Appraisal: 1955 Thomas Hart Benton Painting
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Appraisal: 1955 Thomas Hart Benton Painting
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAPPRAISER: Well, we're standing here right now with something very exciting for everyone from Kansas City to see.
It's an original Thomas Hart Benton, who's a local artist, and I'd like you to tell me a little bit about your history with the artist.
GUEST: Tom Benton was, uh, an outdoorsman.
My father was a great duck hunter and fisherman, and he and Tom Benton went out and-and, uh, spent a lot of time fishing and hunting together.
So basically, uh, this picture reflects Tom Benton's love of the outdoors.
And this is Wyoming.
This particular picture is, uh, the Grand Tetons, and it reflects the kind of feeling he had for the western part of the United States.
APPRAISER: Right, well, it's, it's nice that you have this history with the artist, that you knew him and that you got the picture directly from him.
It has a nice clear signature here with the date '55.
So for anybody who might have a Thomas Hart Benton at home and they want to compare the signature, that's a pretty good one to take a look at.
It's also great that you know that this is the Grand Tetons, uh, from Wyoming.
It always helps when you know the actual location of the landscape.
This is a work that's done in egg tempera, which is a water-based paint that the egg yolk has been added to, which, which Benton used a lot.
And it's, we have a French term that we use when we're talking about a work like this, which is called en grisaille, which means that the work is done in black, white and gray.
So we would call this tempera en grisaille.
And I think that maybe if we were to sell this at auction, it might bring between $10,000 and $20,000.
GUEST: Thank you very much.
NewAppraisal: 1867 Carl Haag Watercolor
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 2m 27s | Appraisal: 1867 Carl Haag Watercolor (2m 27s)
NewAppraisal: 1912 Titanic Survivors Letter
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 1m 36s | Appraisal: 1912 Titanic Survivors Letter (1m 36s)
NewAppraisal: 1933 Duck Soup Movie Poster
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 2m 2s | Appraisal: 1933 Duck Soup Movie Poster (2m 2s)
NewAppraisal: 1937 Snow White Animation Cel
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 2m 7s | Appraisal: 1937 Snow White Animation Cel (2m 7s)
NewAppraisal: 1950 Women's Pro League-signed Baseball
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 16s | Appraisal: 1950 Women's Pro League-signed Baseball (3m 16s)
NewAppraisal: Bruno Zach Bronze, ca. 1925
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 1m 54s | Appraisal: Bruno Zach Bronze, ca. 1925 (1m 54s)
NewAppraisal: Chinese-style Imitation Ivory Vase, ca. 1950
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 1m 10s | Appraisal: Chinese-style Imitation Ivory Vase, ca. 1950 (1m 10s)
NewAppraisal: Citrine Brooch & Ring, ca. 1915
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 30s | Appraisal: Citrine Brooch & Ring, ca. 1915 (3m 30s)
NewAppraisal: Dionne Quintuplets Dolls, ca. 1940
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 1s | Appraisal: Dionne Quintuplets Dolls, ca. 1940 (3m 1s)
NewAppraisal: Edmund Gilpin Watch, ca. 1670
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 4m 55s | Appraisal: Edmund Gilpin Watch, ca. 1670 (4m 55s)
NewAppraisal: Heubach Snow Baby Container, ca. 1910
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 31s | Appraisal: Heubach Snow Baby Container, ca. 1910 (3m 31s)
NewAppraisal: Indian Kashmiri Shawl, ca. 1850
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 1m 14s | Appraisal: Indian Kashmiri Shawl, ca. 1850 (1m 14s)
NewAppraisal: Japanese Lacquer Tray, ca. 1910
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 21s | Appraisal: Japanese Lacquer Tray, ca. 1910 (3m 21s)
NewAppraisal: Māori Jade Tiki, ca. 1800
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 2m 40s | Appraisal: Māori Jade Tiki, ca. 1800 (2m 40s)
NewAppraisal: Mashhad Carpet, ca. 1925
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 2m 21s | Appraisal: Mashhad Carpet, ca. 1925 (2m 21s)
NewAppraisal: Russian Plique-à-jour Candy Basket, ca. 1885
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 1m 39s | Appraisal: Russian Plique-à-jour Candy Basket, ca. 1885 (1m 39s)
NewAppraisal: Syrian Savonarola Chair, ca. 1895
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 16s | Appraisal: Syrian Savonarola Chair, ca. 1895 (3m 16s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 4m 10s | Appraisal: Bermudian Queen Anne Chair, ca. 1735 (4m 10s)
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