
World War I Memorabilia
Season 6 Episode 10 | 20m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Kentucky treasures include a WWI archive and 19th century Japanese woodblock prints.
Kentucky treasures in this new episode include a World War I archive and 19th century Japanese woodblock prints.
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World War I Memorabilia
Season 6 Episode 10 | 20m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Kentucky treasures in this new episode include a World War I archive and 19th century Japanese woodblock prints.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> HI, I'M DAVE SHUFFETT AND WELCOME BACK TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES" IN PADUCAH.
HAVE YOU EVER DREAMED OF FINDING A HIDDEN TREASURE?
I KNOW I HAVE, AND WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE TREASURES THAT WE HAVE FOUND HERE AT THE PADUCAH McCRACKEN COUNTY CONVENTION AND EXPO CENTER.
HUNDREDS OF GUESTS BROUGHT IN THEIR MOST VALUABLE POSSESSIONS.
HISTORIC LOCAL POTTERY, MILITARY MEMORABILIA, PRICELESS ARTWORK AND SO MUCH MORE.
JOIN US FOR A KENTUCKY HISTORY LESSON.
A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE AND AN EXCITING DAY OF DREAMS COMING True.
ANOTHER EPISODE OF "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES" STARTS NOW ON KET!
>> HI AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES."
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
COULD YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU BROUGHT IN TODAY?
>> YES.
THESE ARE WOOD BLOCK PRINTS I BELIEVE THAT YOU TOLD US THAT MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER BROUGHT FROM JAPAN IN THE LATE 1800s, EARLY 1900s.
>> IT IS WONDERFUL.
YES, IT IS A GREAT COLLECTION.
WE HAVE FIVE, WE CALL THESE -- PRINTS AND IT IS THE STYLE OF PRINTS THAT WAS BEING MADE BASICALLY FROM THE 17TH CENTURY ONWARD.
AND, IT HAS A VERY POETIC NAME AND MEANS LITERALLY PRINCE OF THE FLOATING WORLD SO YOU HAVE GOT THESE REALLY DELIGHTFUL IMAGES.
AND I TOLD YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE STUDIO SYSTEM.
SO, IT WASN'T JUST ONE SINGLE ARTIST CREATING THESE IMAGES.
AN ARTIST WOULD CREATE AN IMAGE AND THEN SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD CARVE THE BLOCK, SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD INK IT AND COLOR IT AND PUBLISH IT AND SO YOU OFTEN GET THESE COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES AND YOU GET THE SEALS AND ARTIST SIGNATURES PRINTED IN BLOCK WITH THE PRINTS ON A LOT OF THESE.
SO YOU HAVE GOT FIVE HERE.
AND YOU'VE GOT SOME REPRESENTATIVE ARTISTS SO NAMELY, WE HAVE THE -- THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PRINT MAKERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
AND IT IS WONDERFUL THAT YOU HAVE THE PROVINANCE THAT THESE WERE COLLECTED BY YOUR GREAT GRANDMOTHER TRAVELING IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY AND THAT IS COMMON FOR PEOPLE WHO HAD THE MEANS TO DO SO BECAUSE JAPAN OPENED UP TO THE WEST FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT WAS VERY MISS CURIOUS AND THERE WAS MANIA SURROUNDING JAPANESE ART AND CULTURE SO PEOPLE LOVE TO VISIT JAPAN AND COLLECT AS MANY THINGS AS THEY COULD SO YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL PROVINCE NANS THAT THESE COME FROM THE 19TH CENTURY BECAUSE THE PRINTS BECAME SO POPULAR AND BECAUSE OF THE STUDIO SYSTEM, THEY ENDED UP BEING REPRINTED TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
SO A LOT OF THE PRINTS THAT WE DO SEE ARE LATER 20TH CENTURY REPRODUCTIONS BUT WHAT YOU BROUGHT IN ARE WONDERFUL 19TH CENTURY IMPRESSIONS.
