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

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

>> Scott: THERE'S NOT MUCH OF THIS AROUND, NOT MUCH AVAILABLE AND IT'S EXTREMELY DESIRABLE.

NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S AMERICAN POTTERY BUT BECAUSE IT HAS A GREAT LOOK TODAY THAT'S RIGHT IN STYLE WITH ALL THE 50'S MODERN STUFF THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION IS USING.

>> Andrew: PEOPLE WHO COLLECT PARTICULARLY 20TH CENTURY MILITARY ARE OFTEN COLLECTING STORIES MORE THAN THEY ARE THE OBJECTS.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Andrew: AND THIS IS STORY.

THIS IS A GREAT STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST· >> Guest: HE HAS SOME STORIES.

>> Scott: HI, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

>> Guest: I'M JUST FINE.

>> Scott: WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Scott: SO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT DID YOU BRING US TODAY?

>> Guest: WELL, I BROUGHT YOU THIS VASE THAT I'VE HAD FOR THE LAST 54 YEARS.

AND, JUST WONDERED WHAT THE VALUE OF IT WAS.

>> Scott: WHERE DID YOU ACQUIRE THE VASE?

>> Guest: IT WAS A WEDDING PRESENT FROM OUR BEST MAN.

>> Scott: WOW.

SO YOU GOT MARRIED 54 YEARS AGO, CORRECT?

>> Guest: OH, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY IT'LL BE 57 YEARS.

>> Scott: 57 YEARS.

>> Guest: ON AUGUST THE 29TH.

>> Scott: WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Scott: YOU HAVE A VERY BEAUTIFUL VASE FIRST OF ALL.

WE HAVE A VERY STYLIZED, 50'S, MODERN VASE.

THIS WAS MADE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA BY A COUPLE BY THE NAME OF PILIN, P-I-L-I-N.

AND THEY WERE ORIGINALLY OF POLISH DESCENT SETTLING IN LOS ANGELES AND OPENING A POTTERY STUDIO IN 1948.

HER NAME WAS POLINA AND HIS NAME WAS WILLIAM.

AND THEY WERE BOTH BORN AROUND 1909, 1910.

HE DIED IN THE 80'S AND SHE PASSED AWAY IN 1996.

SINCE 1996, THIS POTTERY HAS BECOME VERY VALUABLE.

FIRST OF ALL, IT WASN'T A VERY LARGE PRODUCTION LINE.

SHE MADE THIS VERY ONE OF A KIND PIECES.

IT'S ALL MADE BY HAND, THEY THREW THE POTTERY BY HAND AND THEN SHE MADE THESE VERY WHIMSICAL LOOKING LITTLE FIGURES OF PEOPLE.

WE HAVE A NICE HORSE HERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS THERE, MAYBE A TREE.

BUT WE HAVE A HORSE OVER HERE STYLIZED.

AND SHE DID AN UNUSUAL, HER AND HER HUSBAND PAINTED ON THIS WET CLAY.

THEY USED WET CLAY INSTEAD OF FIRING THE CLAY FIRST AND THEN PAINTING.

THEY USED WET CLAY, PAINTED ON THE WET CLAY WITH THESE BEAUTIFUL COLORS, THEN AFTER THEY FIRED IT THE FIRST TIME, THEN THEY TOOK A TRANSLUCENT OR TRANSPARENT, RATHER TRANSPARENT GLAZE, AND THEN GLAZED ON TOP ON TOP OF IT TO GIVE IT A VERY JEWEL TONE OR A VERY HIGH GLOSSY TONE.

YOU DON'T SEE VERY MUCH OF THIS AT ALL.

I'M GOING TO REVEAL THE BOTTOM OF THIS WHICH DOES HAVE, IF I CAN TURN IT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, THERE IT IS.

THAT IS HER SIGNATURE, PILLIN.

AND THEY DIDN'T SIGN EVERYTHING, BUT YOU'RE LUCKY THIS ONE IS SIGNED.

AND I WOULD THINK THIS WAS MADE RIGHT AROUND THE YEAR YOU GOT IT.

WITHIN THE YEAR THAT YOU BOUGHT IT, GOT THE PIECE AS A PRESENT.

THERE'S NOT MUCH OF THIS AROUND, NOT MUCH AVAILABLE AND IT'S EXTREMELY DESIRABLE.

NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT'S AMERICAN POTTERY BUT BECAUSE IT HAS A GREAT LOOK TODAY THAT'S RIGHT IN STYLE WITH ALL THE 50'S MODERN STUFF THAT THE YOUNGER GENERATION IS USING.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS IS WORTH TODAY?

