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

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

>> Sarah: DO YOU RECALL WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT?

>> Guest: I THINK IT WAS $270.

>> Sarah: $270 AT THE ESTATE SALE, OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF ITS VALUE?

>> Guest: NO.

>> Sarah: ON THE MARKET?

>> Guest: WE HOPE IT'S WORTH MORE THAN THAT.

>> Sarah: OKAY.

>> Guest: REALLY?

>> Bill: OH, YEAH.

>> Guest: I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE THAT.

>> Bill: AND THE MORE YOU WEAR IT, THE MORE YOU ENJOY IT.

>> Guest: OH, I ENJOY IT EVERY DAY.

YES.

>> Bill: CONGRATULATIONS.

>> Bill: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

>> Guest: THANKS.

>> Bill: GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

YOU WANT TO TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE?

>> Guest: WELL SURE.

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PAINTING THAT WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE KENTUCKY DERBY FOR THE 1991 DERBY, AND THE ARTIST, SAM SAVITT IS A FAMILY FRIEND OF OURS AND AFTER THE DERBY WAS OVER HE GAVE IT TO MY FATHER.

>> Bill: OKAY.

THAT WAS A NICE GIFT.

>> Guest: IT WAS.

>> Bill: EVERY YEAR THE DERBY DOES COMMISSION A DIFFERENT ARTWORK FROM A DIFFERENT ARTIST AND IT KIND OF BECOMES THEIR POSTER FOR THE YEAR.

AND THOSE ARE COLLECTABLE ITEMS, THE POSTERS.

I ACTUALLY HAVE A FEW FROM THE 80'S.

AND I TOOK NOTE WHEN I WAS IN THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION HERE RECENTLY, THEY HAD SOME OF THESE HANGING THERE, SO THEY ARE KNOWN.

I'M SURE THIS ONE WAS KNOWN AT THE TIME.

OBVIOUSLY THE DERBY HUGE HERE, POPULAR SUBJECT IN KENTUCKY, SO THAT ALWAYS WORKS.

>> Guest: ABSOLUTELY.

>> Bill: NOW, A LITTLE ABOUT SAVITT, VERY WELL-KNOWN HORSE ARTIST.

PRETTY PROLIFIC.

I THINK HE ILLUSTRATED MORE THAN 100 DIFFERENT BOOKS.

>> Guest: HE ILLUSTRATED A BOOK THAT MY GRANDMOTHER WROTE.

>> Bill: OH REALLY?

>> Guest: MHMM.

>> Bill: OH, WELL, YOU HAVE ALL KINDS OF CONNECTIONS.

>> Guest: INDEED.

>> Bill: SO THAT'S PERFECT.

WELL, HE ILLUSTRATED THOSE BOOKS, BUT ONE THING, OVER IN EUROPE WITH ARTISTS, THEY REALLY TRY TO JOIN AND CREATE SOCIETIES TO REALLY HELP THEM FLOURISH, GET THEIR NAMES OUT, THAT SORT OF THING.

IT'S NEVER REALLY TAKEN HOLD IN AMERICA.

BUT ONE OF THE MORE PROMINENT ONES, AND IT'S ACTUALLY BASED HERE IN KENTUCKY DOWN IN LEXINGTON, IS THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF EQUINE ARTISTS.

AND SO HE WAS A FOUNDER OF THAT, RICHARD STONE REEVES WAS ANOTHER MAJOR FOUNDER.

SO THOSE ARE ALL REALLY WELL-KNOWN HORSE PAINTERS, EQUINE ARTISTS.

THAT WAS ANOTHER THING WITH HIM.

HE ALSO DID, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF HOW TO PHRASE IT, BUT THERE WERE, OH, MAYBE BREEDING LINES WITH THE SMITHSONIAN AND EVERYTHING.

AND IT'S REALLY CONSIDERED A MAJOR WORK.

>> Guest: OKAY.

>> Bill: SO HORSEMEN ARE GOING TO KNOW THAT AND EVERYTHING.

IT'S PERFECT.

YOU WERE TELLING ME, HOW DID YOU GET IT FROM YOUR FATHER?

>> Guest: RIGHT, SO IT'S BEEN IN OUR HOME FOR A LONG TIME.

MY DAD'S ALWAYS TOLD ME STORIES ABOUT IT BUT I DIDN'T LISTEN, BUT I MOVED TO KENTUCKY A FEW YEARS AGO, AND HE LENT IT TO ME TO DISPLAY, AND HE SAID, "HEY MAYBE YOU COULD EVEN TRY TO SELL IT FOR ME."

I SAID, "I'LL GIVE YOU $50 FOR IT."

HE SAID, "NAH, I WANT $500."

