Antiques Roadshow

This Antiques Roadshow is in Raleigh, North Carolina hosted by Mark L. Walberg. A older woman that inherited the pottery from her brother after his death. This pots are from Maria and Popovi Pottery in 1965. Bruce M. Shackelford tell the older woman that the son of Maria was a good potter and the designs on the pots and plates what they mean. The two pots and the two plates are now worth from $24,000 to $36,000. Another middle age women talking about a basket which she got it from her great grandmother. It is a Longwy Bride's Basket in 1885. Stuart Whitehurst talks to the female about the basket why it was made they way it was made. The basket is now worth $1,000 to $1,500. Older man has a drink set on display and wax case. Peter J. Shemonsky talked to the older man about the drink set was made of jade with gold and silver trims with the double imperial eagle crest with Czar Nichlos one side and Serna on the other side. He tells the older man that the wax case was to sealing the envelope that you put your family seal on the wax. The older man got copies of these two things. The drink set is now worth $1500 to $2000, while the wax case is worth $700 to $900. The auctiioner said if these two things were original then the drink set would range from $40,000 to $60,000 and the wax case $20,000 to $30,000. The two things together are worth $2,200 to $2,900made around 1980. Another much younger man talks about his dad's photos and medals in World War II. Gary Piattoni is telling the man theat the Navy was in charge of the Blimps. The man has a complete collection of the airship service group. The 1943 Airship Service Group is worth $3,000 to $5,000. Another oreder woman talking about photos of her grandfather and boyhood friend Eward Hopper in boxing match. Peter M. Fairbanks tells the woman that Eward Hopper works are $26 to $27 million dollars. The photos date back in the 1900s and the two photos would be worth between $10, 000 to $15,000 each. A woman tells the auctioner that her husband recieved a rifle from his mother whose his mother inherited this rifle from her great grandfather. Paull Carella tells her that this rifle was called a sharps pistol rifle made in the 1850 and it was rare. The rifle is worth $10,000, but with the Mormon ties to the gun it would be worth $30,000. A man talking about Dell Publishing where he worked between 1970 to 1979. This company was getting ride of work that had been around for years. Ken Gloss says the paperbacks are valuable because people love the covers. The Vintage paperbacks and Cover art worth $3,000 to $3,500. A older woman talks about a table that has been in the family for 7 generations and it was a wedding gift form Thomas Jefferson to his first cousin's daughter. Andrew Brunk can see connection to Jefferson on this table. He asks the woman what is the interesting part of the table. She tells him the wear bars on the bottom side of the drawer. The auctioneer notices the inlay on the table struck him as an interest. The Virginia Pembroke table in the 1800 would be worth now $15,000 to $25,000. It would be worth 10x more like auctioneer said if Thomas Jefferson sat by this table. A man talks about a watercolor his grandfather had who was given by an older couple work for on his farm, which he did not know much about it. Watercolor and Guash by Edmund Darch Lewis, Philadelphia artist. Debra Force tells the story about E.D. Louis life a little bit. The Edmund Darch Lewis watercolor in 1885 is now worth $6,000 to $6,500. A man talked about a Consima shop and brought this vase and had no clue what it was. Arlie Sulka tells him that the art glass made by Swedish Company and she tells him all about the origins how it became to be and how long it lasted. The art glass was made in the teens of the 19th Century. She tells him the type of this art glass is "Ariel" named after the Shakespeare play The Tempest referring to the air spirits. "Ariel" made in to the 1930 and lasted into the 1960s and even sometime in the 1970s. The 1966 Orrefors "Ariel" Vase now worth $5,000 to $7,000. An older woman talks about her husband's grandfather dealership in Ashville, North Carolina and her father-in-law dealership in Hickory, North Carolina. Rudy Franchi tells the women the history at this time. She has a sign in pretty good condition. The Packard Enamel-on-Steel Sign in 1932 is worth $4,000 to $6,000. A man talks about his mother bring over stuff of his grandmother and grandfather. He tells the auctioneer he looked in his grandmother's book and was very fascinated by it. Suzanne Perrault tells him this company Net Price List Potteries in California and opened in 1926, but in business about 6 years. The Malibu Potteries Sample book in 1930 worth $1,500 to $2,000. A woman's husband a avid collector. He got hold of the picture of St. Marks AMEI church when he visited in Durham, North Carolina. He was the President of the Southern Christian Leadership Confernece in Raleigh in 1966 and has a pamphlet of that time frame. he also got the book in that same time frame. Thomas Lecky tells during this time Martin Luther King Jr. was the apex and the importance of him in the state during this period. The signed book by Martin Luther King Jr. in her collection is worth $2,000 to $3,000. For all three piece of the archive they are worth $3,000 to $4,000. An man tells that the painting was given to his father from great uncle. He tells the auctioneer that his great uncle was a missioner in China from 1922 to the 1950s. Lark E. Mason tells the man it is an export painting. The painting tells where it is located. He tells the man the three main Chinese ports are Canton, Hong Kong, and Shangai. Teh mid-19th Century Chinese eport painting is worth $30,000 to $40,000. A man's grandmother guitar who was going to sell it back to his brother after World War II. he tell the auctioneer that it was passed down to his father then to him. The auctioneer tell the man that the guitar was played a lot. James N. Baggett tells the man this guitar he has comes from the Golden Era of guitar making at Martin Guitar Company in Pennsylvania. The 1937 Martin D-18 Guitar is worth $15,000 to $18,000. The guitar could be worth approximately $35,000 if nothing had to been done on it. A man tells the auctioneer about the picture of his great-great grandfather, Andrew Martin Chandler and the person next him Sillas Chandler, a slave of Andrew. The man tells the auctioneer they fought four battles together. Wes Cowan tells the man that Africans dressed in Confederate uniforms really rare image. The Confederate Master and Slave tintype is worth $30,00 to $40,000. A woman talking to the auctioneer about John Gaine's chair. Leigh Ken tells the woman the history about John Gaines and his son worked Episwitch Mess from 1707 1760. The John Gaines side chairs in 1725 are worth $30,000 to $50,000, but if they were not resurfaced they would be around $100,000 to $130,000.