1 00:00:01,401 --> 00:00:03,837 HOST: COMING UP ON CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES. 2 00:00:03,971 --> 00:00:06,507 APPRAISER: IT'S THE JAPANESE STYLE EMBROIDERY WITH THE BAMBOO 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,109 WITH THE IMARI SWANS. 4 00:00:09,243 --> 00:00:12,913 I THINK THE SCENE ITSELF REALLY MAKES THE VALUE WHAT IT IS. 5 00:00:13,046 --> 00:00:15,949 APPRAISER: WHAT MAKES THIS PIECE EXCITING, 6 00:00:16,083 --> 00:00:18,018 IT'S ACTUALLY SIGNED BY DIEGO RIVERA IN PEN &INK. 7 00:00:18,151 --> 00:00:19,686 GUEST: I WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO IT. 8 00:00:19,820 --> 00:00:22,990 FOR THE LONGEST TIME I WOULD MARVEL OVER ALL OF THE DETAIL. 9 00:00:23,457 --> 00:00:27,094 [ TROLLEY BELL RINGS ] 10 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:32,633 [ HORSE HOOVES CLOPPING ] 11 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:34,234 [ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ] 12 00:00:35,636 --> 00:00:36,236 [ STEAM RISES ] 13 00:00:52,586 --> 00:00:55,055 ANNOUNCER: CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY 14 00:00:55,188 --> 00:00:57,357 THE MPT NEW INITIATIVES FUND 15 00:00:57,491 --> 00:01:00,160 FOUNDED BY IRENE AND EDWARD H. KAPLAN. 16 00:01:01,995 --> 00:01:05,165 MAJOR FUNDING IS ALSO PROVIDED BY AARP. 17 00:01:06,833 --> 00:01:09,703 JEFF GORDON: FOR SOME, THIS LINE IS A CONVENIENCE. 18 00:01:09,836 --> 00:01:13,574 BUT FOR OTHERS, IT'S ALL THEY CAN AFFORD. 19 00:01:13,707 --> 00:01:14,241 CLERK: ANYTHING ELSE? 20 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:15,075 WOMAN: NO. 21 00:01:15,208 --> 00:01:16,743 JOIN THE DRIVE TO END HUNGER 22 00:01:16,877 --> 00:01:19,746 BY VISITING DRIVETOENDHUNGER.ORG. 23 00:01:20,681 --> 00:01:23,650 ANNOUNCER: AND BY CENTER FOR VEIN RESTORATION. 24 00:01:23,784 --> 00:01:25,786 OVER 30 MILLION AMERICANS 25 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:28,989 SUFFER FROM PAINFUL, UNSIGHTLY VARICOSE VEINS. 26 00:01:29,122 --> 00:01:32,225 WE USE MODERN OUTPATIENT METHODS TO HELP BRING RELIEF. 27 00:01:32,359 --> 00:01:34,761 LOOK BETTER. FEEL BETTER. LIVE BETTER. 28 00:01:36,263 --> 00:01:37,731 HELLO, I'M RHEA FEIKIN. 29 00:01:37,864 --> 00:01:40,000 WELCOME TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES, 30 00:01:40,133 --> 00:01:43,036 WHERE WE EXPLORE OUR REGION'S HISTORY THROUGH ITS TREASURES, 31 00:01:43,170 --> 00:01:46,340 ITS PEOPLE, AND YOUR STORIES. 32 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:48,609 I'M ALWAYS FASCINATED BY HOW THESE ITEMS 33 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:52,379 OPEN WINDOWS ON HISTORY AND PRIVATE LIVES. 34 00:01:52,512 --> 00:01:54,948 SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE SIMPLY PRICELESS 35 00:01:55,082 --> 00:01:57,117 BECAUSE OF THE STORIES THEY TELL. 36 00:01:57,250 --> 00:02:00,821 LET'S TURN ANOTHER FEW PAGES OF HISTORY NOW. 37 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:03,457 APPRAISER: TELL ME THE PROVENANCE, 38 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:06,159 AND TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS. 39 00:02:06,293 --> 00:02:07,494 GUEST: I WAS RAISED IN THE HOUSE 40 00:02:07,628 --> 00:02:10,998 WITH A LOT OF UNUSUAL FURNISHINGS, POTTERY, 41 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:13,066 TEXTILES, ETC. 42 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:14,668 AND ON A COFFEE TABLE 43 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:17,437 THERE WAS A SERIES OF THESE PIECES OF POTTERY. 44 00:02:17,571 --> 00:02:21,241 I CAN REMEMBER MY MOTHER SAYING THEY WERE MADE BY TOSHIKO, 45 00:02:21,375 --> 00:02:24,711 WHICH WAS UNUSUAL, A - BECAUSE IT WAS A WOMAN, 46 00:02:24,845 --> 00:02:27,280 AND B - WE HAD A GROUP OF THEM. 47 00:02:27,414 --> 00:02:31,485 MY UNCLE WAS A POTTER, AND HE WAS A BAUHAUS ARCHITECT, 48 00:02:31,618 --> 00:02:34,221 HE STUDIED IN CHICAGO, 49 00:02:34,354 --> 00:02:38,458 AND COLLECTED A LOT OF POTTERY BECAUSE HE LIKED IT. 50 00:02:38,592 --> 00:02:41,428 IT WAS JUST PART OF WHAT HE DID. 51 00:02:41,561 --> 00:02:42,729 APPRAISER: RIGHT. 52 00:02:42,863 --> 00:02:46,233 GUEST: SO THERE'S A GROUP OF THESE TOSHIKO MOONSTONE POTS. 53 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:48,769 AND MY FATHER DIVIDED THEM UP, 54 00:02:48,902 --> 00:02:51,505 ONE FOR ME AND ONE FOR EACH OF MY SIBLINGS. 55 00:02:51,638 --> 00:02:55,409 I TOOK THE ONE THAT I LIKED, THE COLORS ARE WARM, 56 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:57,978 AND I THOUGHT THE SHAPE UNUSUAL. 57 00:02:58,111 --> 00:03:00,180 I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS AN UNUSUAL SHAPE, 58 00:03:00,313 --> 00:03:02,416 AND THEY HAD OTHER PIECES THAT WERE MORE LIKE BOWLS. 59 00:03:02,549 --> 00:03:06,987 APPRAISER: TOSHIKO, OF COURSE, WAS A VERY WELL-KNOWN POTTER, 60 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,590 AND JUST RECENTLY PASSED AWAY, I THINK, HERSELF. 61 00:03:10,724 --> 00:03:14,194 AND MOST FAMOUS KNOWN FOR HER MOON POTS OF COURSE. 62 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:17,597 SO THIS BEING ATYPICAL OF HER DESIGNS, 63 00:03:17,731 --> 00:03:19,800 YOU MADE A GOOD CHOICE IN YOUR SELECTION OF WHAT TO KEEP. 64 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:23,403 I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE GREEDY AND WANTED THEM ALL. 65 00:03:23,537 --> 00:03:25,305 BUT AT LEAST YOUR CHILDREN HAVE SOME. 66 00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:27,741 GUEST: NO, THAT THOUGHT ENTERED MY MIND. 67 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:30,610 APPRAISER: THERE'S ALWAYS VALUE IN GROUPINGS LIKE THAT. 68 00:03:30,744 --> 00:03:34,715 THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING PIECE VERY ATYPICAL OF HER WORK, 69 00:03:34,848 --> 00:03:38,318 NOT SO MUCH IN SIZE, BUT IN THE COLORATION OF THIS. 70 00:03:38,452 --> 00:03:40,220 AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE 71 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:43,390 IS YOUR BASIC POT COMING OUT OF THE KILN, 72 00:03:43,523 --> 00:03:46,526 BEING DECORATED, I FEEL, BY HAND 73 00:03:46,660 --> 00:03:50,297 ACTUALLY DRAWING THIS COLOR ONTO THE EXPOSED WET CLAY 74 00:03:50,430 --> 00:03:54,101 AND THE COLOR GOING ON THIS BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE KILN. 75 00:03:54,234 --> 00:03:57,170 IT'S BEING CURED, AND WHEN IT COMES OUT AGAIN 76 00:03:57,304 --> 00:03:59,706 AN ADDITIONAL GLAZE IS PUT ON THIS TOP. 77 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,541 THIS SHINY GLAZE, 78 00:04:01,675 --> 00:04:04,644 WHICH IS VERY UNUSUAL TO HAVE THIS COMBINATION TOGETHER, 79 00:04:04,778 --> 00:04:06,813 A VERY NATURALISTIC-LOOKING 80 00:04:06,947 --> 00:04:08,815 DROPPED ON THE TOP KIND OF GLAZE. 