SO I BROUGHT IT OUT LAST MONTH AND I PUT IT IN MY OFFICE AT NKU AND I JUST THOUGHT, WELL, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL AND YOU KNOW, THOUGHT I'D BRING IT HERE AND SEE WHAT IT'S WORTH.

>> Bill: PERFECT.

WELL, YEAH, $50 IS MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT THE POSTERS GO WITH.

>> Guest: OKAY.

>> Bill: SO YOU DID ALRIGHT THERE.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Bill: BUT ACTUALLY YOU WERE TELLING ME SOMETHING ELSE BACKSTAGE THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Bill: ABOUT THE FRAMING.

>> Guest: OH, YES.

SO SHORTLY AFTER SAM GAVE THIS TO MY FATHER, SHORTLY AFTER HE GAVE IT TO HIM, MY DAD JUST HAD IT FRAMED AND MATTED IT, JUST A TYPICAL PLACE.

SAM SAW IT AFTERWARDS AND WAS QUITE DISMAYED WITH HOW MY DAD HAD IT PUT TOGETHER.

HE WASN'T HAPPY WITH THE GLASS, HE WASN'T HAPPY WITH THE MATTING AND HE JUST DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT PROPERLY SHOWCASED HIS WORK.

>> Bill: THEY GET LIKE THAT.

>> Guest: WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO CHANGING IT THOUGH UNFORTUNATELY.

>> Bill: THEY DO GET PICKY.

I WILL SAY ONE THING, WITH THE GLASS, IT IS SORT OF A MILKIER VERSION.

I THINK HONESTLY THE PIECE IS GOING TO POP MORE MAYBE IF YOU CHANGED THAT.

>> Guest: OKAY.

>> Bill: TO SORT A CONSERVATION PURPOSE.

>> Guest: YEAH, SAM DID NOT WANT IT IN ANTI-GLARE.

HE WANTED IT IN A DIFFERENT QUALITY.

>> Bill: IT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE MILKIER, BUT IT STILL LOOKS GOOD.

SO YOU MAY WANT TO LOOK INTO THAT.

>> Guest: LOOKS GOOD ON MY OFFICE WALL.

>> Bill: NOW, YOU SAID YOU OFFERED HIM $500?

>> Guest: I OFFERED HIM $50.

>> Bill: HE WANTED $500.

>> Guest: HE WANTED $500.

>> Bill: WELL, IT STILL WOULD HAVE BEEN A BARGAIN.

>> Guest: OH YEAH?

>> Bill: IF WE HAD IT IN THE GALLERY, WE WOULD PROBABLY PUT IT AT ABOUT $2,500.

>> Guest: WOW.

IT'S TOO BAD MY DAD DIDN'T TAKE MY $50.

THAT'S GREAT.

>> Bill: YEAH.

>> Bill: WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

>> Guest: I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> Bill: WELL, YOU'VE BROUGHT NICE THINGS TODAY.

>> Guest: I DID.

VERY NICE, I LIKE IT.

>> Bill: SO, THIS IS A PIECE THAT IS A FAMILY ITEM OF JEWELRY, ISN'T IT?

>> Guest: OH YES, YES.

IT'S MY GREAT AUNT'S.

>> Bill: SO, WAS IT HERS ORIGINALLY THEN?

>> Guest: YES, YES.

YES IT WAS.

>> Bill: AND THEN SHE WORE IT AND THEN EVENTUALLY -- >> Guest: SHE PASSED IT TO MY MOM, AND THEN MY MOM PASSED IT DOWN TO ME.

I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND A GRANDDAUGHTER, AND IT WILL GO ON.

>> Bill: SO YOU'RE THE THIRD GENERATION IN YOUR FAMILY TO BE WEARING THIS RING?

>> Guest: YES I AM.

>> Bill: DO YOU THINK IT WAS PURCHASED CLOSE BY OR?

>> Guest: SHE'S FROM HERE.

SHE'S FROM ERLANGER.

>> Bill: ALRIGHT.

>> Guest: AND THEN SHE MOVED UP NEW YORK FOR A WHILE AND BACK HERE IN HER LATER YEARS.

>> Bill: WELL, THERE HAVE BEEN QUALITY JEWELERS IN THIS AREA AND CERTAINLY IN THE CITY FOR OVER 100 YEARS WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE IN YOUR RING, WHICH YOU WEAR DAILY, RIGHT?

>> Guest: ALL THE TIME.

YES.

>> Bill: THIS RING IS MADE OF PLATINUM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT PLATINUM IS THAT, IT IS SO PURE AND IT IS SO HARD, SO DURABLE, THAT YOU CAN HAVE A PIECE OF JEWELRY LIKE THIS AND WEAR IT FOR THREE GENERATIONS, SO REALLY IT HAS NOT EVER BEEN REPAIRED ASIDE FROM HAVING TO HAVE WORK DONE ON IT.

