>> AND NOW AN ARIZONA PBS ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.

>> COMING UP ON "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES."

>> IT JUST GLISTENS IN THE LIGHT.

I LOVE THAT.

>> THERE'S A STRONG CONNECTION TO THESE CHAIRS AND THE PHOENIX, ARIZONA, AREA.

>> AND THAT IS JUST A STELLAR LINDBERGH SIGNATURE.

>> YEAH.

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>> I'M DAVID GOLDSTEIN, OWNER OF BILTMORE LOAN AND JEWELRY.

WE BUY OR LOAN ON UPSCALE ASSETS.

WE HAVE OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DETERMINING VALUES OF AUTOMOBILES, JEWELRY ART, COLLECTIBLES, AND ANTIQUES.

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>> AND BY: THE FRIENDS OF ARIZONA PBS.

MEMBERS OF ARIZONA PBS WHO GIVE ADDITIONAL GIFTS TO SUPPORT ORIGINAL PROGRAMS.

THANK YOU!

>> WELCOME TO ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES.

THE SHOW THAT EXPLORES THE HISTORY AND THE VALUE OF THE PRECIOUS THINGS MANY OF US HAVE IN YOUR HOMES.

WHETHER IT'S THE TREASURE WE INHERIT FROM A LOVED ONE OR A FLEA MARKET FIND OF A LIFETIME, OUR STUFF TELLS A STORY.

LUCKY FOR US, THE APPRAISERS ARE HERE TO FILL IN A COUPLE OF THE DETAILS.

>> WHAT DID YOU BRING IN FOR ME?

>> I BROUGHT THIS FIGURINE THAT I HAD FOR 70 YEARS IN THE FAMILY.

MY FATHER WAS A PROFESSIONAL SCOUT EXECUTIVE.

>> OKAY.

>> HE LED A TROOP OF BOY SCOUTS TO A WORLD JAMBOREE IN PARIS, FRANCE, IN 1947.

>> OKAY.

>> HE WENT TO PARIS FLEA MARKET, AND TRADED TWO CARTONS OF CIGARETTES FOR THIS.

>> WELL, IT'S A GERMAN PIECE.

IT'S A GERMAN BALLERINA.

J. UMFREC, THEY MADE PORCELAIN FIGURINES AND VASES FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

I BELIEVE THIS PIECE IS FROM 1925 TO 1935, RIGHT IN THAT TIME PERIOD, BASED PONT STYLE OF IT, BASED UPON THE WEIGHT OF THE PORCELAIN AND THE MARK TOO.

THE VERY FIRST THING WE LOOK FOR ON THESE IS DAMAGE, BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY, VERY FRAGILE, ESPECIALLY THEIR DRESSES.

ALL THE PORCELAIN LACE WORK IS VERY, VERY LIGHTLY DONE AND VERY METICULOUSLY DONE.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY DAMAGE TO THE SKIRT.

IT HAS ONE CONDITION ISSUE WHICH IS ON THIS HAND RIGHT HERE, THE INDEX FINGER.

>> IT'S MISSING.

>> IT'S BROKE OFF AND IT'S A TALLER FIGURINE, IT'S ABOUT 12 INCHES IN HEIGHT.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD THIS EVALUATED OR LOOKED AT MY PROFESSIONAL?

>> NO.

NO.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA APPROXIMATELY WHAT SHE MAY BE WORTH.

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> THE SIZE TV REALLY HANDSOME AS WELL.

I THINK A RETAIL PLACEMENT SETTING WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $800 TO $1,200 ON THIS PIECE.

THE FINGER BEING CHIPPED OFF HAS AN EFFECT IN VALUE.

IN THE FINGER WAS THERE, IT WOULD BE HIGHER THAN THIS.

WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE AND IT'S A VERY NICE PIECE AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS VERY EARLY PIECE OF GERMAN HISTORY IN FOR US.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.

>> WHERE DID YOU FIND THIS CHAIR?

>> THIS ONE WAS FROM A PRIVATE OWNER I FOUND OFF OF THE MARKETPLACE APP THAT YOU CAN GET ON YOUR PHONE COMMONLY.