IN VALUE.

>> Guest: WELL, I THOUGHT PROBABLY $400 IS WHAT I WAS THINKING.

>> Scott: WELL ACTUALLY IT'S WORTH QUITE A BIT MORE.

PILLIN POTTERY DOESN'T COME UP FOR AUCTION VERY MUCH.

THE LAST SORT OF SIMILAR PIECE TO THIS, IT WASN'T EXACT BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS A ONE OFF ONE OF A KIND.

I WOULD THINK YOU'RE TALKING MORE IN THE $900 TO $1,200 RANGE TODAY.

>> Guest: OH MY.

>> Scott: FOR A PIECE OF PILIN POTTERY.

>> Guest: THAT'S EXCITING.

IT REALLY IS.

IT'S JUST SAT UP IN A GLASS CUPBOARD, AND I WASN'T THAT FOND OF IT WHEN I GOT IT.

>> Scott: WELL, ARE YOU FONDER NOW MAYBE?

>> Guest: MAYBE A LITTLE MORE FONDER.

>> Scott: MAYBE YOU'LL PUT IT OUT NOW AND LOOK AT IT SOME MORE.

>> Guest: RIGHT, RIGHT.

BUT IT IS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Scott: OH THANK YOU.

>> Guest: I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> Bill: GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Bill: DO YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE HERE?

>> Guest: IT'S A STUDY OF BOURBON KING WHO WAS A VERY FAMOUS THOROUGHBRED, NOT THOROUGHBRED, STANDARDBRED.

IT WAS PAINTED BY GEORGE FORD MORRIS.

AND I BELIEVE IT WAS A GIFT TO PANSY YOUNT WHO HAD THOROUGHBREDS, AND THEN SHE GAVE IT TO MY GRANDFATHER.

>> Bill: OKAY.

WELL, LOVE THE STORY ACTUALLY BECAUSE GEORGE FORD MORRIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY, FOR THE WHOLE FIRST HALF, HE IS REALLY THE SADDLEBRED PAINTER.

IF YOU HAD A SADDLEBRED HORSE, HE'S THE GUY YOU WANT, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

SO YOU DO HAVE A STUDY HERE OF BOURBON KING.

LOVE THE NAME BY THE WAY, IT'S PERFECT FOR KENTUCKY, WHICH ALSO TIES IN WITH MRS.

YOUNT WHO BUILT SPINDLETOP HALL THERE IN LEXINGTON OF COURSE.

AND SPINDLETOP, THE WHOLE OIL WELLS AND EVERYTHING.

EVERYONE HAS BEEN TO SPINDLETOP.

A LITTLE ABOUT BOURBON KING.

AS YOU SAID, HE WAS A TOP HORSE.

I BELIEVE FOR SIX YEARS MAYBE, HE WAS EVEN THE LEADING SIRE OF SADDLEBREDS.

>> Guest: HE WAS.

I THINK ONE OF HIS TITLES WAS "THE FATHER OF THE SADDLEBRED INDUSTRY".

HE WAS FOALED IN 1900 AND APPARENTLY HE NEVER LOST A STANDARDBRED CLASS.

>> Bill: INTERESTING.

BECAUSE ALSO, FROM BOTH SIRE LINES, BOTH THE SIRE AND THE DAM LINES.

WING COMMANDER DESCENDED FROM BOURBON KING, AND WING COMMANDER IS THE MUHAMMAD ALI OR MICHAEL JORDAN OF STANDARDBRED HORSES, SADDLEBRED HORSES, EXCUSE ME.

A HORSE PERSON WOULD GET ON ME ABOUT THAT.

SO LIKE YOU SAID, YOU DO HAVE A STUDY HERE.

VERY NICELY PAINTED.

HE WAS PROBABLY DOING IT FOR A LARGER PAINTING.

HE DID A LOT OF THESE.

ACTUALLY IN THE 50'S HE RELEASED A BOOK, "PORTRAITURES OF HORSES".

THIS WAS HIS THING.

AT THE TIME, THAT WAS THE HORSE ART BOOK THAT HAD EVER BEEN PUBLISHED.

IT STILL MIGHT BE TO THIS DAY.

VERY WELL KNOWN.

YOU DO HAVE A FEW CONDITION ISSUES.

IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF COSMETIC.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE SOME DIRT HERE AND IT WASN'T SIGNED BUT ALL IN ALL A VERY NICE PIECE AND PERFECT FOR CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

SO, LIKE I SAID HE'S VERY WELL-KNOWN AND IT REALLY, REALLY JUST OOZES EVERYTHING THAT WE WANT HERE IN A SPORTING ART PROSPECT.

