>> Amy: HI, I'M AMY HESS.

HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT ON "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

>> Taylor: IT WAS A SHAME HE DIED A LITTLE EARLY ON AT TIPPECANOE, BUT HE DID HAVE A VERY WONDERFUL MILITARY CAREER AND AS YOU MENTIONED, HIS LAST NAME IS DAVIESS.

YOU KNOW, THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT HERE IN KENTUCKY, DAVIESS COUNTY AND OWENSBORO, IT'S ALL NAMED AFTER HIM.

>> Guest: MY COUSIN OWNS TWO OF THESE AND HE SAID, "TAKE THEM ALL, GO BIG OR GO HOME."

>> Amelia: HI.

WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Amelia: SO YOU BROUGHT QUITE A BIT OF FAMILY HISTORY HERE AND I GUESSED CORRECTLY, I THINK THAT YOU ARE THE FAMILY HISTORIAN.

IS THAT RIGHT?

>> Guest: YES, YES, I AM.

>> Amelia: TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR FAMILY'S BUSINESS IN THESE AWARDS.

>> Guest: WELL, THESE AWARDS ARE FROM THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR FROM 2000, I'M SORRY, 11, 12, 13 AND 14.

>> Amelia: NOW JUST NOT 11, 12, 13 AND 14, BUT THIS IS 1911.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Amelia: 1912, THIS IS QUITE THE DYNASTY.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Amelia: AND THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES FOR THE.

>> Guest: HAMPSHIRE HOGS.

>> Amelia: HAMPSHIRE HOG DIVISION.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Amelia: SO, YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS IN BUSINESS WITH?

>> Guest: WITH HIS FATHER WHO WAS J, J.E.

ROUSE.

>> Amelia: OKAY.

>> Guest: AND THEY HAD PARTNERSHIP WITH CALVIN PATTERSON.

>> Amelia: OKAY.

>> Guest: OUTSIDE OF MIDWAY, KENTUCKY WHERE WE LIVE.

AND THEY HAD WONDERFUL LUCK WITH THEIR STOCK BREEDING FOR THE HAMPSHIRE HOG, SHEEP, AND ALSO HEREFORD CATTLE.

>> Amelia: VERY GOOD.

SO WHAT WOULD A DYNASTY LIKE THIS MEAN TO THEIR BUSINESS AT THAT TIME?

TO HAVE WON THE STATE FAIR CHAMPIONSHIP IN THAT DIVISION FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.

WHAT MIGHT THAT MEAN?

>> Guest: IT REALLY PUT THEM ON THE MAP SO THAT THEY HAD ALL OF THE BREEDERS IN THE WHOLE UNITED STATES THAT WOULD COME TO THEM AND SAY, "I WANT PART OF THIS LEGACY FOR MY HAMPSHIRE HOGS."

>> Amelia: THAT'S AMAZING.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Amelia: AND YOU HAVE KEPT NOT ONLY THE TROPHIES, BUT YOU HAVE RETAINED SOME OTHER THINGS HERE LIKE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE TAGS.

>> Guest: OKAY, THESE ARE IDENTIFICATION TAGS.

THEY'RE BRASS AND THEY WOULD ATTACH THOSE SOMEHOW TO THE ANIMAL.

SO THEY, YOU'D SEE THE NUMBERS, IT HAS J.E.

ROUSE & SONS.

SO THEY WOULD NOT WEAR THESE EVERY DAY.

>> Amelia: BUT AT THE FAIR.

>> Guest: AT THE FAIR.

>> Amelia: THEY COULD BE IDENTIFIED.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Amelia: IT WAS THEIR BLING AT THE FAIR.

>> Guest: YES.

YEAH, AND MY HUSBAND FOUND THESE IN A BOX IN ONE OF THE SMOKEHOUSES.

AND SO MY MOTHER GOT THEM AND DIVIDED THEM UP AND GAVE THEM TO EACH OF THE THREE KIDS.

>> Amelia: AND YOU ALSO HAVE SOME PHOTOS AND SOME ARTICLES ABOUT YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER.

>> Guest: RIGHT.

>> Amelia: AND HIS BUSINESS PARTNER AND THEIR SONS.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Amelia: AND SO WE HAVE A PICTURE HERE, CORRECT?

>> Guest: YES.

>> Amelia: THIS IS THE HAMPSHIRE HOG BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

AND I BELIEVE YOUR GREAT GRANDFATHER IS RIGHT HERE.

>> Guest: THAT'S HIM.

>> Amelia: IS THAT RIGHT?

>> Guest: YES.

JULIUS E. ROUSE.

HE WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON, A WONDERFUL WRITE UP IN THEIR MAGAZINE, AND HE DIED AT ONLY 50 YEARS OLD.

