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Who says John doesn't have good coordination?
Hello everybody. Oh, you're going to say he doesn't have good coordination, Greg?
You're not going to tell them to that. Hello and a Happy New Year to you.
It's a Chinese New Year. Breakfast time celebrated. They had a big feast. It's the Year of the Pig.
This is all the food that's left over. What does that say?
You all had a good time this morning? You're very hungry this morning?
It is the Year of the Pig. It is the Year of the Pig, right Mike?
And we want to welcome all the people into our apartment who have come to have things appraised. And you are?
Jean Clancy. Jean, nice to have you here.
Lorna Walker. Lorna.
Sandy. Sandy.
Lenore Crook. Lenore.
Now three of you are friends. You came together? Yes.
Do I understand you didn't even really know you were going to be on today?
No, I thought it was an audience.
Well, welcome now. You're going to participate.
Now, queen of the garage sales. Right here?
I am. I'm guilty. Yeah. We like to go a lot. On weekends. It's our weekend activity.
With you and your husband? My husband and I do.
Do you usually buy? If we like something, we do.
You do? Yeah.
You told me before the show you're like a really great browser.
Yeah, I like to browse a lot. I used to work on Eighth Avenue and 16th Street.
And I would browse on the antique shops in the 20s on Eighth and Ninth Avenue.
And then I do it sometimes in Atlanta. I visit my daughter in Atlanta.
You have good willpower. Peachtree Street.
See, if I see something I like, you know, it's like you want to buy it.
Well, my house is kind of 100 percent furnished. So anything would almost start to clutter it.
Well, I'm glad you brought something from your house here today.
Everybody's got something here. And remind you, we have our 1-800-FX-FX-FX1.
That's the number to call. Because in case, you know, we had a day yesterday where almost nothing was up for sale.
But that might change today. And we're going to Brownsville, Oregon right now.
John was on a ladder, but he didn't break the plate, which is very good because Carnival Glass is expensive, John.
Danger. Do not stand on or above this step. You can lose your balance. Oh.
Now you read it. Yeah, Claire, this stuff can be really expensive.
And listen, before we go on today, we have a special hello to somebody that we want to say hello to, Oprah Winfrey, who's a big fan of the show.
So hello, Oprah. Glad you're watching because today is going to be a lot of fun.
We've got Karen Engel without the S, right? That's correct. Thanks a lot for joining us today.
Thank you for having us. What is Carnival Glass? How did it get its name? What is this stuff?
Carnival Glass was made in the early nineteen hundredth. Carnival Glass is shown by the various colors.
And how did it get its name? This was given its name after its heyday.
This is a name that all the collectors know the glass by now.
Dealers, same thing. You just ask for Carnival Glass. This is what you're going to be seen.
But back in the early nineteen hundreds, they actually took the cheapest pieces and sold them at Carnival's?
That was after its heyday. These were given away, sold by the barrel to Carnival's, and then they were given away at Carnival's.
Not what we're seeing today.
Definitely not, Claire, because this stuff is really beautiful and it's really expensive.
And we're going to take a look at her collection a little bit later on.
It's absolutely beautiful. John, I have one question.
Am I noticing that you accidentally ripped your shirt here?
No.
In your arms?
Where? Oh, I did. Oh. Wardrobe. Wardrobe.
John, we'd rather pay for the shirt than the $4,000 plate.
Is this insured? This isn't insured, is it?
We didn't want to make you feel self-conscious, but we just felt in the interest of letting you know.
I think it's time to go short sleeve the rest of the show, don't you?
John, you'll get a free shirt out of this. It's a good deal.
Yeah, okay. All right.
Now you've got to make the other one match.
How am I going to do that? You've got scissors in your arm?
Yeah. Okay. Back up the ladder I go.
It's a good style. John, we'll come back to you.
We'll find out what the shirt's going to look like.
That'll be the thing during the show.
Do you like it? You like that new look? Ripped look?
Yes. Well, Lenore, are you going to join me over here?
You brought something to be appraised?
Come meet Susie Anderson, our nurse.
Now, do you think John's shirt is worth more, you know, the ripped look?
Is it going to start a trend?
I think we possibly could start a new trend today.
Oh, well, listen, we have gotten to facts here.
We've got to read part of this fact.
You have to say hello to Angela Vazetti from Springfield, Oregon.
She writes, hey, Claire, and she writes, I absolutely must meet John.
Apparently we're booked up, you know, in Eugene, Oregon.