NOW, I GUESS THE REASON WHY YOU'RE HERE IS FOR A VALUE.

>> Guest: RIGHT.

>> Bill: OKAY.

WELL, ONE OF HIS ACTUALLY HORSES RECENTLY SOLD FOR $93,000.

>> Guest: WOW.

>> Bill: SO, HE IS VERY, VERY COLLECTABLE IN THIS MARKET.

UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THAT HIGH HERE.

BUT FOR SOMETHING TO COME DOWN THE FAMILY LINE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT $1,500 TO $2,000.

>> Guest: THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

>> Bill: YEAH.

SO, WELL I'M GLAD YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THAT.

>> Guest: I AM.

>> Morgan: I SAW THIS AS AN "N" BUT· >> Guest: "N" AS IN NOVEMBER.

>> Morgan: AS IN NOVEMBER, BUT AS A MONOGRAM IT COULD ALSO BE AN "MD" IF THE LETTERS WERE COMBINED.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE CINCINNATI SCHOOL ARTISTS.

FRANK DUVENECK HAS A COOL MONOGRAM WHERE HE SIGNS "FD" AND THE LETTERS ARE COMBINED.

>> Amy: I HAVE SANDY, AND KIM HERE WITH ME TODAY, AND YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF A DYNAMIC DUO, RIGHT?

>> Kim: WE TRY.

>> Amy: YOU'RE A MOTHER DAUGHTER DUO AND YOU SHARE A LOVE OF ANTIQUING.

>> : YEAH, WE LOVE COLLECTING, FINDING HIDDEN GEMS AND· >> Kim: YEAH, OUR TREASURES.

>> Sandy: WE CALL THEM TREASURES.

>> Amy: YOU'RE TRUE TREASURE >> Kim: SO WE HAD SOME WONDERFUL, INTERESTING ASIAN ART PIECES THAT WE FOUND OF DIFFERENT STONES.

A LUCITE OR A SOAPSTONE.

THIS ONE IS LIKE A PARQUET WOOD PIECE THAT IS ACTUALLY MADE FROM AN ARTIST FROM GERMANY IN THE 1940'S AND 50'S.

AND HE ACTUALLY WOULD DO ONE, ART OFF A PAINTING, A FAMOUS PAINTING FROM THE 1800'S.

SO JUST QUITE AN ECLECTIC GROUP OF ITEMS.

>> Amy: WHAT DOLLAR AMOUNTS DID THEY GIVE YOU TODAY?

>> Kim: WELL, THESE TWO PIECES, THIS IS ACTUALLY, THE STONE, SHE SAID PROBABLY BE COMING IN TO AUCTION ABOUT $300 OR SO.

I THINK THE PAINTING HE SAID WOULD BE MORE CLOSER TO $500 TO $600, $700.

>> Sandy: WHICH WAS A SURPRISE.

AND THAT WAS MY FATHER WHO LIVED IN GERMANY DURING THE WAR AND SO HE SENT THAT BACK.

>> Amy: WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THEM WITH US.

>> Kim: WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN GREAT.

>> Sandy: THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

WE ENJOYED IT.

>> Andrew: WELL THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TODAY.

YOU'VE BROUGHT A WONDERFUL ARCHIVE OF MATERIAL FROM WORLD WAR II RELATED TO YOUR GRANDFATHER.

IS THAT CORRECT?

>> Guest: YES, YES IT IS.

YES IT IS.

>> Andrew: AND THIS IS HIM HERE.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: AND HE WAS, WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

>> Guest: GEORGE RATCLIFF >> Andrew: GEORGE RATCLIFF.

AND HE WAS DRAFTED FAIRLY LATE IN THE WAR YOU SAID.

>> Guest: OH YES.

>> Andrew: PROBABLY 1943 OR 1944.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: AND HE WAS A RADIOMAN, CORRECT?

>> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: AND HE SERVED ON THE USS INTREPID.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: WHICH IS ONE OF THE GREAT STORIED SHIPS OF WORLD WAR II.

>> Guest: YES IT IS.

>> Andrew: WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS ARCHIVE IS IT CONTAINS SUCH A HUGE QUANTITY OF THINGS, BOTH OFFICIAL AND KIND OF NOT OFFICIAL.

MENUS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS ABOUT THE DAY TO DAY LIFE, BUT OF COURSE AS A RADIOMAN IN PARTICULAR IT ALSO INCLUDES A LOT OF STUFF ABOUT THE SERVICE ON THAT SHIP.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Andrew: YOU KNOW, IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1943, WENT TO THE PACIFIC THEATER.

