HOST: COMING UP ON
CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES ...

GUEST: ONE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT WE WERE STAYING WITH

TOLD US ABOUT
THIS OLD SHIPWRECK,

COINS WERE WASHING UP
ON THE BEACH.

APPRAISER: CATS AND TIFFANY
DON'T ALWAYS MIX.

APPRAISER: ROBERT E LEE, A LOT
OF PEOPLE WANTED HIS AUTOGRAPH,

BOTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR
AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.

APPRAISER: VERY, VERY
RARE PIECE.

THIS WAS BASICALLY
WHAT STARTED LIONEL

INTO THE TRAIN
MANUFACTURING BUSINESS.

GUEST: REALLY?

[ TROLLEY BELL RINGS ]

[ HORSE HOOVES CLOPPING ]

[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]

[ STEAM RISES ]

ANNOUNCER:
CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES
IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY

THE MPT NEW INITIATIVES FUND

FOUNDED BY
IRENE AND EDWARD H. KAPLAN.

MAJOR FUNDING
IS ALSO PROVIDED BY AARP.

JEFF GORDON:
FOR SOME,
THIS LINE IS A CONVENIENCE.

BUT FOR OTHERS,
IT'S ALL THEY CAN AFFORD.

CLERK: ANYTHING ELSE?

WOMAN: NO.

JOIN THE DRIVE TO END HUNGER

BY VISITING
DRIVETOENDHUNGER.ORG.

ANNOUNCER: AND BY
CENTER FOR VEIN RESTORATION.

OVER 30 MILLION AMERICANS

SUFFER FROM PAINFUL,
UNSIGHTLY VARICOSE VEINS.

WE USE MODERN OUTPATIENT METHODS
TO HELP BRING RELIEF.

LOOK BETTER. FEEL BETTER.
LIVE BETTER.

HI, I'M RHEA FEIKIN,
AND THIS IS OUR FIRST EVER

ON THE ROAD EDITION
OF CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES

AND WE'RE IN EASTON, MARYLAND.

IN FACT, WE'RE AT
THE HISTORIC AVALON THEATRE.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

YOU CANNOT GET MORE CHESAPEAKE
THAN BEING IN EASTON, MARYLAND.

IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1710,

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE
THAT THERE ARE SOME

REALLY WONDERFUL RELICS
IN THE ATTICS HERE,

AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK
AT SOME OF THEM RIGHT NOW!

APPRAISER: I WANT TO THANK YOU

FOR COMING OUT
TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

AND WE HAVE
REALLY WHAT I THINK

IS ONE OF THE ICONIC IMAGES
OF 20TH CENTURY DESIGN,

CAN YOU TELL ME
WHAT YOU BROUGHT OUT TODAY?

GUEST: I BROUGHT OUT
MY GRANDMOTHER'S

TIFFANY THREE LILY LIGHT.

APPRAISER: YOU HAVE INDEED.

TIFFANY AND COMPANY, ONE OF THE
GREAT DESIGNERS AND PRODUCERS

OF NOT MERELY LIGHTING,
BUT A LOT OF DECORATIVE ARTS.

AND THIS WAS A FAMILY PIECE?

GUEST: YES, THIS WAS
IN MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE,

IT WAS HER DESK LAMP.

APPRAISER: AND SO SHE USED IT
ON A REGULAR BASIS?

GUEST: SHE USED IT
ON A REGULAR BASIS.

APPRAISER: DO YOU GET TO USE IT
ON A REGULAR BASIS IN YOUR HOME?

GUEST: NO, I HAVE CATS
RIGHT NOW.

BUT I HAVE AT OTHER TIMES.

APPRAISER: CATS AND TIFFANY
DON'T ALWAYS MIX.

BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT,
AND IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT,

AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THE DIFFERENCES.

THIS HAS A VERY HIGH
GOLDEN FINISH TO IT

CALLED "GOLD DORE."

AND FREQUENTLY YOU WOULD SEE
THIS USED IN TIFFANY'S DESK SETS

AND OTHER DECORATIVE
ARTS OBJECTS.

BUT THEY DID DO IT
ON A HANDFUL OF LAMPS.

AND WE ALSO
HAVE WITH IT THE SHADES

THAT WERE ORIGINAL
TO LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY,

WE HAVE A GLASS DESIGN
CALLED "FAVRILE."

THE SHADES ALONE,
WHEN THEY COME UP AT AUCTION,

CAN SELL ANYWHERE
FROM $1,500 TO $2,000.

ALONG WITH THE LAMP ITSELF,

I WOULD VIEW THIS
COMING UP AT AUCTION

SOMEWHERE $12K TO $15,000.

GUEST: MERCY!

[ LAUGHTER ]

MY STARS!
THAT'S A WHOLE LOT!