So she says, please, I'll do anything to meet the star.
What do you want? Bribes would work here.
Heck, I won't bother you guys.
Just tell me where you'll be filming this week so I can watch.
So she bothered to send the facts.
Somehow we're going to call you. We'll get you together so you can meet John.
We're going to send her the sleeve.
You'll send her the sleeve?
That shirt might be worth something someday.
The shirt that John Burr actually tore on the air.
Anyway, well, good to have you here.
What have you brought? What interesting.
These two pieces, my husband and I, we bought this in Dubai,
which is in the United Arab Emirates, and these are called ankle bracelets.
They go on the ankle?
These are heavy.
Do you want to tell them why they wear them?
I have no idea.
Susan, you were explaining, she was explaining it before.
Very interesting story.
It's usually you can tell between married and unmarried females.
In that part of the world, the woman, you can't see her except for her eyes and her hands.
And in some traditions you can tell by the ankle brace that whether she's married or not.
And they have some very strange things, including,
my daughter has one set of these, and we had them put into earrings,
but actually what they are are little spoons and cleaners that are actually used to clean your ear.
I mean, if you knew what they were, they're disgusting, but they make great earrings.
We like these stories. Tell us more.
It's called tribal jewelry. It's not a sterling standard.
It's below a sterling standard. They are silver, and there's usually a lot of work involved in them.
And sometimes they even have a permanent lock that only the husband can take off.
These would not be that comfortable on the ankle or what?
As women can tell you with pierced ears and how big of an earring, you can get used to anything.
You know that. In the Victorian period, they had chastity belts.
I mean, God help those poor women. They had to be uncomfortable.
And this is basically about the state of business in terms of the value and worth of it.
This is all hand done. This is nice work done.
These are all hand embellished, all done, all hinged. There really is a lot of work to these.
There are a few dealers in the United States that do specialize in this kind of jewelry.
A couple of them are friends of mine, which is why I know about it.
And to that spectrum who collects, they are valuable.
How valuable?
These probably would go for about $750 a pair to highest and best use to a specialized dealer.
Anybody here want to model them?
I don't think my ankles are.
Notice the size.
You notice the size?
I think it's crazy, but that's what they do.
Well, say I'm wearing boots today. Otherwise, I'd model them.
Did you have any interest in selling them?
I don't think so. We use them at home in our living room.
And we find that it's a nice conversation piece.
Did you want to expand on that?
No, we just keep them out.
You don't invite guests to try them on.
No, we don't. Thank you so much for being here.
Very interesting.
And we're going to go to Prill to Oregon.
She'd like us to take a look at.
Hi, Edie. Welcome to the program. What have you got?
Hi, Claire. I have a basket of decoy ducks.
This is the one I wanted to know if it's valued at any amount.
And where did you get it?
I think I bought it at an estate sale near here.
Do you remember what you paid for it?
Yes, $15.
Well, I think she got a pretty good deal for $15 on that.
The body, is that cork?
Yes, it is.
Okay, that's going to add to the flotation.
That was one that was actually used.
That's not something that was made for display or for resale to the general public.
That was actually used as a decoy for hunters to hopefully bring in.
And that looks like a mallard duck or a black duck or something like that.
And it looks like it's got some age to it.
Definitely.
It was a working duck.
I knew the grandfather that used it in the Willamette River.
Probably.
I wouldn't be surprised that with early 19th century.
It could even be a little bit before that as well.
Some of these decoys, and I don't think this is one,
but some of them have sold for over $80,000 pushing $100,000 for a duck decoy.
Why? Oh my.
Because it's a famous carver.
Because it's in excellent condition, original paint, condition condition.
Or something that's a unique duck.
Very unique.
Those are not working ducks.
There's a difference.
You want to explain between working ducks and the decoys?
The duck were actually used for hunters, and they would put them out in the bays,
and they would float up and down.
Similar to the ones they have today, but most of them are plastic.
So this is a working duck.
This is a working duck.
What is it worth about?
I kind of like it, but the cork doesn't do anything for I think its value.
I'm going to put that, oh, I'd say $300, maybe $5.
Suzy, what do you think?
You're the hunter.
Okay.
You're the hunter.
$300 to $500 is what we're hearing as far as the value goes, Edie.
Is there any interest in putting it up for sale?
No, I don't think so.
Okay.
Well, thank you so much for sharing it with us today.
And for those of you who have something that you want to have appraised,
and let me tell you about how to be a guest on the show,
our number is 212-802-4081.
