HOST: COMING UP ON
CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES.

APPRAISER: IT'S THE JAPANESE
STYLE EMBROIDERY WITH THE BAMBOO

WITH THE IMARI SWANS.

I THINK THE SCENE ITSELF REALLY
MAKES THE VALUE WHAT IT IS.

APPRAISER: WHAT MAKES
THIS PIECE EXCITING,

IT'S ACTUALLY SIGNED BY
DIEGO RIVERA IN PEN &INK.

GUEST: I WAS IMMEDIATELY
DRAWN TO IT.

FOR THE LONGEST TIME I WOULD
MARVEL OVER ALL OF THE DETAIL.

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HELLO, I'M RHEA FEIKIN.

WELCOME TO
CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES,

WHERE WE EXPLORE OUR REGION'S
HISTORY THROUGH ITS TREASURES,

ITS PEOPLE, AND YOUR STORIES.

I'M ALWAYS FASCINATED BY HOW
THESE ITEMS

OPEN WINDOWS ON HISTORY
AND PRIVATE LIVES.

SOME OF THESE ITEMS
ARE SIMPLY PRICELESS

BECAUSE OF THE STORIES
THEY TELL.

LET'S TURN ANOTHER FEW PAGES
OF HISTORY NOW.

APPRAISER: TELL ME
THE PROVENANCE,

AND TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW
ABOUT THIS.

GUEST: I WAS RAISED
IN THE HOUSE

WITH A LOT OF UNUSUAL
FURNISHINGS, POTTERY,

TEXTILES, ETC.

AND ON A COFFEE TABLE

THERE WAS A SERIES
OF THESE PIECES OF POTTERY.

I CAN REMEMBER MY MOTHER SAYING
THEY WERE MADE BY TOSHIKO,

WHICH WAS UNUSUAL,
A - BECAUSE IT WAS A WOMAN,

AND B - WE HAD A GROUP OF THEM.

MY UNCLE WAS A POTTER,
AND HE WAS A BAUHAUS ARCHITECT,

HE STUDIED IN CHICAGO,

AND COLLECTED A LOT OF POTTERY
BECAUSE HE LIKED IT.

IT WAS JUST PART
OF WHAT HE DID.

APPRAISER: RIGHT.

GUEST: SO THERE'S A GROUP
OF THESE TOSHIKO MOONSTONE POTS.

AND MY FATHER DIVIDED THEM UP,

ONE FOR ME AND ONE FOR EACH
OF MY SIBLINGS.

I TOOK THE ONE THAT I LIKED,
THE COLORS ARE WARM,

AND I THOUGHT THE SHAPE UNUSUAL.

I WAS TOLD THAT
IT WAS AN UNUSUAL SHAPE,

AND THEY HAD OTHER PIECES
THAT WERE MORE LIKE BOWLS.

APPRAISER: TOSHIKO, OF COURSE,
WAS A VERY WELL-KNOWN POTTER,

AND JUST RECENTLY PASSED AWAY,
I THINK, HERSELF.

AND MOST FAMOUS KNOWN FOR
HER MOON POTS OF COURSE.

SO THIS BEING ATYPICAL
OF HER DESIGNS,

YOU MADE A GOOD CHOICE IN
YOUR SELECTION OF WHAT TO KEEP.

I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE
GREEDY AND WANTED THEM ALL.

BUT AT LEAST YOUR CHILDREN
HAVE SOME.

GUEST: NO, THAT THOUGHT
ENTERED MY MIND.

APPRAISER: THERE'S ALWAYS VALUE
IN GROUPINGS LIKE THAT.

THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING PIECE
VERY ATYPICAL OF HER WORK,

NOT SO MUCH IN SIZE,
BUT IN THE COLORATION OF THIS.

AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE

IS YOUR BASIC POT
COMING OUT OF THE KILN,

BEING DECORATED, I FEEL, BY HAND

ACTUALLY DRAWING THIS COLOR
ONTO THE EXPOSED WET CLAY

AND THE COLOR GOING ON THIS
BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE KILN.

IT'S BEING CURED,
AND WHEN IT COMES OUT AGAIN

AN ADDITIONAL GLAZE
IS PUT ON THIS TOP.

THIS SHINY GLAZE,

WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL TO HAVE
THIS COMBINATION TOGETHER,

A VERY NATURALISTIC-LOOKING

DROPPED ON THE TOP
KIND OF GLAZE.