APPRAISER: AND THEN, YOU KNOW,
CERTAINLY IN A SHOP,

IT WOULD BE OFFERED
AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN

PROBABLY $20K AND $28,000
IN A SHOP.

AND IF YOU WERE INSURING IT,

I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF
NUMBER THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT.

GUEST: $20K TO $28,000.

APPRAISER: RIGHT.

THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO REPLACE.

GUEST: I WILL HAVE TO BE
EVEN MORE CAREFUL WITH IT.

APPRAISER: DON'T LET
THE CATS NEAR IT!

GUEST: I WON'T!

THANK YOU.

APPRAISER:
THANK YOU.

APPRAISER: WHAT ALL
DO YOU HAVE HERE?

GUEST: WELL, I HAVE A MENU
WITH A THANK YOU NOTE

FROM AMELIA EARHART.

I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF HER,

AND I HAVE A PICTURE OF HER
AND HER HUSBAND

ON A PARIS VERANDA OR BALCONY.

APPRAISER: EVERYBODY'S
FAMILIAR WITH AMELIA EARHART,

A PIONEER AVIATRIX.

SHE DISAPPEARED ON HER WORLD
FLIGHT ON JULY 2, 1937.

GUEST: YES.

APPRAISER: DO YOU KNOW WHY
THEY WERE HAVING THIS DINNER?

GUEST: MY GREAT UNCLE
WAS THE PRESIDENT

OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTIC
ASSOCIATION OF THE USA,

THE PARIS CHAPTER,

AND THEY INVITED HER
TO A BANQUET LESS THAN TWO WEEKS

AFTER HER HISTORIC FLIGHT
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

APPRAISER: THIS IS A PRETTY
ELABORATELY PRODUCED MENU,

SO I SUSPECT THAT THEY THOUGHT
HER FLIGHT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL.

ON THE FLIPSIDE,

SHE HAD SIGNED IN PENCIL
FOR YOUR RELATIVE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE ATTACHED HERE
THIS INTERESTING NOTE

WHERE HE HAD SENT HER FLOWERS

AND SHE WAS THANKING HIM
FOR THE FLOWERS.

THE PHOTOGRAPH,
VERY NICE PHOTOGRAPH.

PARTICULARLY AUTOGRAPHED
PHOTOGRAPHS

THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ENDORSED
TO ANYBODY,

SOMETIMES THEY'RE ACTUALLY EVEN
MORE DESIRABLE FOR COLLECTORS.

AND THE PHOTOGRAPH
OF HER WITH HER HUSBAND,

I THINK IS PROBABLY
A FAIRLY SCARCE PHOTOGRAPH,

AND PARTICULARLY THE FACT
THAT SHE HAS AUTOGRAPHED IT,

ALONG WITH GEORGE PUTNAM.

WELL, AMELIA EARHART
CONTINUES TO CAPTURE

THE FASCINATION
OF MANY AMERICANS.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS THEMSELVES

PROBABLY WOULD BE $2,500
TO $3,500 APIECE.

THE MENU ITSELF,
THE WAY SHE SIGNED IT,

WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT
$1,500 TO $2,500.

THE NOTE PROBABLY
WOULD BE ABOUT $1,500 TO $2,500.

REALLY, AS A COLLECTION --

THE POWER IS IN THE COLLECTION

COMMEMORATING THE VERY
IMPORTANT EVENT.

THERE WILL NEVER,
EVER BE ANOTHER WOMAN

WHO WILL HAVE THAT
FIRST TO FLY SOLO THE ATLANTIC.

I WOULD SAY THAT
THIS COLLECTION ITSELF

WOULD BE WORTH IN A RANGE
OF $8K TO $10,000, OR MORE.

IT WAS VERY EXCITING
FOR YOU TO BRING THIS IN.

GUEST: MY PLEASURE.

APPRAISER: YOU BROUGHT IN
A LIONEL TRAIN,

A REAL EARLY LIONEL TRAIN.

CAN YOU TELL ME SOMETHING
ABOUT IT. HOW YOU GOT IT?

GUEST: WELL, I INHERITED
IT FROM MY GRANDFATHER.

APPRAISER: LET ME GIVE YOU
THE HISTORY ABOUT LIONEL.

LIONEL COHEN
STARTED A COMPANY IN 1900

CALLED LIONEL MANUFACTURING,
AFTER HIS MIDDLE NAME,

HIS FULL NAME WAS
JOSHUA LIONEL COHEN.

HE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO MANUFACTURE IN 1900,

SO HE STARTED MAKING FANS,
A LITTLE MOTOR TO MAKE FANS,

BECAUSE ELECTRICITY
HAD JUST STARTED COMING OUT,

AND THE FANS DIDN'T DO TOO WELL.

HE WALKING DOWN THE STREET
ONE DAY,

HE WENT IN FRONT OF A TOY STORE
AND SAW THIS LITTLE PULL TRAIN.

