Host: COMING UP ON
CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES.

Ed Moreno: THE SILVER MARKET
HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT OF BIG

CHANGES AND SO A LOT OF PIECES
HAVE DECREASED IN VALUE.

BUT THESE ARE ACTUALLY A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF PIECES THAT RETAIN

THEIR VALUE.

P. Raab Christhilf: FRANKLY THIS
IS ONE MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES.

ALBERT AND VICTORIA FINISHED
BAL MORROW CASTLE IN 1853.

SO THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS
INTEREST IN THE

SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS.

Collector: WHAT'S INTERESTING
IS THE FAMILY FOLKLORE

OF THESE BEING TIBETAN WINE CUPS
IS VERY, VERY REAL.

CLOSED CAPTIONING HAS BEEN MADE
POSSIBLE BY MARYLAND RELAY,

EMPOWERING THOSE WHO ARE DEAF,
HARD OF HEARING

OR SPEECH DISABLED TO STAY
CONNECTED BY PHONE.

♪♪♪

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[CROWD MURMURS]

Rhea Feiken: WHAT A SHOW
WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES HAS A
KNACK FOR FINDING SOME OF THE

DARNDEST, STRANGEST THINGS IN
PEOPLE'S CLOSETS AND ATTICS.

I'M YOUR HOST RHEA FEIKIN AND
WE'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE

JOINING US HERE
AT TURF VALLEY RESORT IN

ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND,
WHERE WE'RE FILMING

ALL SEASON LONG.

NOW, WE KNOW THAT OUR
POSSESSIONS REVEAL A LOT ABOUT

OUR HISTORY, HOW WE PREPARED
OUR FOOD, BUILT OUR HOMES,

GUIDED OUR SHIPS AND
DROVE OUR WAGONS.

THESE ARTIFACTS CAN TELL
US A LOT ABOUT OURSELVES

AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A
PART OF OUR CULTURE.

CASE IN POINT.

HERE'S A FASCINATING HEIRLOOM
READY FOR IT'S CLOSE UP.

LET'S CHECK IT OUT.

Edgard Moreno: I SAW THESE
COMING INTO THE APPRAISAL SHOW

AND I THOUGHT, "WOW, THESE ARE
REALLY VERY SPECIAL ITEMS."

TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE

AND WHY YOU
BROUGHT THEM IN TODAY.

Collector: I BROUGHT IN TODAY,
ONE OF A PAIR OF CANDELABRA THAT

HAD BEEN IN MY MOTHER'S FAMILY
FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.

Ed: NOW, WHERE DID SHE LIVE?

Collector: MY MOM
GREW UP IN MANHATTAN.

BUT, I ALSO REMEMBER
THESE BEING IN MY GRANDPARENTS

COUNTRY HOUSE IN
CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK.

Edgard: OKAY.

Collector: AND THE SILVER BOWL
ALSO CAME FROM MY MOM'S SIDE.

AND I DON'T HAVE AS STRONG OF A
RECOLLECTION OF IT BUT WHEN MY

MOM PASSED AWAY, MY WIFE, WHO
HAS A GREAT EYE FOR ANTIQUES...

Edgard: YES SHE DOES!

Collector: SHE SAID IT WOULD BE
WONDERFUL FOR US TO HAVE THAT.

Edgard: SO, THESE
COME FROM THE FAMILY?

Collector: YES, BOTH FAMILY.

Edgard: BOTH
FROM GRANDPARENTS?

Collector: YES, SAME FAMILY.

Edgard: IN NEW YORK CITY?

Collector: CORRECT.

Edgard: ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IS KIND OF INTERESTING

ABOUT PIECES LIKE THIS,
THE ANTIQUE MARKET,

ESPECIALLY THE SILVER MARKET
HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT OF

BIG CHANGES SINCE 2008.

AND SO A LOT OF PIECES HAVE
ACTUALLY DECREASED IN VALUE.

BUT THESE ARE ACTUALLY
A GOOD INDICATION,

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF PIECES
THAT RETAIN THEIR VALUE.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT
WHAT WE HAVE HERE

WITH THE CANDELABRA
IS VERY SPECIAL.

IT'S MADE BY ROBERT GERALD
AND SONS IN LONDON IN 1872.

IT'S A FULLY HALLMARKED PIECE,
IT WEIGHS A TREMENDOUS

AMOUNT OF SILVER.

AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL
REPRODUCTION OF A NEOCLASSICAL

STYLE.

THEY'RE NOT BEING MADE ANYMORE.

AND FOR CERTAIN HOUSES
AND CERTAIN PEOPLE,

A CANDELABRA LIKE THIS,
ESPECIALLY A PAIR, A MATED PAIR,

IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED
ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE.

Collector: WELL, AND I'LL
TELL YOU, WE...

WE USE THEM DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

THEY'RE FULL OF CANDLES AND LIT.

Edgard: ONE OF THE WONDERFUL
THINGS ABOUT THIS PIECE

IS THAT IT...

YOU STILL HAVE THE TOP CANDLE
CUP AND IN FACT THE FINIAL

IS WHAT PEOPLE LOSE.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT THIS CAN
MAKE A 1000 DOLLAR DIFFERENCE.

Collector: WE HAVE TWO OF
THEM, EACH ONE HAS ITS FINIAL.

Edgard: YOU WOULD ACTUALLY
HAVE FIVE CANDLES EN SUITE.

SO THIS IS A VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT PIECE.

VERY NICE WITH NEOCLASSICAL
DECORATION, TOP OF THE LINE,

REALLY A BEAUTIFUL PIECE.

THE CENTER PIECE, TELL ME A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT OTHER THAN

YOU DON'T REALLY
REMEMBER TOO MUCH.

Collector: WELL, IT
DOES HAVE A Z ON IT.

Edgard: UH-HUH...

OKAY?

Collector: AND THAT'S MY
GRANDMOTHER'S FATHER WAS ZWEIG.

SO I KNOW IT COMES THROUGH
THAT SIDE OF MY FAMILY.

Edgard: OKAY.

TIFFANY PIECE.

Collector: YES.

Edgard: AGAIN, VERY, VERY
HEAVILY WEIGHTED PIECE.

STERLING, BOTH OF THESE
PIECES ARE STERLING.

THAT HAS THE TIFFANY MARK ON
THE BACK THAT WAS USED

FROM 1907-1938.

SO WE KNOW IT HAPPENED, YOUR
FAMILY GOT IT SOMEWHERE IN...

Collector: THAT
MAKES GOOD SENSE.

Edgard: LARGE AGAIN, LARGE
PIECES BY TIFFANY ARE SIMPLY NOT

BEING MADE ANYMORE.

BOTH OF THESE ARE GREAT PIECES.

THIS BECAUSE IT'S TIFFANY,
THIS BECAUSE IT'S GERARD,

TOP OF THE LINE
PRODUCTION PIECES.

THESE ARE NOT HAND
MADE BUT THEY ARE,

THEY'RE MADE BY LARGE
WELL KNOWN MANUFACTURERS.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD
THEM APPRAISED?

Collector: WE'VE...
I HAVEN'T HAD THEM APPRAISED.

Edgard: DID YOUR PARENTS
HAVE THEM APPRAISED?

Collector: MY MOM HAD THESE
APPRAISED I THINK AT ONE POINT.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT
I'VE SEEN AN APPRAISAL.

WE'VE LOOKED ON EBAY BUT WE
CAN'T FIND A BOWL THIS SIZE.

[LAUGHS]

AND THAT SHAPE.

Edgard: YOU PROBABLY
WON'T FIND THIS BOWL ON EBAY.

IT WOULD BE A BETTER DEAL TO
LOOK AT CHRISTY'S OR SOTHEBYS...

Collector: OKAY, WELL
WE DIDN'T CHECK...

Edgard: THAT WOULD BE MORE
THE PLACES YOU MIGHT

WANT TO LOOK.

Collector: WELL WE HAVE A SENSE
THAT THE CANDELABRA ARE WORTH

THE COST OF A CAR?

Edgard: WELL, CARS ARE
VERY EXPENSIVE NOWADAYS.

SO, I WOULDN'T
NECESSARILY GO THAT FAR.

BUT THEY ARE... THEY ARE PRICEY.

THIS PAIR, FULLY HALLMARKED
IN THIS CONDITION,

BECAUSE THEY ARE IN
IMMACULATE SHAPE,

WITH THIS FINESSE OF DETAILING,
ALL OF THIS THING IS HAND DONE,

THE DETAILING, THE ENGRAVING,
IT'S JUST A FABULOUS PIECE.