IT'S CALLED A SLIT GLAZE

AND THAT GOES
ON THE TOP LIKE THAT,

GOES BACK INTO THE KILN
AND COMES BACK AGAIN.

THE MYSTERY TO ME IS,

THIS GROUND BASE HERE
THAT'S ACTUALLY EXPOSING IT

BACK TO THE NATURAL COLOR
OF THE CLAY ITSELF.

TOSHIKO'S PRICELINE IS ANYWHERE
FROM $2,000 TO $25,000.

SHE HAS A REALLY WIDE RANGE.

HER MOST SOUGHT AFTER IS ALWAYS
THAT MOON POT DESIGN,

WHICH IS...

GUEST: THIS IS ONE.

APPRAISER: RIGHT, THIS ONE,

AND ALSO ONE THAT HAS
A LITTLE BIT MORE

ELLIPTICAL LOOK TO IT AS WELL.

AND IN TODAY'S WORLD,

IF THIS WAS IN A POTTERY SHOP
OR AN ART GALLERY, OR SOMETHING,

I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE
A PRICE TAG ON THIS

AT A MINIMUM OF $4,500,
POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS $6,000

BECAUSE OF THE BELLS
AND WHISTLES,

THE ADDITIONAL APPLICATION
THAT'S GONE ON HERE.

SO, AT LEAST YOUR FAMILY
IS AWARE OF THE HERITAGE

THAT YOU HAVE AND I KNOW
IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE

A TREASURE WITHIN YOUR FAMILY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BRINGING IT HERE TODAY.

GUEST : THANK YOU.

YOU COULD ADD A LOT OF ZEROS TO
THAT AND IT WOULD NOT MATTER.

IT'S JUST FOR MY HEART.

APPRAISER: IT HAS WHAT
UNCLE DICK CALLS

THE JOINED-AT-THE HEART FACTOR.

GUEST: IT REALLY DOES,
AND I LOVE IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

APPRAISER: YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.

GUEST: WE WENT TO A FLEA MARKET
DOWN IN VIRGINIA,

WE LIKE TO GO AND CHECK
FLEA MARKETS AND SUCH.

THEY WERE ON THE TABLE,
THEY JUST STOOD OUT TO ME.

APPRAISER: WHAT DID YOU PAY
FOR THEM?

GUEST: I THINK THEY WERE
MARKED FOR $50,

BUT I REMEMBER $30.

APPRAISER: WOW!
THAT IS A BARGAIN.

THESE ARE WONDERFUL 19TH CENTURY
JAPANESE SATSUMA.

THEY'RE A MIRRORED IMAGE.

THE QUALITY IS WONDERFUL,

THE DETAIL OF THE GOLD
ON THE DUCKS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY,

"HOW DO YOU KNOW
NEW VERSUS OLD?"

IF I HAD A PIECE OF NEW
IT WOULD BE SO OBVIOUS.

BUT THE QUALITY IN
THE DETAIL IN THE GOLD,

THE MAKERS MARK.

I MEAN, THE QUALITY IS FABULOUS.

IN TODAY'S MARKET, ANYWHERE
FROM $800 TO $1,200 A PAIR.

AND A PAIR IS ALWAYS BETTER
THAN ONE.

IF YOU HAD ONE,
IT WOULD BE WORTH $300, $400.

BUT TO HAVE A PAIR,
YOU DID VERY WELL.

GUEST: THANK YOU.

APPRAISER: YOU'RE WELCOME.

APPRAISER: YOU'VE BROUGHT
SOMETHING MAGNIFICENT.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW
AND WHERE YOU GOT IT.

GUEST:
WELL, IN 1937, OUR GRANDFATHER
PURCHASED THIS IN PERSIA,

AND MY MOTHER HAD IT ROLLED UP
AND KEPT IT FOR ALL THESE YEARS,

AND IN THE '70s
SHE HAD IT FRAMED.

SO IT'S BEEN IN OUR HALLWAYS OF
OUR HOMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

AND IT'S JUST BEEN
PASSED DOWN TO ME,

AND I'VE ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT IT.

APPRAISER: WELL, YOU'VE GOT
A GREAT PIECE HERE.

THIS IS DONE IN
THE JAPANESE STYLE.

NOW, WHEN I SAY JAPANESE STYLE

THAT MEANS IT NOT NECESSARILY
IS JAPANESE.

IT PROBABLY IS JAPANESE,

BUT IT'S THE JAPANESE STYLE
EMBROIDERY WITH THE BAMBOO,

WITH THE IMARI SWANS,

AND THE SCENE IS JUST
SO FABULOUS IN THIS.