AND HE SAID,
MAYBE I COULD MAKE A MOTOR

AND I COULD PUT IT
INTO SOMETHING,

AND PUT IT ON SOME TRACK,

AND HAVE PEOPLE PUT THINGS
IN IT TO DISPLAY THEM BETTER.

IT WOULD RUN AROUND
ON A TRACK,

AND I'D PUT FLOWERS, OR JEWELRY,
OR SOMETHING, IN THE BOX

AND LET IT TRAVEL AROUND
IN THE WINDOW...

GUEST: WOW!

APPRAISER: ...TO ATTRACT
ATTENTION.

SO HE WENT BACK TO HIS FACTORY
AND THEY CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA,

AND HE SOLD IT
TO THIS ROBERT INGERSOLL,

WHO OWNED THIS LITTLE
DEPARTMENT STORE, FOR $4.

GUEST: WOW!

APPRAISER: WELL, THE PEOPLE
DIDN'T WANT WHAT WAS IN IT,

THEY WANTED THE DISPLAY.

SO A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER,

ROBERT INGERSOLL CAME BACK
TO LIONEL AND SAID,

"I NEED SIX MORE
OF THOSE."

THIS IS BASICALLY
WHAT STARTED LIONEL

INTO THE TRAIN
MANUFACTURING BUSINESS.

SO YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING
VERSION OF A TRANSITION PIECE

BETWEEN 1901 AND 1902.

THE LENGTH IS 1901.

THE BRASS REINFORCEMENTS
AND THE STAIRS ARE 1902.

GUEST: INTERESTING.

APPRAISER: VERY, VERY,
VERY RARE PIECE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S WORTH?

GUEST: I HAVE NO IDEA.

APPRAISER: YOU HAVE NO IDEA?

THIS PIECE WOULD PROBABLY
GO BETWEEN $25,000 AND $30,000.

GUEST: WOW!

THAT'S A LOT!

APPRAISER: IT IS LIKE THE HOLY
GRAIL OF LIONEL COLLECTING.

PEOPLE LIKE TO FIND THESE,
AND THEY ARE VERY HARD TO FIND.

THANK YOU FOR COMING
TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES.

GUEST: THANK YOU.

APPRAISER: I UNDERSTAND
THAT YOU ARE PRESIDENT

OF THE LOCAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY?

GUEST: YES, THE QUEEN ANNE'S
COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

THE SOCIETY OWNS THIS.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF IT.

THIS SAMPLER
WAS MADE BY MARY HOPPER.

HER PARENTS
OWNED CHESTERFIELD PLANTATION.

HER FATHER
WAS COLONEL WILLIAM HOPPER.

HER SISTER INHERITED
THAT PLANTATION,

AND IN 1792
SHE SOLD A PART OF IT

FOR THE COUNTY SEAT
TO BE LAID OUT.

AND IS NOW
THE TOWN OF CENTERVILLE.

APPRAISER: VERY DEEP
MARYLAND HISTORY.

GUEST: YES.

APPRAISER: NOW, IT'S DATED 1772

AND YOU MENTIONED THAT
SHE WAS AN ADULT WHEN SHE...

GUEST: YES, SHE WAS 38-YEARS-OLD
WHEN SHE DID IT,

AND SHE DID IT TO TEACH
HER DAUGHTERS HOW TO EMBROIDER.

APPRAISER: MOST SAMPLERS ARE
MADE BY GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN.

GUEST: THAT'S CORRECT.

APPRAISER: AND WE CAN SORT
OF TELL THAT IT'S MADE

BY A MORE MATURE PERSON
BECAUSE IT'S MORE CONSISTENT.

IT'S SYMMETRICAL.

IT'S QUITE BEAUTIFUL.

GUEST: IT'S ALMOST PERFECT.

APPRAISER: IT'S ALMOST PERFECT.

IT HAS A FLORAL BORDER,
AND IT HAS THE ALPHABET,

AND IT'S DATED.

THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
A PROVENANCE OF MARYLAND,

DEEPLY, STRONGLY MARYLAND,
WITH COLONELS AND LANDOWNERS,

THAT IN ITSELF MAKES THIS WORTH
MORE THAN A NORMAL SAMPLER.

IN PROBABLY A RETAIL SETTING,

AT A HIGH-END MUNICIPAL SHOW
LIKE PHILADELPHIA,

I WOULD EXPECT IT
TO BE PRICED

IN PROBABLY THE $2K
TO $3,000 RANGE.

GUEST: OH MY GOSH!

OH MY GOSH!

APPRAISER: THAT'S QUITE NICE.

GUEST: WOW! THAT'S WONDERFUL!

APPRAISER: THANK YOU
FOR BRINGING IT IN.

GUEST: YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

I'M DELIGHTED.