THE PAIR WOULD BE ABOUT
14,000-15,000 DOLLARS.

SO IT'S NOT QUITE A CAR
BUT ...

Collector: WELL, SOME...
YOU COULD... A CAR.

Edgard: THE CENTER PIECE IS
ALSO INTERESTING IN A SENSE

THAT, AGAIN, ALL OF
THIS IS DONE BY HAND.

ALL OF THE FLAT CHASING
IS DONE BY HAND.

VERY LARGE SIZE AS
YOU WELL KNOWN.

AND THIS PIECE, AT AUCTION THEY
ARE BRINGING ABOUT $5,000,

BETWEEN $5,000 AND
$6,000 DOLLARS.

$5,000 DOLLARS WOULD BE A GOOD
PRICE TO THINK ABOUT INSURING

IT, IF FOR NO OTHER REASON.

AND BOTH OF THESE PIECES,
BECAUSE OF THEIR VERY HIGH STYLE

AND... ALSO DIMENSIONALITY,
THESE PIECES ARE NOT

GOING TO REALLY LOSE VALUE
IN THE SILVER MARKET.

THESE PIECES ARE ALWAYS GOING
TO BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME.

IT'S A GREAT THING THAT YOU'VE
HAD THEM IN YOUR FAMILY

AND I HOPE...

Collector: WE HOPE THEY
STAY IN THE FAMILY.

Edgard: YOU CAN FIND MAYBE A
CHILD WHO WILL APPRECIATE THEM

AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE.

Collector: WE'RE
WORKING ON THAT.

Edgard: THANK YOU FOR
BRINGING IT IN TODAY.

Collector: THANK YOU,
IT WAS MY PLEASURE.

P. Raab Christhilf: WELCOME TO
THE SHOW.

Collector: THANK YOU.

P. RAAB: TELL US WHAT KIND OF
TREASURE YOU BROUGHT

FOR US TO LOOK AT TODAY.

Collector: THIS IS A PAINTING
THAT WE ACQUIRED ABOUT

20 YEARS AGO IN DUBLIN.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE ARTIST
IS IRISH OR ENGLISH OR SCOTTISH.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW VERY MUCH
ABOUT IT OR EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.

SO I'M VERY INTERESTED
IN FINDING OUT.

P. Raab Christhilf:
WELL, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SCENE,

IT'S A SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS SCENE.

THIS IS BY ONE OF A MEMBER
OF A FAMILY OF ARTISTS,

THE DE BREANSKI FAMILY.

THE FATHER,
ALFRED DE BREANSKI,

WAS BORN IN 55 AND DIES IN
THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY.

THIS IS HIS SON, ALFRED
FONTAINE DE BREANSKI,

WHO WAS BORN IN
1877, DIES IN 1957.

THIS IS WHAT THEY DID OVER,
AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

THEY PAINTED MANY, MANY
LANDSCAPES OF SCOTLAND

ESPECIALLY.

BUT ALSO OF IRELAND
AND ALSO NORTHERN WALES.

YOU HAVE TO THINK WHAT WAS
ENCOURAGING TO DO THIS IS THAT

THE FATHER WAS BORN IN THE 50'S,
ALBERT AND VICTORIA FINISHED

BALMORAL CASTLE IN 1853.

SO THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS
INTEREST IN THE SCOTTISH

HIGHLANDS IN THE THIRD QUARTER
OF THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY.

THE CHILDREN ALL WORE
KILTS, THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE

DEER-HANDLED KNIVES AND FORKS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN
THE HIGHLANDS AND THEY LOVED IT

THERE AT BALMORAL.

AND SO YOU FIND
IN ART, OBVIOUSLY,

AN INTEREST IN THE SCOTTISH
HIGHLANDS AT THAT TIME.

NOW THE FATHER, ALFRED SR.,
PAINTED ACTUALLY EXACTLY

LIKE HIS SON.

THEY'RE VERY, VERY SIMILAR,
THEIR PAINTING METHODS.

AND THE SCENERY TOO.

I THINK THE SCENE
IS OF LAKE KATRINE,

IT WAS ONE THEY PAINTED
A NUMBER OF TIMES.

