Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

I bought it at auction, probably around $300, $400. I thought it was kind of interesting.

APPRAISER

When you brought it to the table, what was the first thing I asked you to do?

GUEST

Find out if it was gold.

APPRAISER

And the gold people said?

GUEST

It's low-grade gold.

APPRAISER

If this piece was in Central America, and it came back as low gold, it would mean it was a reproduction. But this is from Tairona, in Colombia, at the base of the mountains. And this is a kind of a tumbaga gold, which is an alloy gold with a low gold content. This is exactly what we want to see.

So this is a pendant. And it would have been worn by a dignitary, somebody that, that clearly was an important individual. And I'm going to turn it over, and we can see it is a pendant. And it's, it's really, it's a great piece.

GUEST

Oh, okay.

APPRAISER

Okay?

GUEST

Yeah.

APPRAISER

And so the value on this would be $2,500 to $3,500.

GUEST

Wow, thank you.

APPRAISER

You're very welcome.

GUEST

Wow, thank you very much.