Arizona Collectibles
Arizona Collectibles #412
Season 4 Episode 12 | 24m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Arizona Collectibles explores the past through peoples’ treasures and stories.
This week’s episode of Arizona Collectibles features an exquisite Vogel book, a rare cricket paddle and a book telling the story of its owner, an exclusive American soldier’s letter, an original oil painting, a civil war era chair, and much more. This episode also includes a special segment with host Beth McDonald that features an out of this planet meteorite.
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Arizona Collectibles
Arizona Collectibles #412
Season 4 Episode 12 | 24m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
This week’s episode of Arizona Collectibles features an exquisite Vogel book, a rare cricket paddle and a book telling the story of its owner, an exclusive American soldier’s letter, an original oil painting, a civil war era chair, and much more. This episode also includes a special segment with host Beth McDonald that features an out of this planet meteorite.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> AND NOW AN ARIZONA PBS ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.
>> COMING UP ON "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES."
>> IT'S IRREPLACEABLE.
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER ONE OUT THERE.
>> YOU BROUGHT A PIECE OF WOOD FOR ME TODAY, DID YOU?
>> I DID.
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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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND APPOINTMENTS, BILTMORELOAN.COM.
>> 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 WE HAVE IN OUR HOMES.
SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE STUDIO, THE RUGS, JEWELRY, THE PAINTINGS WERE MADE RIGHT HERE IN THE WEST, BUT OTHER PIECES HAVE TRAVELED A LONG WAY!
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR US?
WELL, WE'RE ABOUT TO GUEST A VERY COOL HISTORY LESSON.
>> TELL ME ABOUT THE ACTUAL OBJECT THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT IN.
>> WELL, THIS IS THE CEILING STAMP THAT WAS USED BY MAJOR GENERAL NATHANAEL GREENE.
>> OKAY.
>> AND YOU USED THAT SEALING WAX AND HE USED IT TO SEAL HIS LETTERS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
>> OKAY.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT HAS COME DOWN LITERALLY FROM HIM THROUGH YOUR FAMILY?
IT'S NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE OF THE FAMILY?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THE MAJOR GENERAL WAS MY FIFTH GREAT UNCLE, AND I ULTIMATELY RECEIVED IT FROM MY GRANDMOTHER.
>> AND WE HAVE ON ONE SIDE THE INITIALS OF THE OWNER.
>> CORRECT.
>> AND ON THE OTHER SIDE, I WILL SEE IF I CAN GET THIS DONE EASILY, WE HAVE THE FAMILY CREST OR EMBLEM.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND IN THE BOOK THAT YOU HAVE, IT SHOWS THE IMPRINT OF THAT EMBLEM.
>> MM-HMM.
>> THESE ARE INTERESTING OBJECTS BECAUSE WE DON'T USUALLY USE WAX TO SEAL LETTERS ANYMORE.
WHAT IS INTERESTING IS THE ROLE THAT NATHANAEL GREENE OCCUPIED.
THIS IS THE QUIZ PART OF THE PROGRAM.
>> THAT'S FAIR.
I'M READY.
>> HE WAS IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.
>> CORRECT.
>> AND DO YOU KNOW HIS BIG CLAIM IN THE BATTLES?
>> DOWN IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.
>> MM-HMM.
>> AND HE HAD A MAJOR BATTLE THERE.
>> BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THAT BATTLE IN NORTH CAROLINA IS HE WAS BATTLING CORNWALIS.
>> YES.
>> AND IT IS THAT INCIDENT THAT FORCES CORNWALIS AND HIS ARMY OUT OF NORTH CAROLINA AND INTO MY HOME STATE OF VIRGINIA.
>> SORRY.
>> WELL, CORNWALLIS IS THERE AND HE GETS THIS AND IT WAS ALL OVER.
IT'S REALLY GREENE'S EFFORTS.
>> MM-HMM.
>> HE IS NOTED BY MANY PEOPLE, INCLUDING GEORGE WASHINGTON TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LEADERS OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT VALUED?