AND, OF COURSE, MOUNTAINS
TEND TO LOOK ALIKE,

BUT IT HAD THIS UNDERLYING
SMALLER HILLOCK RIGHT THERE,

AND THEN
THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN THERE.

THE ARTIST HAS DONE A WONDERFUL
JOB DRAWING YOU IN TO THIS

TWO DIMENSIONAL SPACE TO MAKE IT
THREE DIMENSIONAL BY HAVING THE

ROCKS HERE, FURTHER ROCKS, AND
FURTHER DRAWING YOU BACK INTO

THE PICTURE.

THIS BOAT IS LARGER
THAN THIS BOAT,

WHICH AGAIN PULLS YOU
BACK, YOUR PERSPECTIVE,

INTO THE DRAWING WHICH
IS QUITE WONDERFUL.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT
THIS PAINTING,

IT'S ONE OF MY
FAVORITE OF THE FAMILY,

IS THAT THE MOUNTAINS ARE
USUALLY BROWN AND GRAY,

OR YOU FIND MANY MORE BROWN
AND GRAY COLORATION

IN THEIR PAINTINGS.

WHAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THIS
IS NOT ONLY THE GREEN AND BLUE

THAT IS PRIMARILY
THE COLORATION HERE,

BUT THE WAY THE LIGHTING COMES
THROUGH AND SHINES HERE,

AND THEN THIS WONDERFUL SHEEN OF
LIGHTING ALONG THE SHORE LINE

THERE.

SO, I MEAN IT'S REALLY A
BEAUTIFUL PAINTING THAT DRAWS

YOU INTO IT.

AND FRANKLY, AND I'VE SEEN MANY,
MANY DE BREANSKI PAINTINGS,

THIS IS ONE OF MY
ABSOLUTE FAVORITES.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD
IT LOOKED AT BEFORE?

Collector: NO, NEVER HAVE.

THAT'S WHY WHEN THE
OPPORTUNITY CAME UP,

I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT TIME
TO TRY AND FIND OUT A LITTLE

MORE ABOUT THIS PAINTING.

Raab Christhilf: NOW THE
FATHER'S PAINTINGS GO FOR REALLY

QUITE A LOT OF MONEY.

YOU'RE TALKING $25,000-$35,000,
THAT KIND OF RANGE.

THE SONS' PAINTINGS DO NOT
DEMAND THAT KIND OF PRICING.

ESPECIALLY ONE
THAT IS THIS SIZE,

THIS IS SMALLER THAN
MOST OF HIS PAINTINGS.

THIS IS SMALLER THAN THAT.

BUT AS A VALUE AT AUCTION, I
WOULD SAY $2500-$3000 DOLLARS.

FOR INSURANCE, I WOULD
SAY $5000-$6000 DOLLARS,

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

NOW, YOU DO NEED A LITTLE
REPAIR RIGHT HERE ON THE SIDE,

BUT THAT'S VERY, VERY MINOR.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PAINTING AND
YOU'RE VERY LUCKY TO OWN IT.

Collector:
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I AGREE.

[LAUGHS]

Rhea: ALL OF THESE
ANTIQUES WHISK US AWAY TO OTHER

LIVES AND OTHER TIMES.

EVER FANTASIZE ABOUT WHAT
YOU WOULD COLLECT IF YOU HAD

FABULOUS WEALTH AND PRESTIGE?

A VISIT TO HILLWOOD ESTATE IN
WASHINGTON D.C.,

THE MANSION AND LUSH GARDENS
BUILT BY

MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST,
BRINGS THAT DREAM INTO REALITY.

♪♪♪

Rhea:
MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST IS IN

A CLASS ALL BY HERSELF, SHE WAS
AN AMAZING COLLECTOR.

Kate Markert: SHE STARTED
COLLECTING REALLY IN THE 1920'S

WHEN SHE CAME INTO HER FORTUNE.

HER FATHER HAD CREATED GRAPE
NUTS AND POST TOASTIES

AND POSTUM.

AND SHE INHERITED
THE ENTIRE COMPANY.

SHE WAS MOST INTERESTED
IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS.

SO SHE LOVED VERY FINE FRENCH
FURNITURE OF THE EIGHTEENTH

AND NINETEENTH CENTURY.

AND PORCELAIN,
GORGEOUS PORCELAIN.

SO, THAT WAS MOSTLY WHAT
SHE COLLECTED IN THE 1920'S.