In upcoming weeks, the week of February 6th,
John's going to be in Colorado Springs.
The following week, February 13th through to 17th in New Orleans,
and then the week of February 20th in Kansas City, Missouri.
So give us a call, come meet John.
And we're going to go back to Brownsville because Doug has an item
that he wants to have appraised in just a moment.
Don't you, Doug?
He sure does, Claire.
This is Doug's horse that was actually saved from the trash heap.
We're going to find out what it's worth coming up on Personal FX.
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Well, there's nothing up for sale.
There's just some leftover food here.
I have one chocolate kiss for whoever.
Oh, and dirty dishes.
Year of the Pig, Chinese New Year.
Dirty dishes, that's a show.
We're not washing them.
We're just part of the deal, okay?
If you'd like a chocolate kiss, you may have one.
But remember, we do have our 1-800-FX-FX-FX-1 to call when there is an item up for sale.
And it could be momentarily because Doug has a very interesting item to show us in Brownsville.
I love that horse.
That's really terrific.
We on?
Yeah, we are on.
Hi there. Welcome.
Tell us about this horse that you've had since your childhood.
Yeah, I can hear.
Okay.
We had this horse that was going to the dump, and we paid $5 for it.
And it's a bucking horse, and it...
Like that.
That's great.
And I guess it's pretty dangerous on little kids when it really bucks hard.
Right, I think we need a kid there right now to demonstrate.
Yeah.
We do.
But we don't know anything about it.
People have looked it up and stuff, and they just can't seem to find anything on it.
Well, I'm sure Ron and Susie can help you out here.
Well, I would imagine first of all that a couple of kids broke their arms on that thing.
Exactly.
And I'm sure they don't make anything quite like it today.
Again, product safety laws.
Right.
And I would say it's been repainted, I bet.
Has this been repainted?
Yes, it's been restored by a professional in Portland.
Is that add or take away from value?
From an appraisal value, it takes away from it, but for an honest restoration to save it from the dump, it's a wash right now.
To make it functional for his use, fine, but in order for it to gain value, it should have its original finish, which is gone at this point.
So it's a wash.
You did a pretty good job though, Ron.
Yeah, it's cute.
I like it.
It's 50s, 60s, but it has been played with.
It has been repainted.
And I'm going to put its value at 125.
I think you're right on, Susie.
I think that's a real good price for it.
Absolutely.
About 125.
About 125.
Good decorative piece.
You may not want to play with nice decorative piece.
Nice decorative piece, Doug.
Were you interested in putting it up for sale?
No, I think we're going to keep it for displays.
Yeah, it's lovely.
What a fun piece.
Thank you so much for being with us on Personal FX.
And Sandy joins us now.
Busy talking away over there with her friend.
Sure.
Hi.
Welcome.
So what have you got here?
Pillsbury dough doll.
It belonged to my aunt.
She collected dolls and stuffed animals and some advertising things.
So I have it now, but I have no idea if it's worth anything or exactly how old it is.
Well, the Pillsbury dough boy was actually created in 1960 by the advertising agency,
Leo Burnett, very famous advertising agency.
And so that's when this character...
Hold it, Susie.
I don't want to end up in the Dirty Dishes here.
...came into existence.
The Pillsbury company, however, has been around since 1869.
So it's a very, very old company.
And then later on they went to call them Pop and Fresh.
That's correct.
That is correct.
This is the earlier one from about the 60s.
Are there still a lot of them around?
Not...
It's not very plentiful, but it's not scarce either.
It's one of those low-cost collectibles that they're cute doll collectors, advertising.
It's got a cross-collectibility for both advertising and dolls.
But again, it's not that valuable.
I'm going to put it at $15, $20.
I was going to say under $25 for this, yeah.
I had a feeling that's what it might be worth.
But he's cute.
Yeah.
Cute.
Would you like to put him up for sale?
Sure.
I will.
Sure.
I don't mind.
Yeah, why not?
If anybody's interested, I'm sure they'd like it better than I would.
Thank you.
Thank you so much for being here.
Thank you.
And Lorna joins us now.
The professional browser.
Did you buy this?
Yes, I bought it.
I bought it, oh, about 20 years ago.
Oh, really?
Yes.
Very nice.
Did you purchase it in the United States?
Yes, I did.
Okay.
Go to the bottom.
Do you remember what you paid for?
No.
Okay, I'm coming in to loop it.
West Germany.
Right.