>> NO.
AND I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO EVEN DETERMINE ANYTHING.
>> WELL, IT'S PRICELESS.
>> TO ME IT IS.
IT'S A FAMILY THING.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE MARKETABLE VALUE IS NOWHERE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE EMOTIONAL VALUE OR EVEN REALLY THE HISTORIC VALUE.
>> YES.
>> THAT I THINK IT OCCUPIES.
ITEMS LIKE THIS, FROM THE SAME TIME PERIOD WILL RUN ANYWHERE FROM 100 TO A COUPLE OF HUNDRED DOLLARS.
I THINK THAT EVEN SAYING THAT, IF THIS WERE TO COME ON THE MARKET -- AND I KNOW IT WON'T, BUT IF IT WERE, IT WOULD TOP OUT IN THE $400 TO $500 RANGE.
>> MM-HMM.
>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE ARTICLES THAT'S IRREPLACEABLE.
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER ONE OUT THERE.
>> CORRECT.
>> IT BETTER NOT EVER TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF YOUR FAMILY.
>> IT WILL NOT.
>> OKAY.
BUT IT IS JUST A UNIQUE PIECE.
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING A LITTLE PIECE OF VIRGINIA HISTORY HERE WHERE I COULD LOOK AT IT.
>> WELL, YOU ARE VERY WELCOME AND THANK YOU.
>> YOU HAVE BROUGHT SOMETHING THAT REALLY ATTRACTED MY INTEREST AS SOON AS I SAW IT.
IT'S A 16th CENTURY ITEM, BUT LET ME ASK YOU FIRST, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN TO COME INTO YOUR POSSESSION?
>> I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT I'M SURE IT'S BEEN IN THE FAMILY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER SINCE THE 1700s.
I GOT IT IN 1952.
I BROUGHT IT BACK FROM GERMANY.
>> AS WE EXAMINED THIS PARTICULAR VOLUME, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS BOUND TOGETHER, CONRAD GERSTNER IS THE PRIMARY AUTHOR AND IT SAYS VOGEL BOOK.
NOW THAT, OF COURSE IS A BOOK ABOUT BIRDS BUT THERE'S ALSO IMAGES IN THIS BOOK, BEAUTIFUL DRAWINGS OF REPTILES AND VARIOUS OTHER KINDS OF CREATURES AND ALSO SOME IMAGINARY CREATURES.
GERSTNER HAD A PLAYFUL ASPECT IN HIS WORK.
THE MARVELOUS THING HERE IS THE CONDITION OF THE TEXT.
THE EXTERNAL, IT'S GOT SOME WEAR BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH HERE.
AND I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS.
DID YOU EVER HAVE ANYONE GIVE YOU ANY ESTIMATE OF VALUE OR IDEA OF WHAT THE VALUE COULD BE?
>> NO, NOT IN THE LEAST.
>> WE HAVE DONE SOME OTHER 16th CENTURY BOOKS AND I HAVE DONE BOOKS IN 1501, BUT I THINK IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THE MARVELOUS IMAGES AND SO ON, I THINK IN A LEGITIMATE AUCTION, IT HAS A VALUE OF IN THE RANGE OF $7,000 TO $9,000.
>> HOW MUCH?
>> $7,000 TO $9,000.
>> OH.
>> DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU A LITTLE BIT?
SO WE HOPE THAT HELPS YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING IT.
>> PETER.
>> YES.
>> YOU BROUGHT A PIECE OF WOOD FOR ME TODAY, DID YOU?
>> I DID.
>> OKAY.
AND YOU BROUGHT A BOOK FOR ME TOO.
TELL ME WHAT YOU GOT.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
>> SO THIS CRICKET BAT WAS OWNED BY CHARLES JEFFREY BOOTHBY.
HE WAS BORN IN 1894.
HE MET A GIRL BEFORE HE WENT OFF TO WAR, AND THEY WROTE LOVE LETTERS TO EACH OTHER.
HE WAS IN A TUNNELING UNIT.
>> OKAY.