Rhea: WELL, HERE
WE ARE IN A MUSEUM.

AND IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT
THIS WAS ONCE HER HOME,

THAT SHE ACTUALLY LIVED HERE!

Kate: SHE REALLY DID.

Rhea: AND WE'RE IN THIS
GREAT FRENCH... DRAWING ROOM.

AND... I LOOK AROUND, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO LOOK AT FIRST!

Kate: THIS IS NOT THE
KIND OF HOUSE THAT YOU SEE

IN MOST CONTEMPORARY
HOMES LET'S SAY.

IT IS, IT'S VERY HIGH STYLE.

WE HAVE A DESK THAT WAS
CREATED BY ROENTGEN,

WHO WAS A VERY FINE
FURNITURE MAKER.

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS MADE FOR
MARIE ANTOINETTE, IT WAS

ACTUALLY MADE FOR MARIA
ANTONIO OF BAVARIA.

BUT IT IS IN FACT,
A ROYAL PIECE.

Rhea: IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT ELSE IS IN THIS ROOM
THAT WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT?

Kate: WELL, THERE IS
ANOTHER VERY INTERESTING CHAIR

THAT ACTUALLY SWIVELS
RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DESK.

AND THAT WAS IN FACT MADE FOR
MARIE ANTOINETTE AND IT WAS

LOW ENOUGH, AND IT MOVES,
SO THAT'S WHERE SHE WOULD HAVE

HAD HER WIG POWDERED.

Rhea: [LAUGHS]
THAT'S SO HARD TO IMAGINE.

IT REALLY IS.

SO, FAMOUS PEOPLE
WERE IN THIS ROOM?

Kate: FAMOUS PEOPLE
WERE, IN FACT, IN THIS ROOM.

JACKIE KENNEDY WAS HERE.

AND THE EISENHOWER'S
CAME TO VISIT.

SHE HAD THE DUKE AND
DUCHESS OF WINDSOR.

MANY, MANY FAMOUS PEOPLE WERE
GUESTS HERE AT HILLWOOD DURING

MAJORIE POST'S LIFETIME.

♪♪♪

Rhea: I GUESS WE CAN'T
POSSIBLY TALK ABOUT HILLWOOD

UNLESS WE TALK ABOUT FABERGE.

Kate: WELL, THAT'S TRUE.

WE HAVE AROUND 90
FABERGE OBJECTS.

WE OWN TWO FABERGE EGGS.

AND, OF COURSE,
YOU KNOW THERE WERE ONLY

PROBABLY 50 OF THEM EVER MADE.

AND 43 OF THEM ARE STILL EXTANT.

SO, TO HAVE TWO IN ONE
COLLECTION IS ACTUALLY

QUITE A LOT.

I WOULD SAY THAT THEY ARE KIND
OF THE ICONS OF HILLWOOD,

ARE OUR TWO FABERGE EGGS.

♪♪♪

Rhea: TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

THE RUSSIAN SACRED ARTS GALLERY.

Kate: WELL, THAT'S ONE
OF THE THINGS THAT MAJORIE POST

STARTED COLLECTING IN THE
1930'S WHEN SHE WENT TO,

WHAT WAS THEN THE SOVIET UNION
WITH HER HUSBAND JOE DAVIES

WHO WAS THE AMBASSADOR
TO THE SOVIET UNION.

SHE STARTED COLLECTING
WITH CHALICES,

WITH SACRED ROBES AND SO FORTH.

AND SHE BECAME A VERY FINE
COLLECTOR OF RUSSIAN IMPERIAL

ART, THAT IS TO SAY, ART THAT
WAS CREATED FOR THE CZARS.

WE DO HAVE SOME
EXTRAORDINARY OBJECTS.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE NUPTIAL
CROWN THAT THE LAST CZARINA

OF RUSSIA WORE
ON HER WEDDING DAY.

SO, IT'S, YOU KNOW, 1500 OLD
MINE DIAMONDS,

SO IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW,
IT HAS SOME INTRINSIC VALUE.

BUT IT'S REALLY THE FACT THAT IT
WAS THE LAST CZARINA OF RUSSIA'S

NUPTIAL CROWN.

Rhea: THAT STORY ABSOLUTELY
GAVE ME CHILLS

WHEN YOU SAID THAT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW
MANY OBJECTS YOU HAVE ON DISPLAY

OR AVAILABLE TO BE ON DISPLAY?