>> Amelia: OH NO.

>> Guest: AND HE WAS ALREADY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS SONS, THAT'S WHERE THE J.E ROUSE & SONS CAME IN.

>> Amelia: IS YOUR FAMILY STILL IN THIS BUSINESS TODAY?

>> Guest: NO.

>> Amelia: NO.

>> Guest: NO, NO, WE DO MORE CATTLE.

>> Amelia: SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE THE GENERATIONS DROPPED THE PIG BUSINESS.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Amelia: WELL, WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THESE TROPHIES IS REALLY THE CONNECTION THAT THEY'VE GONE FOUR YEARS IN A ROW AS STATE CHAMPIONS.

UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE MADE OF SILVER PLATE.

AND SO THEY'RE SILVER PLATED OVER SOME OTHER CHEAPER METAL.

>> Guest: RIGHT.

>> Amelia: THEY'RE SO LARGE AND MONUMENTAL THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE IF THEY WOULD BE A HUGE FORTUNE TO PRODUCE THESE IN STERLING SILVER.

>> Guest: RIDICULOUS.

>> Amelia: AND IN FACT THE EARLIEST ONE FROM 1911 IS MIXED METAL, SO IT'S NOT SILVER PLATE BUT A MIXTURE OF METALS.

>> Guest: OH.

>> Amelia: AND THEY'RE REALLY BEAUTIFULLY DONE.

THE CRAFTSMANSHIP IS REMARKABLE.

PEOPLE WHO COLLECT THESE WHEN THEY'RE SILVER PLATED ARE REALLY COLLECTING THEM FOR THE WORKMANSHIP AND SORT OF THE, I'M GOING TO USE A WORD, THE KITSCH OF IT.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Amelia: SORT OF THE FUN AND THE INTEREST OF THE COMPETITION.

SO FOR EXAMPLE IN MY FAMILY, WE HAVE A SMALL PING PONG TOURNAMENT TROPHY, AND IT SITS ON A SHELF BY OUR PING PONG TABLE AND WE PLAY FOR IT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.

BUT THESE ARE MUCH LARGER AND MUCH NICER THAN THE ONE AT MY HOUSE.

IF I SAW THEM ON THE OPEN MARKET AT AUCTION, I'D EXPECT EACH ONE TO BRING SOMEWHERE IN THE $200 TO $400 RANGE.

>> Guest: REALLY?

>> Amelia: YEAH, SO COLLECTIVELY I THINK THAT YOU COULD EXPECT TOGETHER THAT THEY MIGHT BE CLOSE TO $800 TO $1,000.

>> Guest: THAT'S AWESOME.

I WANT TO MENTION TO THAT JIM ROUSE, MY COUSIN OWNS TWO OF THESE AND HE SAID, "TAKE THEM ALL, GO BIG OR GO HOME."

>> Mike: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN TODAY.

>> Guest: HEY, NO PROBLEM.

>> Mike: YOU BROUGHT A REALLY COOL, RARE GRETSCH FALCON, OR A SUPER FALCON AS IT SAYS.

>> Guest: THE HEADSTOCK SAYS, YEAH.

>> Mike: YEAH.

SO LET'S START WITH WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT, WHERE IT CAME FROM, THAT KIND OF THING.

>> Guest: I GOT IT IN A SHOP IN INDIANAPOLIS.

MY PARENTS LIVE UP THERE SO I'M UP THERE FROM TIME TO TIME.

I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT IT.

I BOUGHT THE PICKUPS WITHOUT HAVING ANY IDEA WHAT THEY REALLY WERE.

IT LOOKED LIKE A WHITE FALCON DOUBLE CUTAWAY.

THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS IN THE AREA LOOKING FOR SO.

>> Mike: OKAY.

SO YOU GOT IT FROM LIKE A BOX STORE KIND OF THING?

>> Guest: PRETTY MUCH.

>> Mike: OKAY.

WELL, IT'S A REALLY UNUSUAL WHITE FALCON AND I GUESS YOU NOTICED IT SAY SUPER FALCON UP HERE ON THE HEADSTOCK.

AND IT'S GOT THE GUY'S NAME, BILL HARP.

BILL HARD WAS AN EMPLOYEE AND HE WAS ACTUALLY FROM I THINK HARRISON, INDIANA.

AND THIS IS FROM THE VERY LAST TIME PERIOD OF BALDWIN MADE GRETSCH GUITARS.

AND WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END OF THE FACTORY IS A LOT OF THE EMPLOYEES MADE THEIR OWN GUITARS OR THEY TOOK YOU KNOW, PIECES AND MADE THEM FOR FRIENDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND THIS IS A ONE OFF GUITAR.

IT HAS A BUNCH OF THINGS ON IT THAT NORMALLY AREN'T ON A FALCON.