I PAID $30.

>> WOW!

>> YES.

>> AND THEN THESE CHAIRS.

>> THESE I FOUND ACROSS THE INDUSTRY FROM MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL, AND THE LADY HAD HAD A YARD SALE THE SATURDAY BEFORE, AND SHE DIDN'T SELL THEM.

SO THEY WERE SITTING RIGHT BY HER RECYCLE RECEPTACLE BECAUSE THEY WERE ALUMINUM.

>> OH,.

>> SO THEY WERE SITTING BY THE DUMPSTER AND I GRABBED THEM.

I'M LIKE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

THEY ARE GORGEOUS!

>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

INCREDIBLE.

THE CHAIR ON THE TOP IS BY MILO BAUMANN.

HE WAS AN AMERICAN DESIGNER.

HE WAS ACTUALLY BORN IN KANSAS.

JUST A FARM BOY AND THEN HE MOVED TO CALIFORNIA.

THIS CHAIR IS CALLED -- IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE SCOOP CHAIR.

AND I SAT IN IT EARLIER, AND IT IS VERY COMFORTABLE!

>> IT IS!

>> IT LOOKS EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS.

THE ALUMINUM CHAIRS DOWN HERE ARE DESIGNED BY WARREN McARTHUR.

IT HAS A CONNECTION TO THE PHOENIX AREA, AND, IN FACT, THE BIL TMORE HOTEL.

AND MR.

McARTHUR WAS FRIENDS WITH FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND HE DESIGNED CHAIRS FOR THE BILTMORE AND THESE LOOK AS THOUGH THEY CAME FROM THE BILTMORE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT PRICE.

>> OKAY.

>> AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CHAIR UP TOP.

NOW, HIS FURNITURE SELLS WORLDWIDE.

IT SELLS ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AT MANY AUCTION HOUSES.

PIECES LIKE, THIS AND EVEN IN THIS CONDITION, AND WE'LL SEE A CRACK IN THE VINYL.

>> MM-HMM.

>> AND THAT WOULD BE OKAY TO RECOVER.

THE VALUE ARE $500 TO $700 RANGE.

THE McARTHUR CHAIRS, DIFFERENT STORY WITH THESE.

THERE'S A LOT OF LOCAL INTEREST IN THESE.

YOU WOULDN'T THINK SO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SEAT AND WE DON'T HAVE A BACK.

CHAIRS LIKE THIS REALISTICALLY WOULD BE VALUED IN THE $1,000 TO $2,000 FOR THE PAIR.

>> OKAY.

>> AND WE TALKED JUST BRIEFLY EARLIER AND YOU WERE QUESTIONING WHETHER YOU SHOULD RECOVER THEM.

>> MM-HMM.

>> OR HAVE SEATS AND A BACK MADE FOR THIS.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP THEM, OH, ABSOLUTELY!

>> YEAH.

>> I WOULD DO THAT.

AND I WOULD SPEND THE MONEY.

I WOULD INVEST THE MONEY.

AND IT WILL COST YOU ANYWHERE FROM PROBABLY $500 TO $1,200 TO HAVE THE UPHOLSTERY MADE PROPERLY FOR THESE.

ARE YOU CONSIDERING SELLING THEM?

>> I'M NOT OVERLY ATTACHED THEM.

I DO LOVE THEM.

THEY ARE VERY COMFORTABLE.

EVEN WITH SLIGHT CUSHIONS PUT ON THEM, THEY ARE EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE AND ONE CAN ALWAYS USE PATIO FURNITURE IN ARIZONA.

>> OH, YEAH.

WE HAVE MANY PATIOS.

>> WELL, SERENA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.

>> I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR ADVICE.

IT'S BEEN AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

ARE.

>> HI, AMY.

>> HELLO.

>> HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

>> I'M GOOD.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> YOU CAME OVER WITH YOUR LITTLE BLUE BOXES AND YOU OPENED THEM UP AND RIGHT AWAY I KNEW WHAT THEY WERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS TOO.

>> MM-HMM.

>> SO TELL ME WHAT WE HAVE.

