>> AND NOW AN ARIZONA PBS ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.

>> COMING UP ON "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES": >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH A WOMAN'S PURSE?

>> SHE PUT THIS ON HER ONE DOLLAR TABLE.

NOBODY WOULD BUY IT.

♪♪ >> "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY: >> ENGLISH ROSE TEA ROOM IN CAREFREE SERVING AFTERNOON TEA AND TRADITIONAL BRITISH FARE IN A VICTORIAN TEA ROOM ATMOSPHERE.

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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 OUR HOME.

NOW, ONE OF OUR APPRAISERS DISCOVERED AND AUTHENTICATED A CHARLES RUSSELL PAINTING THAT RECENTLY SOLD AT AUCTION FOR MORE THAN $900,000.

HAVE WE FOUND ANOTHER MASTER PIECE TODAY?

>> I'M SO HAPPY THAT YOU CAME TO "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES" TODAY AND BROUGHT US KIND OF A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE PAINTING.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT IT?

>> WELL, I CAN'T TELL YOU MUCH ABOUT IT.

I HAVE BOUGHT IT AT AUCTION JUST RECENTLY BUT I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

I HAD NO IDEA WHO THE GENTLEMEN WAS WHEN I BOUGHT IT, BUT THE AUCTIONEER MANAGED TO TELL ME, YOU DID SOMETHING VERY GOOD.

THIS GENTLEMEN IS A VERY FAMOUS ARTIST AND YOU HAVE A REALLY NICE PIECE THERE AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I KNOW.

>> THE ARTIST'S NAME WAS GOONER WIDFORS.

HE WAS BORN IN 1879 AND HE STUDIED ART IN SWEDEN AND THEN WENT TO St.

PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, AND STUDIED ART IN RUSSIA, AND THEN HE KIND OF BECAME A BOHEMIAN AND WENT ALL OVER EUROPE IN HIS TRAVELS.

WORLD WAR I CAME ALONG AND IT KIND OF PUT THE KIBOSH ON HIS TRAVELS AND SO HE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES.

AND GOOD FOR US, ISN'T IT?

>> YES.

>> SO HE TRAVELED MOSTLY TO CALIFORNIA, BUT HE ENDED UP IN ARIZONA.

SO HE WAS A WONDERFUL PAINTER, MOSTLY WATER COLORS AND HE DID A LOT OF PAINTING IN ARIZONA.

HE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE GRAND CANYON, THE FIRST TIME HE SAW IT.

SO FOR LAST 15 YEARS OF HIS LIFE OR SO HE SPENT PAINTING THE GRAND CANYON.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S SLIGHTLY FADED.

NOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE WATER COLOR, WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THE SUN, IT WILL FADE IT OUT.

I ALWAYS RECOMMEND TO PEOPLE WOULD ARE DISPLAYING WATER COLORS, MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO DIRECT SUN LIGHT HITTING THE PIECE.

IF THERE IS, IT'S GOING TOEN UP FADED.

-- TO END UP FADED AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO RESTORE IT, EXCEPT GO IN AND OVER PAINT IT, WHICH YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT'S WORTH?

>> NO, BUT WHEN THE AUCTIONEER SAID THAT YOU'VE GOT, IT HE SAID BY THE WAY, YOU MAY HAVE JUST TAKEN CARE OF YOUR NEXT MORTGAGE PAYMENT NEXT MONTH AND I SAID, WELL, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT.

>> HIS WORLD RECORD IS $121,000.

OF COURSE, THAT WAS FOR A MAJOR, MAJOR, WATER COLOR OF THE GRAND CANYON.

PRICES ON THIS HAVE GONE DOWN SINCE 2010, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PIECE OF ART.

HOWEVER, I WOULD THINK AT AUCTION, I WOULD PUT $2,500 TO $3,500 ON THIS PIECE, AND, AGAIN I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING IT TO "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES."

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING IN THAT'S REALLY QUITE INTERESTING.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT IT.

>> WELL, THIS ALBERT POTTER MINUTE REPEATER, MY FATHER PURCHASED IT FROM A LADY FROM SUN CITY FOR $450.

>>> 450.

>> WHEN THEY GOT IT, IT WAS NOT CHIMING.

AND THEY DISCOVERED SOMEONE PUT A TOOTHPICK IN TO STOP IT FROM CHIMING.

