Appraisal: Photo of African American Soldier
GUEST
This is a picture of my grand-uncle, Xenophon. It's from the Richmond, Kentucky, area and my grand-uncle, Vulcan, actually carved the frame.
APPRAISER
Could you tell me his last name?
GUEST
Xenophon Irvine, I-R-V-I-N-E. And we believe it's from the Spanish-American War.
APPRAISER
Indeed, this is from the Spanish-American War, but this is a photograph of a photograph from that period. And right here, you see a lovely Nils belt buckle, and this is a Krag-- K-R-A-G-- rifle. And what they did was they took the photograph of the period photograph, and then they colored in some pieces on the rifle. You notice right here that the detail is not accurate, and right down here. This is exciting because it's an identified African-American Spanish-American War soldier, and you are the descendant. Any idea of its worth?
GUEST
No, not really.
APPRAISER
How about $500 to $600?
GUEST
Wow! Great!
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