>> THEY ARE TWO BRACELET'S FROM TIFFANY AND A NECKLACE AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE 1960s.

>> MM-HMM.

>> THAT MY MOTHER BOUGHT THEM AS A GIFT FOR MY FATHER.

>> AND YOU NEVER HAD THEM LOOKED AT BEFORE?

>> NO.

>> WELL, THESE ARE, INDEED, TIFFANY'S FROM THE '60s OR '70s.

THEY ARE QUITE NICE TIFFANY'S.

THEY ARE IN THE STYLE OF JEAN SCHLOMBERGET.

HE WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DESIGNER OF TIFFANY'S IN THE LAST CENTURY.

THEY HAVE GREAT DESIGNERS AND SEVERAL REALLY PROMINENT DESIGNERS.

HE'S THE PREEMINENT DESIGNER AND HIS INFLUENCE WAS MONUMENTAL.

>> NOW, IS HE STILL ALIVE.

>> NO, HE'S PASSED AWAY.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

>> THEY HAVE SEVERAL GREAT DESIGNERS.

WE TALKED ABOUT PICASSO AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT ARE STILL PRODUCING, AND TIFFANY -- THE ONE THING THAT TIFFANY HAS DONE IS PICKED REALLY GOOD DESIGNERS TO REPRESENT THEIR STORE.

>> AND THE SAPPHIRES, DOES IT MATTER WHERE THEY COME FROM?

>> YES, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SAPPHIRES AND RUBIES, DEPENDING WHERE THEY COME FROM, AFFECTS THEIR VALUE SIGNIFICANTLY.

THESE ARE PROBABLY FROM SRI LANKA OR THE ISLAND OF SOLANE AND THAT YOU HAVE TWO BRACELETS AND A NECKLACE TO GO WITH IT.

AND THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PIECES AND I'M READILY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THEM IN.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THEIR WORTH?

>> I DON'T.

I DON'T.

I HAVE NEVER HAD THEM APPRAISED.

>> WELL, THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL 18K.

NATURAL SAPPHIRE ACCENTS.

TWO BRACELETS AND A NECKLACE.

EACH OF THE BRACELETS IS WORTH BETWEEN 4,000 AND $5,000.

>> WOW!

>> AND THE NECKLACE IS ABOUT $8,000.

AS A USED PIECE AT AN AUCTION.

>> OKAY.

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AUCTION VALUES AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST REALISTIC MARKET TO FIND A COMPARABLE FOR THIS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS FOR BRINGING THEM IN AND WHAT A TREASURE.

>> THANK YOU.

I LOVE THEM!

♪ >> MOST OF US DREAM OF FINDING TREASURE.

WELL, ONE ARIZONA MAN DID.

AND AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE, HE'S STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE SCOPE AND THE VALUE OF WHAT HE'S FOUND!

>> WE HAVE GOT KIND OF AN INTERESTING TREASURE CHEST HERE, DON'T WE?

>> YES, WE DO.

>> LET'S OPEN THE LID AND TAKE -- AND BEGIN TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT YOU FOUND.

NOW, BEFORE WE START REMOVING SOME OF THESE, TELL ME WHOSE TRUNK THIS IS.

>> THIS IS MY GRANDFATHER DONALD ALBERT HALL'S TRUNK.

THIS WAS HIS WORLD WAR I ERA STEAMER TRUNK THAT I DISCOVERED IN 1999.

>> AND IT WAS DISCOVERED WHERE?

>> IN SEDONA, ARIZONA?

>> A FAMILY HOME?

>> IT WAS IN OUR FAMILY HOME.

I WAS TAKING CARE OF MY FATHER AND IT WAS IN THE GARAGE.

>> IT WAS SITTING OUT IN THE GARAGE.

>> IT WAS SITTING IN THE GARAGE UNDERNEATH SOME BOXES.

>> OKAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR GRANDFATHER IN RELATIONSHIP TO ANOTHER FAIRLY HISTORIC FIGURE.

>> YES.

>> BUT WHY DON'T WE START OUT WITH A MENU.