81 00:04:08,949 --> 00:04:10,517 IT'S CALLED A SLIT GLAZE 82 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:12,085 AND THAT GOES ON THE TOP LIKE THAT, 83 00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:13,653 GOES BACK INTO THE KILN AND COMES BACK AGAIN. 84 00:04:13,787 --> 00:04:17,557 THE MYSTERY TO ME IS, 85 00:04:17,691 --> 00:04:20,293 THIS GROUND BASE HERE THAT'S ACTUALLY EXPOSING IT 86 00:04:20,427 --> 00:04:23,396 BACK TO THE NATURAL COLOR OF THE CLAY ITSELF. 87 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:30,470 TOSHIKO'S PRICELINE IS ANYWHERE FROM $2,000 TO $25,000. 88 00:04:30,604 --> 00:04:33,406 SHE HAS A REALLY WIDE RANGE. 89 00:04:33,540 --> 00:04:37,210 HER MOST SOUGHT AFTER IS ALWAYS THAT MOON POT DESIGN, 90 00:04:37,344 --> 00:04:38,078 WHICH IS... 91 00:04:38,211 --> 00:04:38,845 GUEST: THIS IS ONE. 92 00:04:38,979 --> 00:04:39,846 APPRAISER: RIGHT, THIS ONE, 93 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:41,748 AND ALSO ONE THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE 94 00:04:41,882 --> 00:04:43,483 ELLIPTICAL LOOK TO IT AS WELL. 95 00:04:43,617 --> 00:04:44,851 AND IN TODAY'S WORLD, 96 00:04:44,985 --> 00:04:49,389 IF THIS WAS IN A POTTERY SHOP OR AN ART GALLERY, OR SOMETHING, 97 00:04:49,523 --> 00:04:51,858 I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A PRICE TAG ON THIS 98 00:04:51,992 --> 00:04:57,230 AT A MINIMUM OF $4,500, POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS $6,000 99 00:04:57,364 --> 00:04:58,698 BECAUSE OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, 100 00:04:58,832 --> 00:05:01,802 THE ADDITIONAL APPLICATION THAT'S GONE ON HERE. 101 00:05:01,935 --> 00:05:05,005 SO, AT LEAST YOUR FAMILY IS AWARE OF THE HERITAGE 102 00:05:05,138 --> 00:05:07,707 THAT YOU HAVE AND I KNOW IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE 103 00:05:07,841 --> 00:05:09,176 A TREASURE WITHIN YOUR FAMILY. 104 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:11,645 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING IT HERE TODAY. 105 00:05:11,778 --> 00:05:13,046 GUEST : THANK YOU. 106 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:14,948 YOU COULD ADD A LOT OF ZEROS TO THAT AND IT WOULD NOT MATTER. 107 00:05:15,081 --> 00:05:16,683 IT'S JUST FOR MY HEART. 108 00:05:16,817 --> 00:05:18,185 APPRAISER: IT HAS WHAT UNCLE DICK CALLS 109 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:21,288 THE JOINED-AT-THE HEART FACTOR. 110 00:05:21,421 --> 00:05:22,756 GUEST: IT REALLY DOES, AND I LOVE IT. 111 00:05:22,889 --> 00:05:24,391 THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 112 00:05:24,524 --> 00:05:25,926 APPRAISER: YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR COMING. 113 00:05:26,693 --> 00:05:29,796 GUEST: WE WENT TO A FLEA MARKET DOWN IN VIRGINIA, 114 00:05:29,930 --> 00:05:32,933 WE LIKE TO GO AND CHECK FLEA MARKETS AND SUCH. 115 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:35,235 THEY WERE ON THE TABLE, THEY JUST STOOD OUT TO ME. 116 00:05:35,368 --> 00:05:37,137 APPRAISER: WHAT DID YOU PAY FOR THEM? 117 00:05:37,270 --> 00:05:38,805 GUEST: I THINK THEY WERE MARKED FOR $50, 118 00:05:38,939 --> 00:05:40,507 BUT I REMEMBER $30. 119 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:43,743 APPRAISER: WOW! THAT IS A BARGAIN. 120 00:05:43,877 --> 00:05:49,416 THESE ARE WONDERFUL 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE SATSUMA. 121 00:05:49,549 --> 00:05:52,152 THEY'RE A MIRRORED IMAGE. 122 00:05:52,285 --> 00:05:55,055 THE QUALITY IS WONDERFUL, 123 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:58,625 THE DETAIL OF THE GOLD ON THE DUCKS. 124 00:05:58,758 --> 00:05:59,693 A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, 125 00:05:59,826 --> 00:06:01,828 "HOW DO YOU KNOW NEW VERSUS OLD?" 126 00:06:01,962 --> 00:06:05,031 IF I HAD A PIECE OF NEW IT WOULD BE SO OBVIOUS. 127 00:06:05,165 --> 00:06:09,369 BUT THE QUALITY IN THE DETAIL IN THE GOLD, 128 00:06:09,502 --> 00:06:10,971 THE MAKERS MARK. 129 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:13,306 I MEAN, THE QUALITY IS FABULOUS. 130 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:20,881 IN TODAY'S MARKET, ANYWHERE FROM $800 TO $1,200 A PAIR. 131 00:06:21,014 --> 00:06:23,783 AND A PAIR IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN ONE. 132 00:06:23,917 --> 00:06:29,823 IF YOU HAD ONE, IT WOULD BE WORTH $300, $400. 133 00:06:29,956 --> 00:06:31,524 BUT TO HAVE A PAIR, YOU DID VERY WELL. 134 00:06:31,658 --> 00:06:32,459 GUEST: THANK YOU. 135 00:06:32,592 --> 00:06:33,793 APPRAISER: YOU'RE WELCOME. 136 00:06:35,095 --> 00:06:36,830 APPRAISER: YOU'VE BROUGHT SOMETHING MAGNIFICENT. 137 00:06:36,963 --> 00:06:38,064 TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 138 00:06:38,198 --> 00:06:40,667 TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHERE YOU GOT IT. 139 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:46,072 GUEST: WELL, IN 1937, OUR GRANDFATHER PURCHASED THIS IN PERSIA, 140 00:06:46,206 --> 00:06:52,212 AND MY MOTHER HAD IT ROLLED UP AND KEPT IT FOR ALL THESE YEARS, 141 00:06:52,345 --> 00:06:54,414 AND IN THE '70s SHE HAD IT FRAMED. 142 00:06:54,547 --> 00:06:58,785 SO IT'S BEEN IN OUR HALLWAYS OF OUR HOMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. 143 00:06:58,919 --> 00:07:02,656 AND IT'S JUST BEEN PASSED DOWN TO ME, 144 00:07:02,789 --> 00:07:05,825 AND I'VE ENJOYED IT IMMENSELY. 