>> I GUESS A STICK IN THE GEARS.

>> RIGHT.

THEY TOOK IT OUT AND STARTED TO WORK.

THEN IN THE '80s, THEY TOOK IT TO A JEWELER IN SCOTTSDALE AND THERE WAS AN AUCTION HOUSE FROM EUROPE AND THEY OFFERED BY FATHER $55,000, AND MY FATHER DIDN'T SELL IT.

FROM THEN WE FOUND OUT POSSIBLY IT WAS NEVER WORTH THAT MUCH.

THE STORY WAS IN THE LADY TOLD MY FATHER THAT IT WAS ONE OF FIVE THAT ALBERT POTTER MADE IN NEW YORK BEFORE HE MOVED TO SWITZERLAND AND THAT'S WHAT IT MADE IT RARE, HOWEVER, THE SERIAL NUMBERS ARE NOT REFLECTING THAT.

THAT'S WHERE I'M AT.

>> THAT'S REAL GOOD RESEARCH.

ELMER POTTER GREW UP IN ALBANY NEW YORK AND MOVED TO SWITZERLAND AND MOST OF HIS IMPORTANT WORK WAS DONE IN SWITZERLAND.

HE WAS A MASTER WATCHMAKER.

HE WAS A VERY WELL KNOWN WATCHMAKER AND DID REALLY GOOD QUALITY WORK.

THIS IS A MINUTE REPEATER, MEANING THAT WHAT IT DOES, YOU PUSH A LITTLE BUTTON AND IN THE DARK, IT WILL CHIME THE HOUR, AND THEN THE QUARTER HOUR, AND THEN THE MINUTE AFTER THE QUARTER HOUR.

SO YOU CAN TELL THE EXACT TIME DOWN TO THE MINUTE WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE WATCH.

>> OKAY.

>> IT'S ALSO A CHRONOGRAPH WHICH IS ALSO A STOP WATCH.

IT WAS MADE ABOUT 1880, APPROXIMATELY, AND IT IS IN WORKING CONDITION, BUT WE TRIED IT EARLIER, WHAT HAPPENED?

>> IT WASN'T WORKING AND I SAID IT SHOULD BE WORKING BECAUSE IT WAS WORKING IN THE SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX.

>> THIS WATCH, PROBABLY HAVE 100 DIFFERENT PARTS TO IT AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT VISCOSITY TYPE OF OILS FOR THE WATCH.

AND THOSE OILS OVER TIME DRY OUT AND CONGEAL AND BECOME KIND OF LIKE GUMMY OR JELLIFIED AND THAT STOPS THE WATCH FROM WORKING AND KIND OF GUMS UP THE GEARS A BIT.

SO MECHANICAL WATCHES REGULARLY NEED TO BE CLEANED AND REOILED, LIKE A CAR NEEDS OILED PERIODICALLY.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY ALL THAT'S HAPPENED.

>> OKAY.

>> AND AS WE WERE SETTING IT UP, THE WATCH STARTED CHIMING ON ITS OWN AFTER WE TRIED TO AND COULDN'T GET IT GOING.

[ CHIMES ] DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT'S WORTH?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

IT'S -- I'M NOT SURE.

SOMEONE SAID $10,000.

>> MY RESEARCH INDICATES THAT IT NEVER WAS CLOSE TO $50,000, BUT IT'S CLOSE TO $15,000 TO $20,000 WATCH.

IT'S A GOOD MINUTE REPEATER, CHRONOGRAPH AND 18 KARAT GOLD AND BY AN IMPORTANT WATCHMAKER.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT IN AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE MECHANICAL WATCHES, KEEP IN MIND YOU HAVE TO GET THEM MAINTAINED REGULARLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THING THAN I HAVE SEEN FEATURED ON THE SHOW, ACTUALLY BEFORE, A FRENCH ARTIST.

FRANCOIS LeDAN.

HE REALLY WANTED TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S.

FOR A LONG TIME.

IN '72 HE GOT HIS CHANCE TO DO THAT.

SO HE WENT TO SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, WENT TO A UNIVERSITY THERE AND BY '73, HE HAD EARNED HIS FOURTH DEGREE.

BUT HE WAS A LITTLE BIT SNEAKY, BECAUSE HE LONGED TO BE AN ARTIST.