IF YOU PLACE THAT UP HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET A QUICK IDEA OF WHO OUR HISTORIC FIGURE IS, AND IT'S... CHARLES LINDBERGH.

WHAT A NEAT THING!

PROBABLY NO GREATER AMERICAN IN THAT TIME PERIOD, FAMOUS NOT ONLY FOR CROSSING THE ATLANTIC AND LATER THE TRAGEDIES THAT ENTERED INTO HIS LIFE.

WHAT I FOUND REALLY VERY INTERESTING WAS THIS DOCUMENT FROM THE SPIRIT OF St.

LOUIS AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE -- SOME OF THE OTHER MATERIALS THAT YOU HAD, BUT WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT IS DOWN HERE IS THE RECOGNITION THAT DONALD HALL, YOUR GRANDFATHER, WAS THE CHIEF ENGINEER AT RYAN AIRLINES THAT BUILT THE SPIRIT OF St.

LOUIS.

>> CORRECT.

>> AND SO THERE'S THIS CORRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR GRANDFATHER AND CHARLES LINDBERGH AS WE ARE GOING TO SEE IN SOME OTHER INSTANCES HERE.

WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS THE -- IS THE LINDBERGH BOOK THAT YOU HAVE, HIS ICONIC BOOK "WE."

AND THIS IS JUST LOVELY, BECAUSE OF THE WORK -- I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A NUMBERED EDITION.

IT'S PERSONALIZED TO YOUR GRANDFATHER.

AND A GREAT SIGNATURE OF LINDBERGH.

IN ADDITION TO "WE," WE ALSO HAD A COPY OF "THE SPIRIT OF St.

LOUIS."

>> YES.

>> ANOTHER OF LINDBERGH'S BOOKS.

AND IN THIS ONE, IT'S EVEN MORE PERSONALIZED TO YOUR GRANDFATHER DONALD HALL, AND THAT IS JUST A STELLAR LINDBERGH SIGNATURE, AND DATED AUGUST 1953.

>> THEY WERE VERY CLOSE.

>> VERY CLEARLY.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT I FOUND VERY INTERESTING, IF YOU WOULD HELP ME WITH THIS.

WE ALSO HAVE THIS PHOTOGRAPH, WHICH IS, FRANKLY, AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF LINDBERGH, ALSO PERSONALIZED, ALSO SIGNED TO YOUR GRANDFATHER BY LINDBERGH.

>> YEAH.

>> THAT WASN'T THE ONLY HISTORIC FIGURE YOUR GRANDFATHER KNEW BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE HIM ON THE SET OF THE "SPIRIT OF St.

LOUIS" WITH JIMMY STEWART.

I MEAN, HE WAS EVERYWHERE!

>> YES.

>> BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND YET THERE WAS ONE PIECE IN THIS TREASURE CHEST THAT FOR ME REALLY SOLIDIFIED HOW CLOSE HE AND LINDBERGH WERE, AND THAT HAS TO BE THIS, WHICH IS A PERSONALIZED DUNNHILL LIGHTER.

DUNNHILL ONE OF THE GREAT JEWELRY MAKERS AND LIGHTER MAKERS IN THE WORLD, AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS VERY CLEARLY YOUR GRANDFATHER'S INITIALS FROM C.A.

LINDBERGH.

>> YES.

>> YOU KNOW WHEN GIFTS ARE GIVEN LIKE THIS THIS ELEVATES THAT RELATIONSHIP TO A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL THAN JUST SIGNING A BOOK.

>> HMM.

>> BECAUSE WE SEE TODAY BOOK SIGNINGS GOING ON AROUND.

THE NUMBERED EDITION INDICATES A GOOD CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.

THIS SOLIDIFIES IT.

>> SOLIDIFIES IT?

REALLY?

WOW.

>> WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION WHEN YOU OPENED IT UP AND BEGAN TO REALIZE WHAT YOU HAD FOUND?

>> LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING IN TERMS OF TREASURE CHESTS.

>> RIGHT.

>> I HAD TO PINCH MYSELF, THINKING, IS THIS REAL?

>> RIGHT.

>> YOU CAN'T QUITE WRITE THAT TYPE OF STORY.

