Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

Well, I inherited it from my Great-Aunt Lil. I've made assumptions that it's Native American. I've always been so curious about, like, what these symbols mean. I, I have no idea. So, I'm very, that's why I'm here.

APPRAISER

Well, I'm about to disappoint you.

GUEST (laughing)

Oh, because it's not Native American?

APPRAISER (laughing)

Because I'm not sure what all the symbols mean, either. Oh. But I can tell you one thing.

GUEST

Okay.

APPRAISER

It is a Navajo weaving.

GUEST

Okay.

APPRAISER

When you unrolled this weaving to the table, everybody was, like, scratching their head, because nobody had ever seen anything like this. And frankly, we're all stumped as to what the figure is depicting. Pictorial weavings are highly desirable to Navajo weaving collectors.

GUEST

Oh.

APPRAISER

But I don't know how they would receive this, because it's so unusual. My suspicion is that this would be received pretty strongly. Maybe $4,500 to $6,500...

GUEST

Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER

...would be a good sort of pre-auction estimate.

GUEST

Okay.