Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

I've been collecting jewelry since I was a little girl. I started garage sale-ing with my Aunt Helen, who taught me to just buy sparkly things. And so I just like big and gaudy, I guess.

APPRAISER

You know, so do I. What you have here is an amazing collection. You have two Miriam Haskell necklace and earring sets.

GUEST

Wonderful.

APPRAISER

From the 1940s and 1950s. Each one of your sets is in the $1,500 to $2,000 range.

GUEST

Wow, wow, that's great.

APPRAISER

Okay? It's gonna get better.

GUEST

Okay.

APPRAISER

The bird in the middle?

GUEST

Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER

That is by Trifari.

GUEST

Uh-huh.

APPRAISER

I believe it's designed by Alfred Philippe. It has all the bells and whistles of a major Trifari pin. What do you think it's worth?

GUEST

$150?

APPRAISER

$1,000-plus.

GUEST (gasps)

Wow, that's wonderful.

APPRAISER

You don't see this very often.

GUEST

It's a, I fell in love with that one. I certainly did.

APPRAISER

Now tell me about this multicolored one in the very top.

GUEST

That piece I found at an estate sale here in Salt Lake. And the woman said she was the great-niece of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and I thought it was really beautiful. I paid $25 for it.

APPRAISER

Excellent.

GUEST

I did good?

APPRAISER

You did good. This piece is Austro-Hungarian.

GUEST

Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER

Turn-of-the-century 1900s. It has genuine rubies, amethysts, pearls, enameling. What do you think it might be worth?

GUEST

$500.

APPRAISER

$2,500.

GUEST

Wow. APPRAISER (laughs) Wow, well, that's very nice.

APPRAISER

You are, you are a major shopper, kid.

GUEST

I love it.