Antiques Roadshow

APPRAISER

This particular image is one of the 20th century's icons. So many people know this image, they may not even know why they know it.

GUEST

My sister, who lives in East Tennessee, she found these in the trash.

APPRAISER

She found it in the trash?

GUEST

Uh-huh.

APPRAISER

And then she gave it to you?

GUEST

Yeah, she had several and she let me pick from them.

APPRAISER

Well, A, the Normandie is a very famous ship from the classic era, the 1930s Art Deco era. The artist of this poster is Cassandre, who was one of the most famous French graphic designers in the 1930s. He did posters that you would... people just recognize all over the place. They've really become part of the public consciousness and the visual vernacular. This Normandie poster, which was printed in 1935, we've sold several times at auction in the past couple of years, and each time it's brought upwards of $10,000.

GUEST

Oh, yeah?