IT HAS A LOT OF GOLD BINDING AND HAS THE SUPERTRON PICKUPS AND JUST A LOT OF FANCIER FEATURES THAN THEY USUALLY HAVE.

THEY'RE FANCY GUITARS ANYWAY.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Mike: BUT YOURS IS SUPER FANCY.

THE BACK OF THE GUITAR HAS THIS UNUSUAL GOLD METALLIC INLAY THAT THEY USUALLY DON'T HAVE.

IT ALSO HAS MULTI-BOUND GOLD HEEL AND IT HAS BINDING ON THE SIDES TOO ON BOTH SIDES TOP AND BACK WHICH IS REALLY UNUSUAL FOR THESE GUITARS.

THESE PICKUPS WERE THE HOTTEST PICKUPS THEY MADE AT THAT TIME AND THEY SOUND REALLY GOOD.

I BELIEVE THE GUITAR IS ALL ORIGINAL.

THERE'S SOME TIME PERIOD THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE MISMATCH THING.

THIS IS LATER.

THESE ARE GENERALLY LATER.

I'M GUESSING FROM THE FEATURES OF THE GUITAR AND THE NEWER PIECES ON IT THAT IT WAS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND 1978, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AT THE END OF BALDWIN AS I SAID.

REALLY RARE GUITAR, ONE OFF.

WHITE FALCON IS LIKE THE BEST GRETSCH THEY MADE.

>> Mike: REALLY COOL GUITAR.

HAS THE BLOCK INLAYS, EBONY FRETBOARD, JUST A BEAUTIFUL GUITAR.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA AT ALL WHAT IT'S WORTH?

>> Guest: I PICKED IT UP FOR A LITTLE BIT OVER $3,000.

>> Mike: OKAY.

WELL I THINK YOU DID REALLY WELL.

THIS IS THE KIND OF GUITAR WHERE YOU COULD JUST HONESTLY, BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY ONE, WHO KNOWS.

BUT I'M SAYING I THINK THIS GUITAR TODAY IN THIS MARKET WOULD BE CLOSE TO LIKE $5,000.

>> Guest: SOUNDS LIKE I DID DO GOOD.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Guest: VERY COOL.

>> Steve: WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT IN HERE FOR US TODAY?

>> Guest: I BROUGHT A, SOME INFORMATION ON MY WIFE'S GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER WHO WAS IN THE CIVIL WAR.

>> Steve: AND WHERE WAS HE FROM?

>> Guest: HE WAS BORN IN AUGUSTA, KENTUCKY, AND HE LIVED HIS LIFE IN MAYSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

>> Steve: WELL THOSE ARE TWO GREAT RIVER TOWNS IN KENTUCKY.

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Steve: AND HE WAS IN THE UNION?

>> Guest: HE WAS IN THE UNION SIDE, AND HE ENLISTED TWICE.

HIS FIRST TERM WAS SHORT AND HE REENLISTED.

I THINK HE SPENT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS IN THERE, UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR AND EVIDENTLY WAS CAPTURED AND WAS IN ANDERSONVILLE PRISON AND RELEASED THERE.

>> Steve: I SEE.

WELL, HE JOINED THE 4TH KENTUCKY MOUNTED INFANTRY.

THEY ACTUALLY FORMED OVER IN CINCINNATI HERE.

AND THAT WAS DONE BECAUSE KENTUCKY WAS NEUTRAL IN '61.

SO HE JOINED ONE OF THE EARLIEST REGIMENTS WITH THE SINGLE DIGITS, THE 4TH.

AND THE 4TH KENTUCKY MOUNTED INFANTRY WAS, THEY RODE HORSES, THEY WEREN'T CALVARY BECAUSE THEY DISMOUNTED AND FOUGHT.

BUT THEY FOUGHT AT EVERY BATTLE OF THE WESTERN THEATER.

SHILOH, MURFREESBORO, PERRYVILLE, TULLAHOMA, CAMPAIGN AND ALL THE WAY TO THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA.

NOW YOU SAID THAT HE WAS AT ANDERSONVILLE.

>> Guest: YES, SIR.

>> Steve: OKAY, HE GOT CAPTURED IN THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA.

THEY SENT HIM TO ANDERSONVILLE, WHICH ANDERSONVILLE WAS THE HARD PLACE TO BE IF YOU GOT CAPTURED.

AND THE DEATH RATE THERE WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.

AND HOW OLD WAS HE WHEN HE JOINED?

>> Guest: HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD.

>> Steve: 16 YEARS OLD.

>> Guest: YES SIR.

>> Steve: I SEE.

SO HE WAS 19 WHEN HE WAS AT ANDERSONVILLE.

AND A FOOTNOTE TO ANDERSONVILLE, THAT WAS THE CONFEDERATE OFFICER AFTER THE WAR THAT ACTUALLY HUNG.