>> WELL, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD SORT OF BEING STUNNED, PARTICULARLY AT THE VOLUME.

>> YES.

>> AT THE VOLUME EWE -- VOLUME OF MATERIAL THAT REALLY CONTAINED THAT.

MADE ME START QUESTIONING WHAT THE HISTORY WAS.

HE SAVED EVERYTHING.

THERE WAS A LETTER THAT LINDBERGH HAD WRITTEN TO GRANDFATHER THAT WAS ASKING WHAT WAS IN THE COLLECTION, WHAT HE HAD LEFT.

GRANDFATHER SAVED IT.

WHY?

THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND FOR THE LAST YEAR.

>> WELL, I MEAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO JUST SAVE EVERYTHING.

I MEAN, THERE REALLY ARE.

>> THAT'S TRUE.

>> BUT IT'S SO ENTICING TO FIND NOT MERELY A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT YOU FOUND AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONALIZED REMEMBRANCES FROM LINDBERGH TO YOUR GRANDFATHER IS JUST STELLAR.

I MEAN, IT'S A WONDERFUL COLLECTION.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD THIS VALUED?

>> NO, NO I HAVEN'T.

>> IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL PIECES HAVE VALUE BUT LOOKING AT IT AS A WHOLE, WITH WHAT YOU AND I HAVE REVIEWED ALREADY -- AND I HAVE TALKED WITH SOME OF MY OTHER APPRAISERS WHO ARE SPECIALISTS IN OTHER AREAS, WE FEEL LIKE THE COLLECTION WERE BEING LOOKED AT -- YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOU ARE PLANNING TO SELL IT, BUT IF YOU DID, YOU LOOK AT IT COMING ON THE MARKET IN SOMEWHERE IN THE $18,000 TO $22,000 RANGE.

>> WOW.

>> REVIEWING OTHER LETTERS, OTHER DOCUMENTS, THAT CAN ENHANCE IT.

BUT THE INDIVIDUAL PRICES ARE NOT WORTH WHAT THE COLLECTION IS.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND I WOULD THINK FROM AN HISTORIC STANDPOINT, THERE MAY BE ANY NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN ACQUIRING THIS.

>> RIGHT?

BUT IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY STELLAR TIME.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD COME TO ARIZONA AND FIND A PIRATE'S TREASURE CHEST.

>> NO.

NEITHER DID I.

>> I'M REALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS IN TODAY.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

♪ ♪ >> WELL, RICK, IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU TODAY HERE AT "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES."

>> IT'S NICE TO BE HERE.

>> NOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS A DOLL BUT WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THIS DOLL.

>> WELL, THE STORY WE HAVE, IT'S BEEN IN OUR FAMILY FOR ABOUT 35 YEARS.

MY MOTHER GOT IT FROM A WOMAN IN LAMIDA, CALIFORNIA, WHO WAS A SURVIVOR FROM A CONCENTRATION CAMP, WHICH WAS A DEATH CAMP.

>> IN GERMANY.

>> YES.

AND MY MOTHER COLLECTED DOLLS.

SHE GAVE HER TO ME A FEW YEARS BACK.

>> DO WE KNOW IF SOMEBODY -- IF THIS WOMAN AT THE CAMP MADE THIS DOLL.

>> IT WAS MADE AT THE CAMP AS WOMEN'S CLOTHING.

>> WOW!

>> AND THE RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE SEEN A FEW DOLLS ONLINE, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE MADE OUT OF PRISONER'S CLOTHES, AS FAR AS THEIR ACTUAL UNIFORMS.

>> YEAH.

IT EVEN LOOKS LIKE THE HEAD MAY BE MADE OF NYLONS, OF LADY'S NYLONS OR SOMETHING.

I DO READ A LOT ABOUT THAT TIME OF HISTORY IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

>> YEAH.

>> AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD HAVE BROUGHT MUCH JOY TO A CHILD THERE, IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ANYTHING TO BE JOYFUL ABOUT.

>> EXACTLY.

>> AND IT'S -- IT'S REALLY QUITE PRECIOUS.