AND SO IT WAS REALLY ONLY IN SERVICE DURING THE WAR FOR A FAIRLY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT DURING THAT TIME IT SURVIVED FIVE KAMIKAZE ATTACKS.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: AND ONE TORPEDO ATTACK.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Andrew: AND IN FACT, YOU HAVE WONDERFULLY FRAMED HERE A FRAGMENT OF ONE OF THOSE KAMIKAZE FIGHTERS THAT CRASHED IN AND CAUSED THE FIRE.

SO THERE'S A LITTLE TANGIBLE CONNECTION TO ONE OF THOSE SURVIVED ATTACKS.

IT'S SUCH A GREAT STORY.

AND THEN AS A RADIOMAN OF COURSE HE HAD ACCESS TO THE TELETYPE.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS THE TELETYPE THAT ANNOUNCED THE END OF WORLD WAR II AT LEAST IN JAPAN.

RIGHT THERE IT ANNOUNCES TO ALL THE TROOPS OF ALL THE BRANCHES OF THE SERVICE THAT WORLD WAR II WAS NOW OVER.

SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE GREATEST GENERATION.

>> Guest: IT SURE IS.

>> Andrew: MY GRANDFATHER FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II AS OBVIOUSLY DID YOURS.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: AND THIS GENERATION DID THE WORLD A TREMENDOUS SERVICE.

AND THEY'RE AGING AND THEY'RE SLOWLY DISAPPEARING.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: SO IT'S GREAT THAT YOU HAVE THIS ENTIRE COLLECTION OF MATERIAL STILL ENACT.

I MEAN, I SEE THIS SORT OF STUFF FAIRLY REGULARLY, BUT TO HAVE IT ALL AS AN ARCHIVE STILL INTACT WITH ALL THE STORIES IS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Andrew: AND I WISH I HAD SOME OF THIS SORT OF STUFF FROM MY GRANDFATHER.

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Andrew: AND BECAUSE THIS WORLD WAR II MATERIAL IS STARTING TO COME OUT OF ATTICS AND SUCH, THERE'S -- >> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: AND WITH THAT GENERATION DISAPPEARING, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COLLECTORS OF THIS SORT OF MATERIAL.

>> Guest: REALLY?

>> Andrew: AND AGAIN, PEOPLE WHO COLLECT PARTICULARLY 20TH CENTURY MILITARY ARE OFTEN COLLECTING STORIES MORE THAN THEY ARE THE OBJECTS.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Andrew: AND THIS IS STORY.

THIS IS A GREAT STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST· >> Guest: HE HAS SOME STORIES.

>> Andre: I'M SURE HE DID.

AND THE SHIP WAS A SURVIVOR, IT'S STILL AROUND TODAY.

AFTER WORLD WAR II IT SERVED, CONTINUED TO SERVE IN THE NAVY AND DURING COLD WAR, DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, IT WAS A NASA RECOVERY VEHICLE IN THE 1960'S.

>> Guest: WOW.

>> Andrew: SO IT PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE SPACE RACE AS WELL.

AND NOW OF COURSE IT'S BERTHED ON THE HUDSON RIVER IN NEW YORK CITY.

>> Guest: I HAVE BEEN UP THERE ACTUALLY WITH MY GRANDPA BACK IN THE EARLY 80'S, WE ALL WENT UP THERE AND HE SHOWED ME AROUND HIS SHIP.

>> Andrew: WOW.

I BET THAT WAS A REAL TREAT.

>> Guest: THAT WAS REALLY NEAT.

I LIKED IT.

>> Andrew: I'M SURE IT WAS A TREAT FOR HIM AS WELL.

>> Guest: OH IT WAS.

HE HAD A BLAST.

>> Andrew: WELL, AS I SAID, THIS SORT OF MATERIAL IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE COLLECTIBLE BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY SONS AND GRANDSONS OF SERVICEMEN WHO ARE LOOKING TO KIND OF RECONNECT WITH THEIR PAST.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: I WOULD THINK AT A GOOD MILITARY AUCTION AS AN ARCHIVE, THIS COLLECTION IS PROBABLY WORTH SOMEWHERE IN THE $500 TO $1,000 RANGE.

>> Guest: GREAT, GREAT.

>> Andrew: IT WAS A REAL TREAT.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Andrew: I MEAN, FOR ME IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STORY AND LESS ABOUT THE VALUE.

>> Guest: IT IS, IT IS.