>> Guest: YEAH, NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

>> Bill: EVEN AS YOU WEAR IT NOW, THE PRONGS ARE VERY STRONG AND ALL OF THE DIAMONDS ARE HERE.

>> Guest: LUCKILY.

>> Bill: WELL, YOU LIVE AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE, YES MA'AM.

>> Guest: YES.

>> Bill: THEN IN LOOKING AT THIS, YOU'VE GOT SMALLER DIAMONDS ON THE OUTSIDE THAT ARE WHAT WOULD BE ANTIQUE SINGLE CUT DIAMONDS.

BUT WHAT REALLY PEGS THIS DOWN IS THAT ACROSS THE CENTER OF THESE LARGER ONES, ARE ALL WHAT WE CALL OLD EUROPEAN CUT AND THAT'S A STYLE BEING CUT AROUND 1910.

SO I KNOW WE'RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING HERE THAT'S OVER 100 YEARS OLD AND SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN HAVE BIGGER PIECES OF JEWELRY BUT SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO HAVE A BETTER PIECE OF JEWELRY.

THAT'S THE CASE WITH YOUR RING.

BECAUSE ALL OF THE DIAMONDS IN HERE ARE AS CLOSE TO COLORLESS AND AS CLOSE TO FLAWLESS AS POSSIBLE.

I MEAN, YOU COULD TAKE SOMETHING FROM THAT ERA AND MAKE IT OF LESSER MATERIAL, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, IF WE WERE TO SIT DOWN AND DO THIS, AND TO DO IT BY HAND BECAUSE IF WE LOOK CLOSER ALONG THESE EDGES, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE SAW BLADE MARKS WHERE THE PERSON MADE THIS BY HAND AND ASSEMBLED THE PIECES.

>> Guest: OH.

>> Bill: BECAUSE ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE, THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL FISHTAIL SETTINGS, THEY KIND OF ROUND UP AND GRASP THE DIAMOND AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGE.

ALL OF THAT WORK WAS DONE BY HAND AFTER THEY HAD ALREADY MATCHED THE DIAMONDS.

SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WITH DIAMONDS THAT ARE THIS SPECIAL, THEY'RE NOT YELLOW AT ALL, IN OTHER WORDS, THEY'RE COLORLESS, AND THERE'S REALLY NO INCLUSION IN THAT.

SO WHOEVER SAT DOWN WITH THE RECIPE TO MAKE A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF JEWELRY FOR SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY TOOK THE TIME TO PICK THE BEST THINGS THAT THEY COULD FIND AND TO ASSEMBLE THEM IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE.

REALLY, FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE WORN THIS THROUGH THE GENERATIONS.

THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY SCRATCH MARKS OR SAW MARKS AS IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SIZED.

SO HAS ANYONE EVER SIZED IT DO YOU THINK?

>> Guest: NO, NO ONE'S EVER SIZED IT.

>> Bill: WHAT AN AMAZING THING ACROSS THE GENERATIONS TO HAVE THE SAME FINGER SIZE AND WEAR IT AND ENJOY IT.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Bill: SO, YOU'VE HAD IT FOR YEARS, THEY HAD IT FOR YEARS BEFORE THAT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU LOOK FOR IN A PIECE OF JEWELRY LIKE THIS IS HOW WELL IT HAS DONE ALONG THAT TIMEFRAME.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Bill: THIS HAS WORN WELL.

IT'S STILL GOT THE GREAT STUFF IN IT.

NOW YOU'VE PROBABLY ONLY GOT PROBABLY A HALF KARAT TOTAL WEIGHT AMONG ALL OF THOSE, BUT THEY'RE ALL QUALITY PIECES OF JEWELRY.

EACH DIAMOND AND EACH STROKE THAT WAS TAKEN TO MAKE THAT PIECE OF JEWELRY.

SO IN THE END, YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S EASILY WORTH $2,500 TO $3,000 >> Guest: WOW.

REALLY?

>> Bill: OH YEAH.

>> Guest: I DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE THAT.

>> Bill: AND THE MORE YOU WEAR IT, THE MORE YOU ENJOY IT.

>> Guest: OH, I ENJOY IT EVERY DAY.

YES.

>> Bill: CONGRATULATIONS.

>> Guest: YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Bill: MY PLEASURE.

[MUSIC] >> THIS IS 1927, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE IN THESE BOOKS THAT ARE GRANDPARENTS, GREAT GRANDPARENTS OF PEOPLE AND THEY POSSIBLY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY ATTENDED THIS SCHOOL.