>> IN WORLD WAR I, AND HE UNFORTUNATELY DIED BEFORE HE GOT BACK TO ENGLAND.
>> NO KIDDING.
>> IN THE TUNNEL.
>> WHILE HE WAS IN THE TUNNEL.
THAT'S TERRIBLE.
AND THIS IS FAMILY, FRIEND OR -- >> NO.
NO.
THIS WAS JUST FROM RESEARCH.
>> RESEARCH YOU HAVE DONE.
THAT'S AMAZING.
AND HOW DID ACQUIRE THE BAT AGAIN?
>> IT WAS ACTUALLY THROUGH GOODWILL FIND.
>> NO KIDDING!
>> I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOME CRICKET STUFF?
>> AND YOU PUT ALL OF THIS STUFF?
>> WAS THAT HERE LOCALLY OR WHERE WAS IT?
>> IN AMERICA.
YEAH.
>> NO KIDDING.
THAT'S AN AMAZING PIECE TO COME ACROSS AND THE STORY IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU ARE CORRECT.
THIS IS A CRICKET BAT AND IT'S AN EARLY ONE.
EARLY 20th CENTURY AND I WOULD DATE THIS ONE TO PROBABLY 1910 OR 1915.
WHEN YOU BROUGHT IT UP TO ME, I LOOKED AT THIS AND WE SEE AMERICAN INSTRUMENTS AND SPORTS MEMORABILIA ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN YOU SET THIS DOWN, I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.
I WAS TRULY HONORED JUST TO HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
IN AMERICA, CRICKET IS NOT THAT POPULAR.
AS AN EVALUATOR, WE LOOK AT THINGS AND CONDITION COMES INTO PLAY AND WANT AND DESIRE AND, OF COURSE, WHOM THE MANUFACTURER IS AS WELL TOO.
IT LOOKS ALL ORIGINAL.
I EVEN AM CONVINCED THAT THE GRIPS ARE EVEN ORIGINAL.
>> YES.
>> IT TRULY LOOKS THAT WAY.
THE COMPANY'S NAME, RIGHT BY THE BANDLE IN HERE IS IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION.
A LITTLE BIT OF CONDITION ISSUES WITH THE YARN COMING UNRAVELED BUT THAT'S OKAY AND WITH TIME.
THAT'S WHERE THE BALL WAS STRUCK MAINLY.
>> YEAH, EXACTLY.
>> NATURALLY IT COMES UNRAVELED.
A MARK LIKE THIS IN AMERICA WOULD NOT BE AS STRONG AS IT WOULD BE IN THE U. K.
>> EXACTLY.
>> SO IF THIS WOULD COME UP FOR SALE, I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND SENDING IT BACK TO THE U.K.
TO BE SOLD.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD IT EVALUATED.
>> NO, I HAVEN'T.
>> IT'S A NICE PIECE.
YOU SAID YOU PURCHASED IT AT GOODWILL.
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT DID YOU PAY FOR IT?
>> I WAS BETTING WITH ANOTHER GUY.
IT WAS $100.
>> DID THEY HAVE ANYMORE?
NO.
>> JUST THE ONE.
YEAH.
>> THAT'S OKAY.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU GRABBED ON TO THIS ONE AND YOU BROUGHT IT DOWN HERE TO ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES, IT'S A REAL NEAT PIECE.
IF THIS WAS TO COME TO AUCTION, I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT $2,000 TO $3,000 WOULD BE THE AUCTION ESTIMATE.
AND IT WOULDN'T BE -- IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF IT SAILED THROUGH THAT $3,000 NUMBER.
I HAVE SEEN SOME SIMILAR EXAMPLES AND YOURS IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE, COMPARED TO WHAT WAS OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE USED AND ABUSED DURING THE GAME.
THEY REALLY WORE.
IT WAS A PLEASURE.
IT WAS AN HONOR.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THE BAT OUT.
♪♪ >> WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE EARLY PIONEERS, GRATEFUL THAT THEY CHOOSE TO SAVE AND TO SHARE THE CHERISHED ITEMS OF THEIR ANCESTORS.