OF COURSE IT'S NEVER FOR SALE.

IT WILL JUST BE PASSED DOWN.

>> Andrew: THANKS SO MUCH FOR BRINGING IT IN.

IT WAS A REAL TREAT.

>> Guest: OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

YOU'RE WELCOME, THANK YOU.

>> Andrew: THANK YOU.

>> Amy: IT'S BEEN SAID THAT "IN THE STORY OF THIS TAVERN LIES THE HISTORY OF THE CITY OF PARIS, THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND EVEN THAT OF THE PAINFUL BIRTH OF THE UNITED STATES."

DUNCAN TAVERN IS INDEED DRENCHED IN RICH HISTORY AND OFFERS AN IN-HOUSE MUSEUM, GENEALOGICAL LIBRARY AND AN ARRAY OF RARE KENTUCKY ANTIQUES.

UPON ARRIVAL, ONE CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THE BUILDING ITSELF, WHICH IS THREE STORIES HIGH, HAS TWENTY ROOMS AND IS CONSTRUCTED OF NATIVE LIMESTONE.

THIS HISTORIC CENTER BOASTS THE OLDEST STANDING TAVERN IN KENTUCKY, WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1788, 4 YEARS BEFORE KENTUCKY BECAME A STATE.

TODAY IT SERVES AS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE KENTUCKY SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AS WELL AS SHRINE FOR VISITORS TO ENJOY THE ARCHITECTURE, COLLECTIBLES AND STORIES FROM THE PAST.

>> Amy: I'M HERE TALKING TODAY WITH KAY THOMAS AND SHE IS THE DOCENT AT DUNCAN TAVERN.

>> Kay: I AM.

>> Amy: THANKS FOR BEING ON "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

>> Kay: IT'S MY PLEASURE.

>> Amy: TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DUNCAN TAVERN.

>> Kay: WELL, MAJOR DUNCAN BUILT IT IN 1788.

>> Amy: WELL, WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT AND WHAT'S SO REMARKABLE IS THAT MANY OF THE THINGS HERE, THIS IS THE WAY THAT IT WAS BACK IN THOSE DAYS.

>> Kay: IT WAS.

THE BUILDING IS REMARKABLE, ISN'T IT?

>> Amy: IT REALLY IS.

THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN THROUGH SOME PRESERVATION BY THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, RIGHT?

>> Kay: YES.

IN 1940 THEY WERE GOING TO DEMOLISH IT, MAYBE PUT A PARKING LOT HERE.

WHAT WE SAY IS THAT SHE PAID A DOLLAR FOR THE BUILDING.

SHE HAD ONE YEAR TO GET IT TOGETHER AND THE LEGEND IS SHE DID.

>> Amy: ACTUALLY THIS PLACE, THIS BUILDING HAS HOUSED MANY FAMOUS PIONEERS, RIGHT?

>> Kay: YES, DANIEL BOONE AND LOTS OF GOVERNORS.

>> Amy: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE ANTIQUE OR COLLECTIBLE HERE AT DUNCAN TAVERN?

>> Kay: WELL, YES.

IN THE ARDERY ROOM, THERE'S A CHEST.

AND ANOTHER THING ON THE MANTLE THERE ARE SOME GIRANDOLES.

WE HAVE THREE PAIR OF GIRANDOLES BUT UNTIL I WAS A DOCENT, I'D NEVER HEARD THE WORD BEFORE.

>> Amy: I HAVEN'T HEARD IT EITHER.

WHAT ARE THEY?

>> Kay: THEY'RE BRASS, GAS LIGHTS, AND THEY HAVE PRISMS WHICH REFLECT THE LIGHT BECAUSE THIS PLACE WOULD HAVE BEEN DARK.

>> Amy: WHAT WAS IT THAT ATTRACTED YOU TO DUNCAN TAVERN?

>> Kay: WELL, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HERE, AND MY MOTHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHAPTER.

MRS.

ARDERY WHEN SHE DID HER WORK IN THE 1940'S, ALL THE LADIES IN TOWN THEN WANTED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE DAR AND MY MOTHER WAS ONE OF THEM.

AND SO I'VE KIND OF ALWAYS HUNG OUT HERE.

MY WEDDING RECEPTION WAS HERE 55 YEARS AGO.

>> Amy: OH, CONGRATULATIONS.

>> Kay: NOW THAT'S HISTORY, AMY.

AND NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED.

THE GIRANDOLES WERE RIGHT UP THERE, AND THAT PAINTING.

>> Amy: YOU JUST LIKE SAYING THAT WORD, DON'T YOU?