THE COMMANDER OF ANDERSONVILLE PRISON.

AND THEN HE GOT OUT IN '65 AFTER HE GOT OUT OF PRISON AND THE IMMEDIATELY PAROLED HIM AND SENT HIM HOME.

NOW HOW LONG DID HE LIVE?

>> Guest: HE LIVED TO BE 83 YEARS OLD.

>> Steve: 83 YEARS OLD.

>> Guest: YES, SIR.

>> Steve: I SEE.

I'M SURE HE GOT TO MAKE ALL OF THE REUNIONS OF THE GRAND ARMY AND THE REPUBLIC AND ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY HAD IN THE AFTER WAR YEARS.

AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.

WE'LL TALK HERE REAL QUICK.

YOU HAVE A TINTYPE OF HIM AND YOU HAD A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER BLOW IT UP WHICH I THINK DID A FABULOUS JOB.

IN A CUSTOM MADE UNIFORM.

THAT'S A CUSTOM MADE UNIFORM WITH A PIPING AROUND HIS COLLAR.

WE HAVE HIS FIRST DISCHARGE WHEN HE WAS WITH THE 4TH KENTUCKY MOUNTED INFANTRY AND THEN WHEN IT EXPIRED HE RE UPPED IN '64 TO THE 40TH KENTUCKY.

AND THAT'S WHERE HE GOT CAPTURED DOWN THERE AT THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA.

BUT THIS IS SOME FABULOUS KENTUCKY HISTORY.

AND OF COURSE WE TO MENTION THIS ONE DOCUMENT, I DON'T WANT TO SKIP IT.

THAT IS A DOCUMENT WHERE IT SHOWS THAT HE GOT HIS PENSION AFTER THE WAR.

AND SO YOU KNOW, HE WAS A GREAT SOLDIER, GREAT PATRIOT AND ALSO FROM THE GREAT STATE OF KENTUCKY.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Steve: SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT IN.

NOW I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT IT'S WORTH.

IT'S WORTH $3,500.

>> Guest: OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

>> Steve: SO, I THINK IT'S FABULOUS.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Steve: AND IT'S A GREAT PIECE OF KENTUCKY HISTORY.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Steve: AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT IN.

>> Guest: I THANK YOU.

>> Amy: PREVIOUSLY ON "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES", VINTAGE INSTRUMENT APPRAISER, MIKE REEDER CAUGHT UP WITH BLUES GUITARIST, JOE BONAMASSA TO TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIAL FENDER GUITARS FROM HIS HUGE COLLECTION.

THIS TIME JOE AND MIKE TALK ABOUT ONE OF HIS MOST PRIZED GUITARS OF ALL.

>> Mike: SO NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS?

>> Joe Bonamassa: I'VE OWNED 13 OF THEM IN MY LIFE AND I NEVER THOUGHT I'D EVEN SEE ONE LET ALONE OWN ONE AND· >> Mike: THAT'S AWESOME BY THE WAY.

>> Joe Bonamassa: YEAH.

>> Mike: THAT'S REALLY COOL, JOE.

>> Joe Bonamassa: AND A LOT OF THIS STUFF GOES BACK TO, I'VE BEEN IN THE SAME, I'M 39 YEARS OLD, I'VE HAD YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A GOOD CAREER IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO MY FANS WHO'VE FOLLOWED ME FOR YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR.

WE'VE DONE 30 SOME-ODD ALBUMS AND I'VE WORKED VERY HARD AND I DON'T MAKE APOLOGIES FOR WHAT THESE COST AND THE VALUES.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A KID I USED TO GET THE SAME VINTAGE CALENDARS THAT WE ALL HAD YOU KNOW, AND YOU WOULD SEE A FLAME TOP LES PAUL BUT THIS WAS UNATTAINABLE ROCK STAR STUFF.

I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE ONE IN PERSON.

WE'D GO TO, MY FATHER AND I WOULD GO TO THE SHOWS AND I REMEMBER WHEN THOSE GUITARS WERE TRADING IN THE 90'S FOR ABOUT $20,000.

>> Mike: YEAH, I THINK MY FIRST ONE WAS $28,000.

>> Joe Bonamassa: YEAH.

>> Mike: IT WAS SCREWED UP, I MEAN YOU KNOW.

>> Joe Bonamassa: AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN AND IT'S ALL VARIANTS OF HOW CLEAN IT IS, HOW MUCH RED IS LEFT, HOW MUCH WOOD IS ON THE TOP.

>> Mike: YEP.

>> Joe Bonamassa: HOW ORIGINAL, IF IT'S BROKEN.