I THINK THE SCENE ITSELF

REALLY MAKES THE VALUE
WHAT IT IS.

YOU'VE GOT THE WATER STREAM
IN THE BACKGROUND,

SO YOU HAVE
A THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECT

AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SWANS
AND THE TREES IN THE BACKGROUND,

THE BAMBOO TREES.

IT'S ALL SILK EMBROIDERY.
ALL OF THIS IS DONE IN SILK.

EVERYTHING YOU SEE
IS DONE IN SILK EMBROIDERING.

IT'S ALL DONE QUITE WELL.

YOU SAID YOUR GRANDFATHER
BOUGHT IT IN 1936.

I WOULD GUESS THE AGE TO BE
AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.

SO IT COULD BE AS LATE AS 1925,

BUT IT'S MOST LIKELY
MORE LIKE 1890 TO 1910,

IN THAT TIME PERIOD.

NOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT
YOUR GRANDFATHER PAID FOR IT?

GUEST: HAVE NO IDEA.

APPRAISER: WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT MIGHT BE WORTH?

GUEST: I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, I WOULD THINK AT LEAST
A FEW THOUSAND.

APPRAISER: WELL, THIS PIECE,
SOLD IN THE RIGHT MARKET,

AND WHEN I SAY SOLD
IN THE RIGHT MARKET,

THE VALUE OF THIS PIECE
IS THE AESTHETIC VALUE

OF SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PIECE,

SO WHEREAS SOME GUY THAT'S JUST
COLLECTING JAPANESE FABRIC

MAY NOT GIVE YOU MUCH FOR IT,

SOMEONE THAT REALLY APPRECIATES
THIS FOR A WALL SPOT,

I WOULD PUT THE RETAIL PRICE
OF THIS BETWEEN

$3 AND $3,500,
$3,000 TO $3,500.

AND IT MIGHT EVEN BRING MORE
IF IT WAS IN THE RIGHT SPOT

WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE
MARKETING IT.

IT'S A GREAT PIECE.

ITS FRAMED NICELY,
GLASS OVER IT.

IT'S WELL KEPT.
IT'S IN PERFECT CONDITION.

I DID NOT TAKE THE BACK
OFF OF IT,

BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING
WRONG WITH IT.

SO YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL PIECE.

AND YOU NEED TO THANK
YOUR GRANDFATHER A LOT OF TIMES

FOR BUYING THIS FOR YOUR FAMILY.

GUEST: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRAISER: IT'S A PLEASURE
TO HAVE IT ON THIS SHOW.

RHEA: I NEVER CEASE TO BE AMAZED

BY THE WONDERFUL
ESOTERIC COLLECTIONS

STILL WAITING TO BE UNCOVERED,

LIKE THIS ONE THAT WE DISCOVERED
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.

DO YOU REMEMBER
TERESA BREWER SINGING

* PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN,
IN THE NICKELODEON *

WELL, I WANT YOU
TO MEET JOE BLOODGOOD

WHO SELLS, SERVICES,
AND COLLECTS JUKEBOXES!

THIS IS AMAZING, JOE!

I HAVE TO ASK YOU,
HOW DID IT ALL START?

JOE: WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD,

I WAS FASCINATED
WITH THE VERTICAL PLAY.

I THOUGHT, IT'S GOT TO BE MAGIC.

THEN, WHEN I SAW THIS MECHANISM
IN THE LATER '50s,

I THOUGHT, WOW! I GOTTA FIND OUT
HOW THEY DO THAT.

* THOSE FINGERS IN MY HAIR

JOE:
AND I JUST LOVED JUKEBOXES.

AND FINALLY MY PARENTS
BOUGHT ME ONE LIKE THIS

WHEN I GRADUATED FROM
DELANEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1966.

RHEA: THEY BOUGHT YOU ONE?
SO WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT?

I MEAN, DID YOU HAVE KIDS OVER
TO PLAY IT?

JOE: OH, I USED TO HAVE PARTIES
ALL THE TIME.

AND THEY LOVED IT,
IT WAS A WHOLE NEW CONCEPT.

AND THEN I SOLD IT,

THEN I BOUGHT TWO NEW MACHINES
THAT NEEDED REPAIR.

AND I ORDERED SOME
SERVICE MANUALS FROM WURLITZER,

AND THEN A YEAR LATER

THEY HIRED ME AS THE WURLITZER
DISTRIBUTOR IN BALTIMORE.