>> Kay: YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO LEARN HOW TO SAY IT.

>> Amy: WELL, YOU SEEM LIKE THE PERFECT TOUR GUIDE.

I'M EXCITED TO TAKE A TOUR WITH YOU A LITTLE LATER.

>> Kay: WELL THANK YOU.

I'VE ENJOYED THIS.

>> Amy: BUT THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDING AND THE GUESTS WHO STAYED HERE ARE NOT THE ONLY NOTABLE FEATURES OF DUNCAN TAVERN.

ALSO SHOWCASED IS A COLLECTION OF NOTABLE ANTIQUES, SUCH AS EARLY AMERICAN FURNISHINGS, JULIET PAINTINGS, COIN SILVER, CERAMICS AND FIREARMS.

THE HISTORIC CENTER'S CURATOR, JULIE PAYNE, HAS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE IN ANTIQUES.

IT ALSO JUST SO HAPPENS SHE'S BEEN ON OUR SHOW BEFORE, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HER AND THE BLACK AND WHITE DRAWING SHE HAD APPRAISED.

>> Amy: WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK ON "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

YOU'RE QUITE AN EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THESE KENTUCKY TREASURES.

>> Julie: WHEN I GOT THE JOB AT THE DUNCAN TAVERN, I STARTED RESEARCHING WHAT HAD HAPPENED HERE AND FOUND OUT SOME NEW THINGS.

AND THEN I CAME HERE AND I STARTED POKING AROUND AND STARTED FINDING MORE INTERESTING THINGS.

>> Amy: WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THE MOST VALUABLE PIECES ARE, OR THE MOST RARE PIECES IN THE COLLECTION?

>> Julie: WELL, OUR COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS IS FABULOUS.

>> Amy: AND YOU HAVE COIN SILVER THAT KIND OF PAIRS WITH A PAINTING HERE.

>> Julie: RIGHT, THE ROBERT FAIRES ADAIR MADE A BEAKER AND WE HAVE THAT BEAKER.

WE'RE GOING TO PAIR THEM TOGETHER SO YOU CAN SEE THEM TOGETHER.

>> Amy: SURE.

>> Julie: SO THAT HE CAN LOOK DOWN ON HIS WORK >> Amy: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PIECE?

>> Julie: OF COURSE MY FAVORITE PIECE WOULD BE "BOONE COMING THROUGH THE GAP" BY WILLIAM RAINEY WHICH WE HAVE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO RAISE FUNDS TO RESTORE IT THIS YEAR.

RIGHT NOW, I THINK IF THAT WENT TO AUCTION, THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE DUKING IT OUT BECAUSE KENTUCKY PAINTINGS ARE VERY POPULAR RIGHT NOW.

AND KENTUCKY, ANYTHING THAT'S MADE IN KENTUCKY IN THE 19TH CENTURY WOULD BE VERY, VERY POPULAR ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A KENTUCKY SUBJECT LIKE THAT WHICH YOU DON'T FIND TOO OFTEN.

>> Amy: WHAT WOULD BE A VALUE FOR THAT?

>> Julie: THE RAINEY PAINTING IS EASILY SIX FIGURES.

THAT MAKES IT VERY RARE.

>> Amy: I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT.

I UNDERSTAND KAY'S GOING TO GIVE ME A TOUR AROUND, AND I'M EXCITED TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE THINGS YOU POINTED OUT.

>> Kay: WE USUALLY START OUR TOURS HERE IN THE ENTRANCE HALL OVERLOOKING THE COURTHOUSE WHICH IS WHY THIS WAS A GOOD LOCATION FOR A TAVERN.

>> Kay: THIS IS THE ARDERY ROOM, AND WE HAVE A COLLECTION OF PORTRAITS IN HERE THAT REALLY DUNCAN TAVERN AS AN HISTORIC CENTER.

>> Kay: ON OF MY FAVORITE PIECES IS THIS.

WHEN I GIVE A TOUR, I LIKE TO SHOW THIS BECAUSE THE CHILDREN ESPECIALLY THINK IT'S A CANNON BALL, BUT IT REALLY ISN'T.

IT'S A COMMUNION SET.

>> Amy: THERE ARE SO MANY NOTABLE FEATURES HERE AT DUNCAN TAVERN, EVEN THE ROOMS ARE NAMED AFTER NOTABLE FIGURES.

YOU CAN TOUR THE CLAY ROOM, ISAAC SHELBY ROOM, THE JAMES GARRARD ROOM, OR THE FOUNDERS ROOM.