WE HAVE THIS ONE OVER HERE THAT'S A WONDERFUL PRINT AND LIKE I SAID, HE'S ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND WELL REGARDED PRINT MAKERS OF THE 19TH CENTURY AND WE HAVE HIS PRINTED SIGNATURE IN BLOCK WITH HIS SEAL AND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MARGIN BUT WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL TIGHT THERE WILL AS WELL THAT'S BEEN, WE'VE LOST THAT PUBLISHER SEAL.
WE HAVE ANOTHER VERTICAL PRINT HERE AND GAIN IT IS FROM ONE OF THE FAMOUS SERIES, 36 VIEWS OF TOKYO, THE EASTERN CAPITAL AND YOU HAVE LOVELY PORTRAITS.
AND THEN THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES AND THIS IS FROM A DIFFERENT ARTIST.
THIS IS FROM AN ARTIST, I LOVE THIS PORTRAIT OF AN ELEGANT WOMAN HOLDING A CAT.
AND IT IS THIS KIND OF WONDERFUL REMINDER THAT, PEOPLE STILL LOVED CATS IN THE 19TH CENTURY AND LOVED THEIR PETS.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT YOUR COLLECTION HERE IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN VERY WELL CARED FOR AND THE COLORS SEEM VERY VIBRANT.
AND BEAUTIFUL STILL.
A LOT OF TIMES WE SEE PRINTS AND THEY ARE JUST FADED AND WASHED OUT BECAUSE THIS IS DELICATE RICE PAPER, AND OFTEN THE COLORS IF THEY ARE EXPOSED TO ANY SUNLIGHT OR TOO MUCH DIRECT LIGHT THEY JUST WASH OUT.
AND SO YOU SOMETIMES SEE THESE 19TH CENTURY IMPRESSIONS THAT ARE REALLY FALLING APART AND THAT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE HERE.
WE SAID WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE TO THE EDGE.
AND WE HAVE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF WEAR TO YOUR HORIZONTAL PRINT.
BUT THE REST YOU HAVE REALLY WONDERFUL COLOR AND THE PAPER LOOKS TO BE IN WONDERFUL CONDITION AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN TRIMMED DOWN WHICH IS ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENS TO PRINTS OF THIS ERA.
SO, ALL IN ALL, I THINK THAT INDIVIDUALLY, SOME OF THESE PRINTS ARE EASILY 150 TO $200 A PIECE AND THIS ONE IS A LITTLE MORE.
AND CAN REACH PRICES OF 200 AND 300-PLUS.
SO ALL TOGETHER, YOU'RE LOOKING@EASILY AT ABOUT 1 THOUSAND OR MORE FOR THE COLLECTION.
>> THANK YOU U.
>> >> HI, AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES."
>> THANK YOU!
>> WHAT DID YOU BRING USED.
>> > >> WELL, THESE ARE SOME WATER COLORS FROM IVAN WILSON, A CALLOWAY COUNTY NATIVE.
AND HE BEGAN GOING TO SCHOOL AT WHAT WAS THEN WESTERN KENTUCKY NORMAL SCHOOL AND VERY FIRST YEARS OF HIS EXISTENCE.
BUT ALSO I HAVE A BOOK BY MY GREAT UNCLE GORDON WILSON WHO WAS ALSO A CALLOWAY COUNTY NATIVE WHO ALSO BEGAN GOING TO WKU IN THE VERY FIRST YEARS.
AND HE BECAME HEAD OF THE ART GOVERNMENT.
UNCLE GORDON BECAME HEAD OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.
THEY BOTH HAVE BUILDINGS NAMED FOR THEM TODAY ON CAMPUS AND THEY WERE FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND COUSINS, AND IN MY UNCLE'S BOOK, WE HAVE THE FRONT PIECE IS A DRAWING BY IVAN.
>> SO THIS IS A DRAWING BY IVAN.
>> YES.
>> FOR YOUR UNCLE'S BOOK.