RHEA: AND YOU LOVE
THESE JUKEBOXES,

I MEAN, I CAN TELL
YOU LOVE THEM!

JOE: OH, I WAS LIKE
A KID IN A CANDY STORE!

RHEA: TELL ME ABOUT THIS ONE
THAT WE'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF.

JOE: OKAY, THIS WAS
THE FIRST YEAR FOR STEREO,

WHICH WAS A BIG THING
WHEN IT CAME OUT IN 1959.

AND YOU JUST WALK UP
AND HIT A COUPLE OF BUTTONS...

AND THE GRATIFICATION
OF PUSHING THE BUTTONS

AND SEE THE MECHANISM
CHANGE THE RECORDS,

I MEAN, IT WAS QUITE
A PERFORMANCE!

RHEA: OH! MEMORIES!

I MEAN, IS THERE
ANYBODY WATCHING

WHO DIDN'T LOVE GOING
TO A DRIVE-IN,

OR GOING TO A DINER,
OR GOING ANYPLACE

AND THERE WAS THE JUKEBOX
AND IT HAD YOUR FAVORITES!

I LOVE IT!

JOE: OH, I KNOW!

AND BACK THEN IT WAS A NICKEL!

THEY ALWAYS PUT THE FINEST
SOUND SYSTEMS IN THE JUKEBOX

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ENTICED
THE CUSTOMERS TO STAND UP,

WALK OVER AND PUT A DIME
IN THE MACHINE.

IT SOUNDED BETTER THAN
SOMETHING THEY HAD AT HOME.

RHEA: LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING.

AT A CERTAIN TIME,

ABOUT HOW MANY OF THEM
WERE AROUND IN BALTIMORE,

FOR INSTANCE?

THERE MUST HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS.

JOE: OH, THERE WERE THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS.

BECAUSE JUKEBOXES WERE SO BIG,
EVERY BAR WANTED ONE.

RHEA: OH, THEY ALL HAD THEM.

JOE: THEY ALL HAD
A WURLITZER JUKEBOX

BESIDES THOSE WONDERFUL
DIME HAMBURGERS.

RHEA: JOE,
TELL ME ABOUT THIS ONE.

WHAT'S SPECIAL?

JOE: OH, THIS IS VERY SPECIAL.

THIS WAS THE FIRST ELUSIVE
45 RPM JUKEBOX MADE BY SEEBURG.

RHEA: AND WHEN WOULD
THAT HAVE BEEN?

JOE: 1951.

AND IT WAS ACTUALLY RCA AND
SEEBURG WHO PIONEERED THE 45.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT.

RHEA: SO THIS IS WHERE
YOU DO ALL THE WORK, HUH?

JOE: YEP, I TEAR THEM APART,
PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER.

I PAINT THEM, DO ALL THE CABINET
WORK, REPLACE PARTS.

RHEA: ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT
LAST FOREVER IN THESE JUKEBOXES?

JOE: YEAH, THEY'RE REALLY
WELL ENGINEERED.

THEY WERE WAY AHEAD
OF THEIR TIME.

IN FACT, SEEBURG, THEIR MEMORY
UNIT, BACK IN THE MID-'50s,

WAS A FORERUNNER
TO THE MODERN COMPUTER.

RHEA: REALLY?

JOE: IT STORED MEMORY
WITHOUT ANY MOVING PARTS.

RHEA: THE TECHIES,
THE YOUNG TECHIES,

I HOPE THEY'RE LISTENING
RIGHT NOW ABOUT ALL OF THAT.

JOE: SEEBURG WAS THE FIRST TO
USE TRANSISTORS IN THEIR
JUKEBOXES,

LONG BEFORE ANY HOME UNITS DID.

RHEA: WELL,
IT IS JUST AMAZING.

AND I DON'T GUESS THERE ARE
TOO MANY PEOPLE LIKE YOU!

JOE: YES,
THEY CALL ME THE JUKEBOX MAN.

APPRAISER: WHERE DID YOU FIND
THIS NICE SCULPTURE?

GUEST: ACTUALLY, IT WAS
MY MOTHER'S,

SHE BOUGHT IT IN THE '50s,
CONVERTED IT INTO A LAMP

AND THEN TOOK THE LAMP WORKS
BACK OFF OF IT.

APPRAISER: OKAY, IT WAS DESIGNED
BY A FRENCH ARTIST

BY THE NAME OF FERDINAND
FERTOIT, BORN IN 1832.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY
GOOD EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK,

AS EXEMPLIFIED HERE
WITH THE FEATHER WORK.

