I have something
very, very unique that you've probably
never seen before. I've worked here
25 years, dude. OK. [LAUGHTER] This is ancient Apsara dancer
statue from the 10th century made out of sandstone. OK. And where in the hell
did you get this? It's been in our
family forever. Since the 10th century? [LAUGHTER] You said this has been
in the family forever. Do you know how someone
got it originally? Not from a couple
of generations back. It came from India. We've had it sitting out
there for a long time, and-- OK, so you had an
ancestor who was in-- lived in India or visited there, or? I'm from India myself. OK. If this is from
the 10th century, it's uber cool because this
is a real piece of art. And it's in amazing
condition, and that's the part that scares the hell out of me.
- OK. OK? Because, you know, sometimes
it's too good to be true. This has been stored
away for a long time, so we haven't had it sitting
out there in the elements. Been packed in a suitcase. OK. Well, if you've had
it in a suitcase for, like, 100 years,
what about the last-- the 900 years before--
- Right. What-- what happened
to it we don't know. So these are
things I need to look into because India was a
really popular tourist spot for the past 150, 160 years. And when you have
tourists, you have people who want to sell them stuff. There was a lot of fakes
made, but there was also a lot of people grabbing every
old temple and everything they could find to sell it
to the British tourists because they had hard currency. So I need to know if it's real. I'm assuming you
want to sell it. Yes, yes. And how much do
you want for it? I was asking $5,000 for it. $5,000, OK. I would really like
someone to check this out. I'm going to call up
my friend Phineas. He's a strange
cat, but he really knows what he's talking about.
- All right. OK? He'll come in, he'll take a look
at it, and we'll go from there. That sounds good. RAY: I'm really excited to
see what it's really worth. We've had this for a long
time, and we're really looking forward to seeing, you
know, what it's really worth and how old it really is. I'm so glad you called me in
to look at a piece like this, and I know some interior
decorators that would probably spring for that right now. You know, like to put
it on their shelf. PHINEAS KASTLE: Rick sent me
a text message of this image. And when I saw it,
immediately I thought, wow, this is something I'd really
love to take a look at it because that's my expertise. And I love Indian art,
so I came immediately. So, Rick, what are your
personal concerns about it? Well, first off, he
says it's from India and the 10th century, which
means it's, like, a thousand, 1,100 years old. OK. It's in really good shape. Yes. OK? I've never seen something
sandstone this old-- Look this good. --look this good, yes. You're exactly right. Looking at the exquisite
way that it's been preserved and the aging signs, if this
were sandstone 1,000 years old, it would be pitted terribly. They-- we never get them in
museums that look like this. So you're calling
this an Apsara, right? Yeah. So an Apsara is a sky angel. To indicate Apsara, you--
you want to see it flying, and it usually has feet
that are kind of crossed or going up like
this, you know, as if it's flying out of the sky. This piece is missing
the feet, which is very interesting to me. So let's talk about the face. This face is not Indian. It's Cambodian. OK. I found a photo
that I had taken. It looks just like it. Look at that. And this is from Cambodia. OK. OK? And so you can see it's just
a perfect kind of replication. Pretty much identical almost. Yes, pretty much identical. So, you know what I'm
going to have to say. It was a replication
done in Cambodia, and it's probably, like, around
maybe 75 to 150 years old. Somewhere in there, they--
they did this statue. What's something
like this go for? $1,200 to maybe, like,
$2,200 on the upside-- OK. --would be what
you're looking at. Thanks, Phineas. You are welcome, Rick. It's one in a million
that I would actually have that photo in my collection. But it's still a
beautiful piece, and it's something
that I'm sure somebody out there would love
to own and-- and display in their home. Are you still
stuck on 5 grand? Like, not anymore. OK. So what are you
willing to take for it? 18? OK, he just said it
would go for 12 to 24. Right. OK? And if I buy it for 18,
I'd most likely lose money. Maybe like 700 bucks for it? I'll take 1,000. And it's in good shape. I'll give you 800 bucks. 900? No. No? 850? No. 800 bucks? I'll do it. OK, sweet. Cool, man, and I'll
meet you right up front. And you even get
to keep your box. RAY: I felt OK about it. If it's not really, you know,
the 10th century artwork, I'd just rather sell it and-- and keep going.