WITH SO MANY DISTINCTIVE ATTRACTIONS, IT MIGHT BE HARD TO PICK A FAVORITE.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO COME AND TOUR FOR YOURSELF TO SEE WHAT MAKES YOUR NOTEWORTHY LIST.

>> Mike: THANKS FOR COMING TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES" TODAY.

>> Guest: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, MIKE.

>> Mike: GREAT.

SO ED, WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THESE TWO GUITARS HERE?

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL ABOUT THEM?

>> Guest: WELL, UNFORTUNATELY THESE ARE NOT OWNED BY ME.

THEY'RE OWNED BY AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE, WENDELL.

WENDELL A LOT, I'VE PLAYED SOME LOT, I'VE PLAYED SOME MUSIC WITH WINDLE OVER THE YEARS AND HE IS OFTEN, HE'S TOLD ME ABOUT THAT HE'S BEEN A FIXTURE IN THE CINCINNATI MUSIC COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME, INCLUDING WORKING AT A MUSIC STORE THAT WAS AN OLD TIMER HERE IN CINCINNATI.

HE'S ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT HIS GUITARS, AND I'VE SLOWLY PRIED HIM INTO LETTING ME SEE WHAT THOSE CASES ARE UNDERNEATH THE BED.

>> Mike: OH, INTERESTING.

>> Guest: SO THESE ARE TWO THAT I BROUGHT HERE TODAY SO I COULD MAYBE UNDERSTAND AND HE COULD UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT HE ACTUALLY HAS.

>> Mike: OKAY.

WAS HUGHES MUSIC INVOLVED IN THESE GUITARS?

>> Guest: I KNOW JERRY WORKED AT, OR WENDELL WORKED AT HUGHES MUSIC STORE HERE IN CINCINNATI, OHIO.

I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS CAME THROUGH GLENN HUGHES MUSIC STORE.

>> Mike: OKAY.

>> Guest: THIS ONE I'M NOT SO SURE.

>> Mike: OKAY.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

THE REASON I ASK THAT IS THEY WERE NOTORIOUS FOR TAKING GUITARS COMPLETELY APART AND OFTEN THEY WOULD TAKE THE PARTS AND SELL THEM SEPARATELY.

ESPECIALLY ON INSTRUMENTS LIKE THIS GUITAR HERE WHICH IS A TELECASTER.

IT IS A LATE 50'S TELECASTER AND THE PARTS ARE NOT FROM THE BODY AND THE NECK, EXCEPT FOR PROBABLY THE TUNERS.

THE TUNERS ARE ORIGINAL I BELIEVE TO THE GUITAR.

AND ALSO, MOST OF THE FINISH HAS BEEN REDONE.

I BELIEVE THE FINISH ON THE NECK IS UNDERNEATH SOME SORT OF OVERSPRAY.

I DID DISMANTLE IT IN BACK, I TOOK THE NECK OFF.

THERE'S NO DATE.

>> Guest: OKAY.

>> Mike: BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S ORIGINAL.

AND LATE 58, 59 OFTEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANY NECK DATE.

THERE'S A DATE ON THE NECK ON MOST FENDER GUITARS.

SO I BELIEVE THAT'S FACTORY WHICH TELLS ME THAT THIS GUITAR IS A 58 OR 9.

I BELIEVE IT'S PROBABLY A 9 BECAUSE I FELT A LOT OF THE NECKS AND THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT NECK.

>> Guest: OKAY.

>> Mike: COOL GUITAR.

REFINISHED, CHANGED PARTS, STILL A COOL 50'S GUITAR, PLAYER'S GUITAR.

AND THIS GUITAR WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

IT HAS AN AMAZING MAPLE TOP AND THEY'RE NOT ALL LIKE THIS.

THIS IS A REALLY GORGEOUS GUITAR.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THIS MODEL.

IT'S CALLED A 350.

THEY ACTUALLY CALLED IT A 350P THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS A PREMIERE, 350 PREMIERE.

THEY ONLY DID THAT FOR ONE YEAR.

AND THE FIRST YEAR HAS THIS LOGO.

AFTER THAT THEY GO TO THE NORMAL GIBSON LOGO.

THIS IS AN EARLIER SCRIPT LOGO.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL.

IT HAS A MASTER VOLUME HERE, AND A MASTER, A VOLUME AND A TONE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S MISSING THE PICKGUARD AND IT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF BINDING MISSING OVER HERE ON THE SIDE OF THE NECK.

AND ALSO SOMEONE HAS CHANGES THE BRIDGE.

NONE OF THAT IS A HUGE BIG DEAL.