>> Amy: ARTHUR HAS BROUGHT IN JUST WONDERFUL TREASURES REALLY, MICKEY TREASURES THAT YOU FOUND IN YOUR UNCLE'S ATTIC.

>> Guest: YES, MA'AM, MY UNCLE'S ATTIC IN RICHMOND, KENTUCKY.

>> Amy: HE SOUNDS LIKE A VERY WHIMSICAL AND FUN GUY.

>> Guest: YES, HE IS.

THIS IS ORIGINAL MANUFACTURE THAT GOT THE WALT DISNEY'S BUSINESS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST SET THEY PUT OUT.

>> Amy: WELL, DID YOU HAVE FUN TODAY AT YOUR APPRAISAL?

DID YOU LEARN NEW THINGS?

>> Guest: ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

YOU'VE GOT SOME PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE HERE.

I SURE APPRECIATE IT.

I SURE DO.

>> Amy: DID THEY TELL YOU A VALUE AMOUNT FOR ANY OF THESE?

>> Guest: YES, MA'AM.

ALTOGETHER, $750 TO $1,000, EASY.

>> Amy: WELL, WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT MICKEY MOUSE IS IT'S SO HIGHLY COLLECTABLE.

THERE ARE SO MANY COLLECTORS OUT THERE, AND PEOPLE LOVE IT.

>> Guest: YES MA'AM.

YES MA'AM.

WE'RE PLANNING ON KEEPING IT.

>> Amy: THAT'S RIGHT.

MY NEXT QUESTION WAS, DO YOU HAVE GRANDKIDS?

>> Guest: YES MA'AM.

YES, WE DO.

>> Amy: NOW HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DIVIDE ALL OF THIS UP?

>> Guest: I'LL PROBABLY PUT IT UP IN THE ATTIC AND LET THEM FIND IT.

>> Amy: THAT'S RIGHT, HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.

>> Guest: YES MA'AM.

LET THEM FIND IT, AND THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

>> Amy: WELL, IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND IT OBVIOUSLY ENDED UP IN THE RIGHT HANDS BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> Guest: YEAH, WE SURE DO.

WE SURE DO.

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

>> Guest: THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>> Steve: WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

WHAT DID YOU BRING IN FOR US TODAY?

>> Guest: WELL, TODAY I BROUGHT IN MY TWO GREAT UNCLE'S SHOTGUNS.

WHEN THEY GOT OUT OF THE SERVICE, THEY STARTED SHOOTING TRAP AND SKEET A LOT, AND THESE ARE THEIR TWO BROWNINGS THAT THEY BOUGHT THAT THEY SHOT SKEET WITH.

OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEM WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT THEM IN TODAY.

>> Steve: AND I ASSUMED THEY STAYED IN THE FAMILY?

>> Guest: YES.

>> Steve: AND THEY CONTINUE TO BE IN THE FAMILY?

>> Guest: YEP.

>> Steve: AND WHAT TIME DID THEY START SHOOTING?

>> Guest: THEY STARTED SHOOTING LATER 60'S, EARLY 70'S, AND THEN THEY KIND OF GOT OUT OF IT AS THEY GOT OLDER, BUT THEY'VE BEEN IN THE FAMILY EVER SINCE WHICH IS WHY WE BROUGHT THEM IN.

>> Steve: I SEE.

WELL, WHAT THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SUPERPOSED AND THEY ARE MADE BY BROWNING AND THESE ARE THE ICONS OF SKEET AND TRAP.

THESE GUNS, THE BASE GUNS STARTED OFF WITH SOMETHING WAY BELOW THIS.

WHEN YOU ORDERED IT, YOU'D HAVE EMBELLISHMENTS, ENGRAVING AND ALL KINDS OF ADD-ONS.

THESE THINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE MADE IN BELGIUM, WERE THE MOST COLLECTABLE AND THE MOST DESIRABLE.

AND ESPECIALLY IN KENTUCKY HERE.

A LOT OF SKEET AND A LOT OF TRAP AND WE'RE COMING UP ON DOVE SEASON.

BUT THESE THINGS ARE ACTUALLY THE MOST DESIRABLE IN MY OPINION, CALIBER.

THESE ARE 4-10 AND BOTH OF THEM ARE 4-10.

AND THEY HAVE THREE-INCH CHAMBERS WHICH GIVE YOU A LITTLE EXTRA USE OF IT, A DIFFERENT TYPE OF GRADE SHELLS.

IT HAS THE VENTILATED BARREL, OR VENTILATED RIBS ON THEM.

THAT'S ANOTHER COST FACTOR THAT GOES INTO IT.