Kate: THE INVENTORY
IS ABOUT 16,000 OBJECTS.

ALTHOUGH, IT DEPENDS
ON HOW YOU COUNT THEM.

Rhea: WOULD IT
BE FAIR TO SAY THEN,

THAT THIS IS A COLLECTION
THAT'S PRICELESS?

Kate: OH, INDEED.

YES.

Rhea: YOU
CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE?

Kate: NO, AND YOU
COULDN'T REPLICATE IT.

YOU CERTAINLY COULDN'T YOU KNOW,
IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO IT

YOU COULDN'T GO OUT
AND REPLICATE IT.

♪♪♪

Rhea: WELL, WE COULD SPEND
A LOT OF TIME GOING

AROUND THE HOUSE.

I THINK WE OUGHT TO GO OUTSIDE.

Kate: OKAY.

WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL GARDENS TOO.

Rhea: THE GARDENS ARE
REALLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF

HILLWOOD, AREN'T THEY?

Kate: THEY ARE INDEED.

Rhea: AND HOW MANY
ACRES DO YOU HAVE HERE?

Kate: WE HAVE 25 ACRES,
13 OF WHICH ARE MANICURED

GARDENS AND 12 OF WHICH ARE THE
WOODLANDS THAT SURROUND THE

WHOLE PLACE.

THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
KINDS OF GARDENS.

SO WE HAVE THE FRENCH PARTERRE,
WE HAVE A JAPANESE GARDEN,

WE HAVE A ROSE GARDEN,
A CUTTING GARDEN,

AND WE EVEN HAVE
A PUTTING GREEN.

Rhea: NO KIDDING.

Kate: YES.

Rhea: OH, WELL
THEY'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL.

Kate: YES THEY ARE.

Rhea: KATE, LET'S TAKE
A LOOK AT THE JAPANESE GARDEN.

Kate: ABSOLUTELY, IT'S
ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR GARDENS.

THE ART OF THIS GARDEN IS
REALLY IN A WAY, ITS ARTIFICE.

BECAUSE IT'S SUPPOSED TO
BE A MINIATURE MOUNTAIN.

SO, IT IS JUST A HILL BUT IT
HAS RUSHING WATER COMING DOWN,

SO ITS GOT A WATERFALL, AND ITS
SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE A RIVER.

Rhea: IT'S VERY, VERY PEACEFUL.

WHAT A PLEASURE IT'S
BEEN TO BE HERE.

Kate: WELL, IT'S BEEN
MY PLEASURE HAVING YOU, RHEA.

Rhea: THANK
YOU SO MUCH KATE.

Kate: THANK YOU.

Dennis Harter: WHAT IS IT
THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT US TODAY?

Collector: WELL I BROUGHT YOU
SOMETHING THAT MY MOTHER

COLLECTED WHEN WE
LIVED IN SHANGHAI, CHINA

BACK IN 1945- 6,7.

UH... AS A GIFT FROM MY FATHER.

AND THE... FAMILY FOLKLORE
IS THAT THEY WERE CALLED THE

TIBETAN WINE CUPS.

Dennis: UH-HUH!

AND WHAT WERE THEY DOING
IN CHINA AT THE TIME?

Collector: WELL, POP WAS A
CAREER AIR FORCE OFFICER AND

BEFORE THE WAR AS A
CIVILIAN HE WENT TO CHINA,

FLEW FOR A CHINESE WARLORD,
CANTONESE WARLORD.

AND THEN UH, WAS FORCED OUT
BY THE JAPANESE.

THEN HE WENT BACK ON
ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE.

AND AFTER THE WAR THE AIR FORCE
PUT HIM BACK IN SHANGHAI

AS THE AIR BASE COMMANDER
IN SHANGHAI.

Dennis: AND THAT WAS STILL
AN AMERICAN AIR BASE...

Collector: OH YEAH.
VERY MUCH SO.

Dennis: THAT WE WERE USING IN
THE POST WAR PERIOD.

Collector: AND THEN WE WERE
PUSHED OUT IN UH... SOMETIME IN

'48 AS MAO ZEDONG
THEN TOOK OVER CHINA.

Dennis: AND STILL YOU
MANAGED TO GET THESE CERAMIC

PIECES OUT OF CHINA?