145 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:07,761 I JUST WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT IT. 146 00:07:07,894 --> 00:07:09,629 APPRAISER: WELL, YOU'VE GOT A GREAT PIECE HERE. 147 00:07:09,763 --> 00:07:13,366 THIS IS DONE IN THE JAPANESE STYLE. 148 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:15,201 NOW, WHEN I SAY JAPANESE STYLE 149 00:07:15,335 --> 00:07:18,972 THAT MEANS IT NOT NECESSARILY IS JAPANESE. 150 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:20,473 IT PROBABLY IS JAPANESE, 151 00:07:20,607 --> 00:07:24,377 BUT IT'S THE JAPANESE STYLE EMBROIDERY WITH THE BAMBOO, 152 00:07:24,511 --> 00:07:26,446 WITH THE IMARI SWANS, 153 00:07:26,579 --> 00:07:28,915 AND THE SCENE IS JUST SO FABULOUS IN THIS. 154 00:07:29,049 --> 00:07:30,684 I THINK THE SCENE ITSELF 155 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:33,353 REALLY MAKES THE VALUE WHAT IT IS. 156 00:07:33,486 --> 00:07:35,655 YOU'VE GOT THE WATER STREAM IN THE BACKGROUND, 157 00:07:35,789 --> 00:07:37,390 SO YOU HAVE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECT 158 00:07:37,524 --> 00:07:40,894 AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SWANS AND THE TREES IN THE BACKGROUND, 159 00:07:41,027 --> 00:07:42,295 THE BAMBOO TREES. 160 00:07:42,429 --> 00:07:46,066 IT'S ALL SILK EMBROIDERY. ALL OF THIS IS DONE IN SILK. 161 00:07:46,199 --> 00:07:48,902 EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS DONE IN SILK EMBROIDERING. 162 00:07:49,035 --> 00:07:50,236 IT'S ALL DONE QUITE WELL. 163 00:07:50,370 --> 00:07:53,573 YOU SAID YOUR GRANDFATHER BOUGHT IT IN 1936. 164 00:07:53,707 --> 00:07:56,843 I WOULD GUESS THE AGE TO BE AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. 165 00:07:56,977 --> 00:08:00,847 SO IT COULD BE AS LATE AS 1925, 166 00:08:00,981 --> 00:08:06,386 BUT IT'S MOST LIKELY MORE LIKE 1890 TO 1910, 167 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:07,721 IN THAT TIME PERIOD. 168 00:08:07,854 --> 00:08:10,423 NOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR GRANDFATHER PAID FOR IT? 169 00:08:10,557 --> 00:08:11,791 GUEST: HAVE NO IDEA. 170 00:08:11,925 --> 00:08:13,326 APPRAISER: WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH? 171 00:08:13,460 --> 00:08:14,494 GUEST: I REALLY DON'T KNOW. 172 00:08:14,627 --> 00:08:17,364 I MEAN, I WOULD THINK AT LEAST A FEW THOUSAND. 173 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:21,501 APPRAISER: WELL, THIS PIECE, SOLD IN THE RIGHT MARKET, 174 00:08:21,634 --> 00:08:23,303 AND WHEN I SAY SOLD IN THE RIGHT MARKET, 175 00:08:23,436 --> 00:08:26,740 THE VALUE OF THIS PIECE IS THE AESTHETIC VALUE 176 00:08:26,873 --> 00:08:28,975 OF SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PIECE, 177 00:08:29,109 --> 00:08:33,313 SO WHEREAS SOME GUY THAT'S JUST COLLECTING JAPANESE FABRIC 178 00:08:33,446 --> 00:08:34,581 MAY NOT GIVE YOU MUCH FOR IT, 179 00:08:34,714 --> 00:08:38,551 SOMEONE THAT REALLY APPRECIATES THIS FOR A WALL SPOT, 180 00:08:38,685 --> 00:08:41,321 I WOULD PUT THE RETAIL PRICE OF THIS BETWEEN 181 00:08:41,454 --> 00:08:45,058 $3 AND $3,500, $3,000 TO $3,500. 182 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:48,395 AND IT MIGHT EVEN BRING MORE IF IT WAS IN THE RIGHT SPOT 183 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:50,663 WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE MARKETING IT. 184 00:08:50,797 --> 00:08:52,032 IT'S A GREAT PIECE. 185 00:08:52,165 --> 00:08:54,901 ITS FRAMED NICELY, GLASS OVER IT. 186 00:08:55,035 --> 00:08:57,404 IT'S WELL KEPT. IT'S IN PERFECT CONDITION. 187 00:08:57,537 --> 00:08:59,406 I DID NOT TAKE THE BACK OFF OF IT, 188 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:01,207 BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. 189 00:09:01,341 --> 00:09:03,243 SO YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL PIECE. 190 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:06,413 AND YOU NEED TO THANK YOUR GRANDFATHER A LOT OF TIMES 191 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:09,182 FOR BUYING THIS FOR YOUR FAMILY. 192 00:09:09,315 --> 00:09:10,483 GUEST: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 193 00:09:10,617 --> 00:09:12,052 APPRAISER: IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE IT ON THIS SHOW. 194 00:09:17,624 --> 00:09:18,858 RHEA: I NEVER CEASE TO BE AMAZED 195 00:09:18,992 --> 00:09:21,561 BY THE WONDERFUL ESOTERIC COLLECTIONS 196 00:09:21,694 --> 00:09:23,963 STILL WAITING TO BE UNCOVERED, 197 00:09:24,097 --> 00:09:26,866 LIKE THIS ONE THAT WE DISCOVERED JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. 198 00:09:28,435 --> 00:09:31,304 DO YOU REMEMBER TERESA BREWER SINGING 199 00:09:31,438 --> 00:09:36,042 * PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN, IN THE NICKELODEON * 200 00:09:36,176 --> 00:09:39,145 WELL, I WANT YOU TO MEET JOE BLOODGOOD 201 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:44,050 WHO SELLS, SERVICES, AND COLLECTS JUKEBOXES! 202 00:09:44,184 --> 00:09:46,519 THIS IS AMAZING, JOE! 203 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:52,225 * 204 00:09:52,358 --> 00:09:54,427 I HAVE TO ASK YOU, HOW DID IT ALL START? 205 00:09:54,561 --> 00:09:56,029 JOE: WHEN I WAS A YOUNG CHILD, 206 00:09:56,162 --> 00:09:58,264 I WAS FASCINATED WITH THE VERTICAL PLAY. 207 00:09:58,398 --> 00:10:00,633 I THOUGHT, IT'S GOT TO BE MAGIC. 208 00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:04,237 THEN, WHEN I SAW THIS MECHANISM IN THE LATER '50s, 209 00:10:04,370 --> 00:10:06,739 I THOUGHT, WOW! I GOTTA FIND OUT HOW THEY DO THAT. 210 00:10:11,277 --> 00:10:16,649 * 211 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:21,087 * THOSE FINGERS IN MY HAIR 212 00:10:21,221 --> 00:10:22,789 JOE: AND I JUST LOVED JUKEBOXES. 213 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:25,525 AND FINALLY MY PARENTS BOUGHT ME ONE LIKE THIS 214 00:10:25,658 --> 00:10:29,662 WHEN I GRADUATED FROM DELANEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1966. 