Antiques Roadshow

GUEST

My aunt bought them at a yard sale in Ohio, Port Clinton, Ohio.

APPRAISER

How much, how much did she pay for them?

GUEST

$30 for the whole box, a big box of posters.

APPRAISER

$30 for a whole box. And this, this is not the entire contents of it.

GUEST

No, she kept a few that she really liked and let me go through the rest, and this is sort of what I salvaged.

APPRAISER

I've pulled out two that I just want to share with you. This is one of them.

GUEST

That's funny, I almost didn't bring that one.

APPRAISER

Well, this is a poster for Sun Valley, the ski resort in Idaho. It's by an artist named Phil von Phul. This poster is from the 1930s. Now, I'm going to be honest with you, this poster is not in great condition. But if you spent a few hundred dollars restoring it, at auction, I would estimate this poster at $3,000 to $4,000.

GUEST

That's crazy.

APPRAISER

Crazy...

GUEST

That's crazy. (laughs) I just... I really almost didn't bring that one, so that seems nuts, yeah.

APPRAISER

Now, there's another poster that also caught my eye. I don't know if you almost didn't bring this one, as well.

GUEST

No.

APPRAISER

Here we are now in New Hampshire. This is also a poster from the 1930s. And this is just a great, strong Art Deco image, great action, great color, great design. On this one, the condition is not nearly as bad, but I would recommend having it linen-mounted, at which point, at auction, I would estimate it between $4,000 and $6,000.

GUEST

Okay. (laughs) That's great, that's really exciting.

APPRAISER

The value on all of them together, again, after restoration, so figure you'd have to invest around $300 per poster, is between $10,000 and $15,000 for the others, not just including these two.

GUEST

That's awesome. My aunt's going to want them back. (laughing) She can't have them. That's great, thank you so much, I'm so excited.

APPRAISER

You're very welcome.