 17:58.878 --> 18:00.346 "HANGING," SO THAT'S WHY 18:00.413 --> 18:01.948 IT'S CALLED AN ASMALYK 18:02.014 --> 18:03.449 BECAUSE IT'S JUST A HANGING. 18:03.516 --> 18:04.951 WHAT'S REALLY NEAT ABOUT THIS 18:05.017 --> 18:07.153 IS, AS YOU SEE, EVEN THE STRING 18:07.219 --> 18:09.055 ON THE TOP, AND THE STRINGS 18:09.121 --> 18:10.957 ON THE SIDE, AND ALL OF 18:11.023 --> 18:12.525 THE TASSELS ARE STILL INTACT, 18:12.592 --> 18:14.794 WHICH MAKES THIS A VERY UNIQUE 18:14.860 --> 18:16.062 PIECE AND A LITTLE MORE SOUGHT 18:16.128 --> 18:17.897 AFTER. 18:17.964 --> 18:19.999 THIS WAS WOVEN IN WHAT IS 18:20.066 --> 18:21.901 NORTHEAST PERSIA, JUST NORTH 18:21.968 --> 18:23.669 OF NORTHEAST PERSIA, IN THE AREA 18:23.736 --> 18:25.705 CALLED TURKOMAN. 18:25.771 --> 18:27.840 SO THIS IS A TURKOMAN ASMALYK, 18:27.907 --> 18:29.342 AND SOMETIMES IF IT WAS WOVEN 18:29.408 --> 18:31.043 A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH, 18:31.110 --> 18:32.511 IT WOULD BE CALLED A YOMUT 18:32.578 --> 18:34.347 ASMALYK, WHICH WOULD BE IN 18:34.413 --> 18:35.915 THE PERSIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER, 18:35.982 --> 18:38.084 BUT THIS IS THE TURKOMAN SIDE. 18:38.150 --> 18:40.152 TURKOMAN IS VERY KNOWN FOR USING 18:40.219 --> 18:41.787 THESE COPPER COLORS THAT YOU SEE 18:41.854 --> 18:43.289 IN HERE, AND, OF COURSE, 18:43.356 --> 18:44.890 THE IVORY. 18:44.957 --> 18:46.525 THESE STARS ARE THE SAME STARS 18:46.592 --> 18:48.294 THAT YOU SEE, IF YOU'VE EVER 18:48.361 --> 18:50.663 HEARD OF A BOKARA RUG. 18:50.730 --> 18:51.931 THIS IS FROM THE SAME AREA 18:51.998 --> 18:53.265 AS THE BOKARA RUG, 18:53.332 --> 18:55.267 AND THE BOKARA USES A MOTIF 18:55.334 --> 18:56.602 SIMILAR TO THIS. 18:56.669 --> 18:58.037 NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO RUGS, 18:58.104 --> 18:59.905 ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS 18:59.972 --> 19:01.707 ABOUT RUGS IS THAT THERE ARE 19:01.774 --> 19:03.209 WHAT WE CALL COMMERCIAL PIECES, 19:03.275 --> 19:04.577 WHICH ARE RUGS THAT PEOPLE BUY 19:04.644 --> 19:06.012 FOR THE FLOOR, 19:06.078 --> 19:07.546 AND THEN THERE'S COLLECTIBLE 19:07.613 --> 19:08.914 PIECES, WHICH ARE PIECES THAT 19:08.981 --> 19:11.717 PEOPLE BUY JUST TO COLLECT. 19:11.784 --> 19:13.719 USUALLY, COLLECTIBLE PIECES WERE 19:13.786 --> 19:15.121 THINGS LIKE THIS, 19:15.187 --> 19:17.456 A WALL HANGING, OR A SADDLEBAG, 19:17.523 --> 19:20.559 OR A BAG FACE, OR A SALT BAG, 19:20.626 --> 19:23.462 OR A GRAIN BAG, OR A BABY 19:23.529 --> 19:24.964 CRADLE, AND THESE ARE WHAT 19:25.031 --> 19:26.899 WE CALL COLLECTIBLE PIECES. 19:26.966 --> 19:28.167 SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT MARKETS 19:28.234 --> 19:29.468 IN THE RUG WORLD. 