HE DID QUITE A BIT OF PAINTING WHILE STILL IN FRANCE, STREET SCENES, THINGS LIKE THAT, JUST FUN THINGS BUT HE ALSO SHOWED HIS PAINTINGS TO A GALLERY OWNER WHO AGREED TO PUT ON HIS FIRST ONE-MAN EXHIBITION.

>> IN SACRAMENTO?

>> YES, IN SACRAMENTO.

>> OKAY.

>> SO IT KIND OF WENT FROM THERE.

AND THESE WONDERFUL INTERIOR, BEAUTIFULLY COLORED SCENES ARE WHAT HE'S BEST KNOWN FOR.

>> MM-HMM.

>> AND THIS IS SO WONDERFUL BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON HERE.

IT'S BEAUTIFULLY HARMONIOUS, ALL TOGETHER.

IT KIND OF BRINGS ART AND ARCHITECTURE TOGETHER.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S KIND OF A TENSION TO THE PIECE.

YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS WONDERING WHO IS GOING TO WALK THROUGH THE DOORWAYS.

THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT HIS ART.

>> I PURCHASED THE PAINTING FOR $3,200.

>> MM-HMM.

>> IN 1994.

SO I REALLY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF WHAT THE VALUE IS TODAY.

>> IF IT WERE TO BE PUT INTO AN AUCTION, ACTUALLY THE VALUE WILL NOT BE THAT MUCH DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE HIS CURRENT WORK OUT THERE COMPETING WITH THAT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> I WOULD PUT BETWEEN $3,500 AND $4,500 AS AN ESTIMATE IT WOULD COME UP NOW.

>> GREAT.

>> AND, REMEMBER, THAT AFTER 2008, EVERYTHING TOOK -- >> YEAH.

>> THAT RECESSION.

THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS IS HIS WORK HAS RETAINED ITS VALUE AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO KEEP GOING, AND SO YOU -- YOU KNOW -- >> WELL, IT HANGS ON LIVING ROOM WALL.

IT WON'T GO ANY PLACE ELSE.

>> THAT'S A GOOD PLACE FOR IT.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PIECE.

>> THE DECORATIVE VASES, JUGS AND GLASSWARE HERE IN OUR STUDIO ARE QUITE BEAUTIFUL, BUT ARE THEY VALUABLE?

THE MARKINGS OFTEN TELL THE STORY.

>> IT WAS INHERITED.

MY PARENTS WERE LONG-TIME ANTIQUES DEALERS AND SWAP METERS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA.

MY FATHER COLLECTED ALL SORTS OF UNUSUAL ITEMS.

HE PASSED AWAY IN '96.

THIS WAS IN A BOX FULL OF STUFF THAT MY MOTHER TOOK ONE DAY TO THE VENICE BEACH SWAP MEET.

SHE PUT THIS ON HER $1 TABLE AND NOBODY WOULD BUY IT.

I GUESS THERE WERE TOO MANY SURFERS THINKING ABOUT OTHER THINGS THAN THIS.

SO IT EVENTUALLY CAME TO ME AND I RECOGNIZED IT WAS WORTH MORE THAN $1.

>> YES, IT IS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING IT IN HERE TODAY.

THIS IS A FANTASTIC PIECE.

THIS IS A PIECE BY TIFFANY STUDIOS WHICH WAS CREATED BY LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY.

IT HAS AN IMPRESSION MARK ON THE BACK.

WHEN WE TURN IT AROUND, YOU CAN SEE THAT MARK AND A PATTERN NUMBER WHICH INDICATES THE YEAR IT WAS MADE, AS WELL AS THE STYLE OF THE LOW BOWL.

TIFFANY WAS WELL-KNOWN FOR THESE BRONZE PLATES AND LOW BOWLS AND A SERIES OF STAINED AND LEADED GLASS LAMPS.

THIS IS A SIMPLIFIED DESIGN.

IT WAS MADE AROUND 1920s AND THE STUDIOS CLOSED IN 1932.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THIS BOWL MIGHT BE WORTH THIS.

>> MORE THAN $1 AND THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

>> THAT'S CERTAINLY TRUE.

I WOULD SAY A RETAIL ASKING PRICE FOR THIS BOWL COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN $400 TO $600.

>> MY GOODNESS!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> HEIDI, YOU HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH, I UNDERSTAND, ON THIS PIECE?

>> YES.

