Appraisal: Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Waste Bowl, ca. 1750
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Appraisal: Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Waste Bowl, ca. 1750
Watch Dessa Goddard appraise a Chinese cloisonné enamel waste bowl, ca. 1750, in Junk in the Trunk 15.
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Appraisal: Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Waste Bowl, ca. 1750
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Watch Dessa Goddard appraise a Chinese cloisonné enamel waste bowl, ca. 1750, in Junk in the Trunk 15.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: When I was a little girl, about five years old, my parents had a really huge fight that I can remember, and it was due to this little vase.
Somebody owed my dad some money, and didn't have... money to pay him back, so he offered my dad this vase, which my father accepted.
And my mother was not happy, because a vase will not pay the mortgage.
And then my mom gave it to me right after I got married.
So, probably 35 years ago, because she knew how much I loved this little vase.
APPRAISER: This is an 18th century waste bowl, called a "zhadou."
Zhadou means essentially waste bowl... GUEST: Like chamber pot.
APPRAISER: Well, it's a very small chamber pot.
(laughs) It was used for the remnants of tea or the remnants of food on a table.
APPRAISER: It's made of cloisonné enamel.
It's a Ming dynasty form... APPRAISER:...um, that actually had its history in an archaic bronze vessel, which was called a "zun," or a wine vessel.
"Zun" means respect.
That form started in the Shang Dynasty, a millennium before the birth of Christ, okay.
GUEST: Oh, whoa.
APPRAISER: And then that form evolved, and some scholars think that, that it evolved into this form.
There's some dispute about that.
Ming Dynasty form, however, what makes this a later piece-- that is, a Qing Dynasty... GUEST: Oh.
APPRAISER: ...imperial Qianlong piece, is the use of this pink enamel GUEST: Oh.
APPRAISER: ...which was brought into China by the Jesuits in around 1720, 1740, resulting in a piece that was made by the imperial workshops.
But, in the Qianlong era, between 1735 and 1795.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: At auction, a piece like this would bring you between $6,000 and $9,000.
GUEST: Wow.
(laughing) I guess it would have paid the mortgage.
Wow.
Thank you so much.
NewAppraisal: 1869 Winchester Model 66 "Yellowboy" Rifle & Carbine
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 1m 57s | Appraisal: 1869 Winchester Model 66 "Yellowboy" Rifle & Carbine (1m 57s)
NewAppraisal: 1900 Oscar Berninghaus Watercolor
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 2m 43s | Appraisal: 1900 Oscar Berninghaus Watercolor (2m 43s)
NewAppraisal: 1911 Gorham Silver Powerboat Race Trophy
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 2m 28s | Appraisal: 1911 Gorham Silver Powerboat Race Trophy (2m 28s)
NewAppraisal: 1931 Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Watch
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 2m 41s | Appraisal: 1931 Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Watch (2m 41s)
NewAppraisal: 1937 Inscribed "Of Mice and Men" First Edition
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 1m 46s | Appraisal: 1937 Inscribed "Of Mice and Men" First Edition (1m 46s)
NewAppraisal: 1951 Coca-Cola Baseball Advertisement Painting
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 1m 10s | Appraisal: 1951 Coca-Cola Baseball Advertisement Painting (1m 10s)
NewAppraisal: 1960 Gibson Les Paul Junior Guitar with Case & Strap
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: 1960 Gibson Les Paul Junior Guitar with Case & Strap (1m 4s)
NewAppraisal: 1961 JFK Santa Claus Letter
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 1m 36s | Appraisal: 1961 JFK Santa Claus Letter (1m 36s)
NewAppraisal: 1964 - 1965 Ellsworth Kelly "Yellow over Black" Litho
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 2m 59s | Appraisal: 1964 - 1965 Ellsworth Kelly "Yellow over Black" Litho (2m 59s)
NewAppraisal: 1979 Ed Ruscha "Stagefright" Ink on Paper
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 2m 28s | Appraisal: 1979 Ed Ruscha "Stagefright" Ink on Paper (2m 28s)
NewAppraisal: 20th C. Ernest Trova "Falling Man" Sculpture
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 3m 31s | Appraisal: 20th C. Ernest Trova "Falling Man" Sculpture (3m 31s)
NewAppraisal: Alphonse Mucha American "Reverie" Print, ca. 1910
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 3m 11s | Appraisal: Alphonse Mucha American "Reverie" Print, ca. 1910 (3m 11s)
NewAppraisal: Augsburg Silver-gilt Chalice, ca. 1600
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 3m 9s | Appraisal: Augsburg Silver-gilt Chalice, ca. 1600 (3m 9s)
NewAppraisal: Charles Loloma Necklace & Ironwood Bird
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 4m 4s | Appraisal: Charles Loloma Necklace & Ironwood Bird (4m 4s)
NewAppraisal: Gustav Muss-Arnolt Hunting Dogs Oil, ca. 1900
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 1m 28s | Appraisal: Gustav Muss-Arnolt Hunting Dogs Oil, ca. 1900 (1m 28s)
NewAppraisal: John Juzek Violin, ca. 1950
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 2m 46s | Appraisal: John Juzek Violin, ca. 1950 (2m 46s)
NewAppraisal: Loetz 4-handled Phänomen Vase, ca. 1904
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 3m 24s | Appraisal: Loetz 4-handled Phänomen Vase, ca. 1904 (3m 24s)
NewAppraisal: Palwa Illuminated Mirror, ca. 1970
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Clip: S30 Ep25 | 2m 28s | Appraisal: Palwa Illuminated Mirror, ca. 1970 (2m 28s)
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