19:29.535 --> 19:31.437 UNFORTUNATELY, THE COLLECTORS 19:31.504 --> 19:32.905 DON'T USUALLY HAVE AS MUCH MONEY 19:32.972 --> 19:34.106 AS THE PEOPLE THAT BUY THEM 19:34.173 --> 19:36.175 FOR THE FLOORS. 19:36.242 --> 19:37.810 HOWEVER, WHEN YOU HAVE A PIECE 19:37.877 --> 19:39.845 LIKE THIS, WHICH IS 19:39.912 --> 19:42.248 AESTHETICALLY VERY PLEASING 19:42.314 --> 19:44.450 AND IS IN GREAT SHAPE, 19:44.517 --> 19:45.885 NOW YOU HAVE IT MARKETED IN BOTH 19:45.951 --> 19:47.153 WORLDS. 19:47.219 --> 19:48.688 PEOPLE THAT JUST WANT TO BUY ART 19:48.754 --> 19:49.722 WOULD LIKE THIS. 19:49.789 --> 19:51.090 COLLECTORS WOULD LIKE THIS 19:51.157 --> 19:52.258 BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN VERY GOOD 19:52.324 --> 19:53.893 CONDITION. 19:53.959 --> 19:55.394 SO, 20 YEARS AGO, DO YOU KNOW 19:55.461 --> 19:57.263 ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU PAID FOR IT? 19:57.329 --> 19:58.431 >> Guest: 200 HUNDRED POUNDS, 19:58.497 --> 19:59.498 ROUGHLY. 19:59.565 --> 20:00.666 >> Appraiser: 200 POUNDS, 20:00.733 --> 20:02.134 SO PROBABLY ABOUT $300 DOLLARS, 20:02.201 --> 20:04.503 U.S. DOLLARS. 20:04.570 --> 20:05.738 HAVE YOU HAD IT APPRAISED? 20:05.805 --> 20:07.039 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA? 20:07.106 --> 20:08.374 >> Guest: NO, NEVER HAD IT 20:08.441 --> 20:08.641 APPRAISED. 20:08.708 --> 20:09.709 >> Appraiser: WELL, IN THIS 20:09.775 --> 20:11.143 CONDITION... 20:11.210 --> 20:13.245 BY THE WAY, I DATE THIS ABOUT 20:13.312 --> 20:14.880 1925, PROBABLY IN BETWEEN WORLD 20:14.947 --> 20:16.716 WAR I AND WORLD WAR II. 20:16.782 --> 20:18.217 IF IT WERE BEFORE WORLD WAR I, 20:18.284 --> 20:19.752 IT WOULD BE WORTH A LOT MORE, 20:19.819 --> 20:23.255 BUT EVEN BECAUSE IT'S 1925, 20:23.322 --> 20:25.458 I STILL VALUE THIS AT ABOUT 20:25.524 --> 20:26.525 $1,500 TO $2,000, 20:26.592 --> 20:28.360 AND IT WOULD JUST DEPEND... 20:28.427 --> 20:30.563 YOU HAVE TO MARKET IT PROPERLY. 20:30.629 --> 20:32.398 IF YOU MARKETED IT POORLY, 20:32.465 --> 20:33.899 IT MIGHT BRING LESS, 20:33.966 --> 20:36.135 BUT IT ACTUALLY COULD BRING MORE 20:36.202 --> 20:38.003 IF IT WAS MARKETED PROPERLY. 20:38.070 --> 20:39.872 IT'S A VERY GREAT PIECE. 20:39.939 --> 20:41.741 IT'S AN ASMALYK FROM THE 20:41.807 --> 20:42.742 TURKOMAN DISTRICT 20:42.808 --> 20:43.743 OF TURKMENISTAN. 20:43.809 --> 20:45.745 >> Guest: I THINK I'LL JUST 20:45.811 --> 20:46.712 KEEP IT HANGING ON MY WALL. 20:46.779 --> 20:47.346 >> Appraiser: GOOD. 20:53.085 --> 20:54.019 >> Appraiser: WELCOME 20:54.086 --> 20:55.020 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES. 20:55.087 --> 20:56.021 YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING REALLY 20:56.088 --> 20:57.022 INTERESTING IN TODAY. 