Okay, that helps us knowing West Germany.
I had a date, it's probably after 1950, certainly before about 1990 when Germany now became
Germany when they merged with East Germany.
This is a trade mug.
This is sold for tourist trade or for export to the United States.
The thing I like about it though, Susie, is the relief work is exquisite.
And the handle.
The box handle, very, very collectible.
It's a world leader.
It's a good size, it's got some good weight to it.
I think the relief work really sets this thing off.
I think that's what it's got going for it.
I mean, it's not a Metlock sign.
Right, it's not nice and...
Right, it's not one of those high price signs, but the relief is very pretty on it and it
does have the cobalt blue on it, the figural.
Value wise, it's not going to go up to a Metlock price.
No, no it is not.
Definitely not.
And again, I think I'm stuck on a hundred and a quarter on this piece.
I like it at a hundred and a quarter, perhaps a little bit less.
Again, this is a Hunter Stein, it's got the hunting motif.
Oh yeah, the Hunter Stein, I'm going to go with a hundred and twenty-five.
Okay, real agreement here.
Do you use it for decoration or do you ever put beer in it?
No, just decoration.
Just decoration.
Were you interested in putting it up for sale?
No, I think I'll keep it.
Pat it for twenty years and enjoy it, keep it.
Thank you so much for being with us today.
Thank you.
And we're going back to Brownsville, Oregon.
I need to see John's shirt, you know?
I need to see what it looks like at this point.
We're tailoring it, we're getting it all set up, just like this segment coming up, Claire.
Caramel glass all over the house.
This set here, over a thousand dollars.
There's a piece over here, this one piece, five to six hundred dollars.
This little set, over two hundred dollars.
Oh, the muffin's about fifty.
More carnival glass coming up on Personal FX.
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Did you know in the 1800s, Carnival Glass was called iridescent glass?
During the 1940s, it was referred to as taffeta glass, while the collectors of the 1960s gave Carnival Glass its name.
Welcome back now to Personal FX.
I think we found a friend here, the Philzberry boy.
I want to tell you that he is up for sale.
And remind you about our 800 number.
Now, there is one other item that is also, we think we're going to put it up for sale.
Hopefully it's okay with John.
How about John Burke's the sleeves of his shirt?
Now, whatever money we raise can go for the next shirt that replaces it.
Exactly.
Good choice.
And because we've got two of them, they're worth a lot more.
And because of who the owner is.
What is the term?
Provenance?
Yeah.
Wow, I think we're pushing over $100, $150 here.
No, Ron, I think we're just pushing it a little bit.
There we go.
Just trying to make a good sale.
Let's go back to Brownsville right now.
We're going to be seeing Carnival Glass.
And John, did we embarrass you here?
I like your shirt.
Susie said you look a little like Bruce Springsteen.
Well, okay.
Now we're getting somewhere.
Then it's okay.
Now we're talking.
Right.
And that sleeve has buttons on it, too.
So maybe that's worth more.
Again, we're with Karen.
Karen, thank you again for having us.
Thank you.
We were talking earlier about this Carnival Glass.
And it's really kind of fun to go out and look for it.
Because you can find a great value anywhere, right?
That's right.
Antique shops, flea markets.
You can buy that at people's homes periodically.
Now speaking of your home or of homes, you've got it lined up here.
And along here, I guess, are the plates.
Because plates themselves can be just collectible, huh?
Yes, that's correct.
A plate is so easy to display.
It shows all of the pattern.
A multitude of patterns.
Colors, as you can see, displayed on the plate rail.
What about the chandelier?
Now that looks different.
Now the chandelier is hand-painted.
Quite collectible.
As you can see, each one of the shades are a little bit different due to the hand painting.
How much is that worth?
You're probably looking at about $1,000.
If you could find one for sale that is complete.
So with Carnival Glass, they actually have a lot of different colors.
They actually blow it into a mold.
And then they blow the, what did you call it?
Then they spray metallic salts on the face of the glass.
And the glass is then refired.
Now tell me about some of your pieces.
For instance, this one right here can be very valuable, huh?
Yes, that's an aqua-opalescent poinsettia and lattice bowl.
That bowl is, as far as I know, is one of two known.
Current value on that, or I should say I've been offered $10,000 for that bowl.
Wow. Karen, excuse me.
Oh, this is gorgeous.
Do you have, of all the things that you found, like the best find that you got most excited about?
The one that John almost dropped.
Thank you, Claire. Thanks a lot.