YOU SEE THAT THERE'S SPACE
UNDERNEATH THESE FEATHERS.

YOU SEE THERE IS SPACE BETWEEN
THE FEATHERS AND THE WINGS.

AND THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST

FOR SOMETHING THIS LARGE,
AT THIS SKILL LEVEL,

IS PROBABLY BETWEEN $3K AND $5K,
$3K AND $6,000 AT AUCTION.

GUEST: OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.

APPRAISER: YOU'RE WELCOME.

APPRAISER: TODAY YOU'VE
BROUGHT US SOMETHING FROM --

WELL, A YARD SALE FIND,
A TRUE YARD SALE FIND.

GUEST: A TRUE YARD SALE FIND.

APPRAISER: TELL ME SOME MORE.

GUEST: THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT
20, 25 YEARS AGO

BECAUSE I DON'T
YARD SALE ANYMORE,

AND I MUST HAVE BOUGHT IT
FOR LIKE 50 CENTS.

LOOKED AT THE SIGNATURE,
WENT, HMMM, MAYBE?

AND THEN STUCK IT AWAY
AND COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT,

UNTIL THE LAST MONTH OR TWO.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLEAR OUT
SOME THINGS IN MY HOUSE

AND CAME UPON IT.

AND I WENT, OH MY GOSH!

HEARD THAT
CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES...

I SAID, LET ME BRING IT.

APPRAISER: AND HERE YOU ARE.

WELL, IT'S AN INTERESTING PIECE

AND I THOUGHT WE SHOULD
TALK ABOUT IT

MAINLY BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE
IS A VERY INEXPENSIVE PRINT

THAT WAS PROBABLY...

AND WHAT I WILL DO IS, I'M GONNA
TRY AND LIFT UP THE MAT

SO THAT YOU CAN SEE,
IT'S TITLED "CANE WORKERS."

AND DIEGO RIVERA WAS PERHAPS
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

EARLY 20TH TO MID-20TH CENTURY
MEXICAN PAINTERS.

HE WAS A MODERNIST,

AND HE SPECIALIZED IN PAINTING
SCENES OF THE PEASANTS

AND ALSO THE POLITICAL GOINGS ON
OF THE DAY.

HE PAINTED SCENES OF ZAPATA
AND OTHER FIGURES

THAT WERE REVOLUTIONARY.

SO, YOU HAVE INEXPENSIVE PRINT.

IT'S WHAT WE CALL
AN OFFSET LITHOGRAPH,

AND IT PROBABLY WAS OUT OF A
BOOK AND SOMEONE PULLED IT OUT.

BUT WHAT MAKES
THIS PIECE EXCITING,

AND WHEN YOU PULLED IT UP,
I COULD IMMEDIATELY TELL,

IT'S ACTUALLY SIGNED BY
DIEGO RIVERA IN PEN AND INK.

SO, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT,
HOW COULD THAT HAVE BEEN DONE?

IT PROBABLY WAS A STUDENT
OR SOMEONE THAT KNEW HIM,

BECAUSE DURING HIS LIFETIME
HE WAS A VERY FAMOUS ARTIST.

PROBABLY, MAYBE A STUDENT
BROUGHT IT TO HIM AND SAID,

"COULD YOU PLEASE SIGN THIS?"

SO THIS IS A SITUATION
OF A VERY INEXPENSIVE,

AND QUITE FRANKLY,
PROBABLY A $5 PRINT.

BUT BECAUSE DIEGO RIVERA
SIGNED IT,

IT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE DON'T KNOW
THE STORY BEHIND IT,

THAT WHO OWNED IT,
AND WHO GOT HIM TO SIGN IT.

GUEST: AND HOW IT ENDED UP
IN A YARD SALE.

APPRAISER: RIGHT. EXACTLY.

WELL, I CAN SEE HOW IT ENDED UP
AT A YARD SALE

IN THE SENSE THAT IT DOESN'T
LOOK LIKE AN EXPENSIVE OBJECT.

THE PERSON PROBABLY COULD SEE
THE WAY IT'S TITLED

IT WASN'T MEANT AS AN ART PRINT
OR A VALUABLE PRINT.

THEY DIDN'T NOTICE
THAT IT WAS HIS SIGNATURE.

MAYBE THEY FELT SOMEONE JUST
SIGNED IT JUST TO PUT THE NAME.

GUEST: THAT'S AMAZING.

