Antiques Roadshow

GUEST: It was the day after Picasso died, and we spied these two things, and my husband said, "If we're going to buy a Picasso, now is the time to do it."

APPRAISER: You're kidding me, so you got them the day after he died?

GUEST: The day after he died.

APPRAISER: Now, typically, after an artist dies, particularly one as prominent as Picasso, the prices go up.

So when you went to this gallery, had they marked the prices up on this?

GUEST: Maybe they didn't know that... APPRAISER: Did you know?

(laughing) GUEST: Maybe he didn't know that they were even dead APPRAISER: They hadn't figured that out yet, so you were ahead of the curve on this, huh?

GUEST: Exactly, exactly.

APPRAISER: Very good.

It is indeed a hand-signed lithograph by Picasso.

But a lot of people might not know that he also made ceramics.

I didn't until then.

This is after he's already a famous artist, well, well into his career.

GUEST: Typical Picasso.

(laughs) APPRAISER: But he never slowed down.

Let that be a lesson to us all, never slow down.

So, to put the two together, I think you'd see similarities in style and workmanship, but of course, two completely different media.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: At auction, you have about $23,000 worth of Picassos here.

GUEST: That's very favorable.

Better than the stock market, I'll tell you that.

(both laugh) APPRAISER: So I would take very good care of them.

GUEST: Even better than I have been.

(laughs) APPRAISER: (laughing) Good.

Thank you very much for bringing them in.

GUEST: Thank you.