APPRAISER: YOU'RE WELCOME.

APPRAISER: WELCOME TO
CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES EASTON.

WHAT DID YOU BRING IN
FOR US HERE TODAY?

GUEST: THIS IS A SIGNATURE
FROM ROBERT E LEE,

AND THEN A LETTER ABOUT
THE CIRCUMSTANCES

UNDER WHICH IT WAS COLLECTED.

APPRAISER: EVERYBODY KNOWS
ROBERT E. LEE,

VERY FAMOUS AMERICAN,

BELOVED BY THE TROOPS
THAT SERVED UNDER HIM

DURING THE CIVIL WAR

AS COMMANDER OF THE ARMY
OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA,

AND A MAN VERY RESPECTED
BY HIS ADVERSARIES.

AUTOGRAPH COLLECTING,
BEING AS HOT AS IT IS TODAY,

HAS ACTUALLY BEEN GOING
ON FOR A LONG TIME.

ROBERT E. LEE,

A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED
HIS AUTOGRAPH,

BOTH DURING THE CIVIL WAR
AND AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.

AMONGST HIS AUTOGRAPHS THAT
ARE USUALLY THE MOST DESIRABLE

ARE THE ONES
WHERE HE SIGNED A PHOTOGRAPH.

SLIPS OF PAPER LIKE THIS,
VERY INTERESTING AS WELL.

DATED IT APRIL 10, 1866,

ACTUALLY A DAY AND A YEAR LATER

AFTER THE SURRENDER AT
APPOMATTOX THERE AT LEXINGTON.

WHAT PARTICULARLY KNOCKED ME OUT
ABOUT THIS WAS IN THE LETTER,

IT'S A VERY EXTENSIVE LETTER
FOR YOUR FAMILY.

THE WRITER MENTIONS
THAT HE HAD MET HERE

WITH THIS DISTINGUISHED REBEL,
HE UNDERLINED REBEL,

GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE,

AND GOT HIM TO SIGN
THIS PIECE OF PAPER.

AND THEN HE EMPHASIZES
THAT HE KNEW IT WAS GENUINE

BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN IN
LEE'S HOUSE WHEN HE SIGNED IT,

ALONG WITH LEE'S WIFE
AND LEE'S DAUGHTER.

AND TO ADD THAT KIND
OF PROVENANCE WITH THE ITEM

IS VERY UNUSUAL.

HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN
A VALUE PLACED ON IT?

GUEST: NO.

APPRAISER: WELL, I WOULD SAY,
AT AUCTION,

WITH THE PROVENANCE
ADDING TO THIS,

THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY
BE A $1,500 TO $2,500 ITEM,

OR POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT MORE.

YOU JUST DON'T SEE THEM
LIKE THIS,

WITH THIS KIND OF PROVENANCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BRINGING IT IN FOR US TODAY.

GUEST: WELL, THANK YOU.

APPRAISER: THANK YOU SO MUCH

FOR COMING FROM ROCK HALL,
MARYLAND TODAY

WITH THIS TREASURE
OF A PAINTING.

HOW DID YOU GET THIS PAINTING?

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT IT?

GUEST: WELL, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW,
SHE HAD A SHOP,

AND SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT IT
INTO HER SHOP.

AND THEN MY HUSBAND,
HE LIKED THE PAINTING,

AND WE PAID $25
FOR THE PAINTING.

APPRAISER: OKAY.
AND HE BOUGHT THE PAINTING THEN?

WELL, THREE MISCHIEVOUS BOYS
PLAYING COWBOYS AND INDIANS

WI PROBABLY TWO
OF THE CUTEST DOGS I'VE SEEN.

SORT OF A GREAT EXAMPLE

OF THE GOLDEN AGE
OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION.

AND THIS DATES SOMEWHERE
BETWEEN MID-1920s, 1930s.

THE ARTIST SIGNED HIS NAME
EUGENE IVERD,

HIS REAL NAME
IS GEORGE ERICKSON.

HE TAUGHT FOR A WHILE,

AND TO SUPPLEMENT
HIS TEACHING SALARY,

HE BEGAN DOING ILLUSTRATIONS

AND HE WANTED TO SUBMIT
AN ILLUSTRATION

TO THE SATURDAY EVENING POST ,

BUT HAD HEARD
IF THEY REJECT YOU ONCE,

THEY WON'T OPEN THE MAIL AGAIN.

SO HE TOOK HIS BROTHER'S
MIDDLE NAME, IVERD,

AND THE BOY ACROSS THE STREET,
EUGENE,

AND PUT THEM TOGETHER
AND SUBMITTED HIS FIRST ENTRY

TO THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
AS EUGENE IVERD,

AND HE WAS ACCEPTED.