>> SO COULD YOU TELL US JUST WHAT THIS IS?

AND HOW DOES IT WORK?

>> SO WHEN WE FIRST ACQUIRED, IT WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT IT WAS.

WE JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

SO WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT, THE THING I COULD THINK OF WAS A CHALK LINE, LIKE A CARPENTER'S CHALK LINE BECAUSE MY HUSBAND AND I DO SOME HANDIWORK.

WE STARTED SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OLD BOOKS ON ANCIENT CHINESE ARCHITECTURE.

FROM WHAT I FOUND, IT'S CALLED A MODOU, AND THEY PUT INK IN THERE AND THEN PULLS THE STRING THROUGH THE INK AND THEN I ASSUME SNAPPED THE LINE, LIKE WE DO WITH THE CHALK LINES.

>> OKAY.

SO THE STRING JUST COMES OUT OF THE MOUTH.

>> YEAH.

>> JUST LIKE THIS.

>> YEP.

AND IT WOULD GO ACROSS THE PIECE OF WOOD AND THEN DOINK AND IT LEAVES THE LINE.

>> PERFECT!

>> AND WHERE DID YOU ACQUIRE THIS SUBJECT.

>> AT A THRIFT STORE.

>> DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU PAID FOR IT?

>> PROBABLY NOT MORE THAN $20.

>> WELL, PART OF THE REASON THAT YOU MAYBE DIDN'T FIND AS MUCH INFORMATION AS COULD YOU HAVE, IT'S PROBABLY MORE THAN COMMONLY KNOWN IN ITS JAPANESE FORM AS A SUMI SUBO.

I HAVE THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A CHINESE EXAMPLE, THOUGH.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'S PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE FORM AND THE MOTIF.

>> OKAY.

IT'S GOT THIS DRAGON HEAD ON THE FRONT OF IT, AND IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A BOAT TO ME.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

FROM WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO FIND ONLINE, IS THE MORE ADVANCED CARPENTERS WOULD MAKE THEIR TOOLS MORE FANCY.

>> WELL, THE NICE THING ABOUT THE CHINESE AND THE JAPANESE CULTURES IS THAT THEY EVEN MAKE THEIR TOOLS INTERESTING AND ARTISTIC.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> YOU DON'T WALK DOWN THROUGH A HARDWARE STORE AND LOOK AT A POWER TOOL AND SAY THAT'S ARTISTICALLY MADE.

BUT WITH THE CHINESE AND THE JAPANESE, EVERYTHING IS ART.

AND EVERYTHING HAS SOME SYMBOLISM ATTACHED TO IT.

THE SYMBOL ON THE SIDE IS AN ANCIENT SYMBOL FROM INDIA, A SWASTIKA WHICH IS A SANSKRIT WORD.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY AN AUSPICIOUS SYMBOL FOR WELL BEING.

>> MM-HMM.

>> THAT WAS UNFORTUNATELY MISUSED IN THE 20th CENTURY.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> WELL, THE JAPANESE SUMI SUBO,U.

FIND QUITE A FEW OF THEM ONLINE.

AND THEY PROBABLY SELL FOR ABOUT $100 A PIECE.

THIS IS AN UNUSUAL AND LARGE EXAMPLE, SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF IT -- IF IT COULD SELL FOR EVEN UPWARDS OF ABOUT $250.

>> OH, VERY COOL!

THAT'S GREAT.

>> NOT A BAD BUY.

>> NOT BAD AT ALL.

>> AND A LOT OF FUN TO RESEARCH.

YES, MUCH FUN TO RESEARCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT IN.

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

>> THANK YOU.

>> AND YOU BROUGHT IN SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO PHOENIX, AND ARIZONA HISTORY.

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THESE BEAUTIFUL OUTFITS?

>> MY MOTHER-IN-LAW MADE THEM.

THIS IS THE ONE THAT SHE MADE FOR THE 1954 STATE FAIR.

AND THIS WAS THE FIRST PLACE WINNER.

IT HAD -- THIS PARTICULAR DRESS HAS BELLS ON IT.

>> LITTLE COW BELLS.

>> AND THE SKIRT ITSELF HAD COW BELLS ALL AROUND IT.

>> OH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

>> NOW THIS ONE SHE MADE FOR MY SISTER-IN-LAW WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.

>> VERY SMALL SISTER-IN-LAW.

