Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

I got them from various autograph dealers in the early '80s.

APPRAISER

How much did you pay for them?

GUEST

Maybe $2, $2.25.

APPRAISER

We have here Lon Chaney, the Man of a Thousand Faces. Lon Chaney is an extremely rare autograph. Unfortunately, the photo is not autographed, it's just the piece of paper. So just this at auction, you're looking at $500 to $700. If the image were signed, you're probably looking at $1,000 to $1,500. Bela Lugosi, also very rare to find his signature, that's about $1,500 at auction.

GUEST

Wow. Okay.

APPRAISER

Yeah. Elsa Lanchester, Bride of Frankenstein, this is a later image. So here you're looking at about $300 to $500.

GUEST

Oh, okay.

APPRAISER

And here we have a later 8x10. It's signed by numerous people who where in the movie "House of Dracula." And here you're looking at about $200 to $400.

GUEST

Okay. Wow.

APPRAISER

So, yes. Well, I would say you made a monstrously good deal.

GUEST

(laughs)