>> YEAH.

>> AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU BROUGHT HER IN.

AND I'M SURE THEY WILL STAY IN YOUR FAMILY?

>> WELL, WE ARE GOING TO -- WE HAVE SEEN AN APPRAISER.

WE WILL CONTACT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND WE WILL PUT IT ON LOAN.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF VALUE ON THIS?

>> NO, WE DON'T.

I JUST CAN'T EVEN ASSOCIATE MONEY WITH IT.

>> YEAH.

THAT'S VERY TRUE.

>> I CON SELL IT OR -- YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SPEND THE MONEY.

>> WELL, RICK, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TODAY.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> IT'S REALLY A VERY SPECIAL ITEM.

>> YES, IT IS.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

>> DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES"?

JUST GO TO AZPBS.ORG/AZCOLLECTIBLES.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT TO US TODAY.

TELL ME, HOW DID THIS COME INTO YOUR FAMILY.

>> WELL, THIS BELONGED TO MY HUSBAND'S GRANDFATHER WHO WAS ACTIVE IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS.

I THINK HE WAS A DELEGATE TO THE 1932 CONVENTION.

THIS IS '36.

>> WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT IT, IT WAS -- THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGER EDITIONS.

THERE WERE SMALL EDITIONS OF ALL OF THESE THINGS FOR ALL THE DELEGATES.

THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION.

IT WAS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO ONLY SUPPORTERS.

NOW, REMEMBER THE DEPRESSION THAT CAME, ROOSEVELT IS IN THIS GREAT EXPANSION OF TRYING ANYTHING HE CAN DO TO STOP THE TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF DEPRESSION, AND OF PEOPLE WHO SUPPORTED HIM WERE JUST FULL OF GREAT HOPE AND SOME DREAMS.

AND 1936 WAS THE CRUCIAL TURNING POINT.

NOW, WHAT IS INTERESTING TOO ABOUT THIS BOOK, IS THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW THAT WE KNOW THAT HE ACTUALLY SIGNED.

WITHOUT THIS SIGNATURE, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.

BUT THIS IS SIGNED AS NUMBER 171, BUT THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL ROOSEVELT SIGNATURE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE GUIDE FOR SIGNATURES AND YOU PUT IT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AND EXAMINE IT CAREFULLY, THIS IS ALL CHEMICALLY SEALED.

NOW WHEN THERE'S A NUMBER WITH THE BOOK WITHOUT THE SPECIAL PAGE, THAT SHOWS THE SIGNATURE OF F.D.R., THEY'RE $150, $200, BUT THIS IS SIGNED BY HIM ON THIS SPECIAL PAPER.

THERE AREN'T MANY COPIES OUT THERE AND WE PLACE A VALUE ON THIS BOOK WITH THE FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT SIGNATURE AT $1,800.

>> THAT'S VERY NICE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING IT IN.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MR.

BURNS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND BRINGING THIS BEAUTIFUL RUG.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE IT HERE.

MAYBE YOU COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FAMILY HISTORY AND HOW THE RUG ENDED UP HERE IN ARIZONA.

>> MY WIFE'S PARENTS WERE GERMANY.

THEY LIVED IN BERLIN.

AND DURING THE EARLY DEPRESSION YEARS, FOR FINANCIAL REASONS, THEY WENT DOWN TO PERSIA TO GET WORK.

WHILE HE WAS THERE, HE EXPENDED A LOT OF HIS INCOME BUYING PERSIAN RUGS.

AMONG THEM THIS ONE.

AND ABOUT 1937, HE WANTED HIS WIFE TO COME TO PERSIA, WHICH SHE DID.

AND AT THAT TIME, HE GAVE HER THIS PARTICULAR RUG.

>> YES.

>> IT WAS SPECIAL FOR OUR FAMILY, FOR SURE.

>> WELL, IT IS A VERY FINE RUG AND EXQUISITE CONDITION.