20:57.089 --> 20:58.524 WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT YOU 20:58.591 --> 20:59.525 HAVE? 20:59.592 --> 21:00.693 >> Guest: THANK YOU. 21:00.760 --> 21:02.795 THIS IS A CROCK OFF THE FAMILY 21:02.862 --> 21:04.263 FARM THAT WAS OUTSIDE NIAGARA 21:04.330 --> 21:05.264 FALLS, NEW YORK, 21:05.331 --> 21:06.799 GOING BACK INTO THE 1840s, 21:06.866 --> 21:08.300 AND THEY DID EVERYTHING ON 21:08.367 --> 21:10.102 THE FARM FROM SOUP TO NUTS, 21:10.169 --> 21:11.937 SO TO SPEAK, AND WE ALWAYS 21:12.004 --> 21:13.439 MADE PICKLES IN THIS CROCK. 21:13.506 --> 21:14.940 >> Appraiser: AND YOU REMEMBER 21:15.007 --> 21:16.742 THIS WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD? 21:16.809 --> 21:17.943 >> Guest: ABSOLUTELY. YEP. 21:18.010 --> 21:19.478 PLAYED AROUND IT AND ATE 21:19.545 --> 21:20.479 THE PICKLES. 21:20.546 --> 21:21.914 >> Appraiser: MOST IMPORTANT 21:21.981 --> 21:22.915 PART. 21:22.982 --> 21:25.084 THIS IS A PIECE OF AMERICAN 21:25.151 --> 21:26.152 STONEWARE, AND AMERICAN 21:26.218 --> 21:28.320 STONEWARE WAS THE THING TO USE 21:28.387 --> 21:29.755 IN THE 19TH CENTURY. 21:29.822 --> 21:31.557 IT WAS THE HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT, 21:31.624 --> 21:33.359 THE SORT OF THE TUPPERWARE, 21:33.425 --> 21:34.860 IF YOU WILL, OF THE 19TH 21:34.927 --> 21:35.861 CENTURY. 21:35.928 --> 21:37.062 IT TOOK OVER FROM REDWARE, 21:37.129 --> 21:38.063 WHICH WAS LEAD-GLAZED. 21:38.130 --> 21:40.199 AND THIS HAS A SLIP INSIDE OF IT 21:40.266 --> 21:41.200 THAT'S NOT LEAD. 21:41.267 --> 21:43.335 IT'S OPAQUE, IT'S FIRED AT HIGH 21:43.402 --> 21:45.004 TEMPERATURES, AND IT WAS USED 21:45.070 --> 21:46.438 FOR ANY NUMBER OF THINGS: 21:46.505 --> 21:48.574 PICKLES, BUTTER, CREAM, 21:48.641 --> 21:50.042 ALL SORTS OF THINGS. 21:50.109 --> 21:51.477 THIS IS A FOUR-GALLON JUG. 21:51.544 --> 21:52.978 WE CAN SEE IT, ACTUALLY, 21:53.045 --> 21:54.180 ON THE FRONT HERE, 21:54.246 --> 21:56.248 AND IT HAS ONE OF THE MOST 21:56.315 --> 21:57.449 PROMINENT DECORATION SCHEMES IN 21:57.516 --> 21:58.918 THE 19TH CENTURY, AND THAT'S 21:58.984 --> 22:00.419 COBALT SLIP OR COBALT BLUE. 22:00.486 --> 22:01.921 NOW, THERE WERE TWO -- 22:01.987 --> 22:03.389 YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS BECAUSE 22:03.455 --> 22:05.191 I KNOW YOU'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH 22:05.257 --> 22:06.659 ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. 22:06.725 --> 22:08.460 IT'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO PUT 22:08.527 --> 22:10.129 SLIP ON IN THE 19TH CENTURY. 22:10.196 --> 22:11.797 ONE IS TO DO IT BY HAND. 22:11.864 --> 22:12.865 THE OTHER IS TO DO IT 22:12.932 --> 22:14.366 BY STENCIL. 