APPRAISER: SO, IN TERMS
OF VALUING IT.

IT'S, AGAIN, A CHEAP PRINT.

BUT THE SIGNATURE ALONE

IS PROBABLY WORTH
AROUND $500 TO $700.

GUEST: OKAY.

APPRAISER: NOW, I'VE SAID THIS
IN THE PAST,

IF WE COULD HAVE MORE OF A STORY
BEHIND IT,

AND HAVE A PROVENANCE,
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

BUT I THINK PROBABLY
IN THE $700 RANGE, $750.

APPRAISER: BUT WHAT I WOULD DO,

IS YOU CAN SEE YOU'VE GOT A MAT
ON HERE THAT IS ACIDIC,

AND ITS CHANGED COLOR, AND ITS
OBVIOUSLY IN TERRIBLE SHAPE.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY BURNED...

IF WE LIFT THAT UP -- AND I
DON'T WANT TO LIFT IT TOO HIGH.

AND IF WE DO THAT.

...IT'S ACTUALLY BURNED
INTO THE PAPER.

THE LIGHT HAS ACTIVATED
THE ACID.

SO YOU NEED TO TAKE IT
TO A FRAMER

AND GET IT PROPERLY CONSERVED.

AND PUT A PIECE OF UV GLASS
ON TOP

AND THAT WILL PROTECT IT
FROM THE SUN.

AND DON'T LEAVE IT IN THE SUN.

BUT IT'S AN EXCITING PIECE
IN THAT IT SHOWS

HOW SOMETHING
THAT COULD BE VERY INEXPENSIVE

BECAME MUCH MORE VALUABLE BY
JUST HAVING THE ARTIST TOUCH IT.

SO IT'S A REALLY NEAT PIECE

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING IT.

GUEST: THANK YOU.

APPRAISER: THANK YOU!

APPRAISER: TELL US WHAT YOU
BROUGHT IN TODAY.

GUEST: THIS IS A TABLE

THAT WAS ORIGINALLY
IN MY GRANDPARENTS' HOME

AND THEN MOVED
TO MY PARENTS' HOME,

AND THEN I KEPT IT AND MOVED IT
TO MY DAUGHTER'S HOME.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED
BY THIS MAN RIGHT HERE,

MOSES BARLOW,

WHO WAS IN THE ARMY,
IN THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS,

FROM ROUGHLY
THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

THROUGH WORLD WAR I.

APPRAISER: AND THAT'S
YOUR GRANDFATHER?

GUEST: THAT'S MY GRANDFATHER,
AND THIS IS MY DAD.

DRESSES WERE BIG IN THOSE DAYS,
I GUESS.

APPRAISER: AND SO THIS IS THE
MAN WHO OWNED THE TABLE

OR GOT THE TABLE
AND PASSED IT DOWN?

GUEST: RIGHT.

APPRAISER: WELL, THAT'S ALWAYS
GREAT TO HAVE A PIECE OF FAMILY
HISTORY.

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.

GUEST:
WELL, MY FATHER, BY THE TIME
HE WAS 7-YEARS-OLD I BELIEVE,

HAD CROSSED THE PACIFIC
SEVEN TIMES

AND BEEN AROUND THE WORLD
THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST.

AND WHEN HE WAS 2-YEARS-OLD,

THEY WENT THROUGH DAMASCUS

AND MY GRANDFATHER TOOK
AN INTEREST IN THIS TABLE,

BUT HE DIDN'T REALLY WANT
TO BUY IT.

THE MAN CAME OUT OF THE SHOP

AND PURSUED HIM UNTIL
THEY AGREED ON A PRICE

AND IT WAS SHIPPED TO NEW YORK,
AND IN THE PROCESS,

MY FATHER'S NAME IS RIGHT THERE

ON THAT LITTLE BRASS PLAQUE
IN THE FRONT WITH THE YEAR 1911.

APPRAISER: WELL, THIS IS
ACTUALLY A SYRIAN GAME TABLE.

GUEST: OH?

APPRAISER: AND I KNOW THAT IT
HAS NOT ONLY GREAT DECORATION ON
THE FRONT,

BUT IT HAS SEVERAL COMPARTMENTS.

SO, LET'S JUST LOOK
A LITTLE BIT ON FRONT

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS YOU ADMIRE ABOUT IT.