NOW THAT GUITAR SET, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT I PAID FOR IT BUT THAT GUITAR IN 2006 SET THE NON-CELEBRITY RECORD FOR JUST AN INSTRUMENT AT $292,000.

>> Mike: AT THE SKINNER ACTION.

>> Joe Bonamassa: AT THE SKINNER AUCTION.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Joe Bonamassa: THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT THE SKINNERBURST.

AND I BOUGHT IT IN 2000, THE BEGINNING OF 2011.

AND I'VE PLAYED IT EVER SINCE AND WHEN I GOT IT, IT WAS 100% ORIGINAL, ORIGINAL TUNERS, ORIGINAL FRETS, EVERYTHING.

AND THE FIRST THING I DID WAS I HAVE TO PLAY THIS THING, I HAVE TO JUSTIFY PLAYING IT.

SO I TOOK IT TO JOE GLASER IN NASHVILLE AND I HAD NEW FRET PUT ON IT WHICH IS A CARDINAL SIN TO SOME BUT TO ME.

>> Mike: USE IT.

>> Joe Bonamassa: I'M USING IT AND I'VE ALMOST WORN THROUGH THAT SET OF FRETS.

THERE'S A LOT OF COLLECTORS THAT JUST GET SO WORRIED.

I REMEMBER THE FIRST '59 LES PAUL I BOUGHT.

I WAS SO PARANOID ABOUT IT.

I CALL IT MAGELLAN BECAUSE I GOT IT AROUND THE WORLD AND IT WAS IN A PROTECTOR CASE.

IT WAS LIKE HANDCUFFED TO MY HANDS, AND I TOOK IT ALL THE WAY AROUND THE WORLD.

AND ONE OF THESE GUYS CAME UP TO ME AND SAID, "HEY, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T PLAY THAT LIVE."

AND I'M LIKE WELL THAT WAS THE DEAL I MADE, I GOTTA PLAY IT LIVE I'M PAYING IT OFF ON TIME.

>> Mike: YEAH, THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT IT.

>> Joe Bonamassa: AND MY FRIEND WANTS ME TO PLAY IT.

HE GOES, "YOU KNOW EVERY SCRATCH YOU PUT ON THAT GUITAR NO MATTER HOW SMALL, YOU TAKE $1,000 OFF."

AND I'M LIKE, LET ME THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A SECOND.

SO IF I PUT 165 SCRATCHES ON THE GUITAR, IS IT WORTH NOTHING?

>> Mike: IT'S FREE.

>> Joe Bonamassa: IS IT FREE?

YEAH, SO I'M LIKE.

>> Mike: START SCRATCHING IT.

>> Joe Bonamassa: I SAID, WHEN I STARTED THINKING LOGICALLY, I'M LIKE GOING, AS LONG AS I DON'T , WE DON'T EVER WANT TO PUT THESE IN PRECARIOUS SITUATIONS WHERE WE'RE TOSSING THEM AROUND OR THEY'RE HAPHAZARDLY THROWN IN THE TRUCK.

BUT THEY'RE VERY WELL LOOKED AFTER BY A GUY NAME MIKE HICKEY, WHO'S BEEN WITH ME NOW ALMOST FIVE AND HALF YEARS.

MIKE IS A BIGGER GEEK THAN ALL OF US PUT TOGETHER.

>> Mike: YEAH, HE'S A SUPER GEEK.

>> Joe Bonamassa: HE'S, HE LOVES THIS STUFF JUST AS MUCH AS I DO AND THE IDEA IS, LIKE WE USE THEM LIVE, WE TRAVEL WITH THEM LIVE, IT'S WHAT I PLAY ON STAGE AND WHAT I LOVE AND I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS I'D OWN SOMETHING THAT NICE.

[JOE PLAYING GUITAR] ♪ ♪ >> Joe Bonamassa: WANT TO SEE A $1,000 SCRATCH?

THAT'S ALL ME, FOLKS.

I DID THAT.

I USED TO PLAY THE BALLAD... >> Mike: KEEP SCRATCHING IT, THEN IT'S FREE AGAIN.

>> Joe Bonamassa: YEP, AND SOME OF THESE, LIKE AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, I PLAY IT FOR A SONG CALLED "BALLAD OF JOHN HENRY" AND IT GETS REALLY ROCKUS AND I'M PRETTY CAREFUL WHERE I HIT.

BUT THIS ONE HERE HAPPENS TO HAVE LIKE A PRETTY EXTREME TOP CARVE.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Joe Bonamassa: SO THE PICK WILL NICK THAT SPOT SO IF ANYBODY'S WONDERING WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN THE ORIGINAL SKINNER BROCHURE, THAT'S ALL ON ME.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Joe Bonamassa: THE REST OF IT'S AS IT WAS.

>> Mike: SO JOE, DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO COLLECT FOREVER?