22:14.433 --> 22:15.634 THE HAND PIECES, OR THE HAND- 22:15.701 --> 22:16.902 DONE PIECES, ARE THE MORE 22:16.969 --> 22:18.404 DESIRABLE. 22:18.470 --> 22:20.105 AND AS WE CAN LOOK, THIS HAS 22:20.172 --> 22:21.907 A HAND-DONE BIRD ON THE FRONT, 22:21.974 --> 22:23.509 AND IT WAS MADE BY THE CHARLES 22:23.576 --> 22:25.477 W. BRAUN COMPANY OF BUFFALO, 22:25.544 --> 22:27.580 NEW YORK, AND BRAUN WAS 22:27.646 --> 22:29.215 IN BUSINESS FROM ABOUT 1857 22:29.281 --> 22:30.749 TO ABOUT 1896, 22:30.816 --> 22:32.318 SO HIS PIECES ARE WELL-KNOWN, 22:32.384 --> 22:34.019 AND WE HAVE LOTS OF RECORDS 22:34.086 --> 22:36.355 ON PIECES THAT ARE BEING SOLD. 22:36.422 --> 22:37.923 BUT IT'S -- WHAT'S REALLY 22:37.990 --> 22:39.258 INTERESTING ABOUT THIS PIECE, 22:39.325 --> 22:40.793 AGAIN, IS THIS BIRD. 22:40.860 --> 22:42.228 AS WE LOOK AT IT, 22:42.294 --> 22:43.629 IT'S A HAND-DESIGNED BIRD. 22:43.696 --> 22:44.897 SOMETIMES THEY'RE CALLED 22:44.964 --> 22:46.332 PARTRIDGES. 22:46.398 --> 22:47.733 IT'S GOT A LITTLE SWIRL 22:47.800 --> 22:49.401 UNDERNEATH OF IT IN THE LEAF 22:49.468 --> 22:50.970 THAT IT'S STANDING IN, 22:51.036 --> 22:52.972 AND THEN THE FOUR IS NICELY MADE 22:53.038 --> 22:54.673 HERE, ON THE SIDE OF THE BIRD, 22:54.740 --> 22:56.008 UNDERNEATH THE STAMPED DESIGN 22:56.075 --> 22:57.276 OF THE MAKER. 22:57.343 --> 22:58.711 AND IT'S GOT TWO LUG HANDLES, 22:58.777 --> 23:00.112 AND THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT 23:00.179 --> 23:01.614 BECAUSE WHEN THESE ARE FILLED, 23:01.680 --> 23:02.581 THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE. 23:02.648 --> 23:04.083 WHATEVER WOULD'VE BEEN IN HERE; 23:04.149 --> 23:05.851 PICKLES, CREAM, WHATEVER, 23:05.918 --> 23:07.486 WOULD'VE BEEN COVERED BY SOME 23:07.553 --> 23:09.154 SORT OF LEATHER OR SOME SORT 23:09.221 --> 23:10.823 OF ANIMAL SKIN, AND THEN TIED, 23:10.890 --> 23:12.992 AND SOMETIMES THESE WERE STORED 23:13.058 --> 23:14.260 IN THE SPRINGHOUSES OR IN 23:14.326 --> 23:15.728 THE CELLARS. 23:15.794 --> 23:17.029 DOES THAT KIND OF FIT... 23:17.096 --> 23:18.030 >> Guest: THAT'S WHERE 23:18.097 --> 23:19.064 THE CROCKS ALL WERE, 23:19.131 --> 23:20.065 IN A SPRINGHOUSE. 23:20.132 --> 23:21.634 >> Appraiser: WHAT WE SEE WITH 23:21.700 --> 23:22.668 THOSE IS THE WATERMARK, 23:22.735 --> 23:24.270 AND WE DON'T SEE THAT HERE, 23:24.336 --> 23:25.838 SO THE CONDITION OF THIS PIECE 23:25.905 --> 23:26.839 IS REALLY NICE. 23:26.906 --> 23:28.707 WE SEE A COUPLE OF WEAR MARKS 23:28.774 --> 23:30.309 FROM THE KILN ON THE TOP, 23:30.376 --> 23:31.343 AND THAT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE. 23:31.410 --> 23:33.612 THE GLAZE INSIDE IS PRISTINE. 23:33.679 --> 23:35.347 THAT'S VERY NICE. 23:35.414 --> 23:37.449 NOW, THERE ARE GREAT RANGES 23:37.516 --> 23:38.517 ON THESE THINGS. 