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We're on to our.

Second.

Day of taping here at Arkansas PBS.

Items being brought in by the dozens producing even more surprises, as.

You can imagine.

And our evaluators are busy at it.

They're doing the research.

Doing the estimating.

Trying to figure out what each of these items is worth.

Francis raised the sheet, sheared the sheep, carded the wool, spun the wool, and wove the blanket.

Onto Willie Nelson, caught a sewer and it caught mud.

You know what?

Let's take a look at what they found.

Excuse me if I don't check.

Oh.

That's my cue.

Got to go.

Oh, I think you got your money's worth.

You created your own treasure.

You understand?

People are going to care what comes up.

It's my favorites.

Oh!

Hey ho!

Let's go.

Hello and welcome to the show.

What did you bring in for us to take a look at today?

Well, it's a small basket that I bought at a yard sale when we lived in Texas.

We lived in the Dallas area, and, it's been hanging on a hook.

Or a pig, I should say, on in my den for since the 90s.

Oh, okay.

Well, it is a delightful piece.

What drew you to the basket?

I don't know, I just liked it.

I like I just liked it.

I just thought it was a cute basket.

It was a cute basket.

Yes, I we I loved it when I saw it, I thought, this is this adorable little basket is from the indigenous tribe of Tohono O'odham.

Papago.

They say that five times fast and we just love the just the design.

So this basket is made of devil's claw, yucca and bears grass and is from the southwest southwest region of the country.

And I just thought it was so adorable when you bought it in, in that it would just be delightful to put it on camera and let people take a look at it.

And then we all know we love the story of a good find.

So for $1, yes, I think that was a great purchase.

And if I were to put a value on it, I would assess that fair market value for $75.

Oh, that's really good.

So I think for $1 that was a pretty good increase and continue to enjoy it and take care of it.

I will thank you so much for.

Hello, Virginia.

Welcome to Arkansas Treasures.

Thank you.

And you brought a real treasure today.

Yes, a treasure for me.

Yeah.

Well, it's a great treasure.

Tell me a little bit about it.

My great grandmother, Frances, raised the sheep, sheared the sheep, carded the wool, spun the wool, and then wove the blanket in two sections.

You can see, because of the width of the loom.

Yeah, it's right right here.

So it was two.

Two went two widths on the loom.

And where did your great grandmother live?

Most likely Clarksville, Arkansas.

Okay, okay.

Well this is is a wonderful example example of a coverlet.

And it's called an overshot, which is a style of wool.

It's 100% walk, which is very uncommon.

And it's still in great condition.

It's faded just a bit, but not not dramatically.

I love the story that she she from the ground up.

She built this coverlet.

It's probably from somewhere as could be as early as 1820.

As late as 1870s, 1880s.

Most often after that time, people weren't handwoven, weaving things anymore.

The Arkansas connection is wonderful.

It's what makes an appraiser get excited and see all these things.

I would probably value it somewhere around six 5750.

Unfortunately, the prices on on these things have fallen the past few years, but I think the family connection and the provenance and be sure to sort.

Of top.

Something up and put with that so future generations will know who made it and where they lived and what was going on.

I think it's great.

It's very uncommon to find that Arkansas one and one in such good shape.

So congratulations on being a great conservator of the family history, and thank you for bringing it in.

Thank you.

Thank you, Marilyn.

Sybil, I love your necklace.

Tell me about it.

This necklace was given to me by a dear, dear friend who grew up on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.

And this necklace belonged to her mother.

Okay.

And, it is she said it's that people wear these necklaces for weddings.

And it's a wedding.

Lee.

It's a wedding Lei.

Right.

And here we think of a lei.

Is just being flowers.

Yes, but this is a traditional anyhow.

Shelley.

Yes.

It's just beautiful.

You know, you know how beautiful it is because you know about them.

But they're the the colors, the uniformity of the color and the quality and the shells.

Everything about it is just premium.

And, did you know that some of the original necklaces, some of the very older necklaces that we know of, they've been around longer than we know about, but the shell clasp is a newer addition.

It's only been like in the last 100 years or so that that has been a part of these necklaces before.

I guess they were just tied off.

I'm not really sure.

But this one is beautiful and, rare.

You can only buy these, as you know, from registered dealers on the island in the islands of Hawaii.

It's really, It's an amazing piece.

It's very special.

So how long have you had it?

I have owned this for about ten years.

Okay.

Very nice.

Yes.

Worn it a few times.

I've wondered.

A few futilely.

Keep it.

Yes.

In a nice place?

Yes.

It's just gorgeous.

Yes.

I, have done a little bit of research and it's, it's hard to really price these because of the.

They're very scarce, you know, there just aren't many of them out in the wild.