215 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:31,764 RHEA: THEY BOUGHT YOU ONE? SO WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT? 216 00:10:31,898 --> 00:10:33,433 I MEAN, DID YOU HAVE KIDS OVER TO PLAY IT? 217 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:35,735 JOE: OH, I USED TO HAVE PARTIES ALL THE TIME. 218 00:10:35,869 --> 00:10:37,637 AND THEY LOVED IT, IT WAS A WHOLE NEW CONCEPT. 219 00:10:37,770 --> 00:10:40,874 AND THEN I SOLD IT, 220 00:10:41,007 --> 00:10:43,009 THEN I BOUGHT TWO NEW MACHINES THAT NEEDED REPAIR. 221 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:45,445 AND I ORDERED SOME SERVICE MANUALS FROM WURLITZER, 222 00:10:45,578 --> 00:10:47,413 AND THEN A YEAR LATER 223 00:10:47,547 --> 00:10:49,516 THEY HIRED ME AS THE WURLITZER DISTRIBUTOR IN BALTIMORE. 224 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:52,652 RHEA: AND YOU LOVE THESE JUKEBOXES, 225 00:10:52,785 --> 00:10:54,888 I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU LOVE THEM! 226 00:10:55,021 --> 00:10:57,090 JOE: OH, I WAS LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE! 227 00:10:57,223 --> 00:11:05,431 * 228 00:11:05,565 --> 00:11:08,134 RHEA: TELL ME ABOUT THIS ONE THAT WE'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF. 229 00:11:08,268 --> 00:11:10,937 JOE: OKAY, THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR FOR STEREO, 230 00:11:11,070 --> 00:11:15,041 WHICH WAS A BIG THING WHEN IT CAME OUT IN 1959. 231 00:11:15,175 --> 00:11:20,213 AND YOU JUST WALK UP AND HIT A COUPLE OF BUTTONS... 232 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:22,882 AND THE GRATIFICATION OF PUSHING THE BUTTONS 233 00:11:23,016 --> 00:11:24,851 AND SEE THE MECHANISM CHANGE THE RECORDS, 234 00:11:24,984 --> 00:11:27,220 I MEAN, IT WAS QUITE A PERFORMANCE! 235 00:11:29,556 --> 00:11:31,658 RHEA: OH! MEMORIES! 236 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:33,760 I MEAN, IS THERE ANYBODY WATCHING 237 00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:37,030 WHO DIDN'T LOVE GOING TO A DRIVE-IN, 238 00:11:37,163 --> 00:11:40,466 OR GOING TO A DINER, OR GOING ANYPLACE 239 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,803 AND THERE WAS THE JUKEBOX AND IT HAD YOUR FAVORITES! 240 00:11:43,937 --> 00:11:44,704 I LOVE IT! 241 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:45,772 JOE: OH, I KNOW! 242 00:11:45,905 --> 00:11:47,774 AND BACK THEN IT WAS A NICKEL! 243 00:11:47,907 --> 00:11:50,343 * 244 00:11:50,476 --> 00:11:53,279 THEY ALWAYS PUT THE FINEST SOUND SYSTEMS IN THE JUKEBOX 245 00:11:53,413 --> 00:11:55,848 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ENTICED THE CUSTOMERS TO STAND UP, 246 00:11:55,982 --> 00:11:58,084 WALK OVER AND PUT A DIME IN THE MACHINE. 247 00:11:58,218 --> 00:12:00,053 IT SOUNDED BETTER THAN SOMETHING THEY HAD AT HOME. 248 00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:00,920 RHEA: LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. 249 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:02,722 AT A CERTAIN TIME, 250 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:06,159 ABOUT HOW MANY OF THEM WERE AROUND IN BALTIMORE, 251 00:12:06,292 --> 00:12:07,293 FOR INSTANCE? 252 00:12:07,427 --> 00:12:08,595 THERE MUST HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS. 253 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:10,096 JOE: OH, THERE WERE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS. 254 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:13,433 BECAUSE JUKEBOXES WERE SO BIG, EVERY BAR WANTED ONE. 255 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:15,501 RHEA: OH, THEY ALL HAD THEM. 256 00:12:15,635 --> 00:12:17,136 JOE: THEY ALL HAD A WURLITZER JUKEBOX 257 00:12:17,270 --> 00:12:19,973 BESIDES THOSE WONDERFUL DIME HAMBURGERS. 258 00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:22,675 RHEA: JOE, TELL ME ABOUT THIS ONE. 259 00:12:22,809 --> 00:12:24,244 WHAT'S SPECIAL? 260 00:12:24,377 --> 00:12:25,578 JOE: OH, THIS IS VERY SPECIAL. 261 00:12:25,712 --> 00:12:31,918 THIS WAS THE FIRST ELUSIVE 45 RPM JUKEBOX MADE BY SEEBURG. 262 00:12:32,051 --> 00:12:33,019 RHEA: AND WHEN WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN? 263 00:12:33,152 --> 00:12:34,821 JOE: 1951. 264 00:12:34,954 --> 00:12:39,692 AND IT WAS ACTUALLY RCA AND SEEBURG WHO PIONEERED THE 45. 265 00:12:39,826 --> 00:12:41,527 A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. 266 00:12:41,661 --> 00:12:45,231 RHEA: SO THIS IS WHERE YOU DO ALL THE WORK, HUH? 267 00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:48,835 JOE: YEP, I TEAR THEM APART, PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER. 268 00:12:48,968 --> 00:12:52,338 I PAINT THEM, DO ALL THE CABINET WORK, REPLACE PARTS. 269 00:12:52,472 --> 00:12:55,642 RHEA: ARE THERE SOME THINGS THAT LAST FOREVER IN THESE JUKEBOXES? 270 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:57,644 JOE: YEAH, THEY'RE REALLY WELL ENGINEERED. 271 00:12:57,777 --> 00:12:59,145 THEY WERE WAY AHEAD OF THEIR TIME. 272 00:12:59,279 --> 00:13:00,913 IN FACT, SEEBURG, THEIR MEMORY UNIT, BACK IN THE MID-'50s, 273 00:13:01,047 --> 00:13:02,715 WAS A FORERUNNER TO THE MODERN COMPUTER. 274 00:13:02,849 --> 00:13:04,150 RHEA: REALLY? 275 00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:06,085 JOE: IT STORED MEMORY WITHOUT ANY MOVING PARTS. 276 00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:07,553 RHEA: THE TECHIES, THE YOUNG TECHIES, 277 00:13:07,687 --> 00:13:10,290 I HOPE THEY'RE LISTENING RIGHT NOW ABOUT ALL OF THAT. 278 00:13:10,423 --> 00:13:13,626 JOE: SEEBURG WAS THE FIRST TO USE TRANSISTORS IN THEIR JUKEBOXES, 279 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,895 LONG BEFORE ANY HOME UNITS DID. 280 00:13:16,029 --> 00:13:17,997 RHEA: WELL, IT IS JUST AMAZING. 281 00:13:18,131 --> 00:13:20,400 AND I DON'T GUESS THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE LIKE YOU! 282 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:22,935 JOE: YES, THEY CALL ME THE JUKEBOX MAN. 283 00:13:29,075 --> 00:13:31,077 APPRAISER: WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS NICE SCULPTURE? 