Appraisal: Chinese Lacquer Chest, ca. 1900
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Appraisal: Chinese Lacquer Chest, ca. 1900
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Appraisal: Chinese Lacquer Chest, ca. 1900
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: I collect at thrift stores, estate sales, and things like that.
And it was something that, I went to a thrift store, they said, "Look, it's all beat up.
20 bucks, it's yours."
It's, like, "Okay!"
I thought it was Pennsylvania Dutch.
And somebody told me, "No, it's Asian art," so... APPRAISER: I don't think this has anything remotely to do with Pennsylvania... GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: Dutch or German.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: This is actually from China, from a very specific province called Shaanxi province... GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: that was known for several things.
One is this very thick lacquer surface.
And they would put lacquer over a soft wood, which is what we have here.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: And one of the other features of Shaanxi province furniture, the hinges, they're really thick, heavy, wrought iron.
GUEST: Mm.
APPRAISER: I suspect that what someone did is, they went over the original design that had deteriorated quite a lot.
GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: What do you think this dates to?
GUEST: Thinking 1800s?
APPRAISER: Yeah, about.
I'd say somewhere between 1880 and 1920, because it's got a lot of character.
In a retail sense, I would imagine somebody would ask somewhere in the $700 or $800 range for it.
GUEST: Yeah, uh-huh.
APPRAISER: Because it's got a lot of flair and it's got nice color.
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Appraisal: 1840 Book of Mormon
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 2m 40s | Appraisal: 1840 Book of Mormon (2m 40s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 1m 2s | Appraisal: 1867 Seth Thomas Round-top Shelf Clock (1m 2s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 3m 2s | Appraisal: 1928 Charles Lindbergh-signed Flight Helmet (3m 2s)
Appraisal: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle Card
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 3m 1s | Appraisal: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle Card (3m 1s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 4m 3s | Appraisal: 1953 Marilyn Monroe "River of No Return" Set Photos (4m 3s)
Appraisal: 1961 Ed Ruscha Drawings & Letters
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 4m 25s | Appraisal: 1961 Ed Ruscha Drawings & Letters (4m 25s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 2m 26s | Appraisal: 1970 Rolex "Red" Submariner Watch (2m 26s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: 1999 Nguyễn Văn Minh Silver Foil & Lacquer Painting (1m 4s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 3m 4s | Appraisal: American Folk Art Oil Portraits, ca. 1810 (3m 4s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 2m 17s | Appraisal: Charles Bensco "A Pastoral" Oil Painting, ca. 1950 (2m 17s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 3m 40s | Appraisal: Chinese Export Silver Epergne, ca. 1890 (3m 40s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 2m 24s | Appraisal: Derby Porcelain Bough Pots, ca. 1815 (2m 24s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 2m 26s | Appraisal: Gary Ernest Smith Oil Painting, ca. 2000 (2m 26s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: Landstrom Co. Louis XVI-style End Table, ca. 1935 (1m 4s)
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 1m 44s | Appraisal: Roullet & Decamps Musical Automaton, ca. 1900 (1m 44s)
Appraisal: Sears-exclusive Walking Jamie Doll, ca. 1971
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Clip: S30 Ep2 | 2m 46s | Appraisal: Sears-exclusive Walking Jamie Doll, ca. 1971 (2m 46s)
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