AND HE WENT ON TO DO
29 DIFFERENT COVERS

FOR THE SATURDAY EVENING POST ,

BUT HE ALSO DID A LOT
OF ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATIONS.

HE WAS WELL REGARDED BY
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST .

HE RECEIVED THE SAME AMOUNT
OF MONEY FOR HIS ILLUSTRATIONS

AS DID NORMAN ROCKWELL
AT THE TIME.

I WOULD RECOMMEND
IN THE FUTURE

THAT YOUR FAMILY TAKE
THE PAINTINGS OUT OF THE ROOMS

BEFORE YOU ROLL THE PAINT
BECAUSE WE HAVE OVERSPRAY HERE.

THAT CAN BE TAKEN OFF
BY A PROFESSIONAL.

BUT THE VALUE
OF THIS TYPE OF PIECE,

EVEN IN THIS CONDITION BECAUSE
IT COULD ALL BE CORRECTED,

AUCTION VALUE MAY BE AROUND
$10K TO $15,000.

BUT I WOULD INSURE THIS PIECE
FOR ABOUT $25,000.

GUEST: VERY NICE.

APPRAISER: THANK YOU YOU SO MUCH
FOR COMING IN TO SHOW US.

RHEA: EASTON IS FULL OF HISTORIC
BUILDINGS, ANTIQUE SHOPS,

AND GOURMET RESTAURANTS.

BUT, THERE'S A LOT MORE
TO DO AND SEE

IN THE REST OF TALBOT COUNTY.

HERE'S SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.

THE AVALON THEATRE,

WHERE WE'RE FILMING
THIS SPECIAL EDITION

OF CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES ,

WAS BUILT IN 1921,

AND THEN IT WAS RENOVATED
IN THIS ART DECO STYLE.

IT'S OFTEN CALLED THE "SHOWPLACE
OF THE EASTERN SHORE."

ANOTHER SHORE LANDMARK

IS JUST ACROSS THE STREET
FROM THE AVALON.

THE HISTORIC TIDEWATER INN
IS AN ELEGANT AND MODERN HOTEL

WITH THE ROOTS TRACING BACK
TO THE EARLY 1700s.

AMONG EASTON'S
GOURMET RESTAURANTS,

MASON'S IS KNOWN FOR ITS
LUSCIOUS HOMEMADE CHOCOLATES.

NEARBY, THE HISTORIC ACADEMY
ART MUSEUM IS A CULTURAL HUB.

TALBOT COUNTY CELEBRATES
ITS PROUD HISTORY

AS THE BIRTHPLACE
OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS,

MEMORIALIZED AT
THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.

NOT FAR FROM EASTON,

ST. MICHAELS IS KNOWN FOR
ITS TRENDY SHOPS AND SEAFOOD.

EXPLORE THE BAY'S
MARITIME TRADITIONS

AT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
MARITIME MUSEUM,

SHOWCASING THE WATERMAN'S LIFE,

AND THE RESTORED
HOOPER STREET LIGHTHOUSE.

APPRAISER: CAN YOU TELL ME
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

WHAT YOU BROUGHT TODAY,
AND WHERE YOU GOT IT FROM?

GUEST: ABOUT 30 MEDALLIONS,

AND I PICKED THEM UP
AT THE FLEA MARKET.

APPRAISER: AT THE FLEA MARKET?

GUEST: YES.

APPRAISER: GOOD FLEA MARKET!

GUEST: OH YES.

APPRAISER: IN EACH INSTANCE
WHAT THEY WERE,

WERE PIECES USED TO COMMEMORATE
VERY SPECIFIC EVENTS,

OR LOCATIONS, OR INSTITUTIONS.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A COUPLE
OF IMAGES OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

JAMES MADISON AND DOLLY MADISON.

BUT YOU DO HAVE A COUPLE OF
REALLY INTERESTING PIECES HERE.

ONE, THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY
OF COCA-COLA.

IT'S A WELL-MADE PIECE.

IT WAS ALSO MADE BY ONE
OF THE MAIN METAL MANUFACTURERS,

WHICH IS THE MEDALLIC
ART COMPANY.

BUT THE ONE THAT PROBABLY
HAS THE GREATEST VALUE

IS THIS ONE HERE
ISSUED TO CAPTAIN JAMES BIDDLE

BY THE CONGRESS
OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE CAPTURE
OF THE BRITISH SHIP PENGUIN .

MILITARY SERVICE MEDALLIONS

HAVE GREATER VALUE
IN MANY INSTANCES.

HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND
TO ACQUIRE ALL OF THIS?

GUEST: ABOUT $32 OR SO.

APPRAISER: SO ABOUT
A DOLLAR A PIECE?

GUEST: ABOUT A DOLLAR A PIECE.

APPRAISER: WELL,
IN MANY INSTANCES,

THESE ARE PROBABLY
NO MORE THAN $5 TO $15 EACH,

HOWEVER, THE COCA-COLA
PROBABLY WOULD RUN $25 TO $40.