ARE YOU GOING TO GET A BIGGER HOUSE?

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE?

>> Joe Bonamassa: I'M NOT GOING TO GET A BIGGER HOUSE.

I'M GOING TO BE MORE SELECTIVE ON AMPLIFIERS.

AT THIS POINT, I'M ALSO FORCING MYSELF, I'M GOING TO BUY A BIG GUITAR, I'VE GOT TO SELL SOMETHING.

IT'S LIKE SOMETHING COMES IN, SOMETHING'S GOT TO GO.

YOU CAN'T KEEP IT ALL.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Joe Bonamassa: BECAUSE IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF ROOM, IT'S LIKE A QUESTION OF, YOU GET SUCH AN ADDICTION.

IT'S A HEALTHY ADDICTION BUT YOU WILL GO BROKE EVENTUALLY.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Joe Bonamassa: AND IT'S LIKE I ENJOY IT, I LOVE HISTORY AND RIGHT NOW I'M INTO CUSTOM COLORED FENDERS, AND I'M INTO A FEW OTHER THINGS.

BUT IT'S STARTING TO NARROW DOWN >> Mike: SURE.

>> Joe Bonamassa: I WENT THROUGH THE TELLY PHASE, WENT THROUGH THE STRAT PHASE, WENT THROUGH THE LES PAUL PHASE.

IT'S STARTING TO NARROW IN ON JUST, JUST LIKE, OH MAN I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE.

I'VE KIND OF WOKEN UP 25 YEARS AFTER MY DAD TOOK ME TO MY FIRST GUITAR SHOW SAYING, "I'VE ACTUALLY HANDLED AND SEEN LIKE SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST AMAZING AMERICAN INSTRUMENTS."

SO IF IT'S REALLY SPECIAL, I GO AFTER IT BUT IF IT'S, I CAN'T RESCUE IT ALL.

LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, IT IS THE GUITAR SAFARI THING THAT WE, MIKE AND I DO ON THE DAYS OFF OR FOR FUN.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AROUND IN 36 MONTHS.

I JUST DON'T THINK BRICK AND MORTAR IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD ON.

ESPECIALLY, LIKE ESTABLISHED SHOPS LIKE YOURSELF HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR YEARS, YOU HAVE CLIENTELE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE YOU GO INTO LIKE LAFAYETTE, INDIANA.

>> Mike: I AGREE.

>> Joe Bonamassa: LAFAYETTE, INDIANA GUITARS, YOU'RE LIKE, CATS ARE STARVING.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Joe Bonamassa: AND THERE'S NO OUTLET AND THERE'S NO -- THE MUSIC SCENE DRIVES THE STORE BECAUSE, IF YOU DON'T NEED A GUITAR AND AMP IF THERE'S NO PLACE TO PLAY.

>> Mike: CLUBS ARE GONE TOO.

A LOT OF THEM WILL CLOSE.

>> Joe Bonamassa: AND WHAT I'M STARTING TO SEE IS, THAT FEEDER SYSTEM, THAT FARM SYSTEM THAT I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO KIND OF TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, FIRST TIME I WENT TO YOUR SHOP IS WHEN I WAS PLAYING BOGARTS.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Joe Bonamassa: IN CINCINNATI.

I THINK WE HAD 102 PEOPLE PAID THROUGH THE DOOR, AND THAT WAS ENOUGH TO PAY FOR THIS.

IT WAS ENOUGH PAY FOR GAS FOR THE VAN.

BUT, 102 PEOPLE BECAME 200 PEOPLE, BECAME -- SO OVER THE COURSE OF 15, 16, 17 YEARS ALL OF SUDDEN IT'S LIKE OKAY NOW YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO SELL A PLACE OUT.

BUT BANDS NOW DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY BECAUSE THE SMALL PLACES ARE CLOSING, THEY JUST CAN'T KEEP THE DOORS OPEN.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Joe Bonamassa: IT'S AN INTERESTING TIME.

I'M INTERESTED TO SEE, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THE ERA OF THE IPAD, MACBOOK PRO DJ COMES TO AN END AND COMES TO AN END IN A HURRY.

IT'S NOT A CONCERT IF YOU'RE JUST PLAYING ITUNES.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Joe Bonamassa: I JUST REJECT THAT WHOLESALE AND NOW I SOUND LIKE A GRUMPY OLD MAN ALWAYS TURNING THE CHANNEL.

>> Mike: WELL, THANKS FOR SHOWING US YOUR COOL STUFF, JOE.

>> Joe Bonamassa: NO PROBLEM, MIKE.

>> Mike: WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

[JOE BONAMASSA CONCERT] >> Taylor: HEY RICK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS PAINTING INTO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES" TODAY.

WHEN I FIRST BROUGHT IT IN, I WAS LIKE, "OH MY GOODNESS."

