Antiques Roadshow

GUEST: We found this at a, like, swap meet flea market in Washington state.

And it was in the back of this jewelry vendor's van.

He was going to get it like reupholstered, but I saw it and I hadn't seen anything like it.

He let us buy it for 300 bucks.

We don't know if it can continue to be the cat's favorite seat or if we should get it reupholstered.

APPRAISER: So what you guys have here is a Renaissance revival armchair, circa 1865 to about 1880.

You've got what looks like the original muslin here.

If we turn it to the back, you've got a little bit of a, a tear.

So this is horse hair for stuffing for upholstery.

This is the original, what we call, the underpinnings of the upholstery.

So, totally cool.

If this were to come to auction, I would probably estimate this in the $600 to $900, or $800 to $1,200 range.

It, it's a really fabulous chair.

GUEST: Awesome.

Thank you.

Thank you.

APPRAISER: So...

GUEST: All right, we're taking it back from the cat.

APPRAISER: Reupholstering it is not going to hurt the value.

And I would say, you know, go for it.