THIS PIECE, WITH THE HISTORY,

COULD EASILY RUN $100 TO $150
FOR JUST ITSELF.

GUEST: GREAT!

APPRAISER: SO, IN THE COLLECTION
THAT WE HAVE HERE,

THERE'S PROBABLY A VALUE
BETWEEN $500 AND $700.

GUEST: OH, THANK YOU.

APPRAISER: SO YOUR $32
HAS GONE A LONG WAY TO THE GOOD!

GUEST: YES, YES IT HAS.

VERY INFORMATIVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRAISER: THANK YOU
FOR COMING OUT THIS AFTERNOON.

APPRAISER: WHAT DID YOU BRING
ALONG FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT?

GUEST: WELL, I BROUGHT YOU
A LETTER

THAT F. SCOTT FITZGERALD WROTE
TO MY AUNT IN BALTIMORE IN 1932,

AND IT WAS IN RESPONSE
TO SOMETHING

THAT SHE HAD WRITTEN TO HIM.

APPRAISER: VERY NICE THAT YOU
STILL HAD THE ENVELOPE

WITH HER ADDRESS
DOWN ON ST. PAUL STREET.

WHAT IS THE PHOTOGRAPH?

GUEST: THIS IS MY AUNT.

NOW, THIS IS HER WEDDING
PICTURE, WHICH WAS IN '38.

SHE WAS STILL A SINGLE LADY
IN BALTIMORE IN '32

WHEN THIS LETTER WAS WRITTEN.

APPRAISER:
MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR
WITH F. SCOTT FITZGERALD,

THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVELIST

WHO WROTE THE GREAT
AMERICAN NOVEL THE GREAT GATSBY .

IN THE LETTER HE WAS INVITED
TO GO PLAY TENNIS,

AND HE HAD JUST GOTTEN BACK
FROM NEW YORK,

POSSIBLY TALKING
TO HIS PUBLISHERS.

THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE THE BOAT
DOWN TO VIRGINIA BEACH

SO HE COULD GET
HIS LAST SWIM OF THE YEAR.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
INTERESTED ME, IN PARTICULAR,

THIS IS SEPTEMBER 1932,

AND THE STOCK MARKET HAD CRASHED
IN OCTOBER OF 1929.

ALMOST ONE OUT OF FOUR AMERICANS
WAS UNEMPLOYED,

YET THE FITZGERALDS
ARE KIND OF LIVING THE LIFE

OF THE GREAT GATSBYS.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANYBODY
PUT A VALUE ON YOUR LETTERS?

GUEST: NO, NOT AT ALL.

APPRAISER: A LETTER
FROM F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

SHOULD BRING BETWEEN
$3K TO $5,000.

AND FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES,

I WOULD INSURE THIS LETTER
FOR $8,000.

GUEST: WOW!

AND TO THINK WE'VE HAD THAT
TUCKED AWAY

IN A LITTLE SANDWICH BAG

AMONG OTHER MEMORABILIA
FOR FIVE OR SIX YEARS.

APPRAISER: AN IMPORTANT PIECE

RELATING TO A VERY SIGNIFICANT
FIGURE IN AMERICAN LITERATURE.

GUEST: THAT'S AN AMAZING NUMBER

FOR SOMETHING THAT WE WERE
TREATING ALMOST CASUALLY.

APPRAISER: YOU'VE BROUGHT US

SOME GREAT EXAMPLES
OF ARTWORK LITHOGRAPHS

FROM THE LOCAL EASTON ARTIST
RUTH STARR ROSE.

GUEST: YES.

MY WIFE'S GREAT AUNT,
BACK IN THE '30s AND '40s,

WAS A NURSE,
A GRADUATE OF EASTON HOSPITAL,

AND SHE WORKED FOR A DOCTOR,
WHO'S DR. ZERBY,

AND EVIDENTLY, DR. ZERBY AND
RUTH STARR ROSE WERE FRIENDS

BECAUSE SHE HAS
AN INSCRIPTION HERE,

"TO MY GOOD FRIEND THE ZERB."

AND SHE'S RE-SIGNED IT IN 1935.

APPRAISER: WELL, RUTH STARR ROSE

WAS A WOMAN HERE IN EASTON
OF SOME PRIVILEGE.

SHE WAS A WHITE WOMAN WHO WAS
INVOLVED IN THE METHODIST CHURCH

AND LOOKED AROUND HER
AND FELT THAT THE TRIBULATIONS

OF SOME OF THE BLACK PEOPLE
IN THE AREA,

THAT THEIR SPIRITUALITY
HELPED GET THEM THROUGH IT.

AND SHE USED HER
GREAT ARTISTIC TALENT

TO SHOW, IN A VERY RESPECTFUL,
DIGNIFIED MANNER,

A LOT OF THE LOCAL EASTON
BLACK HOME LIFE.

A LOT OF THE PIECES ARE TITLED
WITH SPIRITUAL SONG NAMES,

LIKE "JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE"
AND SUCH.

BUT THESE BOTH HAVE
PERSONALIZED INSCRIPTIONS.

THEY'RE DONE IN THE '30s.

THESE ARE VERY REPRESENTATIVE
OF WHAT SHE DID,

OTHER THAN THIS IS VERY LARGE.

THE PIECES TEND TO RETAIL ONLINE
IN THIS SIZE

BETWEEN $700 AND $1,000.

THIS ONE, BEING LARGE, I WOULD
PUT IT AT AN INSURANCE VALUE

OF ABOUT $1,800 ON IT.

BUT IT MAY HISTORICALLY GO UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BRINGING THIS IN.

GUEST: THAT'S GREAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRAISER: WHAT DID YOU BRING
WITH YOU?

GUEST: IT'S A COLLECTION
OF FAMILY SILVER PIECES:

A PITCHER, AND SOME SPOONS,
AND SALT SPOONS.

THE PITCHER
IS MADE BY ANDREW ELLICOTT

WHO WAS A BALTIMORE SILVERSMITH.

AND THEN THE SPOONS WERE MADE
BY A LOCAL SILVERSMITH

HERE IN EASTON.

APPRAISER: THE SPOONS,
IN PARTICULAR,

ARE AN IMPORTANT PIECE
OF COLONIAL TABLEWARE.

MOST FAMILIES
WOULD HAVE A KNIFE,

BUT TO ACTUALLY HAVE A SPOON

MEANT THAT YOUR FAMILY WAS
ASPIRING AND UPWARDLY MOBILE.

SO TO ACQUIRE ONE,

FREQUENTLY COINS WOULD
HAVE TO BE MELTED DOWN,

AND HENCE THE TERM
"COIN SILVER."

THESE ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER
BY COLLECTORS,

AND IN THE MARKETPLACE TODAY,
THE SPOONS OF THIS SIZE,

WOULD BE SELLING
BETWEEN $85 AND $150 EACH.

THE CREAMER ON ITS OWN WOULD
BRING YOU SOMEWHERE BETWEEN,

LET'S SAY $800 AND $1,200.

IT'S A VERY NICE COLLECTION.

THANK YOU FOR COMING
TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

GUEST: THANK YOU.

APPRAISER: I SEE YOU BROUGHT IN
A FEW SOLDIERS

FOR US TO LOOK AT TODAY
FROM ELASTOLIN AND LIONEL.

CAN YOU GIVE US
A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THEM?

GUEST: I WOULD SAY
ALMOST ALL OF THEM

CAME FROM A DEPARTMENT STORE
IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

I WAS THE FIRST GRANDCHILD
IN THE GROUP.

MY AUNTS, THEY WERE NOT MARRIED,
SO THEY ADOPTED ME A LITTLE BIT.

APPRAISER: HOW OLD WERE YOU
WHEN YOU RECEIVED THESE?

GUEST: ABOUT FIVE
WHEN I STARTED.

APPRAISER: SOMEWHERE AROUND
1929, 1930?

GUEST: RIGHT.

APPRAISER: THAT'S THE ERA
OF THESE FIGURES.

DID YOU PLAY WITH THEM?

GUEST: VERY CAREFULLY.

I WAS TAUGHT
TO HANDLE THEM GENTLY.

THIS WAS DURING THE DEPRESSION
AND THINGS WERE PRETTY LEAN.

APPRAISER: THESE FIGURES
WERE MADE IN GERMANY

BY TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES.

THEY TOOK A MOLD

AND THEY MIXED LIKE A CEREAL
MIXTURE AND ANIMAL GLUE,

THEN HEATED THEM.

THEN ONCE THEY WERE FINISHED,

THEY PULLED THEM BACK
OUT OF THE MOLD

AND EITHER THEY WENT TO
THE FACTORY TO BE HAND-PAINTED,

OR THEY WENT TO WHAT THEY CALLED
"KITCHEN LABOR" AROUND TOWN

FOR THE LADIES TO PAINT.

YOU HAVE THE RED CROSS FIGURES,

YOU HAVE THE WOUNDED
SOLDIER FIGURES,

A MOUNTED TROOP,
AND A SAILOR GROUP.

OVERALL,
IT'S A GREAT COLLECTION.

YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT THEY MIGHT BE WORTH?

GUEST: I DON'T KNOW,
MAYBE A DOLLAR APIECE?

SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
TWO DOLLARS APIECE?

APPRAISER: THE RED CROSS
WAGON THERE,

SELLS PRIMARILY
FROM $150 TO $200.

GUEST: HOLY SMOKES!