WE CAN SEE INTARSIA INLAY,
IS WHAT THIS IS KNOWN AS,

LOTS OF LITTLE BITS OF PIECES
OF SANDALWOOD, AND MAHOGANY,

AND MOTHER OF PEARL,
AND BURL WALNUT,

ALL OF WHICH MAKE UP THESE GREAT
DESIGNS, VERY INTRICATE DESIGNS.

IT COMES FROM SOMETHING KNOWN AS
THE AESTHETIC PERIOD.

THE PERIOD WAS ABOUT 1890
TO ABOUT 1910.

YOU SAID HE PURCHASED IT IN?

GUEST: 1911.

APPRAISER: 1911.
SO THAT FALLS IN THERE.

SO, LET'S START OPENING IT UP

BECAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF AREAS ON THIS.

WHEN WE OPEN IT UP HERE WE SEE
THE GAMING PART, RIGHT?

GUEST: RIGHT.

SO YOU'VE GOT CHESS
AND CHECKERS HERE,

AND IT COMES WITH THE CHECKERS
ON EACH SIDE.

THERE'S A DIFFERENT
SET OF CHECKERS ON THAT SIDE.

APPRAISER: RIGHT.

GUEST: AND I CAN REMEMBER
THE SMELL OF SANDALWOOD

WAS VERY, VERY STRONG
WHEN YOU OPENED THIS.

THEN, IN HERE, YOU HAVE
THE PARCHEESI AND THE DICE.

APPRAISER:
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THIS
AND LOOK AT THE OTHER SECTION.

AND THIS IS THE PART
THAT KIND OF SWIRLS AROUND.

GUEST:
SO YOU COULD STORE THE THINGS

THAT YOU WERE GOING TO PLAY
THE GAMES WITH DOWN IN HERE.

APPRAISER: AND THEN THIS OPENS.

GUEST:
WE DO HAVE A FEW THINGS
THAT THEY COLLECTED

ON THEIR TRAVELS AT THAT TIME.

AND THIS THEN BECOMES
A GAME TABLE.

APPRAISER: GREAT.

AND THIS YOU WERE TELLING
ME HAS NEVER BEEN TOUCHED.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL
GREEN FELT COVER.

GUEST: WE'VE HAD NOTHING DONE TO
IT IN THE 70 YEARS THAT I'M
AWARE OF.

APPRAISER: WELL, WHEN YOU
BROUGHT THIS IN,

IT KIND OF SPOKE TO US
ACROSS THE ROOM

THIS IS A VERY
INTRICATELY MADE TABLE

WITH A LOT OF HISTORY
AND A LOT OF CRAFTSMANSHIP

THAT YOU PROBABLY COULDN'T
PAY SOMEBODY TO DO TODAY.

GUEST: AGREED.

APPRAISER: THE LEGS
ARE VERY AESTHETIC.

YOU CAN SEE THE BEND
IN THE LEGS,

THE CORNERS CONFORM
TO THE SAME SORT OF PERIOD.

YOU'VE GOT THIS NICE INLAY
ON THE TOP,

AND THESE PIECES ARE ACTUALLY
HARD TO FIND COMPARABLES FOR.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT THE MARKET VALUE

OR THE INSURANCE VALUE WOULD BE
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

GUEST: THIS IS ONE
OF THE REASONS I'M HERE,

IS TO GET SOME IDEA
AS TO WHAT IT IS.

I HAVE WONDERED FOR 50 YEARS
WHAT IT'S WORTH.

APPRAISER: OKAY, WELL, WE'LL TRY
TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA.

IF THIS WERE IN
A RETAIL SETTING TODAY

AND YOU WERE LOOKING
TO INSURE IT,

YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO PAY
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $5K AND $6,000

TO GET THE SAME TABLE TODAY.

AND I'VE SEEN THEM IN GALLERIES
AS HIGH AS $11,000.

SO THIS IS A VERY RARE
AND INTRICATE TABLE.

IF IT WERE SELLING,
IT WOULD PROBABLY SELL MUCH LESS

BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW

IS A LOW TO MID-LEVEL MARKET
FOR FURNITURE.

BUT IT'S A MAGNIFICENT TABLE

AND THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT IT
IN THE FAMILY HISTORY,

YOU'VE GOT A PHOTOGRAPH
OF WHO OWNED IT,

I THINK REALLY LENDS
TO THE HISTORY AND PERIOD.

GUEST: I WONDER
WHAT IT WOULD COST

TO GET ONE MADE
LIKE THIS TODAY?

APPRAISER: I WOULDN'T WANT TO
VENTURE A GUESS AS TO WHAT THAT
WOULD BE,

BUT IT WOULD BE QUITE A LOT.