I KNOW YOU HAD SAID YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS A PERSIAN RUG, AND TECHNICALLY, WE COULD CALL IT A PERSIAN RUG AND THESE ARE OFTEN REFERRED TO AS PERSIAN, BUT THIS PIECE WAS MADE RIGHT UP ALONG THE BORDER OF NORTHERN PERSIAN OR PRESENT DAY IRAN AND THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF TURKMENISTAN.

THEY ARE REFERRED AS TO TURKEMAN DRUGS, FROM SOUTHERN TURKMENISTAN AND NORTHERN IRAN.

AND AMONG THAT GROUP, THERE WERE MANY TRIBES.

AND EACH TRIBE HAD A DISTINCTIVE DESIGN, AND THESE REPEATING MOTIFS, THESE KIND OF OCTAGONAL MOTIFS THAT YOU SEE HERE.

WE CALL THESE GULS, G-U-L, THAT'S THE FARSI WORD FOR FLOWER.

SOME ARE MORE ROUND AND SOME MORE SQUISHED AND PIECES SUCH AS THIS HAVE THE LINES CONNECTING THEM.

SO THE TRIBAL GROUP THAT MADE THIS IS THE LARGEST OF THE TURKMEN GROUPS, THE TEKE.

THEY ARE SOMEWHAT TRIBAL IN FIELD AND GEOMETRIC NATURE MAKE THEM WORK VERY WELL.

WHAT WE DON'T SEE VERY OFTEN IS PIECES OF THIS VINTAGE IN THIS CONDITION.

IT MUST HAVE HARDLY BEEN WALKED ON.

THE WOOL IS EXTREMELY FINE AND IT'S DEVELOPED IT BEAUTIFUL SHEEN, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THESE INDIGO COLORS.

IT JUST GLISTENS IN THE LIGHT.

I LOVE THAT.

AND THEN UNUSUAL TO THIS PERIOD IS TO HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL COLORS IN THE GUL, NOT JUST THE ORANGE AND THE DARK INDIGO AND IVORY, BUT HERE THERE'S THIS PURPLY, LIGHT PURPLY COLOR THAT GOES AROUND THE EDGE OF EACH OF THESE GULS AND THEN OPPOSING ON THE CORNER OF THE INNER PORTION.

REALLY, A MAGNIFICENT PIECE AND EXCELLENT CONDITION.

IT'S NOT ANTIQUE, BUT IT'S A NICE, OLD PIECE AND VERY GOOD CONDITION.

MOST OF THESE THAT WE SEE ARE WORTH $200 OR $300 AT THE MOST, BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY WORN, AND THIS ONE, I THINK, IF YOU WERE GOING TO INSURE, IT YOU SHOULD INSURE IT FOR SOMEWHERE $1,200 TO $1,500, BECAUSE IT IS THAT GOOD OF CONDITION, AND IT'S GOT A WONDERFUL STORY.

>> I HAD NO IDEA BECAUSE WE ALWAYS WONDERED -- WE ALWAYS CALLED IT A PERSIAN RUG AND NOW WE KNOW WHAT TO CALL IT.

>> A TEKE TURKEMAN TOKARA.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M BETH McDONALD.

DON'T MISS A SHOW BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WE'LL DISCOVER ON "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES."

>> ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY: >> I'M DAVID GOLDSTEIN, OWNER OF BILTMORE LOAN AND JEWELRY.

WE BUY OR LOAN ON UPSCALE ASSETS.

WE HAVE OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DETERMINING VALUES OF AUTOMOBILES, JEWELRY, ART, COLLECTIBLES, AND ANTIQUES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND APPOINTMENTS BILTMORELOAN.COM.

>> ENGLISH ROSE TEA ROOM IN CAREFREE SERVING AFTERNOON TEA AND TRADITIONAL BRITISH FARE IN A VICTORIAN TEA ROOM ATMOSPHERE.

OPEN FOR LUNCH AND AFTERNOON TEA SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

INFORMATION AT 480-488-4812.

CAREFREETEA.COM.

>> AND BY: >> THE FRIENDS OF ARIZONA PBS.

MEMBERS OF ARIZONA PBS WHO GIVE ADDITIONAL GIFTS TO SUPPORT ORIGINAL PROGRAMS.

THANK YOU!

♪♪