23:38.584 --> 23:39.718 HAVE YOU EVER HAD THIS APPRAISED 23:39.785 --> 23:40.920 BEFORE? 23:40.986 --> 23:42.054 >> Guest: I'VE NEVER HAD IT 23:42.121 --> 23:43.389 APPRAISED. 23:43.455 --> 23:44.423 I'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT 23:44.490 --> 23:45.691 OF RESEARCH, AND I'D JUST SEE 23:45.758 --> 23:46.725 A WIDE RANGE OF VALUES, 23:46.792 --> 23:47.760 SO I DIDN'T CONCLUDE ANYTHING, 23:47.826 --> 23:49.028 AND THAT'S WHY I CAME TODAY. 23:49.094 --> 23:50.229 >> Appraiser: OKAY, WELL, 23:50.296 --> 23:51.764 WE'RE GLAD YOU DID BECAUSE 23:51.830 --> 23:53.299 THE RANGE ON THESE PIECES, 23:53.365 --> 23:54.500 AND PARTICULARLY WITH BRAUN, 23:54.566 --> 23:56.936 IS THAT YOU CAN BE IN THE LOW 23:57.002 --> 24:00.506 HUNDREDS, $250 TO ABOUT $500, 24:00.572 --> 24:02.441 AND THEN THERE'S A GREAT JUMP, 24:02.508 --> 24:04.476 DEPENDING ON THE DECORATION. 24:04.543 --> 24:05.978 IN THE RESEARCH THAT WE WERE 24:06.045 --> 24:07.446 ABLE TO DO, WE SAW A COUPLE 24:07.513 --> 24:09.014 OF THESE, ONE OF WHICH HAD 24:09.081 --> 24:10.716 BEEN SOLD LOCALLY IN 2008, 24:10.783 --> 24:13.819 AND THAT SOLD FOR ABOUT $13,000. 24:13.886 --> 24:14.954 IT WAS ALL IN THE BIRD 24:15.020 --> 24:15.955 DECORATIONS. 24:16.021 --> 24:17.856 SO I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT 24:17.923 --> 24:19.091 AN IMPORTANT CROCK HERE. 24:19.158 --> 24:21.026 ONE WITH A LION WAS SOLD 24:21.093 --> 24:22.628 A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO 24:22.695 --> 24:24.196 AT SOTHEBY'S, AND THAT SOLD 24:24.263 --> 24:25.464 IN THE $20,000 RANGE. 24:25.531 --> 24:27.866 SO, IN LOOKING AT THE INTEREST 24:27.933 --> 24:30.369 OF THE DECORATION, THE HISTORY, 24:30.436 --> 24:31.737 AND THE FACT THAT THIS IS 24:31.804 --> 24:33.939 IN VERY, VERY GOOD CONDITION, 24:34.006 --> 24:35.607 I WOULD CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATE 24:35.674 --> 24:37.209 FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES OF BEING 24:37.276 --> 24:39.178 SOMEWHERE IN THE 24:39.244 --> 24:41.447 $13K TO $15,000 RANGE WITH THIS 24:41.513 --> 24:42.648 PARTICULAR BIRD. 24:42.715 --> 24:44.483 >> Guest: WOW! OKAY. 24:44.550 --> 24:45.551 >> Appraiser: I THINK IT'S AN 24:45.617 --> 24:47.186 EXQUISITE CROCK, 24:47.252 --> 24:48.721 AND THE FACT THAT IT'S A FAMILY 24:48.787 --> 24:50.356 PIECE WITH THE HISTORY THAT YOU 24:50.422 --> 24:51.557 PRESENTED MAKES IT ALL THE MORE 24:51.623 --> 24:52.725 INTERESTING. 24:52.791 --> 24:53.726 >> Guest: THAT'S GREAT. 24:53.792 --> 24:54.893 I GUESS WE WON'T STORE UMBRELLAS 24:54.960 --> 24:55.894 IN IT ANYMORE. 24:55.961 --> 24:56.895 >> Appraiser: YEAH, DON'T DO 24:56.962 --> 24:57.896 THAT. 24:57.963 --> 24:59.131 BUT THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN. 24:59.198 --> 25:00.132 IT'S A GREAT PIECE. 