Antiques Roadshow

GUEST: Well, this was a gift I got in 1970 from my wife for my birthday.

I don't know exactly how much she paid for it-- in the hundreds of dollars.

APPRAISER: Yeah.

GUEST: And, uh, it's been with me ever since.

APPRAISER: It's an etching by Marc Chagall.

This is from a portfolio called "Maternity," and it was published in Paris in 1925.

There are five etchings altogether in this illustrated book.

Around a thousand copies of the book were made.

There's no mystery in what's going on here in the image.

It's called the... "The Visit Through the Window."

And a couple of them are a little bit racier than this.

GUEST: Oh, okay.

(laughs) APPRAISER: So the question is, is the signature correct?

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: And I feel very strongly that it's a good signature.

I would guarantee the signature if I put it up for sale at auction, And in that, really, is the value of this work-- the fact that it has that pencil signature on it.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: In today's market, I would put an estimate of about $2,500 to $3,500 on it, so...

GUEST: Okay.