BUT THEN WHEN I SAW IT, THIS IS A REMARKABLE PORTRAIT.

TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT IT.

>> Guest: WELL, THIS IS COLONEL JOSEPH HAMILTON DAVIESS.

HE WAS A KENTUCKY BACKWOODS LAWYER.

HE WAS ALSO IN THE MILITARY AS YOU CAN SEE.

HE DIED AT THE BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE, 1811 AGAINST THE INDIANS, DURING THE INDIAN WARS, TECUMSEH.

>> Taylor: ABSOLUTELY.

SOMETHING VERY FASCINATING ABOUT THIS PORTRAIT IS HE WAS THE FIRST KENTUCKY, HE WAS A BIG KENTUCKY LAWYER.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Taylor: AND HE MOVED FROM BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA TO DANVILLE, KENTUCKY WHERE EVERYBODY SEEMED TO SETTLE VERY EARLY ON.

>> Guest: RIGHT.

>> Taylor: AND HE WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST LAWYER IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, OR WEST OF THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS TO TRY A CASE IN THE SUPREME COURT.

SO HE'S VITAL IN KIND OF THIS WESTERN EXPANSION AND THE CREATION OF KENTUCKY.

IT WAS A SHAME HE DIED A LITTLE EARLY ON AT TIPPECANOE BUT HE DID HAVE A VERY WONDERFUL MILITARY CAREER.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, HIS LAST NAME IS DAVIESS.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT THAT HERE IN KENTUCKY, DAVIESS COUNTY AND OWENSBORO, IT'S ALL NAMED AFTER HIM.

ACTUALLY THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER COUNTIES SURROUNDING THE, KENTUCKY, I THINK THERE'S ONE IN MISSOURI AND MAYBE ONE IN INDIANA THAT IS NAMED AFTER HIM AS WELL.

TYPICALLY WHEN WE SEE A PORTRAIT LIKE THIS, IT'S DONE EITHER AFTER A PRINT OR AFTER THAT, BUT THEN WE GOT TO LOOKING A LITTLE CLOSER AT THIS THING AND THERE'S SOME KEY HINTS TO IT THAT ARE REALLY GOOD.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE STRETCHER ON THIS PIECE, YOU SEE THAT REALLY DARK DARK WOOD AROUND THERE.

THAT IS HEAVILY OXIDIZED.

THAT MEANS THIS IS A PRETTY OLD CANVAS.

SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THIS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DONE FROM LIFE OR WHETHER IT'S A COPY OF SOMETHING, BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS WE HAVE AN 18, PROBABLY 20'S PORTRAIT OF THIS GENTLEMAN.

HE'S A WAR HERO, HE'S AN IMPORTANT LAWYER SO HE'S REALLY GOT A LOT GOING ON.

THERE'S MANY REASONS WHY HE WOULD PAINT, HAVE HIS PORTRAIT MADE.

>> Guest: HE TRIED AARON BURR FOR TREASON.

>> Taylor: ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, HE... >> Guest: THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING.

>> Taylor: YEAH, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM A CRAZY GUY FROM KENTUCKY TO TRY AARON BURR.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Taylor: WHO WAS A BIG POLITICAL FIGURE IN THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME AND.

>> Guest: SURE.

>> Taylor: I THINK HE WAS GOOD FRIENDS WITH, HE HAD CORRESPONDENTS WITH JEFFERSON AND A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

>> Guest: HE WAS ALSO THE 8TH GRANDMASTER OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

HE WAS A MASON AS WELL.

>> Taylor: SO HERE'S ONE OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS WHOSE LIFE WAS JUST CUT A LITTLE TOO SHORT IN KENTUCKY.

AND I AM SO EXCITED YOU BROUGHT IT IN.

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Taylor: NOW THERE'S SOME GREAT NEWS ABOUT THIS BUT LET'S START WITH THE LITTLE NEGATIVE THAT WE HAVE.

THE PAINTING IS NOT GREAT CONDITION.

I MEAN, WHEN YOU SEE HOLES HERE AND HERE, AND THERE'S BEEN A REPAIR HERE AS WELL.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, IT'S A VERY RARE PORTRAIT.

I'D LOVE TO TAKE A LOT MORE TIME TO TRACK DOWN WHO THE ARTIST IS, BUT AS IT SITS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO APPRAISE THIS AS A PORTRAIT OF THIS MAN.

>> Guest: OKAY.

>> Taylor: AN IMPORTANT KENTUCKIAN.

AND IF IT WAS IN PERFECT SHAPE OF COURSE THE VALUE WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER, BUT AS IT SITS, I FEEL COMFORTABLE GIVING A VALUE ON THIS OF $5,500 TO $6,500.

>> Guest: OKAY.