Collector: POP TELLS THE STORY
OF BEING ON THE BOAT LOOKING AT

THE DOCK AND LEARNING THAT HIS
BOXES AND SHIPPING CRATES WOULD

GET ON, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T GET
THEIR STUFF BUT HE GOT HIS.

Dennis: UH, THE SAME THING
HAPPENED WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO

GET OUT OF VIETNAM IN 1975.

Collector: ABSOLUTELY.

Dennis: SOME THINGS
MADE THE BOAT,

AND OTHER THINGS DID NOT.

BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE
FAMILY FOLKLORE OF THESE BEING

TIBETAN WINE CUPS,
IS VERY, VERY REAL.

BECAUSE, THESE ARE IN FACT WINE
CUPS AND THE DESIGN THAT YOU SEE

HERE IS ACTUALLY A
TIBETAN CHARACTER.

AND IT HAS TO DO WITH LONGEVITY
AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE

RITUALISTIC THINGS THAT WOULD
BE DONE IN A BUDDHIST CEREMONY

UNDER TIBETAN LAMAISM.

THE DESIGNS HERE ARE TRADITIONAL
CHINESE LOTUS DESIGNS,

WHICH GO BACK TO THE MING
DYNASTY, THIS PARTICULAR STYLE.

MING DYNASTY BEING THE 14TH,
15TH, 16TH CENTURY IN CHINA.

THE DESIGNS HERE AGAIN
REPLICATING THINGS THAT WERE

DONE AT THAT PARTICULAR
PERIOD OF TIME.

UNDERNEATH HERE YOU HAVE
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY,

WHICH SAYS THAT THIS IS
FROM THE QIÁNLÓNG PERIOD,

AN EMPEROR IN CHINA WHO RULED
AT THE END OF THE 18TH CENTURY.

Collector: WOW.

Dennis: NOW, I LOOKED EARLIER AT
THESE OTHER PIECES THAT YOU HAVE

AND THESE ARE A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT.

STYLISTICALLY THEY'RE
QUITE THE SAME.

BUT THE PAINTING ON THIS AND THE
PAINTING ON THIS IS DIFFERENT.

Collector: RIGHT, OK.

Dennis: ALSO, WHEN WE LOOKED
AT THE BOTTOM OF IT,

AGAIN CHINESE REIGN MARK ON HERE
BUT NOT THE SAME AS

THE REIGN MARK HERE.

THE REIGN MARK HERE SAYS IT'S
FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE

19TH CENTURY.

Collector: OKAY.

Dennis: AND THIS IS THE
DÀOGUANG PERIOD, QIÁNLÓNG PERIOD

THIS IS ALSO DÀOGUANG,
AND THESE ARE BOTH VERY,

VERY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER AND
THEY WOULD'VE BEEN MADE AT THE

SAME TIME, AND PROBABLY
BY THE SAME ARTIST.

SO THAT, AND THE DESIGN INSIDE,
THIS AGAIN IS SOMETHING

HERE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING
VERY SPECIAL FOR TIBET.

THIS IS... HAVE YOU EVER
SEEN NINJA MOVIES

WHERE THEY HAVE
THE THROWING STARS?

Collector: YES.

Dennis: WELL, THIS IS WHAT
A CHINESE VERSION OF IT WOULD

LOOK LIKE BACK FROM THAT
PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD.

DO YOU HAVE OTHER
PIECES LIKE THIS?

Collector: UH, THERE IS A SET OF
SIX SMALLER CUPS THAT ARE

SMALLER THAN THIS.

THEY'RE PROBABLY
ABOUT THAT TALL.

SAME SHAPE.

Dennis: SAME DESIGNS,
COLORATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE?

Collector: RIGHT.

Dennis: ALL RIGHT.

I WOULD SAY BASED ON THE
TYPE OF PORCELAIN, DESIGN,

THE COLORATION, THE BLUES, AND
EVERYTHING ELSE THAT ARE HERE,

THE COBALT COLORS.

THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS
MADE NOT IN THE 18TH CENTURY,

NOT IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE 19TH CENTURY,

BUT PROBABLY IN THE LATTER
PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY.

BEFORE 1900 BUT PROBABLY
IN THE 1880'S, 1890'S.

Collector: OKAY, GREAT.

Dennis: AND THE PIECES
ARE IN REMARKABLE CONDITION.