But one like this, I think a conservative estimate of what it would sell for today is around $3,000.

And that could be a little bit low.

I'm not sure, but it's just an absolutely beautiful piece.

Yes.

It's so wonderful that you brought this for us, for us to see.

Thank you.

Absolutely.

Thank you.

Well, Aaron, I don't think I expected end up on TV with Hummel and Goebel figurines.

And if people follow all of the news about collectibles, you can find article after article telling you that these things were collected two generations ago and no one cares anymore.

But you and I know some people still care, and it's all relative because you've brought in a couple of things here that if people are using Google Lens to try to figure it out, they're not even going to find them.

Or if they do, they're going to find something quite different than what you brought down.

Why don't you tell me a little bit about the the Hummel figure here that you found?

Well, they actually, belonged to my aunt, and then before that, her mother.

So my grandmother and I think that my grandmother, these were probably two that she got from her German housekeeper.

And aside from that, I really don't know much more.

Well, what caught my attention immediately was, if you look at the base, this is not typical of the base found on a humble figurine.

And when we looked at the back, you called attention to the MVL marking, and it took only a minute to find a website that identifies these.

There were maybe 40 or so figures in the series that are marked with the middle, and the only ones that turn up with any regularity are in fact the first three.

This is the third one in the series.

Typically they're, priced at 3 to $500 for this one.

But for all those people who say Hummels are worthless, some of those figures are bringing 4 to 10 and $12,000 with this L series.

Now, interestingly, I expected your global figure with the B and V mark here to turn up.

But although the figure of the accordion as a Hummel turns up, this doesn't.

They're kind of tricky to appraise.

The only real way to know what something like this is worth is probably to put them at auction at a Hummel Global specialty auction.

Or frankly, all of those collectors are going to be paying attention to eBay, the $4,000 record I found for one in the later series of the Marshall series was on eBay.

They're not bashful about bidding against each other right there in front of everybody else.

It doesn't have to go to a collectors club, but in general, that might be the route to go to to maximize your return.

I think we're looking probably at the 3 to 500 here, although something as simple as one.

Turning up on something like this TV show can cause interest to go up.

So we may have just caused it to be a little more valuable by putting it off of eBay, because a lot of collectors don't even know these exist.

And then my suspicion is the Goebbels don't typically bring the same kind of money that the Hummels do, but I still think you're probably looking at a couple hundred dollars here.

And, I'm delighted you brought in something that got me to remind people Google Lens is not the answer to every appraisal problem, and it can really trip people up.

You know, if they don't know what the information they're looking at means.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for coming to Arkansas Treasures.

What brings you here today?

Well, I brought into my toy trucks that my father got when he was about two years old, back in 1923.

Grandfather bought these trucks for him.

Or your father?

Grandfather.

But these trucks for my father.

So he could play with them, right, so he can play with it.

That's awesome.

And it was in Monticello, Arkansas and Monticello, Arkansas.

These are buddy trucks from the 20.

In 1910, the model.

Was by the.

Rock Press Steel Company was making auto fenders, and the owner of it, Mr.

Lindholm, decided to get in the toy business, and he named the company the toys Buddy L after his son, buddy.

Yeah.

And it was they started about 1921 making trucks.

Cars started off small and got larger and larger and longer.

Became a very big business for them.

You have the early, early versions of the buddy.

You had the moving van and the dump truck as well.

Looks like these have been in an attic for a long time.

Is that correct?

That's correct.

Yeah.

So you can you can tell by by the because of the heat damage done to the to the vehicles.

They're beautiful pieces.

Over the years, these were highly collectible.

As we know, the market for collectibles is slowly deteriorating because of the younger generation.

Some that seems like the collecting gene disappeared, you know, and, so the the value has come down from what I remember 10 to 15 years ago.

Do you have any idea what you think they're worth?

Now?

I understand you used to have another another one that you sent to auction back about 15 years ago.

Yeah, about 15 or 20 years ago, I. I put up the fire truck.

Fire engine.

Okay.

And it had all the, all the hoses and the ladders and everything and, and put a minimum on it and the auction at $2,000.

Yeah.

And there were people that 4 or 5 people showed offshore.

It sold for $2,000 plus the buyer's premium.

That's right.

Yeah.

That was that was back when in the heyday of of collecting.

This one is called the express line moving truck.

And the value of that one in this market today at auction is anywhere from 500 to $1000.

Yeah.

Condition is everything.

As we know, it's missing the decals, the body decals that were used on the side here.

And the paint is original, but it has been damaged to it, to the heat and the in the attic.

As you can see, the blue string in the front right.

This one is a dump vehicle, and it is also valued at 500 to $1000 at auction.