IT'S AN EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF A GUITAR.

AND I JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET ON THE TV HOW BEAUTIFUL THE MAPLE TOP IS.

THE SIDES ARE THE SAME WAY.

THIS GUITAR HAD ITS ORIGINAL CASE WHICH IS A TWEED CASE FROM THE 50'S.

EARLIER CASE THAN THE GUITAR, THE CASE IS LIKE A 55 OR 6.

AND LIKE I SAID, THE PICKGUARD ORIGINALLY FOR THIS GUITAR WOULD HAVE BEEN WHITE SO THIS IS CHANGED TOO.

>> Guest: OKAY.

>> Mike: DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY'RE WORTH AT ALL?

>> Guest: WELL, UNFORTUNATELY WENDELL WHAT THEY'RE WORTH THEY'RE WORTH THROUGH THIS AND I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY THEM CHEAP FROM HIM ANYMORE.

>> Mike: OKAY.

>> Guest: MY GUESS, WHICH IS AN AMATEUR GUESS WOULD BE PROBABLY $4,000 FOR THIS AND MAYBE $5,000 HERE.

>> Mike: OKAY.

WELL, YOU'RE CLOSE ON THIS GUITAR BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE AND IT ONLY HAS MINOR DAMAGE.

IT'S ABOUT $6,000.

>> Guest: OKAY.

>> Mike: MAYBE EVEN $6,500.

AND THIS GUITAR EVEN IN THIS CONDITION IT'S WORTH PROBABLY $7,000 OR $8,000.

>> Guest: I SEE.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Guest: I'M SURPRISED BUT I'M HAPPY FOR HIM.

>> Mike: YEAH.

>> Scott: THEY WENT ON A VACATION TO MEXICO, AND THEY USED TO SELL SILVER BY THE OUNCE IN MEXICO.

SO YOU WOULD BUY IT BY THE OUNCE AND THEN THEY CHARGED A NOMINAL FEE TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT.

SO BASICALLY YOU PAID WHATEVER THE SILVER WAS WORTH AND THEN MAYBE A DOLLAR AN OUNCE TO MAKE MONEY.

SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD'VE BEEN AN INEXPENSIVE GIFT TO BRING HOME TO SOMEBODY AT THE TIME.

>> Amy: I HAVE BRENDA JOINING US TODAY, AND SHE BROUGHT IN SOME LOVELY FIGURINES THAT HAVE BEEN IN YOUR FAMILY FOR YEARS AND PASSED DOWN FROM YOUR GRANDMOTHER.

>> Guest: THAT'S CORRECT.

THESE FIGURINES WERE MY GRANDMOTHER'S, AND SHE PASSED THEM ON TO HER DAUGHTER WHO WAS MY AUNT AND MY AUNT PASSED THEM ON TO ME.

BUT I REMEMBER THEM AS CHILD AND SO THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

>> Amy: WELL, I'M SURE THEY'RE VERY PRICELESS TO YOU BECAUSE OF THOSE MEMORIES.

>> Guest: THEY ARE, THEY ARE.

>> Amy: DID YOU FIND OUT ANYTHING EXCITING TODAY AT YOUR APPRAISAL?

>> Guest: WELL, THEY REALLY AREN'T ORIGINAL, BUT THEY'RE COPIES FROM ANOTHER MOLD.

AND THEY'RE OF GERMAN ORIGIN SO THAT WAS INTERESTING.

>> Amy: DID YOU GET A VALUE AMOUNT?

>> Guest: PROBABLY ABOUT $50 OR SO, SO.

>> Amy: YOU ALSO BROUGHT IN ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S REALLY REMARKABLE.

THE COVER ON IT IS JUST IN GREAT CONDITION.

IT'S A SECOND EDITION COPY OF "NATIVE SON".

>> Guest: YES.

AND THE APPRAISER WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE COVER, THAT IT WAS STILL THERE ON THE BOOK.

>> Amy: AND THE STORY IS ABOUT A YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN BOY IN THE 1930'S IN CHICAGO.

>> Guest: THAT IS CORRECT, THAT IS CORRECT.

IT'S VERY EXCITING, SO I'M GLAD TO HAVE IT, TO OWN IT.

I ONLY PAID $7 FOR IT.

>> Amy: WHAT WAS THE RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT?

>> Guest: HE SAID PROBABLY AROUND $250 MAYBE.

BETWEEN $50 AND $250.

SO, I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR THAT.

>> Amy: WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING IT WITH US TODAY ON "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

>> Guest: WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I APPRECIATE IT.