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
WELL, LET'S START OFF WITH THE -- YOU TOLD US A POLITICAL ABOUT YOUR UNCLE.
HE WAS BORN IN 1889 AND DIED IN CALLOWAY COUNTY IN 1981.
>> HE MOVED BACK AFTER HE RETIRED.
>> RIGHT.
HE MOVED BACK AND LIKE YOU SAID, HE WENT TO THE -- THEY CALL AT THIS TIME KENTUCKY NORMAL SCHOOL?
>> WEST KENTUCKY NORMAL SCHOOL.
>> WHICH LATER CHANGED THE NAME TO WKU AND LIKE YOU SAID A MINUTE AGO THAT HE BECAME THE ART PROFESSOR AFTER HE GOT HIS B A IN ART IN 1920 AND MASTERS IN 1931 AND THEN HE BECAME A TEACHER THERE.
HE WAS A VERY PROLIFIC ARTIST AND LOVED WATER COLORS AND HE MADE A STATEMENT IN 1970 THAT HE THOUGHT HE PAINTED ABOUT 3700 WATER COLORS.
AND WE PROBABLY THINK THERE MIGHT BE MORE.
HE SIGNED AND DATED THEM AND ALSO PUT A NUMBER ON IT.
NUMBER 1825.
BECAUSE IN THEN 1960, HE GOT TOGETHER WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE CALLED ASSOCIATE AMERICAN ARTISTS AND THEY HELPED HIM TO DISTRIBUTE HIS ART ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THESE AROUND AND WE KNOW 3700, BUT, HE WAS JUST CAME FROM A FARMING COMMUNITY.
AND HE HAD NO FORMAL INSTRUCTION UNTIL HE WENT TO SCHOOL.
SINCE A YOUNG AGE, HE SAID THAT HE WAS SORT OF A NATURAL ARTIST AND HE LOVED WATER COLOR AND LOVED DRAWING.
THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES AND TODAY, THEY ARE VERY POPULAR, THESE SCENES.
IT IS ALMOST LIKE A PRIMITIVE-TYPE PAINTING, ESPECIALLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS BUT THEY ARE VERY COLORFUL AND NICE AND THEY ARE WATER COLORS.
AND WE HAVE YOUR YOU THINK WHOLE WROTE THIS BOOK AND ILLUSTRATED HERE, YOUR COUSIN ILLUSTRATED THIS.
AND YOUR COUSIN'S NAME WAS IVAN WILSON BUT HE WENT BY IVAN THE TERRIBLE.
DON'T ASK ME WHY THAT WAS THE NAME OF A HORRIBLE RULER IN EUROPE FOR YEARS BUT HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS ANYONE.
>> HE WAS 5-4 AND 125 POUNDS.
>> HE WAS A LITTLE BITTY GUY TOO AND THAT'S MAYBE WHY HE LIKED IVAN THE TERRIBLE.
THESE ARE COMING IN TO VOGUE AND COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND BEING FOR SALE AS A KENTUCKY AREN'TIST AND I THINK THE SMALLER -- DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY SELL FOR?
>> NO BECAUSE I HAVEN'T FOUND ANYTHING OR ANYTHING ABOUT THE SALE OF AN ORIGINAL IVAN WILSON.
>> I THINK THINK IF IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHELLING IN A SHOP LIKE MINE OR SOMEWHERE SELLING KENTUCKY ART, A PICTURE IN THE $350 TO $400 RANGE AND A PICTURE LIKE THIS ONE WOULD PROBABLY BE IN THE, MAYBE 500 TO $600 RANGE.
>> THAT'S PROBABLY HIGHER THAN I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
>> ♪ ♪ >> I BROUGHT A MANDOLIN THAT WAS BROUGHT OVER TO THE UNITED STATES FROM GERMANY BACK DURING WORLD WAR II AND MY FATHER-IN-LAW BROUGHT IT OVER AND PASSED IT ON TO MY HUSBAND.
SO IT HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY NOW SINCE 1945.
