Appraisal: Early American Button Mold, ca. 1722
Clip: Season 28 Episode 16 | 1m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Early American Button Mold, ca. 1722
Check out Lee Richmond's appraisal of an early American button mold, ca. 1722, in Vintage Atlantic City, Hour 1.
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Appraisal: Early American Button Mold, ca. 1722
Clip: Season 28 Episode 16 | 1m 33sVideo has Closed Captions
Check out Lee Richmond's appraisal of an early American button mold, ca. 1722, in Vintage Atlantic City, Hour 1.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: It was left to me through my mother-in-law.
She used to bring these little treasures over to us.
And, uh, we looked at it, we put it in the attic with some of the other things.
And it laid there for many, many years.
APPRAISER: It's an 18th century button mold.
You can see when you open it up.
Here there's a large button.
Then it would have cast three smaller buttons.
They'd be cast in pewter.
You can actually see those are the eyes of the button.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: They were the types of buttons that had a hoop on the back that the thread would go through.
But I tell you, they're actually really as rare as hen's teeth.
GUEST: Is it?
APPRAISER: And what makes this one to me even more exciting, it has the original owner-- "Josiah Miller 1722."
Even has his initials, and the date again on the bottom.
Just to make sure you know whose it was.
GUEST: Wasn't he proud?
And he should have been.
APPRAISER: He was, but, but things that are signed and dated, it makes a rare object all that more special.
Did you have an idea what it's worth?
GUEST: Haven't a clue.
No, I really don't.
APPRAISER: Did you want me to tell you?
GUEST: Oh, absolutely.
APPRAISER: Well, I think conservatively at auction, $600 to $800 would be an estimate on it.
GUEST: Oh, wow.
Appraisal: 1870 Cornelius Krieghoff Oil Painting
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Appraisal: 1870 Cornelius Krieghoff Oil Painting (2m 16s)
Appraisal: 1875 D. J. Kennedy Atlantic City Watercolor
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Appraisal: 1875 D. J. Kennedy Atlantic City Watercolor (33s)
Appraisal: 1910 James H. Hare Aviation Photo
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Appraisal: 1910 James H. Hare Aviation Photo (3m 5s)
Appraisal: Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting, ca. 1875
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Appraisal: Albert Bierstadt Oil Painting, ca. 1875 (43s)
Appraisal: Albert Carrier-Belleuse Bronze, ca. 1855
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Appraisal: Albert Carrier-Belleuse Bronze, ca. 1855 (2m)
Appraisal: Animated Pig Pull Toy, ca. 1900
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Appraisal: Animated Pig Pull Toy, ca. 1900 (1m 55s)
Appraisal: Art Deco Bracelet with Charms, ca. 1939
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Appraisal: Art Deco Bracelet with Charms, ca. 1939 (3m 1s)
Appraisal: Austrian Rock Crystal Ewer, ca. 1900
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Appraisal: Austrian Rock Crystal Ewer, ca. 1900 (43s)
Appraisal: Colonial Revival Tilt-top Table, ca. 1911
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Appraisal: Colonial Revival Tilt-top Table, ca. 1911 (2m 52s)
Appraisal: Delaware River Valley Armchair, ca. 1750
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Appraisal: Delaware River Valley Armchair, ca. 1750 (2m 48s)
Appraisal: Fake Shang Dynasty 'You' Bronze, ca. 1900
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Appraisal: Fake Shang Dynasty 'You' Bronze, ca. 1900 (3m 7s)
Appraisal: Grueby Cuenca Seagull Tile, ca. 1915
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Appraisal: Grueby Cuenca Seagull Tile, ca. 1915 (2m 25s)
Appraisal: Kerman Millefleurs Carpet, ca. 1900
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Appraisal: Kerman Millefleurs Carpet, ca. 1900 (40s)
Appraisal: Late 19th C. Vincent G. Stiepevich Oil Painting
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Appraisal: Late 19th C. Vincent G. Stiepevich Oil Painting (3m 3s)
Appraisal: Portraits Attributed to Ruth H. Bascom, ca. 1830
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Appraisal: Portraits Attributed to Ruth H. Bascom, ca. 1830 (2m 26s)
Appraisal: Steuben Jade & Alabaster Glass Vase, ca. 1928
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Appraisal: Steuben Jade & Alabaster Glass Vase, ca. 1928 (1m 5s)
Appraisal: Walt Whitman-inscribed Memoranda, ca. 1875
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Appraisal: Walt Whitman-inscribed Memoranda, ca. 1875 (3m 20s)
Appraisal: Yoruba Ibeji Carvings, ca. 1900
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Appraisal: Yoruba Ibeji Carvings, ca. 1900 (38s)
1963 Mickey Mantle 'Bat Girl' Archive
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1963 Mickey Mantle 'Bat Girl' Archive (2m 3s)
Appraisal: 1925 Marc Chagall Signed Etching
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Appraisal: 1925 Marc Chagall Signed Etching (1m 3s)
Appraisal: Folk Art Root Sculpture, ca. 1900
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Appraisal: Folk Art Root Sculpture, ca. 1900, from ROADSHOW's Special: Kooky & Spooky. (2m 7s)
Appraisal: S.S. Stewart Banjo, ca. 1897
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Appraisal: S.S. Stewart Banjo, ca. 1897, from Atlantic City, Hour 3. (3m)
Appraisal: Navajo Germantown "Eye Dazzler" Blanket, ca. 1885
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Appraisal: Buffalo Bill & Pawnee Bill Wild West Posters
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