THEY ARE BOTH 26-INCH BARRELS WHICH IS ABOUT NORMAL.

AND LIKE ON THE BUTTS, YOU CAN SEE THIS HAS A STANDARD HARD PLASTIC BUTT PLATE AND THIS HAS A PADDED.

AND THAT WAS MAYBE BECAUSE THE ADJUSTMENT YOU KNOW AND IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE KICK.

BUT IT WAS AN ADJUSTMENT, THEY PULLED IT UP AND POINTED IT AND IT FIT BETTER WITH A, WITH THE RUBBER PAD ON IT.

THEY'RE BEAUTIFULLY CHECKERED WRIST AND FOREARMS ON THEM.

THE SCREWS ARE ALL ALSO ENGRAVED.

EVERYTHING ON THESE THINGS ARE GRAVED, AND THESE ARE THE MOST COLLECTABLE BECAUSE THEY WERE MADE IN BELGIUM.

AND THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS MAKING THEM IN BELGIUM.

BOTH OF THESE, I THINK ONE'S 1964, MAYBE ONE'S 1966.

>> Guest: I THINK THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.

>> Steve: ACCORDING TO THE SERIAL NUMBER RANGE.

BUT THESE TOOK A SPECIFIC PERSON TO BUY THEM.

THE GUYS THAT BOUGHT THIS WAS A PROFESSIONAL, AND HE KNEW WHAT HE WANTED AND HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT PAYING FOR IT.

AND WHATEVER IT WAS, IF HE WANTED THAT VENTILATED RIB ON THERE, HE ORDERED IT.

>> Guest: THAT'S NOT SURPRISING AT ALL WITH THE TWO OF THEM.

>> Steve: THE STANDARD IS THE BLUE AND THEN YOU WOULD ADD THE ENGRAVING TO IT, THEN THEY HAD STAINLESS AND THEY WOULD APPLY GOLD AND INLAYS, I MEAN YOU COULD GET THEM OFF THE CHARTS.

BUT THESE ARE THE MODERN COLLECTIBLES, AND THESE ARE FROM THE 60'S SO THEY'RE YOU KNOW, 50 PLUS YEARS OLD.

THE CONDITION IS ABSOLUTELY EXQUISITE.

THEY'RE I'D SAY 98% CONDITION.

>> Guest: WOW.

THAT'S AMAZING.

>> Steve: HAVE YOU EVER HAD THEM APPRAISED OR ANYTHING?

>> Guest: NO, WE'VE NEVER HAD THEM APPRAISED WHICH IS WHY I BROUGHT THEM IN TODAY.

>> Steve: WELL, THERE'S CERTAIN PRICES WHERE THEY START, BUT THIS JUST LEAPFROGS THAT.

I THINK $3,500 TO $4,500 APIECE.

>> Guest: WOW THAT'S AMAZING.

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

>> Steve: THEY'RE REALLY INCREDIBLE.

>> Guest: WAY, WAY, WAY MORE THAN WHAT WE EVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD GO FOR.

>> Steve: AND ONE OTHER THING.

I'M GETTING READY TO GO PIGEON SHOOT AND DOVE SHOOT IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

CAN I BORROW ONE OF THEM?

>> Guest: I DON'T -- WELL, WE MIGHT HAVE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT.

>> Steve: ALRIGHT, WELL THANK FOR COMING IN.

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Amy: PEOPLE COLLECT THINGS FOR VARIOUS REASONS SUCH AS FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES OR TO MEET LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE.

FOR MINIATURES COLLECTOR, Mrs.

BROWNING, IT IS ABOUT PRESERVING HER CHILDHOOD MEMORIES AND EACH ONE OF HER 15,000 PLUS PIECES HAS ITS OWN STORY.

SHE IS THE OWNER AND CURATOR OF THE KATHLEEN SAVAGE BROWNING MINIATURES COLLECTION, A 3,300 SQUARE FOOT EXHIBIT AT THE KENTUCKY GATEWAY MUSEUM IN MAYSVILLE.

KNOWN LOCALLY AS KAYE, HER COLLECTION IS THE RESULT OF 40 YEARS OF TRAVELING AND ACQUIRING THE ONE-TWELFTH SCALE MINIATURES, MANY OF WHICH WERE HAND-CRAFTED BY WORLD RENOWNED MINIATURE ARTISANS.

>> Amy: WELL, WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES".

THANKS FOR HAVING US OUT TODAY.

>> Kathleen: WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

IT'S A JOY REALLY TO HAVE YOU ALL HERE AND SHARE, SHARE MY MINIATURES WORLD WITH YOU.