You're welcome, John.
Very expensive piece, yes?
Yes. Yes, that's a Northwood piece.
It's a master ice cream bowl in aqua-opalescent.
The pattern is peacock and urn.
And in 1993, that was the top seller, or I should say one like it, at auction.
It sold for $31,000.
Claire, you are looking at $31,000, and the ironic thing is that even though it's an ice cream bowl...
You're not eating ice cream out of it.
Come on. Tell them why not, though.
And John, Karen, I'm curious as to how you make sure you never drop anything.
Have you ever dropped a plate, a bowl?
No. You get used to handling the glass, and you're just very careful when you handle it.
And Claire, one of the reasons why you can't eat ice cream out of that is because it gets...
It gets brittle with age. You don't want a fast temperature change.
You don't want it to go from room temperature to having ice cream in it.
The ice cream is so cold, what could happen is you could fracture that glass,
and then your piece goes down to where it's worth about a dime on the dollar.
$31,000 for an ice cream bowl, and you can't eat ice cream out of it.
Isn't that strange? I don't know. Maybe that's just me.
This is... Come over here and tell me about this. This is a one-of-a-kind piece.
This is, to the best of our knowledge, this is a one-of-a-kind.
It's a peach opalescent, northwood, grape and cable bonbon.
This came out of the Moore collection. It is the one shown in the book, currently valued at $9,500.
Now, it looks a lot like this one, but the reason that it's so valuable is because of the color.
Yes, and it's a one-of-a-kind. Both of these are the same piece of glass.
The one is aqua opalescent, the other one is peach opalescent.
The peach opalescent is the only one known.
Now, Claire, check this out. When you're walking through a flea market, you can see these two plates.
This one's worth... $40, $50, probably. Made in 1971. It's a new piece of Fenton.
The identical old piece of Fenton is probably a $3,500 to $4,000 plate.
An extremely rare plate. Same pattern, same color, but one is a reissue.
How do you know that?
The difference in the iridescence, and also on this, if you can get it, is Fenton does mark the new pieces now.
It has the Fenton logo in the circle. The old pieces of Fenton were never marked.
So that's how you know. Boy, you really got to do your homework, huh?
You do. You really do.
Okay, and finally, the one piece that I almost dropped that Claire was alluding to,
tell me how you found this one. This one was... you bought it for $22, but you knew... did you know it was worth so much?
I was in an antique shop in the Portland, Oregon area, saw it out on a table.
I didn't have much value on it. It had a $22 price tag on it. I knew that I had done well on it.
I figured a thousand dollar piece. This is one of those ones that it's obscure enough that until you really do your homework on it,
you have an idea, but you don't know the value.
That evening I did some calling around and was told, yeah, it's probably a $4,000 piece.
What makes this obscure? Why is this one so valuable?
We just don't know of any of them. It's a very common pattern.
It's a plate. It's white.
And as far as we know, there's probably three or four of these in existence.
After today's show, John, you'll probably burst my bubble and find out there's hundreds of them.
I hope not. I do, too.
Well, Claire, later on she's going to show us how she actually cleans these things,
and you'd be surprised at how she does that. We're going to take a look at that coming up a little bit later on.
And John, in Karen's house, you can just eat the ice cream right from the carton.
You don't even need the ice cream dish. That's okay.
Look forward to seeing that. Beautiful glass.
What a great collection she has.
And I love the hand painting of it as well.
So when we come back, well, remember, we have our 800 number for anything that is up for sale,
and also when we come back we're going to be seeing how to take care of it.
Don't drop it. Definitely don't do that.
But there is a way to keep it really pretty. We'll be back in a moment with a lot more.
Well, now here's something to raise your glass and toast to.
To date, the most expensive Carnival glass was an Acorn Burr Punx that sold for about $55,000 in 1992.
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We're going to be finding out in just a moment.
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We don't have a whole lot up for sale today, but write it down and keep it for every day.
And Jean is joining us now with an item that could be, or not, up for sale. Welcome.
So tell us about this.
I'm assuming it's a hypothecary beaker, and I bought it at the Last Pierce Show in New York in the fall.
Bought it because you just liked it, or?
I thought I'd use it as a vase.
Okay.
So I bought it.
It's kind of a good idea.
In the old days, that's how they measured out things?
Well, this one isn't that old. This one's 1920 to 40.
This, I've seen much older ones.
In fact, I have a client that's pharmacy, and they're all very old.
