Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

My husband and I, uh, have been collecting Mid-Century Modern for a number of years, uh, since way back in the '80s, and, uh, we like more unusual pieces, and, uh, we found out about a piece from a dealer in Saugatuck, uh, near Grand Rapids. And we were told that this is a prototype George Nelson lamp. And we knew this was a George Nelson bubble, but we've never seen anything like this on the base.

APPRAISER

You know, it's interesting, because George Nelson actually worked for Herman Miller right here in Western Michigan and did a lot of really interesting things. I looked at this with a couple of my colleagues, and we do believe that it's a George Nelson prototype. I've never seen it in the marketplace, and I do believe it's George Nelson. This piece is great. I think probably in today's market, this piece would bring between $4,000 and $6,000.

GUEST

Wow. Interesting, because I paid $280 for it. (laughs)

APPRAISER

You did very well, you did very well.