I MEAN, THESE ARE STRAIGHT OUT
OF THE BOX AS THOUGH THEY WERE

MADE YESTERDAY.

THE PIECES ARE IN ABSOLUTELY
PERFECT CONDITION.

UH, HAVE YOU EVER HAD
THEM APPRAISED?

Collector: NO, NEVER.

Dennis: AND YOU DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT HOW YOUR FATHER

DIRECTLY ACQUIRED THEM?

Collector: WELL, FROM MOM.

SHE WENT OUT AND SHE ASSEMBLED
THE SET FOR HIM.

Dennis: UH - HUH.

NO RECORDS FROM HER?

Collector: WELL, THE ONLY THING
THAT SHE EVER TOLD US WAS THAT

THERE WAS A FELLOW THAT PUT
HER UNDER HER...

UNDER HIS WING, SAMMY LEE.

AND HE WOULD TAKE HER AROUND
TO ANTIQUE SHOPS AND PLACES IN

SHANGHAI AND SHOW
HER DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND SO SHE WAS ABLE TO PICK UP
NUMEROUS PIECES OF

BLUE AND WHITE AND FURNITURE
ALSO WITH SAMMY LEE.

Dennis: AND THEN OF COURSE, AT
THAT PARTICULAR TIME

DURING THE WAR,
PEOPLE DESPERATE FOR MONEY.

Collector: YES! ABSOLUTELY.

THE INFLATION RATE
WAS ASTRONOMICAL.

AND THEY PROBABLY HAD
U.S. DOLLAR CURRENCY AVAILABLE

TO THEM AT SOME POINT SO THAT
THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR SOMETHING

LIKE THIS IN CHINESE YUAN WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN THE MILLIONS

BUT IN U.S. DOLLARS IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN THE HUNDREDS.

Collector: RIGHT, EXACTLY.

Dennis: BUT IF I HAD TO
VALUE THIS GROUP OF THREE HERE,

I WOULD SAY THE PAIR HERE
IS $1000-$1200 DOLLARS,

THE LARGER PIECE HERE $750 AND
IF YOU CAN OUT IT TOGETHER WITH

YOUR SIX SMALLER ONES, THE WHOLE
TOTAL WOULD BE SOMEWHERE AROUND

$4000 DOLLARS.

Collector: NICE! THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

Dennis: MY PLEASURE.

Collector: THANK YOU
FOR THE INFORMATION.

Dennis: IT'S REALLY AND
INTERESTING SET THAT YOU HAVE.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE FAMILY
WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT,

TIBETAN WINE CUPS.

Collector: ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

Dennis: MY PLEASURE.

Collector: HERE YOU GO SIR.

IT'S THE ONLY KNOWN POSTER OF
BALTIMORE CITY ROW HOUSES

PRIOR TO 1880...

Rhea: WE'VE COME TO THE END
OF ANOTHER

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

AND IT REALLY HAS BEEN FUN.

YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT WE
HAVE PLANNED FOR NEXT WEEK.

HERE'S A PEAK.

Collector: I BROUGHT
A CLARK GABLE TABLE.

Allen Stypeck: SAY
THAT 10 TIMES FAST.

Collector: I KNOW.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY WHY
I LIKED TO BUY IT.

Amory LeCuyer: DO YOU HAVE
IT ON DISPLAY IN YOUR HOUSE?

Collector: IT'S ON TOP
OF THE CURIO CABINET.

Amory: WELL THAT'S
A GOOD PLACE FOR IT TO BE.

IT'S A CURIO OF ALL SORTS.

Ross Kelbaugh: THIS IS A
PARTICULARLY NICE SAMPLER,

YOU GOT BOLD COLORS,
THE HOUSE, HER NAME,

AND CONNECTED WITH
PATAPSCO FEMALE INSTITUTE,

MAKES IT AN EXCITING GROUP.

Gary Brosky: SO, YOU HAVE NO
IDEA WHAT THE VALUE OF SOME OF

THESE PIECES ARE?

Collector: NO, THEY'VE
JUST BEEN IN A CLOSET.

Gary: YOU'RE
GOING TO BE SHOCKED.

Rhea: THANK YOU FOR WATCHING

CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES ,
I'M YOUR HOST, RHEA FEIKIN.

GOOD-BYE.

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