>> Taylor: AND IF WE CAN TRACK DOWN THE ARTIST, THERE'S SOME GREAT NAMES TIED WITH THIS GENTLEMAN.

THERE'S A PEALE POSSIBILITY, THERE'S A JOUETT POSSIBILITY.

WE JUST WOULD HAVE TO TAKE TIME TO REALLY DO OUR HOMEWORK TO GET THIS DETERMINED.

BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL PORTRAIT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH BRINGING IT IN.

>> Guest: THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> Taylor: IT'S REALLY A TREAT.

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Louis: JUDY, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THIS VERY NICE POCKET WATCH.

TELL ME THE HISTORY BEHIND IT OR WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.

>> Guest: WELL, I KNOW THAT THE POCKET WATCH BELONGED TO MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S SECOND HUSBAND.

HIS NAME WAS FRED J. MARCUS.

I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS HE WAS IN, BUT I FEEL LIKE HE CARRIED THIS YOU KNOW, MOST OF HIS LIFE, AND IT ENDED BEING A FAMILY HEIRLOOM THAT I HAPPENED TO BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE.

>> Louis: OKAY.

I'M ASSUMING THE CHAIN WENT WITH IT.

>> Guest: YES.

THE CHAIN DID, AND I THINK THE WATCH CAME FROM LOUISVILLE.

IT'S ENGRAVED, OR NOT ENGRAVED, BUT THERE'S MARKINGS ON IT THAT SAYS IT'S FROM LOUISVILLE.

>> Louis: IT HAS WHAT WE'VE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A HALF ALBERT POCKET WATCH CHAIN WHICH WAS VERY TYPICAL FOR THE 20'S.

IT'S A 16 SIZE POCKET WATCH.

IT'S FROM IRION & GIRARDET WHO WERE VERY FAMOUS FOR THEIR PRIVATE LABEL POCKET WATCHES WHICH MEANS THEY DIDN'T MAKE A WATCH, THEY BOUGHT THE MINT.

>> Guest: OH OKAY.

>> Louis: BEAUTIFUL MULTI >> Louis: A BEAUTIFUL MULTI COLORED ENGRAVING ALL IN THE WATCH.

OVER HERE WE HAVE A SMALL LITTLE STONE THAT'S MISSING.

PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN A DIAMOND.

DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT?

>> Guest: WELL, ACTUALLY YES.

MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME THAT THAT DIAMOND ENDED UP IN MY MOTHER'S ENGAGEMENT RING SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS QUITE AN INTERESTING LITTLE STORY.

IT WAS A SMALL DIAMOND, AND I REMEMBER SEEING THE RING AND IT DID HAVE A SMALL DIAMOND BUT IT WAS MY MOM'S ENGAGEMENT RING.

>> Louis: WELL, MAYBE ONE DAY YOU CAN REUNITE IT WITH THE PIECE BECAUSE IT TAKES A SMALL DIAMOND SET RIGHT THERE.

>> Guest: OH, I'LL TRY.

>> Louis: AND THE WATCH HAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGNATURE ON THE DIAL THAT SAYS IRION & GIRARDET AND IT'S 404 WEST MARKET STREET, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

SO IT IS A WATCH THAT WAS RETAILED AFTER 1900.

AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE COMMON VALUE THAT THE FAMILY HAS PLACED ON THIS WATCH AND CHAIN?

>> Guest: WELL, I TRIED TO RESEARCH A LITTLE BIT ONLINE BUT I WASN'T VERY SUCCESSFUL.

I WAS THINKING IT MIGHT BE WORTH MAYBE $1,000.

>> Louis: WELL, A WATCH LIKE THIS, IF IT WAS JUST SIMPLY A GOLD WATCH, A PLAIN GOLD WATCH, PROBABLY MIGHT BE WORTH $1,000.

BUT THIS WATCH BECAUSE OF THIS FANTASTIC -- IT'S A GREAT SIZE, IT'S AN 18 SIZE, PHENOMENAL MULTI-COLORED GOLD, BEAUTIFUL SIDE, REUNITED WITH THE DIAMOND WITH A GOLD CHAIN WOULD BE WORTH SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $5,500 AND $6,500.

>> Guest: WOW.

THAT'S A LOT.

I'M PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT.

THANK YOU.

>> Louis: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT IN AND SHARING WITH IT.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS RETAILED IN LOUISVILLE IS FANTASTIC.

>> Guest: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> Louis: THANK YOU.

>> Amy: I'M AMY HESS, HOST OF "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

JOIN ME SATURDAY AFTERNOONS.

[MUSIC] >> Guest: I CAN TELL IT WAS HANDMADE.

THANK YOU.

>> Bill: IT'S A NICE PIECE, IT'S REALLY NICE.

I LIKE IT.

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