You know, that's auction if you have a couple avid collectors that are still into the business and they want these, you never know.

It could go higher.

Did they make a lot of them?

They made a lot of these back then.

But they're they're not that many existing today.

Or they were in the business to make toys.

And buddy lasted for a long time.

And, I think it was 1941 that he sold the company to somebody else and sold again.

I mean, they still make buddy L label toys today, but it's under a different company than the original company.

This is from the original company that was started to make buddy L, and I appreciate you bringing them in.

Well, I thank you very much for your evaluation of them.

And they're going to remain in the family.

I hope they do.

And thank you very and on display.

You I mean, you can clean them up a little bit, you know, and make them happy.

Yeah.

You can put a little arm rather than shot them up to make a nice.

Little.

Welcome to Arkansas treasures.

Can you tell us what you brought in for us to take a look at today?

Yes.

Thank you.

This is my grandmother's 1916 wedding dress.

She was a seamstress in little Rock.

I came as a young woman, and she made this dress.

Now, when we were talking about it earlier, when I first saw it, you were telling me a little bit about how she learned to do seamstress work.

Where was she working at as well?

She grew up on a farm in Wisconsin, had, ten brothers and sisters, and she came to little Rock about 1910.

She was 17.

And when the census was done in 1910, she had just turned 18.

She was living with, a family named the McCarthys in little Rock.

And they had a seamstress type business, and that's where she learned.

So tell me a little bit about this wild love of her life that she found for when she made this dress, she fell in love with my grandfather.

He wasn't my grandfather yet.

He was, dashing young man in little Rock, second generation.

His father had come from France, during the Civil War occupation of little Rock.

And, my granddaddy was a ball player, and he played for gay oil company, which the building may still be on Broadway Street in Little Rock.

And they started courting.

And they're pictures that show some of their activities.

Swimming, picnicking was a big thing and fell in love.

And, they were married in 1916, in June in Little Rock in their house at 715 Summit Street.

And, they had three children, two boys and, the baby a girl, my mother and, they lived there.

They worked there.

They raised their family there.

And in 1945, they became a Gold Star family.

They lost their firstborn son.

But anyway, this is my heritage, and I love it.

Well, I was just so impressed about your family's story and the skill of your grandmother.

This beautiful dress that she made.

I mean, how many of us make our own wedding dresses?

And then the fact that it's been handed down in your family, we can see the, the lace on the dress is so beautiful.

And this is a great opportunity for us to talk a little bit about care of textiles.

Yes.

And so it's so important when we have textiles that, they are properly stored.

We see some browning in the dress and that's from oxidation.

And so one way to prevent that is to make sure that is it is stored in archival bags and in archival boxes.

And so you want to make sure that, the boxes will keep it away from bugs, moisture and help to maintain the color of the dress and, make sure that there are no holes or anything like that from animals nibbling away on the dress, and will help you to preserve it, because you've obviously taken great care and taken care of your grandmother's dress.

And we're so grateful that you brought it on the show.

Do you have any idea of the value of the dress?

No, I mean, it's priceless to me.

She made this dress.

She made my mother's dress in 1945, covered satin buttons and, in little Rock.

And, there's no there's no way to say the the value of it.

This locket, was a gift, I guess, from my grandfather.

And it has two pictures in it.

It has my grandfather's a young man with his ball cap on, and it has her twin brother, his picture in it, too.

And we have a picture of her sitting in a chair with the dress and with the locket.

That's priceless.

Yes.

It was also great to see her in her dress.

So if I were to put a fair market value on this dress, it would be in the 2 to $300 range.

Sure.

And so we just thank you so much for bringing it on the show today.

The history is lovely.

I just love to see the skill that women had to make garments like this, and the fact that your family was able to pass it down and that you are the caretaker of this item.

Yes, and I have two granddaughters, so hopefully it will be passed on to them too.

Thanks for bringing it on the show.

Thank you.

I enjoyed it, took the time to.

These are.

This is photo of my grandmother in in the wedding dress with the locket.

This is a picture of when they were courting.

She has the parasol and you can tell by the look on their faces that they were truly in love.

I took nine years of piano other women to see.

That I want to thank you both for coming out to Arkansas.

Treasures.

You know, Arkansas treasures.

It gets.

We get things that are very valuable.

We get things that have have ties back to Arkansas, and then we get things that have great stories.

And that's what we really have here.

Can you describe for me a little bit about what what you have you created your own treasure.

You understand?

Yes.

Tell me what you got.

Acquired this guitar in, Around mid to late.

Late 80s.

Okay.

And and it, it had, a Willie Nelson cut a sewer and it caught my, as being a Lady Nelson guitar.

Right.

And and I begged my wife for it, and I begged my wife for it, and she she bought it and put.