SO, THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN.
IT'S A MAGNIFICENT TABLE.

GUEST: IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

APPRAISER: WELL, YOU'VE BROUGHT
A WONDERFUL BRONZE IN TODAY

TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHERE YOU GOT IT?

AND HOW LONG YOU'VE HAD IT?

GUEST: I'VE HAD THIS FOR
QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS.

I ACTUALLY HELPED
AN ACQUAINTANCE

MOVE SOME THINGS
IN HER HOUSE

AND THIS WAS A PIECE
SHE HAD SITTING IN HER HOUSE

THAT SHE REALLY HAD NO USE
FOR ANYMORE

AND ASK ME IF I WOULD LIKE IT.

I WAS IMMEDIATELY
DRAWN TO IT.

AND FOR THE LONGEST TIME

I WOULD MARVEL OVER
ALL OF THE DETAIL IN THAT PIECE.

APPRAISER: DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW
IF SHE WAS RUSSIAN?

GUEST: I DON'T BELIEVE SHE WAS.

APPRAISER: OKAY.

WELL, SHE HAD VERY GOOD TASTE,

WHO EVER SHE WAS
AND WHEREVER SHE CAME FROM.

THIS IS A RUSSIAN PIECE.

RUSSIAN BRONZES
ARE QUITE PRECISE.

THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL.

THE SCULPTURE'S NAME
IS IN HERE, INCISED IN HERE.

IT'S A TROIKA GROUP.

IT'S A BRONZE
THAT WAS MADE ABOUT 1880

BY A GENTLEMAN
BY THE NAME OF VASILI GRACHEV.

WELL-KNOWN TO COLLECTORS.

A LOT OF DETAIL,
NOTICE THE REIGNS OF THE HORSES,

EVERYTHING IS VERY
METICULOUSLY RENDERED.

GREAT EXPRESSION
ON THE HORSES AS WELL.

A SLED GROUP OF COURSE.

PRETTY LARGE SIZE.

HE MAKES BRONZES FROM FAIRLY
SMALL, LESS THAN SIX INCHES

ALL THE WAY TO THESES KIND
OF MONUMENTAL BRONZES.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT APPRAISED?

GUEST: NO.

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS
TO GET IT APPRAISED,

AND MY WIFE AND I HAVE TALKED
ABOUT DOING IT

AND JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO.

APPRAISER: WELL, THE MARKET
FOR RUSSIAN BRONZES

HAS HEATED UP QUITE A BIT,

EVEN THOUGH THE MARKET
IN GENERAL IS A LITTLE BIT DOWN.

BUT FOR BRONZES,
IT'S STILL QUITE STRONG.

AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED
IF THIS PIECE WOULD BRING

BETWEEN $30K AND $40,000
AT AUCTION.

GUEST: REALLY?

APPRAISER: YEAH.

GUEST: OH MY GOODNESS.

APPRAISER: SO, IT'S
A VERY NICE PIECE.

VERY UNUSUAL PIECE, VERY NICE,
AND YOU SHOULD ENJOY IT.

GUEST: WOW!

SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING
WE SHOULD PUT A RIDER

ON OUR INSURANCE FOR?

APPRAISER: I THINK SO.
THAT WOULD BE PRUDENT.

GUEST: WOW!

APPRAISER: BUT THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING IT IN.

GUEST: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HOPE YOU'VE HAD
AS MUCH FUN AS I'VE HAD

EXPLORING THE BACK ROADS
OF HISTORY AND FAMILY LEGEND.

AND THERE'S A LOT MORE
IN STORE...

GUEST: EVERY TIME I HAVE
COMPANY, THEY SPOT IT RIGHT OFF

AND SAY HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS.

THERE WERE PRIVATE SCHOOLS
OR FINISHING SCHOOLS

THAT THE YOUNG GIRLS
WOULD GO TO,

AND THEY WOULD LEARN
TO DO THINGS LIKE EMBROIDERY

THAT WOULD THEN BE EXHIBITED
IN THEIR HOMES

FOR POTENTIAL SUITORS
DOWN THE ROAD.

IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT IT,

YOU'D THINK IT WAS
JUST SIMPLY A SHOTGUN,

BUT IT ISN'T.

IT'S WHAT'S CALLED A DRILLING,

WHICH IS TWO SHOTGUN BARRELS
AND A RIFLE BARREL.

I'M RHEA FEIKIN,

AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME
ON CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES !