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is back to the Southwest with a stop in Tucson, Arizona. Now, I'm not a cowboy. I never could tell that. (laughing):
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could not pass up a chance to visit San Javier Mission,
the White Dove of the Desert. One of the finest examples
of Spanish Colonial architecture in the United States,
this national historic landmark was completed in 1797
when southern Arizona was still a part of New Spain. Visitors and parishioners alike
appreciate the history and beauty of the church's
original statuary and murals. Back at "Roadshow,"
we're always on the lookout for captivating art
and antiques. This poster had more
than one expert very excited. MAN:
This is a poster that is from
Colt's Firearms Manufacturing that I found in my
great-grandfather's store. Went in the store
after he had passed away, and it was curled up
in a corner. APPRAISER:
The artist is a great
American illustrator and painter named
Frank Schoonover. So Frank Schoonover was known
as the dean of Delaware artists, and he was born in 1877 and died in 1972 after
having painted, they say, more than 2,000
separate illustrations. Wow. And this is a painting
that he did in 1925. Wow. And the title is
"Tex and Patches." Tex and Pa...
ah, the horse. The painting was so popular
that it appears on the cover of two books-- one actually a book
about Schoonover's art, with the title "The Illustrator of the
North American Frontier," and it also appeared
on the cover of a novel called "The Range Boss"
by Charles Seltzer. Now, you might well ask me, how do I know that the artist
is Frank Schoonover? How do you know that the
artist is Frank Schoonover? Thank you for asking. You're welcome. Part of this poster
has been matted out, and at the bottom down here,
originally was his signature in the painting,
Frank Schoonover, and the date, 1925. Okay. And I've found
similar images online, which is how I know
that should be there. So that's a little bit
about the man, the painter, and the illustrator. It's a little bit
about the painting, "Tex and Patches." Now something
about the poster. Okay. Winchester and Colt
are two of the most famous firearm manufacturers
in America. Colts are the number one
collected pistols in the world, and some
of my colleagues here got very excited
about this piece. Now, I'm not a cowboy. I never could tell that. I'm a city boy. So gun posters don't
speak to me in the same way that they speak
to other people. And we did a little
research on this piece. There's actually three
variations of the poster. Okay. There's a version
in Spanish. There's a version
without any text on top. And then there's this, the most desirable English
language version. Wow. There are a few
condition issues. Yeah. Even with those
condition issues, it's such a rare piece, and still the colors
are so bright... They really are. ...that that's what
drives the value. That's what drives
the excitement of gun and Colt enthusiasts
around the world. Now, my city slicker, not cowboy appraisal
of this poster, at auction, I would say it's worth
between $4,000 and $6,000. No way. Way. Now, my enthusiastic
Western colleagues and gun-collecting
friends on the floor of the convention center feel
that this should be worth between $7,000 and $10,000. (laughing):
No way. Way. And as one of my
gun buddies said, if you have $200,000 to $300,000
worth of Colt pistols on the walls of your study, why wouldn't you want this
hanging there? I could see that. Very nice-- thank you. Wow. I was not expecting
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A very dear friend of mine,
she and her husband were close friends
of Charles Loloma. And I remember Charles
driving up in his Rolls Royce and parking it
in their driveway. He spent a lot of time
with this family. They became very,
very close. And he decided
to make pieces of jewelry for my dear friend--
a lot of pieces of jewelry. And actually made the pieces
at her house, some of them. And you got these pieces
from, from your friend? I bought them
from my friend. She had a lot,
and she, I think, uh, gave me first opportunity. And I knew that he was an
important artist at the time. I'm sure that she gave
a dear friend a deal.
(chuckles) What'd ya-- what did
she charge you for them? I'm curious. For both of them
it was $3,500, no tax, because it was just
between the two of us. Mm-hmm.
How long ago was this? 30 years ago--
well before his passing. And she actually
gave this piece to me. Yeah. This print--
it's a very nice print. Well, I'm sure you're aware
that Charles Loloma's pretty big news these days. He's really... he's been selling
at really good prices. Now, your examples,
the bracelet, it's not a classic
Charles Loloma piece. He was a Hopi artist,
and he was known for his cluster work with precious
and semiprecious stones. So this is kind of
unusual, this bracelet. It's got two really beautiful
turquoise settings in gold on kind of a mottled
silver background. The bracelet has the inscription
"Loloma" on the inside, which is how he signed
his bracelets. The ring is
a beautiful gold ring, once again with a,
with a really nice stone. I'm not 100% sure which mine
this stone would have come, but knowing... I think they were
from different mines. Yeah, and knowing
Charles Loloma, they were the best
available at the time. He used a lot of precious
stones in his jewelry. He'd even use
diamonds occasionally. She kept those pieces.
(laughs) Ah, she kept
those pieces. Yeah. So you bought these
about 30 years ago. I think they're,
they look like the type of work he was doing
in the '60s and '70s. I think in today's
auction world, the ring would probably bring
about $4,000 to $6,000. I think the print
would probably bring about $1,200 to $1,600
at auction. But I think the bracelet
would probably bring $20,000 to $25,000
in today's market. Wow. (laughing):
Oh, gee. It's not the normal
friendship quilt that you see. It's actually
has historical significance, because it has veterans
of the war, and then their family names
around it. MAN:
Did you already get him
appraised? Not yet. WOMAN:
It's kind of exciting, yeah. It's a great chair. I love it. So what's it, what's,
what are the arms made of? Lucite.
Probably about 1968. When my dad was in
high school in Los Angeles, he was friends
with Jackie Robinson. And I have a group
of letters and an image of Jackie playing
UCLA football. It's kind of personal, but it's really great
historically, too. Absolutely. We've got letters
from the late 1930s. Jackie Robinson broke
the color barrier in 1947. We're talking about letters that predates that
significantly. He was, for all intents
and purposes, a kid-- he was a teenager. Right. Who eventually went on
to spark one of the most significant events
in sports history. I personally have
not encountered a Jackie Robinson handwritten letter collection
or item, uh, from this young. Tell us about the content. Well, the content in these
letters are personal, more like a friend writing
to a friend instead of, like, a pen pal, which
I found really interesting. He talks about how the UCLA
curriculum is more difficult than his junior college,
his JC stuff, and he was having
trouble adjusting. Right, he talks about how
he chose UCLA over Oregon. Um, he talks about seeking your
dad out while he was in L.A., because he really wanted
to see him, his buddy. Right. (chuckling):
Uh, he invites your father
to his wedding. He says, "Hey, I'm glad
you found a church-- I'm looking for one, too." These are personal
to Jackie Robinson. Right. Yeah. Nothing to do with baseball,
nothing to do with sports. Uh, this comes from a time where his scholastic achievement
was more important to him, uh, than, than the things
we know he's famous for. Right. And, and to me, that's why
this is significant. Here we see a 1938 letter, and the back he signs,
"Jackie Robinson." A 19-year-old
Jackie Robinson signature. I've never seen
one that young. Wow. It's, it's truly amazing. Have you had
this appraised? I-I haven't
had it appraised. It's actually...
I knew about it a little bit before my dad passed away, but then I inherited
his scrapbook. And this is actually
a graduation card I didn't even know I had,
because it was separate in the album from
all the Jackie stuff. Sure. And I was just looking, and I was like, "Holy smokes,
here's another one." Sure. Well, what I can
tell you is this-- at auction, we can see
this fetching anywhere between $15,000
and $20,000. (laughing):
Whoa. R-really? And we're talking about
the collection. I think it, it would...
don't separate these items. Oh, no, no, no, right? Holy... that's...
that's pretty cool.
(laughs) I mean, my dad would be really
proud right now, cause, you know, he considered him
a pretty tight friend. There you go, Dad.
(chuckles) My great-grandfather
was the ambassador to China during the Boxer Rebellion. And my great-grandmother
befriended the empress. She didn't like
most foreigners, but she did like her. And when my mother was born, the empress dowager sent one
of her ladies in waiting to buy a present. And this was the present. There were two of these. My sister has the other one. One of the things
about this piece is it is 19th century... Mm-hmm. ...in terms of the carving. It's jadeite. Yeah. And it's a very, very fine
quality of jadeite, that brilliant green, and
it's extremely translucent. And with a nice coral bead
and the little seed pearls that were probably on
the original mounting, which would have been
just a little silk cord that was through it. Yeah, probably, yeah. And the two characters here
are double happiness, xishuang. Okay. But you have a very,
very good piece of jade, but then you have an
incredible piece of provenance. Yeah. Because one of the things
about Cixi was Cixi was the first member
of the imperial family who ever did a public relations
campaign with the West. Yeah. And after
the Boxer Rebellion, there were talks about
deposing the dynasty... Yes. ...on the part
of the Europeans. Yes. And they survived it basically
through Cixi's bravado and the parties that
she had for European women. Yes. She actually met them. Yes, she did. She had a European
take her photographs. Mm-hmm. And she gave
presents like this. Yeah. At the time,
in the 19th century, this was a very, very
high quality piece of jade, but not the best. Okay. All right, and that was,
and that was her... Yeah. ...like, slight
in the whole thing. Yeah. But nonetheless, we start getting to a value
on a piece like this. I'd estimate the value on this
as just a nice piece of jade at $30,000 to $50,000. (chuckling):
Oh, my gosh. I'm very surprised. And then, in addition, because of the
provenance on the piece, right? Yeah. This could easily go
twice that high end, and that would be
at auction. I'm amazed. It's... Yeah, it's, it's the
kind of thing... this pendant,
if it were 30 years ago, 700 bucks. Really? You know? So the fact that it's been in
the family all this time... Yeah, exactly. Has made a difference. (chuckling):
It certainly did. (chuckling):
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I brought some letters
from Israel Putnam during the
Revolutionary War. I really don't know
much about them. APPRAISER:
How did you get them? Uh, from my grandmother
I inherited them. How did she get them,
do you know? I'm not exactly sure. She was a collector. Of what sort of things? Um... a lot of artifacts,
furniture, artwork. Okay. You've got a collection
of material relating to Israel Putnam. He is a famous
Revolutionary War general. He was an important figure
at the Battle of Bunker Hill. He is credited
with having said, "Don't fire until you see
the whites of their eyes." He may or may not
have said that, but he is generally credited. And you've got a collection
of material, of, of letters, some of which predate
the Revolutionary War, but some of which
are actually written during the
Revolutionary War. If you look at this
letter and this letter, those two letters are early. One is 1768, and the other
is January of 1775, which is four months before
Lexington and Concord, before the Revolutionary
War begins. These are sort of
business-y letters. One is about
buying a horse, the other is about
a land transaction. But they are entirely
in Israel Putnam's hand, in his rather
unusual style. This letter is a letter
written by him as a, as a general, as a commanding general. It's September 13, 1777. It's written from Putnam
to John Hancock, who is at that time the president of the
Continental Congress, and it is a really dense,
rich letter reporting on the events that are
happening at that moment. At September of 1777,
Putnam is in New York. He is preparing
to fight Clinton at the Battle
of Fort Montgomery, which the colonists lose. But so he's sending
important information about the state
of his troops. That's actually
in the hand of a secretary, but signed by Putnam
on the second page. This letter, it's a great
war date, 1776, letter, and it talks about
transmitting carbines, and muskets, and powder. I mean, it's clearly
Revolutionary War based. But if you look very closely,
this one says, "I. Putnam, Jr." This is actually the son. Oh. The other piece you've brought
in is a mezzotint portrait. The text here is in French,
which is not uncommon, but was actually
published in London. And this is a contemporary
portrait of Putnam. Revolutionary War material
is very, very hot right now. It is one of these
critical war periods that is always collectible,
and interest continues. I would put the value
of the pre-war letters each at $2,000 to $3,000 apiece. Okay. The one from the son is...
because he's a lesser figure, will be in the $800
to $1,200 range. The Putnam portrait
is $1,000 to $1,500. But this letter,
this war date letter with the rich information
about these important battles, communications from Putnam
to be passed on to George Washington, that letter I would value
at $12,000 to $18,000. No way-- wow, crazy. Yeah. And then you're going
to go from here to the volunteer guides, and they'll show you
the location. Thank you so much. Picked it up
at the UN store. And so I thought it looked
like it was from Africa, but I don't really know. It's a good try. Okay. Let's start with
tribal with that. Okay. Go to metalwork first, okay? Okay. It's very unusual. It's very nice. A friend of mine found it
in a thrift shop. Mm-hmm. And she thought
it was a planter. And she brought it over,
and I turned it over, and it had a signature so...
his name is Das Gupta. That's right,
Pradesh Das Gupta. Right. And he's an Indian artist. Uh-huh. And it's dated 1948. Mm-hmm. And it's number five
of five. Okay. So he was probably the most
well-known Indian sculptor of the middle part
of the 20th century. He started working
in the 1940s. Oh... And he was very,
very successful. He had an exhibition of his
work at the Tate Gallery. At the Tate, oh, okay. Yeah, so he was really,
really well known. Did you ever wonder what
these little circles were? So that's not just
worn... well? What these are is when
they cast these pieces, sometimes there's
a casting flaw. Uh-huh. And what happens
is the bronze doesn't completely
go into the mold, or there are gaps. So they drill a hole here,
and they thread it, and they have
a bronze screw... Mm-hmm. ...and they screw it in,
and then they polish it off. Oh. And this, this would have had
a patina on it, and that would have covered
all of these little circles. Oh, okay. So your friend paid...? Seven dollars. Really? Yeah. Did she bargain them down, or just she thought it was
worth seven dollars? (laughing) (laughing):
I think she paid
the asking price. She did, okay. I would have asked the
senior discount myself. She didn't... that's r--
I would have also. His work is very popular. Mm-hm. And this whole field
of modern Indian art is actually booming
right now. Oh, really? His work comes up
at auction, and one of these sold
for $10,000. No-- $10,000? Mm-hmm. $10,000, wow. Mm-hmm. MAN:
I inherited these pieces. I inherited them from my
mother about 16 years ago, I guess it was, 17 years ago,
when she passed away. I believe these pieces
were given to my paternal grandmother
by my paternal grandfather. Okay. And my, my father gave them
to my mother, of course. Right, okay. And do you know anything
about them, the history, or where they came from,
or anything like that? I really don't. You don't. Okay, well,
let's start at the top. Up here we have a platinum
and diamond and onyx brooch. You've got the calibré onyx
all set here, and then you've got
the diamond set down here, which comes down
to two pear shapes here. This one's American. It was made
in about 1910, 1920. There's no signature. We don't know
who the maker is. But it's
a wonderful example. The movement on the brooch
is absolutely superb. The channel set
of the onyx is lovely, and the matching
of the colors of the onyx doesn't waver at all, so it's just
a beautifully produced piece. I think if you were to try
and replace this piece here, easily you would have
to pay around $12,000 for something like that. It's, it's a wonderful thing. It's very simple. The lines are beautiful. It's, it's just a great piece. And then we can move on
to the piece at the bottom here. It's around the same
sort of period. It's about 1915, 1920. It's actually by
Carlton and Company. And that was a New York firm
that was founded in 1909, and it's probably one
of the better known American jewelers
from that period. They then went on
to open a store in Paris, and also down in Palm Beach. Hm. Again, this one is set
in platinum, with diamonds, and then the piece here is actually a wonderful
piece of rock crystal, which has been engraved
with a sort of mythical design. And then, when we move down,
you have a floral design here, and that's actually set with,
again, onyx and diamonds. And then we move down
to a wonderful platinum drop, uh, which is set with a, with a
nice onyx drop on the bottom. A really wonderful piece. It's, it's a great company. Uh, we don't find lots of
pieces by them, but it's... you know, they weren't
as prolific as some of the other makers. To replace something
like that, you would easily
have to spend about $25,000
on that one piece. So the prices of the two brooches come
to around $37,000. Wow. So I hope you're happy. I am happy. You should be happy. I'm amazed. Wonderful things. Don't tell my kids. I wouldn't dream of it. (chuckling) I'm a big fan of Florida. Ah. You brought in a little
piece of Florida here. Do you know the artist? Yes, um, W. Staples Drown. Indeed. The painting is signed here
in the lower left, very clearly. Mm-hmm. W. Staples Drown,
who lived from 1856 to 1915. And William Staples Drown
was an artist who worked at the turn of the century,
primarily in New England. He's from Massachusetts. He also worked
in Providence. And he was very active with
the Providence Art Colony. Drown would travel
extensively, very curious about
different parts of the country, different parts of the world. Summered in Europe. And of course, traveled
to Florida to paint. Including beautiful
St. Augustine. How did you come
to acquire this painting? Well, it was first bought
by my great-grandfather back around the turn
of the last century. Okay. Then it hung in my
grandparents' house for ever since I could remember. Right. And when they passed on
it came to me. So there's been kind
of an unbroken line of provenance
right through your family. Yes. And your family's
originally from...? Providence,
Rhode Island. Providence. Okay, which would
make sense, based upon where
the artist worked. Yes, yeah. Drown is best known as an
artist who did landscapes. He's an artist who worked
with a very soft palette, very delicate palette. He was quite accomplished,
and he's an artist who, like a lot of artists
of that period-- snowbirds we might
call them today-- found their way to sunnier
climes in Florida. Mm-hmm. Thomas Moran,
Herman Herzog, Anthony Thieme,
Frank Shapleigh, the list goes on
and on and on. What's interesting is that for several of those
artists I've named, the high records
for their works that have ever sold
at auction are not scenes
of their homeland-- rather, scenes of Florida. Ah. What else is great
about your painting? The condition. Needs a cleaning. How long have you had it? 35 years. Untouched since then,
I imagine? Right-- hung it on the wall, tried not to do anything to it. Well, I'm glad
you didn't. It's an original oil
on canvas. It has not been relined. And on the back, the painting is titled
and signed on the back, and it's dated 1895. Right. The market for works by
W. Staples Drown has come up. If we look at the prices
going back since the '90s, and then we look
into the 2000s, prices have risen
steadily at auction. Nice. If your painting
was offered today, this lovely view of
St. Augustine, Florida, would probably be
offered at auction for $10,000 to $15,000. Wow. And that's based on what
comparable paintings by Drown have been selling for and have been offered for
at auction recently. The most expensive painting
by Drown has sold for over $30,000. And I'm so glad my
great-grandfather bought it. I collect animated
antique clocks. And there was an ad
on the Internet of a fellow in California
that was going out of... his antique store was
going out of business because of health problems. And so he sent me pictures
of some clocks he was selling, and this was one of them. And I got really excited, and I bought this one, so. So what appealed
to you about it? Well, I had never seen one
like it before. The animation was just
over the top. Mm-hmm. So I do collect Zapplers,
and it has kind of a Zappler-type
movement on it, so. Mm-hmm. I agree with you, and it's certainly
in the Zappler family. A classic Zappler is a little
Austrian clock of this size, and normally they
just tell time. And normally they need
winding every day. They sit under a dome. And you've told me
that you have the dome to this clock at home. Right. But when we saw this one, we realized that
it was different. Even though it comes
under the Zappler family, one of the biggest differences
between this clock and a typical Zappler
is that the typical Zappler has a little cow tail pendulum,
they call it. And that typically ticks
in front of the dial, in front of the hands. So we feel certain that this
is exactly what that is. It's an Austrian Zappler with
some significant differences. It doesn't have a cow tail
pendulum-- it has two. And if we revolve the clock, we'll show how it has
indeed two little pendulums. It has two little pendulums,
because that is what is contributing
to the automata. It really does need
both of those to achieve this kind of motion. I think it's significant
because it is in really good
original condition. That's the original base. I feel certain
that this enamel dial, which is in
really good condition, is the original enamel dial, and those little pierced
and gilded hands are the original hands. Really? So that makes it stand out. Very often
these are damaged. They're small enough to where
things happen to them. This is brass, but this has
been given a coat of gold. So it's, it's slightly gilded,
I would say. The hands have been
gilded with gold. What age would you say it is? I'm guessing that
it dates from 1810, 1820. Can you tell me
what you paid for it? I paid $500 for it. Mm-hmm. And that was about
15 years ago. Is that right?
Okay. Typically a little Zappler
of a normal size and shape would sell, retail, for anywhere between
$500 to $700. This one, I would put
its value, retail, at between
$2,500 and $3,000. Wow. Because it's
that different. Really? Yes. Wonderful. Okay, what are we doing? Going down on it. It is a Revolutionary
War bucket inscribed with
the whole story here. And my relatives put their
gold and silver in the bucket, and then they put it
in the pig swill. They were taught to make them
as utilitarian objects so they could be sold in,
basically, the U.S. market. There's not a tremendous market
value for them. WOMAN:
Well, it's a copper and silver
tankard from, uh, Karl Kipp, who worked for Roycroft at the
beginning of the 20th century. And then he formed 2K Studio around 1913 to 1915. And then the head of Roycroft
was killed in the Lusitania, so he then returned to Roycroft
to continue on there. So this one dates to...? Well, I think 1913 to 1915, because it's from
his own studio. Perfect. Yes. So I agree with
everything you just said, and let me add a few
more things to that. So Karl Kipp was
a master coppersmith, and copper was
the preferred metal of the Arts
and Crafts period. It was cheap,
it was available, it was malleable. But this is interesting, because in addition
to the copper, it has German nickel silver
hammered and applied around it. But what's also fascinating
about this tankard is it's got a flip lid
with silver design, and with a lapis cabochon. I know of three of these, one of which
is missing the lid. One in copper that was
actually with a Roycroft and a Karl Kipp mark both. This one I think
on today's market... and the market's
come down a bit, but at auction
I'd estimate this for somewhere between
$10,000 and $15,000. Wow. The last one I had
I sold for $30,000. Wow. So they have brought...
they're super rare. The... I only, again,
know of one and maybe two more with the cabochon intact, and you found yourself
a real gem. You found it at...
where'd you find this? I, I found it at a garage sale
for two dollars. For two dollars. Yes. Well, I think we
should fill this up with beer and drink it,
what do you think? Oh, definitely,
or champagne, maybe. MAN:
Well, I brought in
a walking cane that I had found
at a Goodwill in Phoenix, Arizona. And it's a walking cane
that I believe is from the Civil War. So you bought it
at the Goodwill store. Yes, I did. How much good will
did it cost you? True to the penny price
was $6.99. Big purchase. A huge purchase. (laughs) This one is cool
from top to bottom. Okay. We have on the handle it says, "Made on
Stone River Battlefield," which is in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee. And the battles
were actually named on the Union side
by the body of water that it was nearest. Okay. Confederates would refer to them
as the Battle of Murfreesboro. Okay. So we know
from the first sentence that it's a Northern cane. Okay. But it says, "Made on
Stone River Battlefield "and presented
to Hiram Parker "on the fourth
of March, 1865, "by his son,
George S. Parker, of the 21st OVLA," the Ohio Volunteer
Light Artillery. Okay. He joined up
on January 31, 1863, and served all the way
to July 21, 1865. Wow. So that two years
worth of service, they spent a lot of it in Tennessee and Alabama
on garrison duty. Wow. And that would have been
when this was carved. Wow. Which is an important fact
on this cane. Okay. Because a lot
of these canes, they're something that
was done years afterwards. Okay. And they were done
for the veterans when they actually
needed a cane. Okay. But this one is cool
because of that date. It's war date. It's beautifully done. You notice
we've got the snake. And you see a lot
of snakes on carved canes. Yes. Because it flows with
the general design. This one,
in addition to the snake, we've got the cannon.
And what's-- Oh, I thought
that was a bullet. No, it's a cannon. Oh, unbelievable. It's a wonderful cannon. It's just beautiful. And that's what an
artilleryman would want. Wow. And, "Hey, Dad,
I'm in the artillery, "I'm proud to serve my country, and I even have a cannon
on your cane." That's awesome. And as the snake goes down,
down by the tail, what's on the end? It looks like a, uh,
artillery round. What's cool is that it's
a Spencer carbine cartridge. It's the metallic part from the seven-shot Spencer
repeating rifle, or carbine. Wow. Which is one of the things
that helped them win the war. It was like having
a machine gun at that time. Wow. And that one's beautiful,
and it's cool. What a way to end
a work of art. What's your gut feeling
on what it's worth? I don't know. It's more than $6.99, but I personally thought
maybe $1,000. My wife, Joanne,
thinks maybe $5,000, (chuckling):
but we really don't know,
we don't know. Well, Joanne, I'm sorry--
it's not quite $5,000, but it's going to hit
right in that middle. Wow. If I were going
to insure this piece, I would insure it for
between $2,000 and $3,000. Wow, that's unbelievable. (laughs) Which is one heck
of a return on $6.99. Yeah, what a great find. This is a settee that
I bought in Ajo, Arizona. My husband wasn't with me,
who doesn't like to stop, so I had
an opportunity to stop. And I saw this across the room,
and purchased it, and cats got to it
and ripped the cushion, but that's okay. The man told me, uh,
it's around 200 years old. Okay. So you can tell me if it is.
(laughs) Well, I'll do
the best I can. So first, the cats getting
to the seat, you're okay, because the seat
is not original. Right. Do you have any idea what
it's made of, the wood? Uh, I thought walnut. Okay. So this is where it gets
very interesting. It is actually
a tropical hardwood. Oh! Oh...
(laughs) So we're able to then
identify where it came from. Good. Because of the wood that
was used to make it. Okay. It's a tropical hardwood that
is very similar to a rosewood. Uh-huh. Or a sort of mahogany
or a padauk. Okay. And we believe this
to be Dutch Colonial. So either made in one of
the Dutch colonies in India, or in Indonesia
in the 18th century. Oh. So it dates from around
about 1750 to 1780. So I'm going to take
the seat off here, and I'll see if
I can do this. Okay.
Do you want me to help? No, I practiced. Okay. Okay.
(laughs) Let's see if I can do this. I know it's long.
(chuckles) There we go. Oh, and dirty. Thank you so much. As you can see, it has
these holes right here, and so that's where
it was caned. Oh, it was caned. It was an original
cane seating in here. Okay. And again, that's why
we know it's colonial, because you'd never
have upholstery. Because of the
tropical climate... Right. ...the upholstery would get
ruined instantly. The carving is
really wonderful. We look at the top
of the crest rail, and you have this
wonderful leaf tip here. Mm-hmm. And then this almost very
Northern European Anglo-Dutch, uh, crest rail here. And then this urn form
backsplat as well. There are some condition
issues to talk about. Okay. So the leg broke,
and they repaired it. Oh. But what's kind of cool is
that it's actually repaired with rosewood... Oh. ...which is a very high quality
and expensive wood. So you could possibly suggest
it was also repaired in the colonies as well. So because there are
some elements of this that are made of rosewood, there are certain
export restrictions on where rosewood
has come from, if it was
ethically harvested, and having the object
identification. And in today's market, that certainly affects
the sale price. If it's for sale
in the United States, to the best of my knowledge, uh, then there are no issues. But when it comes
to exporting the piece, let's say it was a European
buyer or a collector who bought it--
they would have to go through certain steps to get specific
permits to have it exported. It's unusual to see
in any nation, whether it's English
or American, a four chair-back settee, or a quadruple
chair-back settee. Mm-hmm. How much did you pay for it? $800. Any idea of the value? I have none, no. Okay, with all of
the condition issues, if I were to see this
come up for auction in a good and well
publicized auction, I'd expect to see an estimate
of $6,000 to $9,000. Fantastic. (laughs) That's great. I brought a, a box with, uh,
some liquor bottles inside, as far as I know, that my mother got
in the early '60s... Mm-hmm. ...from an antique dealer. And I believe he got it in...
on the East Coast, Connecticut, I believe. Mm-hmm. And it belonged to Samuel Colt's
brother-in-law. Mm-hmm. His name was Richard William
Hart Jarvis. He was president
of the Colt Firearms Company from about 1865 to 1903. I guess that was the longest
period anyone was president. But yeah, Samuel Colt
was married to his sister. And so that's kind of
what I know about it. And it's been in the family
a long time, and recently I discovered
that it was from Tiffany's in New York,
which made me even more excited
to bring it to find out what you
can tell me about it. Well, the first thing
we're going to do is we're going to look
at the top of the box, because the reason why
we know where it came from is because of the initials. What are the initials
on the top? R-W-H-J, Richard William
Hart Jarvis. When we open the box, we do see some cut glass
liquor decanters. Wonderful pieces, cut glass. We know it's cut glass
rather than pressed glass because it's still sharp
to the touch. So that's a good thing,
because cut glass is going to be more expensive
than pressed glass. Okay. Now, we do have
a little bit of damage. There's a big chip
right here. Okay. So the glass is probably
not the most important thing about this piece. It's the box itself. So that, that probably means
it was used often, then. Probably, probably so. So what we like is the
Tiffany and Company label, because it says, "Tiffany
and Company, Union Square." That helps us date the box. They were there about
1870 to about 1910. But the style of the glass
tells us that it's probably about 1880. It was not made by Tiffany,
it was retailed by Tiffany. It's a burlwood box with bronze mounts, bronze being more expensive. I thought they were brass,
but okay. Yeah, bronze being more
expensive than brass, so that's a really good thing. What did Colt collectors
love more than guns? Liquor. Oh. (both laughing) Oh, those kind of...
oh, yeah. I was like, "What else
do they like?" I gotcha. That's right. At auction, a piece like this
could do really well. I'm thinking in the
$3,000 to $5,000 range. Oh, okay. That sounds good. The value, if it was not
associated with the Colt family, would probably actually
still be the same. Um, the Colt people
like Colt materials, and this is the
brother-in-law of Colt, so not exactly
Samuel Colt himself. Right. So if it was
Samuel Colt's piece, I might bump it up
a little bit more, to $5,000 to $8,000
at auction. So... But as the brother-in-law, I'm still in the
$3,000 to $5,000 range. I think my mother paid $500 or
$550 in the early '60s for it. So you did pretty well.
Yeah. I think that's great.
Thanks, Mom. Well, I brought in this lamp
from my mother-in-law. And if you look at it
long enough, it gets uglier and uglier. It's an ugly little thing,
isn't it? (chuckling) It really does shoot coins
in there. Yeah. Basically,
I was in real estate, and real estate slowed down, so we opened a secondhand
dealer store, and this is one of the items that got purchased in
our store five years ago. We knew there was
something there, we just didn't know
what it was. This is a very old
piece of jewelry, and it's got something
that we normally don't see. It's got table-cut diamonds coming down from a pyramid-
shape top to a flat-shape top, and it's in the evolution
of diamond cuts, it's a very important step. Okay. We feel that the piece
is 18th century, and it's some sort
of an order badge. The iconography is
a fleur-de-lis. Fleur-de-lis, okay. And a cross. It weighs five ounces,
give or take. That's a lot of gold. Yeah? We tested it,
we got 22 karat. Oh, we thought it was
18 karat, actually. Yes, we come up
a little bit higher. Yeah. We can see that it's
a solid-built piece of jewelry that was made to be worn
as a pendant. And somebody put,
very, very carefully, a brooch attachment
to the back of it. The good news
about this piece is that it's probably worth
more than scrap here. Um, what did you pay for this? $3,800. We would feel comfortable
giving it a presale auction estimate
of $20,000 to $30,000. Wow. That's amazing. Gave me goosebumps. (laughs) WOMAN:
They were in my mother's home,
and my sister had them. She has now downsized,
so she gave them to me. And I'm not sure
where my mother got them. And unfortunately, while Mother
is still with us at 103, she doesn't remember
where she got them either. APPRAISER:
We have two obviously
exquisite plates. And that's the key. Now, there's a company, Royal Vienna, which the
Royal Vienna Porcelain Factory actually closed in 1864, and these pieces
were done a lot later, more than likely
between 1900 and 1910. So they're not
Royal Vienna, but they're often
mistaken as such. The key thing here is that
they're of exceptional quality. So and one of the tipoffs
when we get into this type of quality
is that each of them, besides being hand-painted,
often have a title on the back. So let's go to the first one. Let's come across here and take a quick look. And we see the classic
beehive mark, sometimes referred
to as a shield mark, and really has
no bearing whatsoever, other than the fact that
we're going to call these Vienna or Royal Vienna
style plates. Okay. Secondly, we get back
to the description here, in this case
written in German, "Erblüht", meaning "bloom,"
or "flower." Okay. Okay. Now, if we come over
to this one... we see this
similar beehive mark, and we see
the description, "Réflexion." Now, Royal Vienna style plates
do come up frequently, and they're sold
all over the country on a steady basis for all
kinds of price points. We're going to call them
a nine to maybe a nine and a half
out of ten. Okay. They're in exceptional
condition. You know, the gilding around
the edge is just impeccable. There's one key difference
between the two plates, and we're going to go
to this signature right here, which is the word "Wagner." Mm-hmm. Now, the Wagner family
is believed to have been a group of artisans
that worked for a number of continental
porcelain makers. There's some dissention
among the ranks as to whether or not
that's actually the case, but what is without, without
question, and what is key here, is that the Wagner name
will add value to this plate over and above the other. So today, if you sold
these pieces at auction, I think it's reasonable
to expect the plate on the right to be estimated for between
$1,000 and $1,500. Oh, my word. And the one
with the Wagner name would come in
at $1,500 to $2,000. Oh, my. Oh, my goodness. Uh, okay. (laughs) I bought him from
an antiques dealer in Santa Barbara County. Okay. A lady was selling
her mother's collection, and she had a bunch
of small items. She didn't know whether
they were reproduction or original items. She collected items
from Mexico. And what year was this? When I purchased it
it was about four years ago. Oh, okay. Yeah. But she...
her mother's collection is probably
40 years old or so. So has anyone looked
at it, or... No, I had a teacher who looked
at a couple pictures of it... Okay. ...and said the paint
is spectacular even if, you know, it's not...
if it's a reproduction. He liked it, so... What did you pay
for this piece? Um, I paid $80 for him. Well, if I had to put a name on
this piece it would be called "All the Bells and Whistles." (chuckling):
Okay. Because it's got everything
going for it. It's got this amazing crest
at the top, this headdress, the nose ring,
the shield here, this staff of authority, and this great painting. It's, it's pretty wild. Thank you. Now, it's supposed to come
from the west coast of Mexico, in the state of Nayarit. Right. And the authentic pieces from
this area are 200 BC to 200 AD. Okay. Now we've got to find out
whether it's real. Right, right. Unfortunately... No.
(laughs) I'm going to break
your heart. Unfortunately,
it's a reproduction, and I'm going to tell you why. Okay. This top part here... Right. ...this crest, is something that
you normally see on Jalisco warriors. Jalisco warriors are
from the next province, the next state over. Okay. So in other words,
this really doesn't belong on this figure. Okay. And they did everything. They put this headdress,
and the paint is amazing, so it's... it was suspicious
in the beginning... Right. ...and you look at it
stylistically and you go, "I don't know." Right. But it's big, it's imposing. Now, the other thing that I did, and I don't, I don't know
whether you saw me do it... Sure. But I don't know whether you're
going to be able to hear it, but I pinged on the bottom
of this right here. Right. Now, people have seen me
do this on the show, and I'm sure the viewers
right now are going, "Oh, my God,
he's pinging again." And what this is,
is it has a very high sound,
like, crystal. Okay. What that means is it was fired
in an electric kiln. Okay. Didn't have electricity
2,000 years ago. Normally these things would be
fired in a pit kiln, and it would be
covered up with coals, and it would be
fired that way. When you bang on it,
you tap it, it sounds much lower. Okay. Okay? Yeah. So, therefore,
that, stylistically, the fact that it's sort of a
marriage of various things... I, I was looking at the ears, and the application of the
earrings looked kind of odd, and it didn't look like
the regular deposits. Well, you-- And the fact that it's
got this weird glue on the back, so...
but I liked him anyway. Well, yeah,
we can, we can just turn this, and you can see in profile. Yeah. It's very interesting. I will show one thing
to the camera real quickly. You see this line. These black dots
are manganese. Okay. Now, there's almost
a flow pattern here, and what they do
is they flick it on with a paintbrush
or a toothbrush. Right. So that's also diagnostic
for a reproduction. Okay. So unfortunately I have
broken your heart. I-I... I apologize for that. As a decorative piece,
in a decorative value, retail, this would be
a $200 to $300 piece. Okay. Okay, great. If the piece were real... Uh-huh? ...this would be a
$15,000 to $20,000 piece. Okay. So now are you
really depressed? Um, no, because I had prepared
myself either way, (chuckling):
so I still like him. I just owe my
girlfriend a drink.
(laughs) MAN:
I brought my, uh,
Rolex GMT Master that I bought
55 years ago. APPRAISER:
Where did you get it? I bought it in Germany,
in, um, Zweibrücken, at a PX when I was
in the army over there. I bought the watch just before
I, uh, came back to stateside. My sergeant recommended
that before I came back to the States,
buy a Rolex watch. Why did he do that,
do you know? Well, he liked... he, he thought
it was the best watch ever made. And he said, "Make sure you
get one before you go home," and this is the one I liked. And had you heard
of Rolex before that? Not before that, no. I'd never heard
or seen one before. I just took his word that it
was a great watch, and it is. And do you still wear it? Uh, I don't wear it
very often now. It's kind of
a keepsake now. I wear my, uh,
my cheap watch now, and this is my dress watch. Well, I was, uh, very excited
when you brought this up to the table. As you know, it's a Rolex,
it's a GMT Master model. But it's got some very
special things about it. It is the first model GMT Master
that was ever... Rolex ever made. I didn't know that. It's a model 6542,
which we have on the, uh, reference number
on the paper here. On the box itself, on the, on the edge of
the box right here, we have the reference
number of the watch. It's incredible that
you've saved everything. Is there a reason why you
saved all this paperwork? We usually don't see this. I don't know. Uh, it just... I'm just lucky,
I guess. Well, this watch
is totally complete. You have the watch. I know you've replaced
the original bracelet at some point. This is
a replacement bracelet. But we do have the original
bracelet here in the box, which is also dated that it was manufactured
in the first quarter of 1960. And according
to the papers of the watch, you purchased it
in, uh, April of, uh, 1960. Correct. You have the original
sales receipt right here. I notice you bought
two watches. Yes. We saw the other one. The other one, uh, we...
wasn't as special as this one. What did you pay
for this watch? This watch I paid
the, uh, $120. The other watch, which, um, had a...
some gold to the bracelet, I bought for my dad, and I paid $104 for that. Was that a lot
of money back in 1960? It was a lot of money.
(chuckles) Yeah? My salary in the army was, uh,
just under $100 a month. Okay, so that was
over a month's salary. Yes. Do you know what this paper
is right over here? No. Rolexes were sent
to the observatory in Geneva to be certified
as chronometers, and that is the original
chronometer bulletin that if you look on
the left-hand side of it, you'll see the numbers, and they actually timed
the watch to tell what timekeeping it kept, plus or minus how many
seconds it lost. We also have the original, uh,
brochure on the watch. Everything's complete. You have
the original hang tags. I'm very pleased to tell you
that this watch today at auction is a very,
very collectible watch. Just the watch on its own
merit would be worth today between $35,000
and $45,000. But this watch is worth
much more. Because you saved the box
and all the paperwork for it, easily today it's $65,000
to $75,000 in the market. Wow. Probably more than a month's pay
in the military right now. Wow. I had no idea. I'm speechless. If you would have
told me $1,500 I would have been happy. WALBERG:
And now, it's time for
the "Roadshow" Feedback Booth. This is Birdie. I found out that she is a Zuni
pot from the mid to late 1800s. And I also learned
that everybody here at the "Antiques Roadshow"
has "im-peck-able" taste. Thank you. Um, this motorcycle
is very fun. And also...
I'm very nervous... And not worth a dollar.
(laughs) And I brought my violin,
actually my son's violin, and it was worth $500,
which makes sweet music, and makes me want to do
the happy dance. And I'm a teacher,
but today I got schooled in the art of
antique appraisal. Turns out that "priceless" is
in the eye of the beholder. And I don't be holding
nothing priceless. (clangs, laughing) We came to the "Roadshow" to,
uh, appraise my cufflinks today, from my first wife. Uh, this one's the third. Uh, she told me
they were tourmalines, but it turns out
they were glass. But thanks anyway
for the Rolex. And I brought my little sad
irons today to get appraised. And my little goose iron
is worth $65, and my little one that I thought
was from Mexico, and I thought it was worth more,
he said it was worth about $40. And I had such a good time
today. Even waiting in line was fun,
because you meet so many people. And I'm glad. Thanks, "Antiques Roadshow." WALBERG:
I'm Mark Walberg. Thanks for watching. See you next time
on "Antiques Roadshow." ♪ ♪