It under the bedroom bed and and then.

On my birthday, I pulled it out.

But I got I got to tell you, the guitar is nice, but that's not what makes the guitar important.

So what happens to this guitar?

Well, I started taking taking the guitar with me to concerts.

Okay.

Willie Nelson and his family band.

Okay.

And and, with that clout.

I was able to go.

To other concerts and other.

Venues and and and you got a whole bunch of artists to sign this guitar.

I've had, at least 38.

Maybe 40 ish.

Well, I'll, I'll point out some of my favorites.

Okay.

That we've got on here, because we do have Willie Nelson, coming in here, right down here, over here a little bit further.

One of my favorites.

Leon Redbone.

I'm a big red bird, everybody.

We've got Jimmy Buffett on here and other parts.

We got Randy Travis.

I think up here in this corner, who was.

And then we had, Willie Nelson, Judds and the Judds, and, you just got a whole range of things.

A lot of them coming out of the country.

Western, genre.

But then there's still a few rock n rollers in there, too.

Yeah.

Car insurance pieces like this just don't happen that often.

We will see, musical instruments.

We'll see guitars.

All the people of LED Zeppelin sign the all the Beatles will sign.

But there are only 1 or 2 examples that I found of comparable guitars.

I did find one, with about 40, 45 signatures.

That was all rock n roll.

Some pretty heavy hitting rock, rock n rollers, from Freddie Mercury all the way to all all four members of LED Zeppelin and a lot of them in between.

Have you ever had anybody look at this?

No, sir, I haven't, I really I mean, I love it because it's not only a piece of of musical history.

I mean, the photographs are great.

You've got photographs of all these artists signing the guitar.

Yeah.

So it lends a a level of authenticity to how it all came into being.

If it were to come up into the market, it would have to be inside of a, musical auction where other interesting, comparable pieces are going to get a lot of attention.

It's going to need really to to attract attention in the proper manner.

It's going to be you're going to need a nationwide, venue, venue online.

The, the rock n roll piece that sold it sold very recently that that topped out at a little over 45,000.

I don't think this can get that high.

No, we're not the Rolling Stones now.

No, but you've got some wonderful artists in here.

I think the, the anywhere from 18 to 22 is pretty realistic if it's in a good auction.

But, you know, for the right group of people, meaning to go a lot higher, it could also, on a given day, not do that.

Well, there's no guarantee with something like this that's been a composite of of a lot of interesting artists.

Each artist signature has its own value.

Okay.

This kind of thing is just is it's not common to find, quite a personal piece.

Yes, sir.

And and and quite emotional.

And, you know, if it does come to market, one day, I hope it does well for you.

I want to thank you for bringing it out.

It's just wonderful to see things like this.

Come out an Arkansas treasures.

Thanks very much.

Thank you.

Before we go on this edition and this series of Arkansas treasures, I got to know from Amy Laqueur, who is our chief evaluator, how it went.

I didn't think we could top the first season taping that.

We did, and that season won an Emmy.

I think we've had an even better weekend of taping.

We've seen wonderful things, we've heard wonderful stories, and it just is so rewarding to see the support that comes out from from the community, from the state, and what has to be the greatest compliment that you can get when people are telling you they're watching your program?

Oh, that's wonderful.

Really, what makes it all happen is all the behind the scenes, the coordination, the talent that this station has and offers up.

I'm really hoping because I've really enjoyed it, like you, that we have a season three.

We're going to keep our fingers crossed for season three.

You've been around this of several other states.

What's it going to take?

What's it going to take?

It takes you, it takes you, the viewer.

You're the support supporter.

You the patron, you the person that is there to help influence the support of public television.

Craig.

And I can't do it.

The staff here can't do it.

But you can do it.

And it is absolutely critical, essential and an absolute need.

Craig.

Oh, yeah.

With without our public support, none of this is possible.

And I think you all have something here that is really worth supporting.

You all have an amazing repertoire.

Thank you.

And this is but one of them.

There's no better way or spirit of.

Community than with Arkansas treasure.

I love it.

I think everybody who's come out, I know that they have felt the hospitality that has been inherent in every step of this process.

We hope you'll come back to what we think will be a season three.

Of Arkansas.

Approaching.

Thank you.

Greg.

This was behind the scenes.

Just.

For.

That'll get you off on.

The wrong foot today.

Warner.

Now, all these wonderful these events support.

Okay, we're still.

In our first day of tape.

Okay.

These tables.

Take you to three one.

You know, sometimes the thrushes are the friends that we make.

Was.

Major funding for Arkansas treasures was provided by the Moving Image Trust Fund.

Additional funding provided by Cherokee Nation businesses.

SC Purse Museum, and by viewers like you.