284 00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:32,745 GUEST: ACTUALLY, IT WAS MY MOTHER'S, 285 00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:35,081 SHE BOUGHT IT IN THE '50s, CONVERTED IT INTO A LAMP 286 00:13:35,214 --> 00:13:36,883 AND THEN TOOK THE LAMP WORKS BACK OFF OF IT. 287 00:13:37,016 --> 00:13:39,085 APPRAISER: OKAY, IT WAS DESIGNED BY A FRENCH ARTIST 288 00:13:39,218 --> 00:13:42,922 BY THE NAME OF FERDINAND FERTOIT, BORN IN 1832. 289 00:13:43,056 --> 00:13:45,758 THIS IS A PARTICULARLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK, 290 00:13:45,892 --> 00:13:48,461 AS EXEMPLIFIED HERE WITH THE FEATHER WORK. 291 00:13:48,594 --> 00:13:50,963 YOU SEE THAT THERE'S SPACE UNDERNEATH THESE FEATHERS. 292 00:13:51,097 --> 00:13:53,933 YOU SEE THERE IS SPACE BETWEEN THE FEATHERS AND THE WINGS. 293 00:13:54,067 --> 00:13:55,601 AND THIS PARTICULAR ARTIST 294 00:13:55,735 --> 00:13:58,471 FOR SOMETHING THIS LARGE, AT THIS SKILL LEVEL, 295 00:13:58,604 --> 00:14:02,775 IS PROBABLY BETWEEN $3K AND $5K, $3K AND $6,000 AT AUCTION. 296 00:14:02,909 --> 00:14:04,677 GUEST: OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. 297 00:14:04,811 --> 00:14:06,312 APPRAISER: YOU'RE WELCOME. 298 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,849 APPRAISER: TODAY YOU'VE BROUGHT US SOMETHING FROM -- 299 00:14:09,982 --> 00:14:12,852 WELL, A YARD SALE FIND, A TRUE YARD SALE FIND. 300 00:14:12,985 --> 00:14:14,620 GUEST: A TRUE YARD SALE FIND. 301 00:14:14,754 --> 00:14:15,722 APPRAISER: TELL ME SOME MORE. 302 00:14:15,855 --> 00:14:17,857 GUEST: THIS IS PROBABLY ABOUT 20, 25 YEARS AGO 303 00:14:17,990 --> 00:14:19,959 BECAUSE I DON'T YARD SALE ANYMORE, 304 00:14:20,093 --> 00:14:23,196 AND I MUST HAVE BOUGHT IT FOR LIKE 50 CENTS. 305 00:14:23,329 --> 00:14:26,299 LOOKED AT THE SIGNATURE, WENT, HMMM, MAYBE? 306 00:14:26,432 --> 00:14:29,435 AND THEN STUCK IT AWAY AND COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT IT, 307 00:14:29,569 --> 00:14:31,637 UNTIL THE LAST MONTH OR TWO. 308 00:14:31,771 --> 00:14:34,107 I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLEAR OUT SOME THINGS IN MY HOUSE 309 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:36,542 AND CAME UPON IT. 310 00:14:36,676 --> 00:14:38,277 AND I WENT, OH MY GOSH! 311 00:14:38,411 --> 00:14:40,980 HEARD THAT CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES... 312 00:14:41,114 --> 00:14:41,748 I SAID, LET ME BRING IT. 313 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:43,616 APPRAISER: AND HERE YOU ARE. 314 00:14:43,750 --> 00:14:45,318 WELL, IT'S AN INTERESTING PIECE 315 00:14:45,451 --> 00:14:46,886 AND I THOUGHT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT 316 00:14:47,019 --> 00:14:50,022 MAINLY BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE IS A VERY INEXPENSIVE PRINT 317 00:14:50,156 --> 00:14:51,958 THAT WAS PROBABLY... 318 00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:55,294 AND WHAT I WILL DO IS, I'M GONNA TRY AND LIFT UP THE MAT 319 00:14:55,428 --> 00:15:00,533 SO THAT YOU CAN SEE, IT'S TITLED "CANE WORKERS." 320 00:15:00,666 --> 00:15:03,403 AND DIEGO RIVERA WAS PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 321 00:15:03,536 --> 00:15:07,173 EARLY 20TH TO MID-20TH CENTURY MEXICAN PAINTERS. 322 00:15:07,306 --> 00:15:08,508 HE WAS A MODERNIST, 323 00:15:08,641 --> 00:15:11,744 AND HE SPECIALIZED IN PAINTING SCENES OF THE PEASANTS 324 00:15:11,878 --> 00:15:15,314 AND ALSO THE POLITICAL GOINGS ON OF THE DAY. 325 00:15:15,448 --> 00:15:18,818 HE PAINTED SCENES OF ZAPATA AND OTHER FIGURES 326 00:15:18,951 --> 00:15:20,686 THAT WERE REVOLUTIONARY. 327 00:15:20,820 --> 00:15:22,388 SO, YOU HAVE INEXPENSIVE PRINT. 328 00:15:22,522 --> 00:15:24,757 IT'S WHAT WE CALL AN OFFSET LITHOGRAPH, 329 00:15:24,891 --> 00:15:27,927 AND IT PROBABLY WAS OUT OF A BOOK AND SOMEONE PULLED IT OUT. 330 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:30,696 BUT WHAT MAKES THIS PIECE EXCITING, 331 00:15:30,830 --> 00:15:33,032 AND WHEN YOU PULLED IT UP, I COULD IMMEDIATELY TELL, 332 00:15:33,166 --> 00:15:35,802 IT'S ACTUALLY SIGNED BY DIEGO RIVERA IN PEN AND INK. 333 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:39,806 SO, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, HOW COULD THAT HAVE BEEN DONE? 334 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:42,341 IT PROBABLY WAS A STUDENT OR SOMEONE THAT KNEW HIM, 335 00:15:42,475 --> 00:15:44,944 BECAUSE DURING HIS LIFETIME HE WAS A VERY FAMOUS ARTIST. 336 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:48,514 PROBABLY, MAYBE A STUDENT BROUGHT IT TO HIM AND SAID, 337 00:15:48,648 --> 00:15:50,149 "COULD YOU PLEASE SIGN THIS?" 338 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:52,285 SO THIS IS A SITUATION OF A VERY INEXPENSIVE, 339 00:15:52,418 --> 00:15:55,087 AND QUITE FRANKLY, PROBABLY A $5 PRINT. 340 00:15:55,221 --> 00:15:57,190 BUT BECAUSE DIEGO RIVERA SIGNED IT, 341 00:15:57,323 --> 00:15:59,091 IT CHANGES EVERYTHING. 342 00:15:59,225 --> 00:16:01,494 IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE DON'T KNOW THE STORY BEHIND IT, 343 00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:03,863 THAT WHO OWNED IT, AND WHO GOT HIM TO SIGN IT. 344 00:16:03,996 --> 00:16:05,898 GUEST: AND HOW IT ENDED UP IN A YARD SALE. 345 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:07,633 APPRAISER: RIGHT. EXACTLY. 346 00:16:07,767 --> 00:16:09,435 WELL, I CAN SEE HOW IT ENDED UP AT A YARD SALE 347 00:16:09,569 --> 00:16:12,672 IN THE SENSE THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE AN EXPENSIVE OBJECT. 348 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:15,875 THE PERSON PROBABLY COULD SEE THE WAY IT'S TITLED 349 00:16:16,008 --> 00:16:19,178 IT WASN'T MEANT AS AN ART PRINT OR A VALUABLE PRINT. 350 00:16:19,312 --> 00:16:21,981 THEY DIDN'T NOTICE THAT IT WAS HIS SIGNATURE. 351 00:16:22,114 --> 00:16:26,052 MAYBE THEY FELT SOMEONE JUST SIGNED IT JUST TO PUT THE NAME. 352 00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:27,587 GUEST: THAT'S AMAZING. 353 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,355 APPRAISER: SO, IN TERMS OF VALUING IT. 354 00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:32,358 IT'S, AGAIN, A CHEAP PRINT. 