In fact, I have a client that's pharmacist that collects all this sort of stuff.
Yeah, yeah, that's not, this is 20th century.
Looks like a great cocktail shaker, too.
Oh, we could use it for that.
And you can certainly measure accurately, too.
Oh, yes.
Big stiff drink, though.
Right.
Do you mind me asking what you paid for it?
Yeah, they offered it for $45, and I took them down to 40.
Okay.
I knew it was in that period of time because I bought it in the Art Deco building.
Right.
So I knew it was not particularly old.
And little did some pharmacists know years ago this is going to end up as a vase.
Right, exactly.
Because insurance replacement is from 40 to 50 on these.
Yeah, I think so.
I think if you were going to resell them, though, probably $20 to $25 on a resale for it.
The ones that are really worth the money, of course, are the ones from the 19th century.
19th century.
And certainly earlier than that.
And they don't look like that.
No, no, no.
This is definitely not all that old, end quotes, whatever old means.
Okay.
You didn't overpay for it.
No.
You've been enjoying using it as a vase.
The big question becomes, would you consider putting it up for sale?
No, I want to keep it.
Okay.
A good vase.
A good conversation piece vase.
Absolutely.
A nice idea.
I like it on a bar, though.
That's a good idea.
Yeah, definitely.
And you always know how much to measure.
That's right.
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Thank you so much for joining us here today.
Thank you for having me.
And we're going to go back because obviously there is an art to how you care for some of
the carnival glass.
Definitely.
So we're going to go back now because Karen is going to be showing us.
And the pieces are so beautiful, so I'm interested in knowing how you keep them.
Yeah, there's certain tricks of the trade to being able to keep this stuff in top condition,
right?
For instance, I hate to bring it up, but you kind of made a mistake on this one.
I did.
This had been in a cold room.
It was picked up.
It was handled for several minutes.
We know that this was a perfect piece of glass.
After several minutes, a crack was discovered.
Now how did that happen?
We're assuming that what it was, it changed temperatures too fast.
It went from cold to hot.
So with the glass, if you're going to be moving it from different temperatures, you've got
to be careful that this thing doesn't crack.
So how do you avoid that?
When you buy a piece of glass, if you take it from a warm car, you're bringing it into
your air conditioned home, leave it in the paper for a couple hours.
I know you want to take it out, look at it, inspect it, but leave it in that paper.
Let it warm up slowly.
What is that there?
This is excellent packing material.
What do you call it?
What is it?
These are, a lot of people use diapers.
Is that what that is?
Well, this is an underpad, but a lot of times in nursing homes and that sort of thing.
But wrap this up in here.
As long as the glass does not move, you can pack a lot of glass together.
What's going to break the glass is the clanking of it together.
Now Karen, show me how you clean this stuff.
Okay.
You're not going to believe some of the ingredients that she uses to clean this.
Tell me about this.
Vase collectors will use polydent.
They'll drop it down in the water.
Polydent?
Polydent, denture cleaner.
Works wonders.
You can't get down into the bottom of that glass, but you can put that polydent in there,
leave it overnight, and that's going to help get rid of years of grime.
This may be a dumb question.
Is this something you should not definitely put in your dishwasher?
No, don't put it in your dishwasher because of the extreme heat.
John, Karen?
Yes?
Martha Ray is somewhere smiling right now, knowing that you're cleaning vases with polydent.
Karen, Suzy just made out a point about in your sink you've got a piece of glass.
I sure did.
About putting a towel underneath it.
Does that help you protect it?
Yes, I've got a towel underneath it in case I drop it.
Oh, right here, I see.
When you're cleaning it, you put that in there.
Okay.
I've also got a toothbrush and I've got an abrasive cleanser.
You cannot scrub the iridescence off this.
Now, when you say abrasive cleanser, let's be clear.
Is this what you're using here?
Yes, that's comet.
We're using comet and a toothbrush, and I'm putting a lot of pressure on this.
You cannot scrub the iridescence off.
If I can scrub this iridescence off, I've got a problem here because this is not the good old Carnival Glass.
Harry, excuse me, isn't comet too strong? It isn't?
No. Many times when you buy a piece, this glass was made in 1908, 1909.
A lot of people are afraid to clean it, so it could be really dirty.
I'm going to give this to John.
Are you sure? Okay.
And have him dry it for me.
Where's that sleeve when I need it, huh?
I wouldn't wash it with comet all of the time.
After you've cleaned it, you've got the nice iridescence on it, and then a little glass cleaner, dust rag, it's going to stay nice.
