Appraisal: Van Cleef & Arpels Pocket Watch, ca. 1930
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Appraisal: Van Cleef & Arpels Pocket Watch, ca. 1930
Watch Jeff Cohen's appraisal of a Van Cleef & Arpels pocket watch, ca. 1930, in Never Seen That Before!
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Appraisal: Van Cleef & Arpels Pocket Watch, ca. 1930
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Watch Jeff Cohen's appraisal of a Van Cleef & Arpels pocket watch, ca. 1930, in Never Seen That Before!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: I brought a pocket watch.
It's wood and metal from Van Cleef and Arpels.
I got it from my great-uncle Barney, and he and my great-aunt Tiny had a dry cleaning store in Beverly Hills-Hollywood back in the 1930s and '40s.
And they had several famous people as customers.
One of them happened to be Josef von Sternberg, who was the director for most all of Marlene Dietrich's films.
And so he went over to Europe on vacation one year and came back with this pocket watch, which he gave to, to Uncle Barney.
They did such a great job in their dry-cleaning establishment that he was very appreciative and wanted to show them that, so... APPRAISER: This is really a great piece.
The maker, Van Cleef and Arpels, was synonymous with Hollywood, with Hollywood jewels, with movie stars.
GUEST: I didn't know that.
APPRAISER: Van Cleef was a French company.
They were represented here in the States.
Their quality is phenomenal.
Everything they made had a lot of thought and a lot of design.
So this was done around the Art Deco period... APPRAISER: ...early '30s, right around the age when Van Cleef was at its height.
It's a manual wind, jeweled Swiss movement.
In this configuration, as a man's pocket watch, I've never seen one.
APPRAISER: They're usually a lady's, what we call a purse watch, little mini-watches that open and close that were for women.
This was made for a man.
And to see something like this in wood, well, they didn't survive very well.
Retail on this watch would be about $4,000.
GUEST: Oh, okay-- awesome.
APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.
GUEST: Awesome.
That's very nice.
Appraisal: George II Walnut Tripod Table, ca. 1760
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 38s | Appraisal: George II Walnut Tripod Table, ca. 1760 (38s)
Appraisal: German Bisque Doll Head, ca. 1880
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 1m 21s | Appraisal: German Bisque Doll Head, ca. 1880 (1m 21s)
Appraisal: Sioux Beaded Vest, ca. 1900
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 33s | Appraisal: Sioux Beaded Vest, ca. 1900 (33s)
Preview: Never Seen That Before!
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Preview: S29 Ep22 | 30s | Preview: Never Seen That Before! (30s)
Appraisal: Michelin Ad Figure, ca. 1905
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 33s | Appraisal: Michelin Ad Figure, ca. 1905 (2m 33s)
Appraisal: Atakapa Baskets & Placemats, ca. 1884
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 3m 34s | Appraisal: Atakapa Baskets & Placemats, ca. 1884 (3m 34s)
Appraisal: Civil War Identified Soldier Archive
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 21s | Appraisal: Civil War Identified Soldier Archive (2m 21s)
Appraisal: Spanish Colonial Swivel Gun, ca. 1700
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 1m 8s | Appraisal: Spanish Colonial Swivel Gun, ca. 1700 (1m 8s)
Appraisal: Robert Wood Bluebonnets Oil, ca. 1930
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 3m 34s | Appraisal: Robert Wood Bluebonnets Oil, ca. 1930 (3m 34s)
Appraisal: Chinese Yellow Jade Figure, ca. 1930
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 25s | Appraisal: Chinese Yellow Jade Figure, ca. 1930 (2m 25s)
Appraisal: Chinese Export Pottery of Ch'ing Dynasty Official
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 20s | Appraisal: Chinese Export Pottery of Ch'ing Dynasty Official (2m 20s)
Appraisal: Embroidered Wool Animal Crazy Quilt, ca. 1900
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 18s | Appraisal: Embroidered Wool Animal Crazy Quilt, ca. 1900 (2m 18s)
Appraisal: WWI Field Surgical Kit
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 26s | Appraisal: WWI Field Surgical Kit (26s)
Appraisal: 1885 Swedish Printed Bandage & First Aid Book
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 14s | Appraisal: 1885 Swedish Printed Bandage & First Aid Book (2m 14s)
Appraisal: 20th-Century Märta Måås-Fjetterström Textile
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 52s | Appraisal: 20th-Century Märta Måås-Fjetterström Textile (2m 52s)
Appraisal: Comfort Furniture Co. Chaise Longue, ca. 1900
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 15s | Appraisal: Comfort Furniture Co. Chaise Longue, ca. 1900 (2m 15s)
Appraisal: Charles Clewell Vases, ca. 1925
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Preview: S29 Ep22 | 2m 27s | Appraisal: Charles Clewell Vases, ca. 1925, in Vintage Oklahoma City. (2m 27s)
Appraisal: Carte de Visite Album, ca. 1865
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 56s | Appraisal: Carte de Visite Album, ca. 1865 (2m 56s)
Appraisal: Men's Flame Stitch Wallet & Ship's Portrait
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 3m 19s | Appraisal: Men's Flame Stitch Wallet & Ship's Portrait (3m 19s)
Appraisal: 19th-Century Southern Basket
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 1s | Appraisal: 19th-Century Southern Basket, from Vintage Charleston. (2m 1s)
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 1m 16s | Appraisal: Mochaware Mug, from Charleston, Hour 1. (1m 16s)
Appraisal: Women's Professional Basketball Collection
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 54s | Appraisal: Women's Professional Basketball Collection, from Baton Rouge Hour 1. (2m 54s)
Appraisal: James Naismith Signed Stein
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 39s | Appraisal: James Naismith Signed Stein, from ROADSHOW's Special: Junk in the Trunk. (39s)
Appraisal: Frank Rohloff Table, ca. 1968
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Clip: S29 Ep22 | 2m 36s | Appraisal: Frank Rohloff Table, ca. 1968 (2m 36s)
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