>> >> WELL, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MANDOLIN AND I'M TOLD THAT IT IS CALLED A TATER BUG MANDOLIN.
>> IT IS.
IT HAS I THINK LIKE A -- IT IS MORE LIKE A GOURD SHAPE BECAUSE IT IS NOT FLAT BACK.
>> RIGHT.
>> AND -- >> AND HE BROUGHT IT DURING WORLD WAR II BUT IS IT OLDER?
>> I THINK THAT IT IS.
FROM WHAT I COULD TELL, IT WAS MADE MAYBE IN THE 1930s.
>> WELL, THE PRETTY THING ABOUT IT TO ME IS THAT, THAT INLAY THAT MOTHER OF PEARL.
>> YES.
>> THE BUTTERFLY.
>> IT IS, YEAH.
THAT REALLY IS A VERY DECORATIVE TOUCH TO IT.
AND THEN THE WOOD, IT IS A VERY RARE WOOD NOW TOO THAT IS -- NOT EXTINCT BUT ENDANGERED.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS?
>> I WAS THINKING ROSE WOOD.
>> OKAY, WELL, DID YOU GET A VALUE ON IT?
>> I DID.
I CAN'T RETIRE.
>> DARN.
>> I KNOW.
[ LAUGHTER ] I WAS THINKING THOUSANDS OF COURSE, BUT, HE THOUGHT BETWEEN 2 AND 300 DOLLARS.
>> WELL, THE PIECE MEANS A LOT TO YOU.
>> IT DOES IT HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY AND I'M JUST HOLDING ON TO IT TO PASS ON TO MY GRANDSON AND IT WILL BE MOST VALUABLE THAT WAY.
>> >> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU!
>> UP NEXT, "KENTUCKY COLLECTIBLES" CREW TRAVELED TO WESTERN KENTUCKY EXPLORE THE WORLD'S QUILT MUSEUM LOCATED IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PADUCAH FEATURED THREE EXHIBIT GALLERIES THAT ROTATE ABOUT TEN TIMES EACH YEAR.
THE PRIMARY GALLERY FEATURES QUILTS FROM THE MUSEUM'S COLLECTION.
THE TWO OTHER GALLERIES FEATURE TRAVELING EXHIBITS.
EACH YEAR, THOUSAND OF GUESTS VISIT THE MUSEUM WHERE C.E.O.
FRANK BENNETT TELLS US THEY QUICKLY LEARN WHAT QUILTERS AND COLLECTORS ALREADY KNOW.
>> THESE QUILTS ARE TRULY BREATH TAKING WORKS OF ART.
>> THE THING THAT WE TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME IS THAT PEOPLE MAKE ART THROUGH ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL.
MAKE ART OUT OF WOOD, PEOPLE MAKE PAINTINGS, DRAWING, AND PEOPLE MAKE IRON, IT DOESN'T MUCH MATTER.
IN THIS CASE, THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL FOR THE MOST PART MAKING THE ART FORM OUT OF FABRIC OF SOME KIND AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.
YOU ARE SEEING THE WORK OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE ONE PERCENT TOP QUILTERS IN THE WORLD AND WHAT THEY PRODUCE.
>> THERE IS THREE GALLERIES.
THE MIDDLE IS MAKE UP OF QUILTS FROM OUR OWN COLLECTION.
OVER 500 IN THE COLLECTION AND IT IS ALWAYS EXPANDING.
WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS GIVE THEM A DIVERSE LOOK AT WHAT WINTERS ARE WORKING ON IN THE ART FORM AS A WHOLE.
SO, PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, QUILTING IS LIKE ANY OTHER ARTIST WORKING WITH AN OPEN CANVASS.
SOME PEOPLE MAKE THINGS THAT LOOK MORE TRADITIONAL AND SOME THAT LOOK LIKE A PAINTING.
SOME PEOPLE MAKE THESE THAT ARE VERY, VERY CONTEMPORARY, IT IS -- QUILTING IS AN ART FORM AND IT IS WHAT IN THEIR SOUL.