But when you first buy a piece of glass, it needs the cleaning.
Don't hesitate to use the comet on it.
A lot of our collectors will use Windex. They'll use silver polish.
Whatever you want, whatever you feel comfortable with, go ahead and clean it with it.
You aren't going to hurt the glass.
And can you do this as often as you feel you need to?
I wouldn't. This is old glass.
The more you handle it, the more you're going to have a chance of breaking it.
But once you've got it clean, a little bit of dusting with a rag, it's going to be fine.
Karen, you know what? I have really learned a lot today.
Thank you for having us. We really appreciate this.
Thank you.
Clara, carnival glass. Did you know about this stuff before today's show?
I knew about carnival glass a little bit, but not as much.
And I've never seen such beautiful carnival glass anywhere before.
But after the comet, you don't want to put the ice cream in the bowl, though.
Other than that, too.
Thank you so much. What a beautiful collection.
Very nice.
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Not a whole lot up for sale right now, but the dough boy is still up for sale.
Worth anywhere from $15 to $20.
We are receiving phone calls.
And a reminder that John's shirt, not just the sleeves, the entire shirt is going up for sale.
We've gone to the whole thing now.
We're getting bits on the entire shirt. Okay, not just the sleeves.
What do you think it's worth?
We're going to find out.
We've got three pieces now.
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And we're going to go back right now to Brownsville, Oregon,
because Lucy has something she wants to show us.
Hi Lucy, welcome to the program.
Hi Claire.
What have you got there?
Well, I've got a rug.
I don't know a lot about it.
Oh, it's pretty.
I purchased it at an estate sale in Montana from a doctor's estate.
It forms a whole scene, if you look at the rug, starting at the bottom.
The birds are swimming in water.
There's a lot of floral.
As you go up the rug, it has little islands.
There's an island here, excuse me, with birds on it, an island here with a peacock.
Many different birds across here.
I just would kind of guess that the rug might be the early 1900s.
Lucy, how much did you pay for it?
I got it very reasonable.
Could you flip it over and see if the rug?
I need to see the back of it, and we need a close-up of the back.
You're looking for the weave?
I need to see the weft and the warp lines.
Okay, it is.
As you can see, if you look along the border, it's much easier to pick up the animals.
There's deer, there's birds all across this border.
Okay, there's an oriental.
So, can you tell us about weft and warp lines?
That is the basic lines that can be cotton or wool that the hand knots are made on it.
What I'm trying to determine with a real close shot, guys, is whether that is machine-made.
And it appears that it is.
Flip it back.
That's a commercial rug.
It appears to be machine-made.
Yeah, it appears to be.
I don't see the hand knots on the back.
It appears to be almost in a Chinese classification from the deco period.
I have a number of those even in my collection.
Although they usually wear better than hers, which is why I'm confused.
See where it's wearing up there?
It should not.
That's a lot of wear.
That is a lot of wear, which makes me think...
Could have been in an office.
No, the lady, it was you?
No.
It was used in a home, and the lady told me that that was where their chairs sat, was up in that area.
Right.
All right.
So all the wear was up at that end.
From the approximate age and size of this, if it were not worn, insurance replacement is about $1,500 on that particular rug.
In that condition, I'm going to have to put it down to between $600 and $800.
Yeah, it drops substantially.
Also, the colors tell us it's not from the early 1800s.
It's not a real old antique rug.
The colors are too bright, which is one of the things that you use to check out an Oriental rug, the colors themselves.
And it did look machine-made.
I would think for insurance replacement, Suzy, you're right on the money with the wear that you have.
But I think at an auction, it's going to be lower $400 maybe.
It could be $600 to $800.
You said you got it reasonably priced, so I hope you didn't overpay for it.
Oh, no, I didn't.
Were you interested in putting it up for sale or you want to keep it?
I would entertain offers on it, yes.
Well, we'll be happy to entertain some offers for you.
It's very lovely to look at.
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And now we're going to open up the mail.
Here from all of you.
We have a letter here from Marlissa Diemond from Hollywood, Florida.
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I'd like you to know the whole family loves your show.
That's great.
We tape it every day, so we're sure not to miss an episode.
I have my great grandfather's doll.
My grandmother thinks that it may have also been my great great grandmother's as well.
The doll is 14 inches tall and has a bisque face and hands.
The body is kid and is jointed in the back.
It has muslin feet.
The doll has no hair and is missing one finger.
