Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

My husband had two aunts that had enough money to purchase nice art.

APPRAISER

Let's deal with the condition, first of all.

GUEST

Right.

APPRAISER

There are pieces missing. You actually broke a little piece off coming in today.

GUEST

I did, I did do that.

APPRAISER

This is an extremely fragile piece. It does have an interesting mark. It says "Paris 1900" on the bottom. "Amphora, Austria," Turn-Teplitz is a region where a lot of this type of pottery was made. There were several companies there that generically referred to as Amphora, this one being one of the Stellmacher companies.

GUEST

Oh.

APPRAISER

This is a cast piece. It's made out of porcelain. I think a price at auction would be $7,000 to $9,000. One of the best things that Amphora ever made.

GUEST

Wow. Wow.

APPRAISER

That's what I said when I saw it.

GUEST

(laughing): Okay, yeah, wow.

APPRAISER

Even with the nick or two, he's a good looker.