25:00.199 --> 25:01.100 >> Guest: THANK YOU. 25:03.469 --> 25:04.937 >> Host: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED 25:05.004 --> 25:06.672 OUR EXPLORATION OF WHAT'S RARE 25:06.739 --> 25:08.340 AND WONDERFUL IN THE CHESAPEAKE. 25:08.407 --> 25:09.608 HERE'S A PEEK AT NEXT WEEK'S 25:09.675 --> 25:10.909 SHOW... 25:10.976 --> 25:12.144 >> Appraiser: AND I'VE GOT 25:12.211 --> 25:13.879 TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S NOT EASY 25:13.946 --> 25:15.080 TO FIND COMPARABLES FOR PIECES 25:15.147 --> 25:16.081 LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE 25:16.148 --> 25:17.082 SO WELL DONE. 25:17.149 --> 25:18.317 >> Guest: IT'S VERY UNIQUE. 25:18.384 --> 25:19.818 >> Appraiser: WHAT I THINK IS 25:19.885 --> 25:21.086 SO NEAT ABOUT YOUR COLLECTION 25:21.153 --> 25:22.588 IS THE GREAT DISTANCE IN TIME 25:22.654 --> 25:24.089 THAT YOU HAVE IN THE WAY 25:24.156 --> 25:25.090 YOU'VE COLLECTED THEM. 25:25.157 --> 25:26.358 >> Appraiser: THIS IS SO 25:26.425 --> 25:27.626 EXCITING. 25:27.693 --> 25:28.894 IT'S JUST BEYOND ANYTHING I CAN 25:28.961 --> 25:30.562 FATHOM WHEN HIGH-QUALITY, LOCAL, 25:30.629 --> 25:32.631 SLAVERY, CIVIL WAR-ERA CONTENT 25:32.698 --> 25:33.766 COMES IN. 25:33.832 --> 25:35.167 >> SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON 25:35.267 --> 25:36.535 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 25:36.602 --> 25:38.270 I'M RHEA FEIKIN. 25:38.737 --> 25:39.972 >> Announcer: FUNDING FOR 25:40.072 --> 25:41.206 CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES 25:41.273 --> 25:42.408 IS PROVIDED IN PART 25:42.474 --> 25:43.709 BY ROLAND PARK PLACE. 25:43.776 --> 25:44.977 A BOUTIQUE-STYLE CONTINUING 25:45.044 --> 25:46.245 CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, 25:46.311 --> 25:47.479 OFFERING INDEPENDENT LIVING, 25:47.546 --> 25:49.181 ASSISTED LIVING, AND SKILLED 25:49.248 --> 25:49.581 NURSING. 25:49.648 --> 25:51.683 IN THE HEART OF NORTHERN 25:51.750 --> 25:52.518 BALTIMORE CITY. 25:52.584 --> 25:53.786 FOR MORE INFORMATION, 25:53.852 --> 25:54.853 ROLANDPARKPLACE.ORG. 25:55.754 --> 25:57.289 AND BY THE OMINSKI FAMILY 25:57.356 --> 25:58.424 CHARITABLE FOUNDATION. 25:59.058 --> 26:00.292 AND BY THE LAW OFFICES 26:00.359 --> 26:02.161 OF MICHAEL HODES. 26:02.227 --> 26:03.295 A FAMILY-CENTERED LAW FIRM 26:03.362 --> 26:04.696 HELPING FAMILIES IN THE AREAS 26:04.763 --> 26:05.731 OF ESTATE PLANNING, 26:05.798 --> 26:06.732 WEALTH PRESERVATION, 26:06.799 --> 26:08.000 ELDER CARE, 26:08.067 --> 26:09.301 AND ASSET PROTECTION. 26:09.368 --> 26:10.936 WITH OFFICES IN TOWSON, 26:11.003 --> 26:12.171 COLUMBIA, EASTON, CAMBRIDGE, 26:12.237 --> 26:12.438 AND SALISBURY.