WE TRY TO DO IS GIVE PEOPLE A DIVERSE LOOK AT THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE, AND WHAT ARTISTS ARE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.
THE TWO SIDE GALLERIES ARE TRAVELING EXHIBITS A SCHEDULE OVER TIME AND WHEN YOU COME, THERE WILL BE AN EXHIBIT IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT GALLERY, AND IT WILL BE HERE FOR TWO TO THREE MONTHS AND GO ON.
AND THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBIT MADE UP OF ABOUT 35 QUILTS FROM ART GISTS GIVEN A SPECIFIC TASK.
THEY WERE TOLD TO MAKE A QUILT THAT IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER SHOWS MOVEMENT.
AND IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS A PERSON ON A SWING OR IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS, IF IT IS INVOLVING PEOPLE ANIMALS, OR IT COULD BE A CLOCK.
IT DOESN'T MUCH MATTER AS LONG AS IT SHOWS SOME KIND OF MOTION.
THE THINGS THAT ARE DIFFICULT IN OTHER ART FORMS ARE ALSO DIFFICULT IN QUILT.
SO IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CREATE MOVEMENT, 3D EFFECTS AND HUMAN ELEMENTS AND ANIMAL ELEMENTS, AND WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THIS EXHIBIT IS, YOU SEE SOME PHENOMENAL EXAMPLES OF MOVEMENT IN ART AND DEPTH IN ART.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.
HARD ENOUGH TO DO IN PAINT BUT IT IS EVEN HARDERTO DO IN FABRIC.
>> WE GET ABOUT 40,000 VISITORS PER YEAR AND IT IS A DESTINATION MUSEUM IN 2013, WE HAD VISITORS FROM ALL 50 STATES AND 38 FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND AVERAGE DAY, IN THE SUMMER MONTHS ESPECIALLY, YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE FROM 30, 40 DIFFERENT STATES WHO HAVE COME SO IT REALLY IS BRINGING THE WORLD TO KENTUCKY TO SEE THE GREAT QUILTS THAT ARE ON DISPLAY HERE.
>> I HAVE A COLLECTION OF WORLD WAR ONE STUFF THAT BELONGED TO A LOCAL DOCTOR IN TOWN, Dr.
VERNON BLIYTH, AND THE MOST AMAZING THING WAS DAY DIARIES THAT HE KEPT WHILE HE WAS IN FRANCE, AND THEN THERE IS JUST A LOT OF OTHER ITEMS THAT BELONG TO HIM AND I HAPPENED TO RUN ACROSS IT AT A LOCAL ESTATE IN TOWN.
>> YOU TOLD ME THE CONTINUE OF THE ICEBERG.
>> IT IS.
>> IT IS MORE OF THIS THAT YOU HAVE.
>> IT IS.
YEAH.
Dr.
VERNON BLYTHE WAS A HUGE WRITER, AND REALLY KEPT A LOT OF DOCUMENTARIES AND LOVED HISTORY.
AND WROTE A LOT.
>> AND HIS HOUSE IS STILL STANDING HERE IN PADUCAH.
>> IT IS.
YES, IT IS ON 7TH STREET.
AND LOWER TOWN.
>> GOOD.
WELL, LET ME RUN BY WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL SURGEON'S KIT MADE IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE AND THIS IS PROBABLY MADE AROUND 1900 TO 1910.
AND, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL PICTURE OF HIM.
>> YES.
>> AND BELOW A PICTURE OF HIS SON.
AND OF COURSE, THE TREASURE TROVE IS THAT THE TWO DIARIES OVER THERE.
AND I LOVE ON THEM, THEY HAVE HIS NAME AND AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
THAT'S WHAT THE TROOPS WERE CALLED.
AND FROM THE TIME HE STARTED UNTIL HE ARRIVED THERE AND EVEN CONTINUED ON 1918 THROUGH 1919.
