Appraisal: Cut Steel Handbag, ca. 1920
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Appraisal: Cut Steel Handbag, ca. 1920
In Vintage Phoenix 2025, Hour 2, Berj Zavian appraises a cut steel handbag, ca. 1920.
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Appraisal: Cut Steel Handbag, ca. 1920
Clip: Season 29 Episode 21 | 1m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
In Vintage Phoenix 2025, Hour 2, Berj Zavian appraises a cut steel handbag, ca. 1920.
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GUEST: Yes, he was.
APPRAISER: Tell us about this great piece.
GUEST: My grandfather made this platinum glove for my grandmother right after they got married.
APPRAISER: Where's the other one?
GUEST: Well, you know, I don't know.
Uh, my mother, this is all I found that my mother had.
When I was a young child, she showed it to me and she only had one at the time.
So I'm thinking in the 1920s maybe they wore two, maybe they wore one.
APPRAISER: We had a Michael Jackson then?
GUEST: Maybe, I don't know.
APPRAISER: (laughs) I just want to let you know that-- it won't fall-- that this is not a glove.
GUEST: Oh, it's not a glove?
APPRAISER: Not a glove.
GUEST: What is that?
APPRAISER: It's a purse.
GUEST: It's a purse?
APPRAISER: And it's damaged up here where the string, the drawstring, and it goes like that.
GUEST: My goodness.
APPRAISER: And they would put a, a colored handkerchief on the inside and change the color all the time.
GUEST: Wow.
Very interesting.
APPRAISER: Now I'm going to sadly tell you the other thing.
GUEST: Oh, no.
APPRAISER: It's not platinum.
GUEST: Oh, no!
APPRAISER: It is cut steel.
GUEST: Cut steel?
APPRAISER: It's made in Germany.
It could have been done in Austria, but in that area.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISERS: 1920s.
The flappers wore this down here for a purse.
This is all woven and the women do this.
So your grandfather never made it.
GUEST: My goodness.
APPRAISER: Now, what the condition is-- cut steel today is very nice and it does sell-- it's worth about $350.
GUEST: Fantastic.
APPRAISER: If this was platinum... GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: we're talking $10,000 to $15,000.
GUEST: Wow.
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 32s | Appraisal: 1799 Patrick Russell Indian Serpents Book (32s)
Appraisal: 1873 Royal Worcester Japonisme Flask Vases
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 2s | Appraisal: 1873 Royal Worcester Japonisme Flask Vases (3m 2s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 1m 16s | Appraisal: 18th & 19th C. Etchings (1m 16s)
Appraisal: 1982 Henry Moore "Half-Figure: Round Head" Bronze
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 39s | Appraisal: 1982 Henry Moore "Half-Figure: Round Head" Bronze (2m 39s)
Appraisal: 19th C. Shell-encrusted Casket
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 34s | Appraisal: 19th C. Shell-encrusted Casket (34s)
Appraisal: Dent Hardware Toy Battleship, ca. 1920
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 48s | Appraisal: Dent Hardware Toy Battleship, ca. 1920 (2m 48s)
Appraisal: "Dick and Jane" Teacher's Edition Book, ca. 1950
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 38s | Appraisal: "Dick and Jane" Teacher's Edition Book, ca. 1950 (38s)
Appraisal: Early 19th C. Hawaiian Lei Niho Palaoa
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 1m 14s | Appraisal: Early 19th C. Hawaiian Lei Niho Palaoa (1m 14s)
Appraisal: English Regency Hall Tree, ca. 1840
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 1s | Appraisal: English Regency Hall Tree, ca. 1840 (3m 1s)
Appraisal: George Luks Watercolor, ca. 1925
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 14s | Appraisal: George Luks Watercolor, ca. 1925 (3m 14s)
Appraisal: German Dolls in Original Clothes, ca. 1905
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 57s | Appraisal: German Dolls in Original Clothes, ca. 1905 (2m 57s)
Appraisal: NASA Parachutes & Pot Handles, ca. 1965
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 1m 20s | Appraisal: NASA Parachutes & Pot Handles, ca. 1965 (1m 20s)
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 48s | Appraisal: Patek Philippe & Swiss Watch Collection (3m 48s)
Appraisal: Reverse-painted Handel Shade, ca. 1920
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: Reverse-painted Handel Shade, ca. 1920 (1m 4s)
Appraisal: Salesman's Sample Plow, ca. 1880
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 35s | Appraisal: Salesman's Sample Plow, ca. 1880 (35s)
Appraisal: 1956 David Klein TWA Poster
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 59s | Appraisal: 1956 David Klein TWA Poster (2m 59s)
Appraisal: Charles Craig Oil Portrait, ca. 1910
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 30s | Appraisal: Charles Craig Oil Portrait, ca. 1910 (3m 30s)
Appraisal: Enamel & Rock Crystal Pendant Watch, ca. 1910
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 10s | Appraisal: Enamel & Rock Crystal Pendant Watch, ca. 1910 (2m 10s)
Appraisal: Montoya & Vigil San Ildefonso Pueblo Pot, ca. 1880
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 54s | Appraisal: Montoya & Vigil San Ildefonso Pueblo Pot, ca. 1880 (2m 54s)
Appraisal: 1921 Lyonel Feininger "Silver Stars" Watercolor
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 50s | Appraisal: 1921 Lyonel Feininger "Silver Stars" Watercolor (2m 50s)
Appraisal: 1797 Chester County Marriage Chest
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 3m 8s | Appraisal: 1797 Chester County Marriage Chest (3m 8s)
Appraisal: 1917 First Women Yeomen's Battalion Flag
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 47s | Appraisal: 1917 First Women Yeomen's Battalion Flag (2m 47s)
Appraisal: Roseville Experimental Vase, ca. 1925
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Clip: S29 Ep21 | 2m 9s | Appraisal: Roseville Experimental Vase, ca. 1925 (2m 9s)
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