>> Amy: WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S PROBABLY A JOY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY WALK IN BECAUSE THERE'S JUST THIS CHILD-LIKE KIND OF WONDER AROUND EVERY CORNER.

>> Kathleen: OH, I FIND THAT ALL THE TIME, AND I LOVE TO SORT OF LURK IN THE SHADOW AND HEAR, HEAR THESE CHILDREN THAT GO, "MOM, COME AND LOOK.

MOM COME SEE THIS."

BUT IT'S REALLY FOR ALL AGES.

IT IS SOMETHING FOR ALL AGES.

WE TRY TO HAVE EXHIBITS THAT APPEAL TO EVERYONE FROM YOUNG CHILDREN ALL THE WAY UP TO WHATEVER AGE.

>> Amy: NOW, HOW DID YOU GET STARTED COLLECTING KIND OF WHAT LED TO THIS PASSION, HOBBY, OBSESSION MAYBE?

>> Kathleen: IT PROBABLY COULD BE CALLED AN OBSESSION.

I WAS READING A BOOK TO MY CHILDREN.

TASHA TUDOR IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ILLUSTRATORS AND BOOK WRITERS FOR CHILDREN.

AND THERE A BOOK CALLED "A IS FOR ANNABELLE" AND THE Q PAGE REALLY HIT ME BECAUSE, IT WAS Q IS THE QUILT ON GRANDMOTHER'S BED.

AND THE ILLUSTRATION WAS THE FOUR POSTER SCHOOL BE THAT I HAD SLEPT IN AS A CHILD.

THE PINK AND WHITE NINE PATCHWORK QUILT THAT WAS ON THAT BED THAT MY GRANDMOTHER HAD MADE FOR MY DOLL.

AND IT REALLY STRUCK A CHORD IN ME AND I THOUGHT I HAVE TO HAVE THAT.

THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT BED THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL, AND I WANTED TO REMEMBER IT AND THAT WAS MY FIRST MINIATURE.

>> Amy: YOU'RE COLLECTING THESE PIECES BUT REALLY YOU'RE COLLECTING MEMORIES.

>> Kathleen: THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE COLLECTED DO HAVE SPECIAL MEANING TO ME.

I HAVE A STORY BEHIND ALMOST EVERY EXHIBIT.

OF THE EXHIBITS THAT I DON'T HAVE A STORY FOR, I'VE COLLECTED THEM BECAUSE I'VE CONNECTED WITH THEM.

>> Amy: WELL, IN ADDITION TO COLLECTING THESE AND HAVING THE VALUE INCREASE, YOU'RE ALSO PRESERVING THE PAST.

>> Kathleen: YES.

>> Amy: AND I KNOW FOR KENTUCKY IN PARTICULAR, YOU'VE REALLY PRESERVED MAYSVILLE.

A VERY NOSTALGIC MAYSVILLE.

>> Kathleen: YES.

>> Amy: AND I'M HOPING YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE ME ON A TOUR.

>> Kathleen: ABSOLUTELY.

[MUSIC] >> Amy: MASTER METALWORKING CRAFTSMAN WILLIAM R. ROBERTSON, WHOSE HAS HAD HIS WORK FEATURED AT THE SMITHSONIAN AND THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, HAS CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE DECORATIVE ARTS OF THE KSB COLLECTION.

HE DESIGNED THE ENTIRE PALLADIAN-STYLED GALLERY INCLUDING THEIR FINE ARTS ROTUNDA, WHICH SHOWCASES EXQUISITE MINIATURES IN A STYLE SIMILAR TO THE PANTHEON IN ROME.

FROM LARGE SCALE TO SMALL, HE ALSO DESIGNED A PAIR OF VINTAGE ROLLER SKATES COMPLETE WITH A KEY TO WIDEN THEM WHICH IS ON DISPLAY AT KILGUS PHARMACY IN THE HISTORIC MAYSVILLE EXHIBIT.

>> Kathleen: SO HERE WE HAVE THE COX BUILDING WHICH I FEEL IS THE CENTERPIECE OF DOWNTOWN MAYSVILLE.

ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO DO IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS IN SUCH DISREPAIR, AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME TO PRESERVE OUR COX BUILDING.

SO, I LOOK INSIDE, AND I SEE MEMORIES FROM THREE YEARS OLD.

THE COKE ON THE COUNTER, I USED SELL MY DAD'S HANGERS FROM HIS WHITE COATS TO BUY A SIX CENT COKE.

THE COMIC BOOKS IN THE BACK.

DR.

KILGUS ALWAYS ALLOWED ME TO SIT ON THE FLOOR AND READ THE COMIC BOOKS.

SO, IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE TO BE GROWING UP.

