Antiques Roadshow

I brought you a compact with a signature by Salvador Dali where'd you get it present from my mother-in-law about 1820 years ago she knows I collect them she was always out and about and if she saw something that someone in the family enjoyed she went ahead and bought it for them you can open this up like this so you have a place for your powder here which is fantastic and got a little place for for pills little pill box and and most importantly on the back here as you said it's stamped Salvador Dali he was made around 1950 people think of Salvador Dali as an artist mm-hmm not always just an artist he was a designer he designed for Elsa Schiaparelli he actually designed a famous sofa that's in the shape of Mae West's lips a lobster telephone it is made by the elgin american company which is an offshoot of if you've heard of elgin watches yes it's called the bird in hand compact okay and the bird in hand compact is a bit of a holy grail for a lot of people who collect compacts out there what do you think it's worth I have no idea I mean I know my compacts when I purchased them they're somewhere in the hundred to two hundred dollar range so that's what I was thinking at auction I would expect this to bring around three thousand okay $4,000 oh my goodness okay that's sweet didn't expect that right yes just a fabulous little bird great