>> OH, SHE'S TINY.

STILL IS.

THESE ARE ALL HAND PLEATED.

>> WELL, ELLEN, THIS HE -- THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND YOU HAVE A TALENTED MOTHER-IN-LAW.

WE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM IN TODAY.

>> WELL, THANK YOU, BETH.

>> DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES GO TO AZPBS.ORG/ARIZONACOLLECTIBLES.

YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH US ON TWITTER, FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM #AZCOLLECTIBLES.

>> WHAT DID YOU BRING IN FOR US?

>> A VASE.

>> AND DID YOU INHERIT IT?

>> MY MOTHER GAVE IT TO ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO BUT IT WAS HER MOTHER'S.

OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

>> EVERYONE KNOWS THE MANUFACTURER IS ROYAL DALTON AND THIS IS A VERY EARLY PIECE OF ROYAL DALTON AND DALTON COMES FROM JOHN DALTON.

HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE COMPANY AND DALTON LAMBEST STARTED BACK IN 1815 AND THEY DID TABLEWARE AND DECORATIVE ARTS AS WELL.

IT'S A DECORATIVE PIECE AND IT'S A CUTE LITTLE VASE.

THAT'S WHY I LIKE IT SO MUCH.

THE COLORATIONS ARE VIBRANT AND IT'S IN REALLY, REALLY GOOD CONDITION.

ANY IDEA HOW OLD THIS PIECE IS?

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> IF YOU MANY TO GUESS, WHAT WOULD YOU GUESS?

>> 1900s.

>> 1900s.

YOU ARE KIND OF CLOSE.

IT WAS ACTUALLY MADE IN 1883.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETIMES SOMEONE HAS KEPT SOME FLOWERS IN IT AND PERHAPS SOME WATER.

IT JUST SHOWS SOME RESIDUE OF SIGNS OF HAVING WATER IN IT.

THE EXTERIOR OF THE PIECE IS REALLY, REALLY NICE.

THE CERAMIC MARKET IS NOT AS STRONG AS IT USED TO BE.

OKAY, IT WAS VERY, VERY HOT IN THE 1980s AND 1990s AND THEN AROUND 2000, THE PRICES STARTED TO FALL AND THEY HAVE FALLEN PRETTY HARD.

SO NOWADAYS YOU HAVE A LARGE SEPARATION OF VERY COMMON ROYAL DALTON OR DALTON LAMBEST PIECES AND YOU HAVE THE MORE RARE, UNUSUAL, UNIQUE PIECES AND YOU HAPPENED TO BRING IN THE 5% OF PIECES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ESTIMATE OF VALUE OF WHAT IT COULD BE POTENTIALLY WORTH?

>> I HAVE ZERO IDEA OF WHAT IT'S WORTH.

>> I WOULD SET THIS PIECE ON A HIGHER RANGE AND PUT $1,200 TO $1,500 ON YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT.

NOT EVERYONE IS GETTING $1,500 VASES ON BIRTHDAY.

IT'S FANTASTIC THAT IT WAS GIFTED TO YOU FROM YOUR MOTHER.

IT'S VERY COOL TO SEE THAT.

♪ >> WELL, LAURIE, IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU STOP BY AND HAVE A CHANCE TO TO CHAT WITH YOU.

YOUR SPECIALTY IS ASIAN ART OR ASIAN ITEMS?

>> YES.

IT'S MAINLY CHINA -- CHINESE, JAPANESE AND KOREAN, PRIMARILY, BUT I STRETCH WHEN I COME HERE.

>> WHAT -- WHAT'S THE MARKET LIKE FOR THAT RIGHT NOW?

>> THE MARKET IS VERY HOT FOR CHINESE ANTIQUES RIGHT NOW.

AND, IN FACT, MAINLY, I BUY OR CONSIGN CHINESE ANTIQUES HERE IN ARIZONA AND SELL THEM BACK TO THE CHINESE.

I'M TRYING TO EQUAL THE IMBALANCE OF TRADE.

>> THERE HAS BEEN SOME TALK ABOUT THAT.

[ LAUGHTER ] WE WILL SEE HOW THAT MARKET CONTINUES.

>> YES.

>> WHAT IS THE MOST -- IF YOU THINK YOU CAN THINK OF THE MOST UNUSUAL ITEM YOU HAVE SEEN COME THROUGH.

>> ACTUALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS.

THERE WERE SOME -- THERE WAS AN INTERESTING ANCESTOR PORTRAIT.

IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO TALK ABOUT ANCESTOR PORTRAITS.

THIS WAS A WONDERFUL CHINESE ROBE IN A PREVIOUS SEASON.

>> MM-HMM.

>> YESTERDAY I SAW A REALLY WONDERFUL TIBETAN TONKA.

>> WHAT IS A TONKA?

ALL I KNOW IS IT'S A TRUCK FROM MY CHILDHOOD.

>> IT'S SPELLED DIFFERENTLY.

IT'S ACTUALLY A RELIGIOUS PAINTING.

A BUDDHIST RELIGIOUS PAINTING FROM TIBET AND THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO DO.

AND WE EVEN DID A MAN'S CARPENTER'S TOOL.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING.

SO NOT EVERYTHING IS -- >> VERY ECLECTIC.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPE OF THINGS.

I KNOW THIS IS PBS, BUT I HAVE TO ASK YOU.

WHEN I GO INTO LIKE CHINATOWN AND VARIOUS CITIES, A LOT OF EROTIC TYPE OF ASIAN ART.

DO YOU SEE THAT COME THROUGH TOO?

>> I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY SEEN ANY OF THAT COME IN.

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO ACTUALLY FILM SOME, IF IT COMES IN.

>> I'M A FAN OF IT.

[ LAUGHTER ] WELL, IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU HERE, LAURIE AND YOU REALLY DO SUCH A TERRIFIC JOB WITH ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES.

>> THANK YOU.

>> IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU HERE EVERY YEAR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HI, ROB.

THANKS FOR COMING INTO "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES."

AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH A WOMAN'S PURSE?

>> WELL, MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE WHO IS CAMERA SHY.

>> YES.

>> HAS PUT ME IN THIS POSITION.

>> I MET HER.

>> AND BASICALLY, THIS IS A PIECE FROM HER GRANDPARENTS.

>> LET'S POINT THEM OUT FOR EVERYONE.

THEY ARE RIGHT OVER HERE TO THE LEFT.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THE FIRST PERSON IS MARY, HER GRANDMOTHER, AND EUGENE.

>> THAT'S MARY AND EUGENE.

>> YES.

HER GRANDPARENTS.

>> CAN YOU TELL US WHERE THEY ARE?

>> THIS MAY BE A PHOTO FROM WHEN THEY WERE ON THE ANDREA DORY?

>> REALLY?

INTERESTING.

THIS WAS OWNED BY GRANDMOTHER MARY?

>> YES.

AND IT WAS GIVEN TO HER BY EUGENE ON THEIR 25th ANNIVERSARY.

>> IT IS ITALIAN MADE, MADE IN ROME.

THE DECORATION THAT YOU CAN SEE UP HERE, IT'S ALL FLOWERS, AND IT'S RIBBON WORK AND THEY ARE ALL THE SAME BUT THE RIBBON WORK IS PUT ON WITH WHAT IS CALLED ENGINE TURNING.

AND ENGINE TURNING IS A TYPE OF DYE THAT IS USED ON FLAT STERLING SILVER.

IT'S A VERY PAINSTAKING METHOD.

IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, AND THIS IS AN EXQUISITE PIECE.

THE TERM YOU USED TO DESCRIBE THIS IS A METTATAIRE AND IT'S A MINIATURE PURSE.

WE SUSPECT THAT HE, EUGENE, BROUGHT THIS FOR HER IN ROME, AND HAD IT SPECIALLY MADE.

IT'S INSCRIBED.

HAVE YOU EVER CONTEMPLATED VALUE?

>> OH, NOT AT ALL.

NO, IT'S BEEN IN THE FAMILY, AND IT'S JUST BEEN THERE.

>> DOES YOUR WIFE EVER USE THIS?

>> NO.

NO.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING -- >> SHE SHOULD.

>> YES.

>> IT'S A WONDERFUL PIECE, TYPICAL '50s, ENGINE TURNED PIECE AND I WOULD SAY IN THE $2,500 TO $3,500 RANGE.

>> OH,.

>> ROB, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING INTO ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES AND SHARING THIS WITH US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M BETH McDONALD.

DON'T MISS A SHOW BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WE WILL 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.

♪♪ ♪♪