355 00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:34,060 BUT THE SIGNATURE ALONE 356 00:16:34,193 --> 00:16:36,062 IS PROBABLY WORTH AROUND $500 TO $700. 357 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:37,964 GUEST: OKAY. 358 00:16:38,097 --> 00:16:38,998 APPRAISER: NOW, I'VE SAID THIS IN THE PAST, 359 00:16:39,131 --> 00:16:40,867 IF WE COULD HAVE MORE OF A STORY BEHIND IT, 360 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:42,668 AND HAVE A PROVENANCE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 361 00:16:42,802 --> 00:16:46,339 BUT I THINK PROBABLY IN THE $700 RANGE, $750. 362 00:16:46,472 --> 00:16:47,640 APPRAISER: BUT WHAT I WOULD DO, 363 00:16:47,773 --> 00:16:51,043 IS YOU CAN SEE YOU'VE GOT A MAT ON HERE THAT IS ACIDIC, 364 00:16:51,177 --> 00:16:54,146 AND ITS CHANGED COLOR, AND ITS OBVIOUSLY IN TERRIBLE SHAPE. 365 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:56,883 AND IT'S ACTUALLY BURNED... 366 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:59,252 IF WE LIFT THAT UP -- AND I DON'T WANT TO LIFT IT TOO HIGH. 367 00:16:59,385 --> 00:17:00,286 AND IF WE DO THAT. 368 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:02,555 ...IT'S ACTUALLY BURNED INTO THE PAPER. 369 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:04,524 THE LIGHT HAS ACTIVATED THE ACID. 370 00:17:04,657 --> 00:17:05,992 SO YOU NEED TO TAKE IT TO A FRAMER 371 00:17:06,125 --> 00:17:07,226 AND GET IT PROPERLY CONSERVED. 372 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:10,930 AND PUT A PIECE OF UV GLASS ON TOP 373 00:17:11,063 --> 00:17:12,865 AND THAT WILL PROTECT IT FROM THE SUN. 374 00:17:12,999 --> 00:17:14,367 AND DON'T LEAVE IT IN THE SUN. 375 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:17,803 BUT IT'S AN EXCITING PIECE IN THAT IT SHOWS 376 00:17:17,937 --> 00:17:20,006 HOW SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VERY INEXPENSIVE 377 00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:23,509 BECAME MUCH MORE VALUABLE BY JUST HAVING THE ARTIST TOUCH IT. 378 00:17:23,643 --> 00:17:25,077 SO IT'S A REALLY NEAT PIECE 379 00:17:25,211 --> 00:17:25,912 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT. 380 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:27,179 GUEST: THANK YOU. 381 00:17:27,313 --> 00:17:28,247 APPRAISER: THANK YOU! 382 00:17:33,185 --> 00:17:35,488 APPRAISER: TELL US WHAT YOU BROUGHT IN TODAY. 383 00:17:35,621 --> 00:17:38,858 GUEST: THIS IS A TABLE 384 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:41,561 THAT WAS ORIGINALLY IN MY GRANDPARENTS' HOME 385 00:17:41,694 --> 00:17:44,230 AND THEN MOVED TO MY PARENTS' HOME, 386 00:17:44,363 --> 00:17:48,668 AND THEN I KEPT IT AND MOVED IT TO MY DAUGHTER'S HOME. 387 00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:51,737 IT WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BY THIS MAN RIGHT HERE, 388 00:17:51,871 --> 00:17:53,873 MOSES BARLOW, 389 00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:55,708 WHO WAS IN THE ARMY, IN THE PHILIPPINE SCOUTS, 390 00:17:55,841 --> 00:17:58,544 FROM ROUGHLY THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 391 00:17:58,678 --> 00:17:59,845 THROUGH WORLD WAR I. 392 00:17:59,979 --> 00:18:01,280 APPRAISER: AND THAT'S YOUR GRANDFATHER? 393 00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:04,216 GUEST: THAT'S MY GRANDFATHER, AND THIS IS MY DAD. 394 00:18:04,350 --> 00:18:06,752 DRESSES WERE BIG IN THOSE DAYS, I GUESS. 395 00:18:06,886 --> 00:18:08,487 APPRAISER: AND SO THIS IS THE MAN WHO OWNED THE TABLE 396 00:18:08,621 --> 00:18:10,356 OR GOT THE TABLE AND PASSED IT DOWN? 397 00:18:10,489 --> 00:18:11,924 GUEST: RIGHT. 398 00:18:12,058 --> 00:18:14,026 APPRAISER: WELL, THAT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE A PIECE OF FAMILY HISTORY. 399 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:16,295 TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. 400 00:18:16,429 --> 00:18:21,233 GUEST: WELL, MY FATHER, BY THE TIME HE WAS 7-YEARS-OLD I BELIEVE, 401 00:18:21,367 --> 00:18:22,969 HAD CROSSED THE PACIFIC SEVEN TIMES 402 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:25,771 AND BEEN AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH THE MIDDLE EAST. 403 00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:27,974 AND WHEN HE WAS 2-YEARS-OLD, 404 00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:30,209 THEY WENT THROUGH DAMASCUS 405 00:18:30,343 --> 00:18:32,912 AND MY GRANDFATHER TOOK AN INTEREST IN THIS TABLE, 406 00:18:33,045 --> 00:18:35,381 BUT HE DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO BUY IT. 407 00:18:35,514 --> 00:18:37,817 THE MAN CAME OUT OF THE SHOP 408 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:40,152 AND PURSUED HIM UNTIL THEY AGREED ON A PRICE 409 00:18:40,286 --> 00:18:43,990 AND IT WAS SHIPPED TO NEW YORK, AND IN THE PROCESS, 410 00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:46,726 MY FATHER'S NAME IS RIGHT THERE 411 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:50,463 ON THAT LITTLE BRASS PLAQUE IN THE FRONT WITH THE YEAR 1911. 412 00:18:50,596 --> 00:18:52,565 APPRAISER: WELL, THIS IS ACTUALLY A SYRIAN GAME TABLE. 413 00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:54,400 GUEST: OH? 414 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:57,370 APPRAISER: AND I KNOW THAT IT HAS NOT ONLY GREAT DECORATION ON THE FRONT, 415 00:18:57,503 --> 00:18:59,105 BUT IT HAS SEVERAL COMPARTMENTS. 416 00:18:59,238 --> 00:19:00,706 SO, LET'S JUST LOOK A LITTLE BIT ON FRONT 417 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,876 BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ADMIRE ABOUT IT. 418 00:19:04,010 --> 00:19:07,079 WE CAN SEE INTARSIA INLAY, IS WHAT THIS IS KNOWN AS, 419 00:19:07,213 --> 00:19:11,517 LOTS OF LITTLE BITS OF PIECES OF SANDALWOOD, AND MAHOGANY, 420 00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:14,687 AND MOTHER OF PEARL, AND BURL WALNUT, 421 00:19:14,820 --> 00:19:18,724 ALL OF WHICH MAKE UP THESE GREAT DESIGNS, VERY INTRICATE DESIGNS. 422 00:19:18,858 --> 00:19:20,960 IT COMES FROM SOMETHING KNOWN AS THE AESTHETIC PERIOD. 