AND ALSO THAT YOU BROUGHT IN SOME ORIGINAL FRENCH NEWSPAPERS.
AND THERE IS A TOUR BOOK AND IT SHOWS THE SITES OF THE PLACES IF FRANCE IN THAT PARTICULAR PERIOD AND I GAIN TREK SURE TROVE, TEN YEARS LATER IN 1927.
HE'S ADDRESSING THE AMERICAN LEGION.
AND OF COURSE AS A DOCTOR, WHAT WE FOUND OUT THROUGH THE DIARIES IS THAT HE WAS ALSO THE CHAPLAIN HE GAVE COMFORT TO THE WOUNDED THERE IN FRANCE AND, HE WAS CONTINUING TO GIVE COMFORT TO THOSE AND ON AND ON.
BUT, YOU HAVE A GREAT TREASURE TROVE HERE.
AND, WORLD WAR ONE IS ONE OF MY SOFT SPOTS.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS IN WORLD WAR ONE AND FOR THIS GUY TO HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF STUFF AND TO -- HIS PENMANSHIP IS WONDERFUL AND WE ALSO HAVE THE FOUNTAIN PEN THERE.
AND, THE SUN UNDER THE RIM NATURAL PICTURE.
THERE IS COUNTLESS MORE AND IT IS UNIQUE THE WAY THAT YOU GOT IT IN A TRADE SITUATION.
DO YOU HAVE A VALUE OF WHAT YOU THINK IT IS WORTH?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA.
>> NO IDEA.
>> IT IS VALUABLE TO ME BECAUSE THE HISTORY FROM MY HOMETOWN SO THAT'S VALUE ENOUGH.
>> THE VALUE OF THIS COLLECTION, IF THIS IS WHAT I SEE HERE, IS $2500 TO $3,000.
>> WOW!
THAT'S AMAZING!
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
>> THANK YOU.
[ LAUGHTER ] >> HE WAS A GREAT MAN.
>> GOOD.
>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT IN.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
>> >> THIS IS GRANDDAUGHTER ISABELLE.
>> YES.
AND SHE CAME WITH ME TODAY TO PADUCAH.
>> HI, ISABELLE.
>> HI!
>> TELL HIM WHERE YOU'RE FROM.
>> I'M FROM HENDERSON, KENTUCKY.
>> OKAY.
>> GREAT!
>> I BROUGHT A SAMPLER THAT WAS MADE BY MY HUSBAND'S GREAT-GREAT GRANDMOTHER AT A BOARDING SCHOOL IN UNION KEN -- UNION COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
IN THE LATE '60s AND ALSO A COVERLET.
ONE IS A DRACARD AND WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE IT CAME FROM BUT IT IS FAMILY.
IT WAS ONE PROBABLY GIVEN TO FAMILY OR BROUGHT.
THE FAMILY HAD COME FROM VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA AREA IN 1820.
AND SO THEY SETTLED THERE WHERE WE LIVE.
AND, I ALSO BROUGHT A COVERLET THAT WAS MADE ON THE FARM, AND ON THE LOOM, AND QUITE POSSIBLY THE SLAVES AND THEN ALSO, BROUGHT A QUILT THAT ONE OF THE QUILTS HAS THE DECORATIVE ON IT DO YOU KNOW HOW OLD IT IS?
>> 1926.
IT IS DATED.
>> NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE VALUE.
>> THE VALUE WASN'T AS MUCH -- I MEAN, IT WASN'T HUGE BUT IT IS VALUABLE BECAUSE THEY ARE FAMILY.
AND PROBABLY, ONE OF THEM ABOUT 300, $400 BUT THAT'S STILL A LOT.
BUT, THEY ARE ALL FAMILY COLLECTIBLES.
WE HAVE MORE OF THE COVERLETS AT HOME THAT WERE THE ALL MADE BY -- LIKE I SAID, IN FAMILY SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT HERITAGE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND THAT IS THE MAIN THING ABOUT IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT!
THANK YOU!
>>
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