APPRAISER: THE LITTLE CART
OVER THERE WITH THE TWO HORSES,

PROBABLY AROUND $100.

GUEST: MY, MY!

APPRAISER: I WOULD ESTIMATE
THIS AT AUCTION

SOMEWHERE AROUND $200 TO $250.

YOUR LARGER FIGURES,
WHICH ARE MORE COLLECTIBLE,

THEY RUN $15 TO $20 APIECE.

SO OVERALL YOU'VE GOT
CLOSE TO $500, $600 HERE.

GUEST: GLAD I TOOK CARE OF THEM.

APPRAISER: I'M GLAD
YOU TOOK CARE OF THEM TOO.

IT'S A GREAT COLLECTION.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

APPRAISER: WHAT IS THIS
ALL ABOUT, THESE COINS?

GUEST: WELL, ABOUT
40 SOME YEARS AGO,

MY HUSBAND AND I WERE
ON VACATION IN REHOBOTH BEACH.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE
THAT WE WERE STAYING WITH

TOLD US ABOUT
THIS OLD IRISH SHIPWRECK

AND SOME OF THE COINS
WERE WASHING UP ON THE BEACH.

SO WE DECIDED TO DRIVE DOWN
TO AN AREA CALLED "COIN BEACH."

MY HUSBAND DID
A LITTLE SURF CASTING

WHILE I WOULD LOOK FOR COINS,
OR SHELLS, WHATEVER,

NEVER DREAMING THAT I WOULD
FIND COINS, BUT I DID.

I FOUND SIX AND THEY ARE DATED
TO THE LATE 1700s.

APPRAISER: YOU KNOW,
I THINK EVERYBODY

WHO'S EVER WALKED ALONG
THE BEACH

HAS DREAMS OF FINDING
PIECES OF EIGHT AND DOUBLOONS.

THE FAITHFUL STEWARD
THAT HAD SUNK IN 1785

WAS COMING OVER FROM IRELAND,
AS YOU SAID,

AND WAS COMING
TO PHILADELPHIA.

GUEST: LONDONDERRY ISLAND.

APPRAISER: YES INDEED,

AND GOT CAUGHT, MUST HAVE BEEN
A NORTHEASTER.

ALMOST 250 PEOPLE ON BOARD,
AND ONLY 68 SURVIVED.

IT WAS BELIEVED
THAT THERE WAS 400 BARRELS

OF HALF PENNY COPPER COINS,

AND OLD GEORGE III AS KING
OF ENGLAND, HIS FACE ON THERE.

WELL, THE MONETARY VALUE
IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY MODEST,

PROBABLY $25 APIECE,
OVERALL $150.

BUT THE THING IS,

THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAD
GOING ALONG THE BEACH

FINDING THOSE COINS
IS PRICELESS.

GUEST: IT WAS.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

APPRAISER: I ENVY YOU
WITH YOUR SUCCESS.

GUEST: I'D BE GLAD TO GO BACK.

APPRAISER: AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH

FOR BRINGING THOSE IN
FOR US TODAY.

GUEST: YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME.

RHEA: I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED

THIS SPECIAL EASTON EPISODE
OF CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

NEXT TIME WE'LL BE BACK
AT OUR MPT STUDIOS

FOR SOME AMAZING ANTIQUES.

APPRAISER: LETTERS THAT
ARE MANUSCRIPTS

ARE VERY, VERY RARE
FOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

>> APPRAISER: YOU HAVE PAUL
REVERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

IN THE ENGLISH,
WE HAVE PAUL STORR.

SO HE'S THE TOP DOG AS FAR
AS SILVERSMITHS IN BRITAIN.

>> APPRAISER: IT'S NOT
ON THE INTERNET.

I CAN'T LOOK IN A REFERENCE BOOK

BECAUSE THIS IS THAT UNUSUAL
A PIECE OF CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY

THAT WAS OVERLOOKED.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME
FOR CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES .

I'M RHEA FEIKIN.

ANNOUNCER:
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IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY

THE MPT NEW INITIATIVES FUND

FOUNDED BY
IRENE AND EDWARD H. KAPLAN.

MAJOR FUNDING
IS ALSO PROVIDED BY...

CENTER FOR VEIN RESTORATION.

OVER 30 MILLION AMERICANS

SUFFER FROM PAINFUL,
UNSIGHTLY VARICOSE VEINS.

WE USE MODERN OUTPATIENT METHODS
TO HELP BRING RELIEF.

LOOK BETTER. FEEL BETTER.
LIVE BETTER.

AND BY AARP.

JEFF GORDON:
FOR SOME,
THIS LINE IS A CONVENIENCE.

BUT FOR OTHERS,
IT'S ALL THEY CAN AFFORD.

CLERK: ANYTHING ELSE?

WOMAN: NO.

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