423 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:24,930 THE PERIOD WAS ABOUT 1890 TO ABOUT 1910. 424 00:19:25,064 --> 00:19:26,632 YOU SAID HE PURCHASED IT IN? 425 00:19:26,766 --> 00:19:27,767 GUEST: 1911. 426 00:19:27,900 --> 00:19:29,301 APPRAISER: 1911. SO THAT FALLS IN THERE. 427 00:19:29,435 --> 00:19:31,170 SO, LET'S START OPENING IT UP 428 00:19:31,303 --> 00:19:34,040 BECAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS ON THIS. 429 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:36,876 WHEN WE OPEN IT UP HERE WE SEE THE GAMING PART, RIGHT? 430 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:38,344 GUEST: RIGHT. 431 00:19:38,477 --> 00:19:39,945 SO YOU'VE GOT CHESS AND CHECKERS HERE, 432 00:19:40,079 --> 00:19:42,248 AND IT COMES WITH THE CHECKERS ON EACH SIDE. 433 00:19:42,381 --> 00:19:44,784 THERE'S A DIFFERENT SET OF CHECKERS ON THAT SIDE. 434 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:47,086 APPRAISER: RIGHT. 435 00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:49,088 GUEST: AND I CAN REMEMBER THE SMELL OF SANDALWOOD 436 00:19:49,221 --> 00:19:52,358 WAS VERY, VERY STRONG WHEN YOU OPENED THIS. 437 00:19:52,491 --> 00:19:59,298 THEN, IN HERE, YOU HAVE THE PARCHEESI AND THE DICE. 438 00:19:59,432 --> 00:20:03,069 APPRAISER: WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THIS AND LOOK AT THE OTHER SECTION. 439 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:07,640 AND THIS IS THE PART THAT KIND OF SWIRLS AROUND. 440 00:20:07,773 --> 00:20:08,941 GUEST: SO YOU COULD STORE THE THINGS 441 00:20:09,075 --> 00:20:13,212 THAT YOU WERE GOING TO PLAY THE GAMES WITH DOWN IN HERE. 442 00:20:13,345 --> 00:20:15,414 APPRAISER: AND THEN THIS OPENS. 443 00:20:15,548 --> 00:20:16,749 GUEST: WE DO HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT THEY COLLECTED 444 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:19,719 ON THEIR TRAVELS AT THAT TIME. 445 00:20:19,852 --> 00:20:22,221 AND THIS THEN BECOMES A GAME TABLE. 446 00:20:22,354 --> 00:20:23,689 APPRAISER: GREAT. 447 00:20:23,823 --> 00:20:25,324 AND THIS YOU WERE TELLING ME HAS NEVER BEEN TOUCHED. 448 00:20:25,458 --> 00:20:27,660 THIS IS THE ORIGINAL GREEN FELT COVER. 449 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:31,297 GUEST: WE'VE HAD NOTHING DONE TO IT IN THE 70 YEARS THAT I'M AWARE OF. 450 00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:33,499 APPRAISER: WELL, WHEN YOU BROUGHT THIS IN, 451 00:20:33,632 --> 00:20:35,301 IT KIND OF SPOKE TO US ACROSS THE ROOM 452 00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:37,737 THIS IS A VERY INTRICATELY MADE TABLE 453 00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:41,440 WITH A LOT OF HISTORY AND A LOT OF CRAFTSMANSHIP 454 00:20:41,574 --> 00:20:43,676 THAT YOU PROBABLY COULDN'T PAY SOMEBODY TO DO TODAY. 455 00:20:43,809 --> 00:20:45,411 GUEST: AGREED. 456 00:20:45,544 --> 00:20:47,279 APPRAISER: THE LEGS ARE VERY AESTHETIC. 457 00:20:47,413 --> 00:20:48,948 YOU CAN SEE THE BEND IN THE LEGS, 458 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:51,851 THE CORNERS CONFORM TO THE SAME SORT OF PERIOD. 459 00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:54,587 YOU'VE GOT THIS NICE INLAY ON THE TOP, 460 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:58,758 AND THESE PIECES ARE ACTUALLY HARD TO FIND COMPARABLES FOR. 461 00:20:58,891 --> 00:21:02,027 DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE MARKET VALUE 462 00:21:02,161 --> 00:21:03,796 OR THE INSURANCE VALUE WOULD BE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? 463 00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:06,365 GUEST: THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I'M HERE, 464 00:21:06,499 --> 00:21:09,001 IS TO GET SOME IDEA AS TO WHAT IT IS. 465 00:21:09,135 --> 00:21:11,537 I HAVE WONDERED FOR 50 YEARS WHAT IT'S WORTH. 466 00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:13,639 APPRAISER: OKAY, WELL, WE'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA. 467 00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:15,841 IF THIS WERE IN A RETAIL SETTING TODAY 468 00:21:15,975 --> 00:21:17,376 AND YOU WERE LOOKING TO INSURE IT, 469 00:21:17,510 --> 00:21:20,713 YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO PAY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $5K AND $6,000 470 00:21:20,846 --> 00:21:22,915 TO GET THE SAME TABLE TODAY. 471 00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:26,886 AND I'VE SEEN THEM IN GALLERIES AS HIGH AS $11,000. 472 00:21:27,019 --> 00:21:30,623 SO THIS IS A VERY RARE AND INTRICATE TABLE. 473 00:21:30,756 --> 00:21:32,825 IF IT WERE SELLING, IT WOULD PROBABLY SELL MUCH LESS 474 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:34,927 BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR RIGHT NOW 475 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:38,264 IS A LOW TO MID-LEVEL MARKET FOR FURNITURE. 476 00:21:38,397 --> 00:21:40,032 BUT IT'S A MAGNIFICENT TABLE 477 00:21:40,166 --> 00:21:42,701 AND THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT IT IN THE FAMILY HISTORY, 478 00:21:42,835 --> 00:21:44,436 YOU'VE GOT A PHOTOGRAPH OF WHO OWNED IT, 479 00:21:44,570 --> 00:21:47,740 I THINK REALLY LENDS TO THE HISTORY AND PERIOD. 480 00:21:47,873 --> 00:21:49,208 GUEST: I WONDER WHAT IT WOULD COST 481 00:21:49,341 --> 00:21:51,043 TO GET ONE MADE LIKE THIS TODAY? 482 00:21:51,177 --> 00:21:53,145 APPRAISER: I WOULDN'T WANT TO VENTURE A GUESS AS TO WHAT THAT WOULD BE, 483 00:21:53,279 --> 00:21:54,580 BUT IT WOULD BE QUITE A LOT. 484 00:21:54,713 --> 00:21:56,782 SO, THANKS FOR BRINGING IT IN. IT'S A MAGNIFICENT TABLE. 485 00:21:56,916 --> 00:21:57,616 GUEST: IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. 486 00:22:02,888 --> 00:22:04,924 APPRAISER: WELL, YOU'VE BROUGHT A WONDERFUL BRONZE IN TODAY 487 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:06,992 TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES . 488 00:22:07,126 --> 00:22:08,561 CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE YOU GOT IT? 489 00:22:08,694 --> 00:22:10,429 AND HOW LONG YOU'VE HAD IT? 490 00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:13,465 GUEST: I'VE HAD THIS FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS. 491 00:22:13,599 --> 00:22:16,802 I ACTUALLY HELPED AN ACQUAINTANCE 492 00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:19,205 MOVE SOME THINGS IN HER HOUSE 493 00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:22,441 AND THIS WAS A PIECE SHE HAD SITTING IN HER HOUSE 494 00:22:22,575 --> 00:22:25,244 THAT SHE REALLY HAD NO USE FOR ANYMORE 495 00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:28,714 AND ASK ME IF I WOULD LIKE IT. 496 00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:31,250 I WAS IMMEDIATELY DRAWN TO IT. 497 00:22:31,383 --> 00:22:32,885 AND FOR THE LONGEST TIME 498 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:36,455 I WOULD MARVEL OVER ALL OF THE DETAIL IN THAT PIECE. 499 00:22:36,589 --> 00:22:39,558 APPRAISER: DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF SHE WAS RUSSIAN? 500 00:22:39,692 --> 00:22:41,694 GUEST: I DON'T BELIEVE SHE WAS. 501 00:22:41,827 --> 00:22:42,494 APPRAISER: OKAY. 502 00:22:42,628 --> 00:22:44,897 WELL, SHE HAD VERY GOOD TASTE, 503 00:22:45,030 --> 00:22:47,266 WHO EVER SHE WAS AND WHEREVER SHE CAME FROM. 504 00:22:47,399 --> 00:22:48,968 THIS IS A RUSSIAN PIECE. 505 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:51,303 RUSSIAN BRONZES ARE QUITE PRECISE. 506 00:22:51,437 --> 00:22:53,205 THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL. 507 00:22:53,339 --> 00:22:56,008 THE SCULPTURE'S NAME IS IN HERE, INCISED IN HERE. 508 00:22:56,141 --> 00:22:57,877 IT'S A TROIKA GROUP. 509 00:22:58,010 --> 00:23:00,379 IT'S A BRONZE THAT WAS MADE ABOUT 1880 510 00:23:00,512 --> 00:23:03,582 BY A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF VASILI GRACHEV. 511 00:23:03,716 --> 00:23:04,717 WELL-KNOWN TO COLLECTORS. 512 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:07,319 A LOT OF DETAIL, NOTICE THE REIGNS OF THE HORSES, 513 00:23:07,453 --> 00:23:10,256 EVERYTHING IS VERY METICULOUSLY RENDERED. 514 00:23:10,389 --> 00:23:12,791 GREAT EXPRESSION ON THE HORSES AS WELL. 515 00:23:12,925 --> 00:23:15,060 A SLED GROUP OF COURSE. 516 00:23:15,194 --> 00:23:16,829 PRETTY LARGE SIZE. 517 00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:20,566 HE MAKES BRONZES FROM FAIRLY SMALL, LESS THAN SIX INCHES 518 00:23:20,699 --> 00:23:23,869 ALL THE WAY TO THESES KIND OF MONUMENTAL BRONZES. 519 00:23:24,003 --> 00:23:25,170 HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT APPRAISED? 520 00:23:25,304 --> 00:23:26,772 GUEST: NO. 521 00:23:26,906 --> 00:23:29,608 I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CURIOUS TO GET IT APPRAISED, 522 00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:31,877 AND MY WIFE AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT DOING IT 523 00:23:32,011 --> 00:23:33,979 AND JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO. 524 00:23:34,113 --> 00:23:35,981 APPRAISER: WELL, THE MARKET FOR RUSSIAN BRONZES 525 00:23:36,115 --> 00:23:37,750 HAS HEATED UP QUITE A BIT, 526 00:23:37,883 --> 00:23:40,452 EVEN THOUGH THE MARKET IN GENERAL IS A LITTLE BIT DOWN. 527 00:23:40,586 --> 00:23:43,188 BUT FOR BRONZES, IT'S STILL QUITE STRONG. 528 00:23:43,322 --> 00:23:45,424 AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THIS PIECE WOULD BRING 529 00:23:45,557 --> 00:23:47,760 BETWEEN $30K AND $40,000 AT AUCTION. 530 00:23:47,893 --> 00:23:49,228 GUEST: REALLY? 531 00:23:49,361 --> 00:23:50,496 APPRAISER: YEAH. 532 00:23:50,629 --> 00:23:51,697 GUEST: OH MY GOODNESS. 533 00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:53,332 APPRAISER: SO, IT'S A VERY NICE PIECE. 534 00:23:53,465 --> 00:23:55,401 VERY UNUSUAL PIECE, VERY NICE, AND YOU SHOULD ENJOY IT. 535 00:23:55,534 --> 00:23:56,568 GUEST: WOW! 536 00:23:56,702 --> 00:23:59,204 SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE SHOULD PUT A RIDER 537 00:23:59,338 --> 00:24:00,906 ON OUR INSURANCE FOR? 538 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,608 APPRAISER: I THINK SO. THAT WOULD BE PRUDENT. 539 00:24:02,741 --> 00:24:04,243 GUEST: WOW! 540 00:24:04,376 --> 00:24:05,477 APPRAISER: BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT IN. 541 00:24:05,611 --> 00:24:06,779 GUEST: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 542 00:24:11,150 --> 00:24:13,419 I HOPE YOU'VE HAD AS MUCH FUN AS I'VE HAD 543 00:24:13,552 --> 00:24:16,889 EXPLORING THE BACK ROADS OF HISTORY AND FAMILY LEGEND. 544 00:24:17,022 --> 00:24:19,825 AND THERE'S A LOT MORE IN STORE... 545 00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:24,163 GUEST: EVERY TIME I HAVE COMPANY, THEY SPOT IT RIGHT OFF 546 00:24:24,296 --> 00:24:26,265 AND SAY HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS. 547 00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:28,534 THERE WERE PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR FINISHING SCHOOLS 548 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:30,202 THAT THE YOUNG GIRLS WOULD GO TO, 549 00:24:30,336 --> 00:24:32,137 AND THEY WOULD LEARN TO DO THINGS LIKE EMBROIDERY 550 00:24:32,271 --> 00:24:33,939 THAT WOULD THEN BE EXHIBITED IN THEIR HOMES 551 00:24:34,073 --> 00:24:35,808 FOR POTENTIAL SUITORS DOWN THE ROAD. 552 00:24:35,941 --> 00:24:37,309 IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT IT, 553 00:24:37,443 --> 00:24:39,244 YOU'D THINK IT WAS JUST SIMPLY A SHOTGUN, 554 00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:40,279 BUT IT ISN'T. 555 00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:42,147 IT'S WHAT'S CALLED A DRILLING, 556 00:24:42,281 --> 00:24:46,018 WHICH IS TWO SHOTGUN BARRELS AND A RIFLE BARREL. 557 00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:47,386 I'M RHEA FEIKIN, 558 00:24:47,519 --> 00:24:50,456 AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES ! 559 00:24:52,424 --> 00:24:55,260 ANNOUNCER: CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY 560 00:24:55,394 --> 00:24:57,596 THE MPT NEW INITIATIVES FUND 561 00:24:57,730 --> 00:25:01,200 FOUNDED BY IRENE AND EDWARD H. 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