>> THIS IS AN OLD FAMILY HEIRLOOM, PASSED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS OF MY FAMILY, THE LORE GOES THAT A RELATIVE DURING THE CIVIL WAR MADE THE CHAIR.
AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I KNOW ABOUT IT.
>> SO YOU ARE REALLY SPOT ON WITH THE AGE OF THIS CHAIR.
IT COULD BE DATED AS EARLY AS 1750, PRECIVIL WAR ERA AND MADE DURING THE CIVIL WAR BY YOUR FAMILY, AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WOOD THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE HANDLES CONNECTING TO THE LEGS AND THE UNDER SIDE OF THE CHAIR AND THE SPINELS.
THE AGE OF THE WOOD ITSELF, YOU CAN SEE IT'S VERY WORN AND HAS A GREAT PATINA ON IT.
THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS THAT COULD DATE TO 1850.
THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT HERE, THE TUBULAR BACK LEGS AND THE TURNED EARS RIGHT HERE SUGGEST MAYBE A POSSIBLE LATER DATE.
HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ADAPTATIONS AND RECONSTRUCTIONS OF IT AS WELL.
AND YOU SAID SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE THRUSH SEAT?
>> ONE OF US, WHEN WE WERE VERY SMALL CHILDREN PUT OUR FOOT THROUGH, IT THROUGH THE ORIGINAL SEAT AND MY MOTHER DID ALL THE RESEARCH ON WHAT THE SEAT HAD BEEN MADE OUT OF IT AND THE PATTERN AND HAD TAKEN PICTURES OF IT AND REWOVE THE SEAT HERSELF.
SO YOU CAN'T TELL.
IT'S EXACTLY THE WAY IT WAS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
SHE DID AN AMAZING JOB.
IT LOOKS FANTASTIC AND VERY SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL SEAT THAT WAS HERE.
THE LATER ADAPTATIONS THAT POSSIBLY HAPPENED DURING THE EARLY TO MID-19th CENTURY COULD BE THIS ARM RIGHT HERE.
WE HAVE SEE THE DIFFERENT WOOD, THE CURRENT CUT AND THE BACKSPLASH AND THE SPINDLES AND ALL OF THOSE PUT TO GO SUGGEST IT'S A COMPILATION THAT STARTED PROBABLY IN THE MID-18th CENTURY.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS CHAIR MIGHT BE WORTH?
>> NO IDEA.
>> IT'S A REALLY FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN IN YOUR FAMILY FOR A WHILE.
WITH THE ADAPTATIONS AND THE CONDITION OF IT, WHICH IS REALLY PRETTY GOOD, I WOULD SUGGEST $600 TO $900.
>> WOW!
WOW!
OF COURSE WE WOULD NEVER SELL IT.
IT'S FAMILY HISTORY.
IT STAYS WITH THE FAMILY.
>> OF COURSE.
IT'S WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING IT?
>> THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME THINGS I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
I APPRECIATE IT.
>> NOW, YOU BROUGHT SOMETHING THAT REALLY FASCINATES ME.
TELL ME FIRST HOW THIS CAME INTO YOUR FAMILY, AND WHAT LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.
>> I RECEIVED IT WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED IN THE EARLY '70s AND IT'S A LETTER FROM AN UNCLE OF HER'S OR HER -- PERHAPS HER PARENTS, I'M NOT SURE, WRITTEN IN 1877, BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL THAT I DO KNOW.
>> I READ THE LETTER.
AND I READ IT -- I FOUND IT VERY FASCINATING, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT A COMMANDING GENERAL, IF YOU TRACE THIS, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN A YEAR AFTER CLUSTER'S DECLINE AND NELSON MILES, COMES ON THE SCENE AND THESE FORCES, HE STARTS IN YUMA, ARIZONA.
HE COMES UP TO UTAH AND THEN HE GOES THROUGH WYOMING AND MONTANA, AND IDAHO, AND THE INDIANS MEANWHILE, AS HE SAYS, THEY ARE IN RETREAT AND THEY FINALLY CAPTURE THE MAIN FORCES IN DAKOTA.
THEY SPELLED DAKOTA, D-A-C-O-T-A.
HE TALKS ABOUT GOING INTO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK AND THE GEYSERS AND BATHING IN THE HOT STREAMS AND THE RELIEF FROM THEM AND JUST THE EXPERIENCES.
IT'S A MARVELOUS ACCOUNT.
THEN HE TALKS ABOUT THE BUFFALO, THE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF BUFFALO, BUT THEY ONLY SHOOT WHAT THEY NEEDED FOR FOOD.
SO THIS -- THERE'S SO MUCH IN THIS LETTER OF CONTENT, BOTH OF WHAT THE LIFE OF THE SOLDIER WAS.
THEY MARCHED ONE DAY 45 MILES.
NOW, IT'S ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE.
THIS IS NOT RIDING ON HORSE WITH A HORSE.
THAT'S A MARCH.
THAT'S A LONG MARCH IN THE DESERT.
THEY MARCHED 1800 MILES HE SAYS IN THIS PARTICULAR TRIP TO GET TO THE PLACE TO WHERE THE DAKOTA INDIANS OR WHAT THEY CALL THE LAKOTA HAD SURRENDERED.
YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL ENVELOPE, WHICH IS NICE THAT IT WAS MAILED IN AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO COLLECT ENVELOPES WITH POSTMARKS AND SO ON THAT ARE EXPERTS ON THOSE.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD ANY APPRAISAL OR ESTIMATE OF VALUE DONE TO THIS?
>> NO.
NO, I HAVEN'T.
>> AND THOUGH IT'S NOT A MAJOR GENERAL, WE WOULD PLACE A VALUE IN A RETAIL MARKET OF ABOUT $1,200 FOR THIS.
>> WOW!
>> WE THINK IT HAS SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE OF THE CONTENT.
DOES THAT SURPRISE YOU A LITTLE?
>> IT DOES, BUT IT DOESN'T.
I MEAN, IT SURPRISES ME THE DOLLAR VALUE, BUT THE WAY THE -- AS YOU SAY, THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN, THE CONTENT IN IT, SOMEWHERE IN THE LETTER HERE HE MENTIONS SOMETHING ABOUT THE FAMILY TROUBLES WHICH HE WON'T TALK ABOUT IN THE LETTER.
>> YES.
>> THE SOCIAL MORETS OF THE TIME.
I JUST LOVED THE LETTER AND THE CONTENT, AND ALSO THE HANDWRITING.
THE ABILITY TO WRITE THAT WAY.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
THANK YOU.
>> MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU.
♪♪ >> WELL, RICK, THANKS FOR COMING INTO "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES" AND WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?
>> WELL, I WAS TOLD THAT IT'S A METEORITE.
NOW I'M NOT SURE -- >> I BEG YOUR PARDON.
>> A MULO IALESTA.
>> IS IT SOME FAR AWAY PLACE?
>> AH!
>> IT'S NOT HOT.
COOL TO THE TOUCH.
IT'S HAD A MILLION YEARS TO COOL OFF.
>> A LONG TIME.
WHERE DID IT LAND?
HOW DID YOU GET IT.
>> I ACTUALLY BOUGHT IT ON eBAY AND IT WAS SHIPPED IN FROM LITHUANIA.
I DECIDED TO BRING IT IN AND DECIDE WHETHER I HAD A GOOD DEAL OR A BAD DEAL.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA YET?
>> I DID TALK TO ONE OF THE EVALUATORS AND HE SAID IT MAKES A BIG, BIG DEAL AS FAR AS WHERE IT ACTUALLY LANDED BUT HE WAS FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT IT WAS A METEORITE, IN FACT A METEORITE BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE VALUE, THAT MIGHT BE AT THE TOP END, I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON WHERE IT ACTUALLY HIT.
>> VERY COOL.
I'M GLAD YOU GOT IT AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT IN TO US TODAY.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SEE MORE "ARIZONA COLLECTIBLES"?
JUST GO TO AZPBS.ORG/COLLECTIBLES.
IF YOU HAVE A COOL FIND OR FAMILY HEIRLOOM, SHARE IT WITH US ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER OR INSTAGRAM, #AZCOLLECTIBLES.
>> THE PHOTOS BELONGED TO MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN BERLIN.
SHE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE WORLD WAR II EXPERIENCE.
SHE WAS A STEAM STRESS OVER THERE AND WE BELIEVE SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THESE AUTOGRAPHS WHILE SHE WAS WORKING IN THAT INDUSTRY AS THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES CAME IN THERE.
>> THERE ARE HOW MANY PICTURES.
>> ABOUT 82.
>> AND MOST EVERY ONE ARE SIGNED.
IT'S JUST A VERY INTERESTING GROUP OF PHOTOS.
BUT I WANTED TO OPEN UP ON THIS PAGE, WHICH IS QUITE UNUSUAL.
I WAS A LITTLE SHOCKED.
AND IT'S MAX SCHMELLING AND HE'S A HEAVY WEIGH BOXER.
HE'S STANDING NEXT TO HIS WIFE WHO WAS AN ACTRESS AND LIKELY KNEW YOUR RELATIVE.
AND WHEN WE GO THROUGH HERE, WE'LL FIND EVEN A FEW NOTATIONS FROM THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES TO HER.
>> YES.
>> JUST A WONDERFUL GROUPING OF PHOTOS.
>> YES.
>> I THINK ABOUT 90% OF IT OR PROBABLY ALL GERMAN AND THEN A FEW ODD BALLS IN THERE.
>> YOU GET A VALUE AND I DID LOOK AT A LOT OF THESE AND THERE ARE SOME OBSCURE ONES IN HERE BUT YOU THROW THE MAX SCHMELLING IN, THERE I WOULD VALUE THIS RIGHT AROUND $1,000 TO $1,500 SELLING AT AUCTION.
>> OH, OKAY.
>> TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT THE ARTIST AND THE PAINTING.
>> VERY LITTLE, REALLY.
I HAVE TRIED TO DO SOME RESEARCH, BUT UNTIL RECENTLY, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET MUCH INFO OFF OF THE INTERNET.
>> SO HOW DID YOU ACQUIRE IT?
>> IN THE TUCSON AREA, WHERE I CAME FROM INITIALLY, I USED TO FREQUENT YARD SALES, SWAP MEETS, AND OF COURSE, THE FAMOUS TUCSON SWAP MEET AND ESTATE SALES.
>> RIGHT.
>> THAT'S WHERE I FOUND THIS PIECE.
>> WAS THIS AT AN ESTATE SALE?
>> IT WAS.
>> THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS BY WILLIAM HART.
HE CAME FROM SCOTLAND, WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD.
LOTSOF EXHIBITIONS, LOTS OF SHOWS, VERY WELL KNOWN AND THESE ARE REALLY HIS FAVORITE THINGS TO DO, THESE WONDERFUL PASTURAL, QUIET, KIND OF EVERYDAY LIFE SCENES.
THIS IS WHAT HE LOVED TO DEPICT.
NOW, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CONDITION A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT VALUE.
>> YEAH.
THAT WAS MY CONCERN.
>> OKAY.
GOOD.
I'M GLAD.
BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME, SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
BECAUSE THERE'S SOME OBVIOUS ISSUES.
YOU HAVE GOT ACTUALLY SOME PAINT LOSS HERE, IN ADDITION TO THE CRACKULAR.
OKAY?
SO THIS -- WHEN A PAINTING IS ON CANVAS, YOU CAN HAVE WHAT IS KNOWN PROFESSIONALLY, OF COURSE, CALLED RELINING.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY A COATING OF WAX THAT THEY PUT ON THE BACK AND IDEALLY, WHAT IT WILL DO IS KIND OF SUCK THAT PAINT BACK DOWN AND SEAL UP THOSE LITTLE CRACKS, YOU KNOW, THE CRACKS?
>> SURE.
INTERESTING.
>> IT'S NOT PERFECT.
BUT IT WILL HELP IT FROM CONTINUING TO DO MORE.
AS FAR AS THE PAINT LOSS, WHAT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND YOU HAVE SOME LITTLE SCRATCHES AND THINGS ACROSS HERE.
THESE LITTLE PLACES HERE HAVE TO BE PROFESSIONALLY CONSERVED AND REPAIRED BUT A GOOD PROFESSIONAL RESTORER WILL KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> SO HOW ABOUT VALUE, HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT, RESEARCHED IT?
WHERE DO YOU THINK IT IS?
>> NO.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PROBABLY VALUABLE.
I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA.
>> OKAY.
THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY LARGE, AND CONSIDERING THE DAMAGE, I'M GOING TO SAY PROBABLY $1,500 TO $2,500 IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION.
IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME AND TLC TO GET IT BACK TO THE BEST IT COULD BE WHICH SHOULD BE JUST FINE.
AND AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE TOWARD THE HIGHER END BUT I WOULD SAY, FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES, PROBABLY $3,000.
>> THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD FIND.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS.
>> TELL ME WHAT WE HAVE.
WELL, IT'S A HOWARD WATCH, CIRCA WORLD WAR I, 1918, 1919.
AND IT HAS SEVERAL ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, NOT -- BESIDES BEING A 14 KARAT PHIL HOWARD WATCH WITH THE ORIGINAL BOX, IT HAS THE 1919 WORLD WAR I EDITION, PLUS ON THE FACE OF THE WATCH IS THE WORD "CADILLAC."
BUT IT'S IN THE 1920s SCRIPT.
>> WOW!
>> WHICH LEADS YOU TO BELIEVE THIS IS A REAL PIECE FROM THE 1920s, AND GENERALLY THE STORY GOES THAT I WAS TOLD WHEN I PURCHASED IT, THAT IT WAS A SALESMAN'S AWARD FOR GREAT ACHIEVEMENT IN THAT YEAR OR YEARS IN HIS CAREER.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A RETIREMENT PRESENT AS WELL.
>> I JUST DON'T KNOW.
>> MY QUESTION IS: HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT SCRIPT FOR CADILLAC WAS CORRECT?
>> WELL, I'M A CADILLAC AFICIONADO AND LOVE CADILLACS AND MY FAMILY IS FROM MICHIGAN AND WORKED AT GENERAL MOTORS.
AND WE HAVE HAD CADILLACS SINCE 1948.
>> WOW!
>> SO I HAVE ALL THE CADILLAC BOOKS AND ALL THE DOCUMENTATION THAT GOES WITH IT.
>> WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, THAT HOWARD WATCH, IS ONE OF THE BEST MADE AMERICAN WATCHES.
THIS IS A 17 JEWELS, SIZE 12 HOWARD OPEN FACE POCKET WATCH WITH SUBSECONDS ON IT.
IT'S IN WORKING CONDITION IN A GOLD-FILLED CASE.
IT HAS A FOB CHAIN THAT GOES TO THE VEST AND WORLD WAR I COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR I. WE LOOKED AT THE MOVEMENT.
THE MOVEMENT WAS MADE BY HOWARD IN BOSTON IN 1917, 1918.
SO EVERYTHING FITS.
AND IT HAS THE ORIGINAL BOX.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA.
>> NORMALLY A HOWARD WATCH LIKE THIS, JUST PLAIN, WITHOUT ANYTHING ELSE AND A GOLD FILLED CASE WAS $200 TO $300, WHICH IS HIGH FOR A GOAL-FILLED WATCH.
ADD THE CADILLAC AND YOU DOUBLE THAT.
ADD THE BOX AND CHAIN, YOU ARE PROBABLY CLOSE TO $1,000 AS A COLLECTIBLE PIECE.
>> WOW, THAT'S WONDERFUL.
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.
♪♪
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