Someone used scotch tape to repair one leg.
There is what looks like a leather scalp where the hair would be.
The doll has brown eyes that look like glass.
The only marking on the back of the head are a three that has been underlined and the number 148.
We also have a dress.
It's not original to the doll.
It was made by my great grandmother.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Also, what is the best way to clean the face?
The doll is not for sale no matter what the price.
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Clean the face carefully, first of all.
By that face, that is a Kessner doll.
If you go to the German book of marks, doll marks, you will find that model number 148 was made by Kessner in about 1897.
As you know, this is the vintage of dolls that I collect and I can recognize a Kessner face anytime.
Going for it are the sleep eyes, open mouth.
What is going against it is the condition.
Don't worry about washing the face.
Find a good doll hospital.
They will do it for you.
That leather on the top actually belongs there.
The wig goes over that.
The only difference on value on this doll is how it is attached up at the shoulder.
If it has little rivets, it's going to be $50 more than the value I give you.
After it goes to the hospital and everything has been fixed on it, it will be worth $325.
The condition it's in now, it's slightly under $100.
What was the cost to fix?
Under $100 to get that one fixed.
This is really worth getting fixed.
It is a vintage doll and it will look really great when they get it done.
The dress that was showed, even in poor condition, has a value of $75.
Interesting.
This is some good advice. Get it fixed.
Thank you so much for writing.
Glad you're enjoying the show.
Next, we have from Ron McCoy from Tulsa, Oklahoma who writes,
Here is my item for appraisal. It's a 1936 Paste Deluxe Chrome Slot Machine.
It is the three-reel fruit variety.
The machine takes silver dollars.
It's in perfect working condition.
There's a serial number, which is number 7090.
I'd sell it for the right price.
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Oh, I love that.
That's a classic.
It's made three, five, all different types of wheel.
The thing to note here is the vintage of this one, this is late 30s,
and it's a silver dollar machine.
Isn't that great?
The usual from that time frame would be nickels and dimes and maybe quarters.
But from the 1930s to have the silver dollar, that was an expensive machine at that time.
That's the hint as to the value.
You've got to relate it to silver dollars.
It's also good. It's Harris Hotel Casino.
The value of this one, I'm going to put it at 450 to 550 in the condition they say it works.
I don't know if we can entertain any offers to sell this though.
We don't have a license to if they want to sell it.
Oh, you're not allowed to sell something like that.
Okay.
You can't sell it to the right place.
But it's certainly worth what you said, Susie.
And on a good day, I think worth a little more.
Yeah. Thanks, Ron, so much for writing.
And next we heard from Connie Brown from Montgomery, Alabama.
And we gave Connie a call, so she's on the line right now.
Hi, Connie. Welcome to the program.
Hello, Claire.
Glad you could join us. Now tell us about this item you wrote us about.
Well, it's just a small child's rocking chair.
And I've had it ever since I can remember.
I think my mother had it when she was 85 years old.
And it's in fairly good condition.
And I think my father tried to repair one of the legs.
And there's a nail in it.
Otherwise, I can't find anywhere where there was any nails used to make the chair.
Well, let's find out more from Ron and Susie about it.
Nice country style rocking chair.
It's in a primitive classification.
The age clue is right where the wood attaches to the rocker.
Absolutely.
Victorian period forward, it's just sitting on top.
If you look at the front shot at that rocker, you can see that it's actually encompassing it.
Also look at the back.
And you can actually see that the backs are different.
That's all handmade.
And that's about 1850, maybe a little bit before.
I like it.
To a primitive collector or to a doll collector that puts dolls on them.
That would be ideal, absolutely.
That's the marketplace for these.
I normally sell these for about $125.
Yeah, $125 is pretty good.
And on a good day, you're going to get more.
You might get $75 on another day.
But I think right around that price range is terrific.
Connie, it's been in your family a long time.
I don't know that you ever want to put it up for sale, but I'll ask the question anyway.
No, I don't think so.
I have two little granddaughters.
Oh, that's nice.
It also brings back a lot of nice memories as well.
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Time for the big bids.
Let's see, Sandy, we didn't have a whole lot up for sale.
Brandy from Washington, D.C. has made an offer of $50.
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We're on a roll.
And we got this fax just in from Dave Allen from Jasper, Alabama.
Hopefully John is listening right now as we speak.
We're on a scavenger hunt today, he says,
and need a pair of TV celebrity socks by 6 p.m.
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I have some other news for you here.
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