[MUSIC] >> Kathleen: HERE WE HAVE THE RUSSELL THEATRE WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE BUILDINGS IN MAYSVILLE.

IT'S A ROCOCO-STYLE THEATER, IT'S AN ATMOSPHERIC THEATRE, AND IT'S ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING IN THE UNITED STATES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE WHEN THEY SEE IT IS THAT THESE ARE ACTUAL BRICKS.

THESE ARE REAL BRICKS.

EVERY BRICK HAS BEEN CUT DOWN TO ONE TWELFTH SCALE FROM AN ORIGINAL BRICK, AND EACH ONE HAS BEEN HAND LAID, GLUED ON AND THEN THE WHOLE PIECE WAS MORTARED AND THEN AGED.

>> Amy: WELL, WE CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE TO VENTURE FAR FROM THE EXTERIOR TO THE INTERIOR OF THE THEATRE, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A SPECIAL STORY.

>> Kathleen: I DO, I DO.

WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD, MY GRANDMOTHER GAVE ME AN AMETHYST RING FOR MY BIRTHDAY.

IT WENT OFF MY FINGER, AND AFTER THE MOVIE WAS OVER THE LIGHTS WENT UP AND WE COULD NEVER FIND THAT RING.

SO ASHBY AND JED WHO WERE THE ARTISANS WHO CREATED THIS INTERIOR OF THE RUSSELL THEATRE, THEY HAD COMMISSIONED LORIANNE POTS WHO IS A GENUINE JEWELRY MAKER TO MAKE THE RING THAT I HAD LOST AND IT'S UNDERNEATH ONE OF THESE CHAIRS.

>> Amy: I THINK I SEE IT RIGHT THERE.

>> Kathleen: SO, WE PUT A LITTLE GLITTER ON IT JUST SO WE COULD FIND IT WHEN WE NEEDED TO.

>> Amy: THESE ELEGANT MINIATURE ART PIECES ARE ALL MADE FROM REAL MATERIALS AND ARE IN WORKING CONDITION.

FOR INSTANCE, THE SILVER ALL NEEDS TO BE POLISHED, THE CLOCKS KEEP REAL TIME AND THE CELLOS ACTUALLY PLAY MUSIC.

ALL OF THE JEWELRY IS MADE FROM REAL GOLD, PEARLS AND GEMSTONES.

NOTHING IS SPARED TO BRING A TRUE REPLICA TO LIFE, LIKE THE IMPRESSIVE SPENCER HOUSE WHICH WAS THE ANCESTRAL HOME OF LADY DIANA.

ALL OF THE CEILINGS WERE HAND CARVED AND PAINTED USING 180 SHEETS OF GOLD GILT.

ONE OF THE WALL COVERINGS WAS MADE FROM A REAL SILK WEDDING DRESS.

THIS LABOR OF LOVE COST ROUGHLY $250,000.

ALL OF THE CARPETS ARE ALSO HANDMADE.

SOME ON REAL LOOMS AND SOME MADE OF 112 GAUGE SILK, LIKE THIS MAGNIFICENT RUG WHICH WAS A RECENT ADDITION AND COST ABOUT $8,000.

IN 2007, KAYE PURCHASED THIS PAIR OF REMARKABLE CANDELABRAS WITH 48 ALLEGORICAL CARVINGS FOR ABOUT $10,000.

THE UPKEEP FOR THE GALLERY IS A FULL-TIME JOB ALONE, BUT KAYE IS COMMITTED TO SHOWCASING THESE STUNNING WORKS OF ART TO THE PUBLIC.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE'S DONE COLLECTING, BECAUSE COLLECTING FOR KAYE IS A WAY TO PRESERVE HISTORY, AND IN DOING SO SHE'S MAKING SURE THAT HER OWN STORY IS TOLD WELL INTO THE FUTURE.

>> Sarah: SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES" TODAY TO SHARE YOUR FIND WITH US.

>> Guest: THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> Sarah: MAYBE YOU COULD TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAME ABOUT TO OWN THIS PAINTING.

>> Guest: MY HUSBAND LOVES AUCTIONS.

WE WENT TO THIS AUCTION, AND HE JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH IT AND GOT IT.

>> Sarah: YEAH, YEAH.

SO WHEN YOU CAME UPON IT, DID YOU REALIZE WHAT IT WAS?

OR WERE YOU NOT REALLY SURE?

>> Guest: NO, WE REALLY WASN'T SURE.

WE KNEW THAT IT HAD THE DAMAGE.

>> Sarah: RIGHT.

>> Guest: AND HE WAS LIKE, I HOPE IT'S WORTH WHAT I PAID FOR IT YOU KNOW, TO GET IT REPAIRED.

