Appraisal: Child's Square Piano, ca. 1855
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Appraisal: Child's Square Piano, ca. 1855
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And there it was.
APPRAISER: As-as a toy.
GUEST: It came with a little story that said it was made in about 1700 in Germany, uh, for a little girl in Holland, I believe.
APPRAISER: And I noticed that sort of a little skepticism in that story.
GUEST: Well, yeah.
APPRAISER: (stammering): And-- right, exactly.
One of the ways that we often date a piece, and specifically a keyboard piece, is to first stand back and look at what we call the casework.
At very first glance, it's-it's very easy to tell that this piece, of course, is not an 18th century piece, but in fact 19th century.
APPRAISER: And from these tapered legs, the typical grain painting on the outside, I would put it at about 1850, 1860.
What the furniture experts called empire.
This grain painting was to, uh, to simulate rosewood, a poor man's version.
Rosewood would have been very expensive at that point.
It's a child's instrument, actually.
You-you had mentioned that it might be a toy.
The inside, uh, structure is cast.
It's a professionally constructed instrument, and I think not a toy, but in fact a student instrument for probably a very well to-do young child to practice on.
Um, it plays and it's in actually remarkable condition.
Some parts of it are missing.
Uh, the music stand, which... APPRAISER: ...which would have, uh, swung out here, and the keys have been, uh, not refinished, but over-painted.
I think a good restorer could, uh, bring the keys back to its original condition.
Um, you bought it in an antique store.
APPRAISER: Can you tell me how much you paid for it?
GUEST: A couple hundred.
APPRAISER: If I had this in an auction today, I would estimate it in probably the $1,500 to $1,700 range.
And I would be hoping for that collector who's dying for this period... APPRAISER: ...square piano in this form.
I have never seen one of this size before in a child's instrument, and it's a thrill to see it here.
GUEST: Yep, it's a cutie.
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 17s | Appraisal: Child's Cobalt-buttoned Shoes, ca. 1890 (17s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 28s | Appraisal: Child’s Pieced & Appliquéd Quilt, ca. 1850 (28s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 32s | Appraisal: Renaissance-revival Style Crib & Bill, ca. 1892 (32s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 2m 4s | Appraisal: Staffordshire Child's Tea Service, ca. 1825 (2m 4s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: Walking Popeye with Original Box, ca. 1935 (1m 4s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 1m 52s | Appraisal: Yonezawa Toys Airplane, ca. 1950 (1m 52s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 1m 30s | Appraisal: 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan Sticker & Rookie Card (1m 30s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 2m 42s | Appraisal: 1963 Betye Saar Flight Print (2m 42s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 3m 6s | Appraisal: 1990 Super Mario Bros. 3 & 1988 Double Dragon Games (3m 6s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 2m 48s | Appraisal: Kämmer & Reinhardt "Hans" Character Doll, ca. 1910 (2m 48s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 3m 19s | Appraisal: 1786 Folk Art Child's Oil Portrait (3m 19s)
Appraisal: 1881 Child Chest Of Drawers
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 3m 7s | Appraisal: 1881 Child Chest Of Drawers (3m 7s)
1993 Air Jordan Sneaker Display
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 3m 5s | Appraisal: 1993 Air Jordan Sneaker Display (3m 5s)
Appraisal: "The Story of Ferdinand" 1937
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 2m 23s | Appraisal: "The Story of Ferdinand" 1937 (2m 23s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 1m 24s | Appraisal: Westerner Cowgirl Outfit & Tom Mix Boots, ca. 1949 (1m 24s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 31s | Appraisal: Pop-up Children's Books, ca. 1925, in Vintage Cleveland. (31s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 3m 20s | Appraisal: 1883 Egisto Del Panta Marble Sculpture (3m 20s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 2m 57s | Appraisal: "Big Bronco" Coin-Operated Horse, ca. 1952 (2m 57s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 45s | Appraisal: 1/16-Size French Violin, ca. 1860, from Charleston, Hour 2. (45s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 3m 4s | Appraisal: Late 19th-Century Albert Neuhuys Watercolor (3m 4s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 3m 11s | Appraisal: Marklin "Puritan" Toy Boat, ca. 1910 (3m 11s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 2m 9s | Appraisal: Traveling Puppet Show, ca. 1875 (2m 9s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 3m 20s | Appraisal: Bessie Potter Vonnoh Bronze Sculptures, from Atlanta Hour 3. (3m 20s)
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Clip: S29 Ep23 | 33s | Appraisal: Child's Oak Bouncy Seat, ca. 1905, from Pittsburgh Hour 2 (33s)
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