>> Sarah: RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> Guest: BUT WE JUST REALLY LOVED THE PAINTING.

>> Sarah: YEAH, YEAH.

WELL, YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT EYE.

>> Guest: THANK YOU.

>> Sarah: YOU'VE FOUND A PICTURE AT A LOCAL ESTATE SALE IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS AN ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING BY AN ARTIST NAMED GEORGE GOODWIN KILBURNE.

HE WAS A 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH ARTIST WHO WAS ACTUALLY VERY WELL-KNOWN FOR HIS INTERIOR GENRE SCENES.

GENRE SCENE IS SORT OF CAPTURING A MOMENT IN TIME, SORT OF A MOMENT OF EVERYDAY LIFE.

HERE WE HAVE, WE'VE BEEN SPECULATING ON WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Sarah: BECAUSE THERE'S... >> Guest: I THINK HE'S ASKING FOR HER HAND.

>> Sarah: THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE THINK IT MIGHT BE A PROPOSAL, OR ASKING FOR A HAND IN MARRIAGE.

WE MIGHT HAVE FATHER HERE CONTEMPLATING.

HE'S GOT A LITTLE FURROWED BROW.

AND WE HAVE THE SUITER HERE AND THEN WE HAVE THE YOUNG WOMAN LISTENING IN TO THE CONVERSATION.

DAD HAS AN INJURY OF SOME SORT.

WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE IF THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CONVERSATION THEY'RE HAVING.

HOWEVER, WE'RE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY THE VALUE ON THIS PAINTING.

BUT FIRST I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S IN VERY GOOD GENERAL OVERALL CONDITION.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME SLIGHT DAMAGE HERE.

YOU THOUGHT THIS MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED HOW?

>> Guest: I THINK THAT HAPPENED AT THE AUCTION.

>> Sarah: AT THE AUCTION >> Guest: YEAH.

>> Sarah: HOUSE POSSIBLY, OR THE ESTATE SALE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

>> Guest: YEAH.

>> Sarah: WHICH IS POSSIBLE.

LOTS OF THESE THINGS ARE GETTING MOVED AROUND AND DAMAGE DOES OCCUR OCCASIONALLY.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME DAMAGE THAT'S NOT VERY UNUSUAL FOR AGE HERE.

A LITTLE BIT AT THE FRAME ABRASION THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE POSSIBLY JUST A LITTLE BIT OF LOSS HERE, BUT OTHERWISE THE PAINTING IS IN OVERALL REALLY WONDERFUL CONDITION FOR ITS AGE.

IT'S A LATE 19TH CENTURY OIL ON CANVAS.

DO YOU RECALL WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT?

>> Guest: I THINK IT WAS $270.

>> Sarah: $270 AT THE ESTATE SALE, OKAY.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF ITS VALUE?

>> Guest: NO.

>> Sarah: ON THE MARKET?

>> Guest: WE HOPE IT'S WORTH MORE THAN THAT.

>> Sarah: OKAY.

I THINK YOU ALL MADE A GREAT INVESTMENT.

THE PAINTING IS IN A BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN PLASTER, GESSOED, GOLD LEAF FRAME IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION.

THIS IS A RATHER LARGE OIL PAINTING FOR THIS ARTIST.

IT MIGHT HAVE EVEN BEEN AN EXHIBITION PIECE.

SOMETHING THAT HE PAINTED TO PLACE IN AN EXHIBITION OR POSSIBLY IN A GALLERY.

BUT I'M GUESSING FOR IT'S LARGE SIZE, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING HE EXHIBITED AS PART OF SORT OF HELPING TO BOOST HIS CAREER OVER THE YEARS.

I WOULD PLACE A CONSERVATIVE AUCTION ESTIMATE ON THIS PAINTING AT A VALUE OF $3,000 TO $5,000.

>> Guest: THAT'S GREAT.

>> Sarah: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING IT IN.

>> Guest: THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> Amelia: SO IT'S A GARNITURE.

AND IT'S MADE FOR SETTING, IT'S MADE TO LOOK PRETTY.

ITS WHOLE JOB IN LIFE IS TO LOOK PRETTY.

>> Guest: IMAGINE THERE'S NOT THAT MANY AROUND HERE.

>> Guest: THIS IS A SIX.

IT'S GOT SIX DIGITS IN THE SERIAL NUMBER.

>> Taylor: IT'S FROM THIS GENERAL AREA, AND YOU SEE THIS KIND OF ARTS CRAFT MOVEMENT.

CINCINNATI AND THIS GENERAL AREA IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ARTS CRAFTS AREAS IN AMERICA.

SO I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE A BUNCH OF THAT STUFF.

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