Appraisal: Chinese-style Imitation Ivory Vase, ca. 1950
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Appraisal: Chinese-style Imitation Ivory Vase, ca. 1950
Watch Lark Mason appraise a Chinese-style imitation ivory vase, ca. 1950 in Vintage First Finds, Hour 5!
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Appraisal: Chinese-style Imitation Ivory Vase, ca. 1950
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Watch Lark Mason appraise a Chinese-style imitation ivory vase, ca. 1950 in Vintage First Finds, Hour 5!
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She told us it was old.
APPRAISER: One of the things that caught my attention was the dragon... GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: ...which most people associate instantly with Chinese or Japanese art.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: Often you hear the mythology about a five claw dragon denotes that the object was made for imperial use, for the imperial household.
GUEST: Ooh, interesting.
APPRAISER: And if you had four claws, that means it wasn't.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: But this happens to have five claws.
GUEST: Oh, this is getting interesting.
APPRAISER: As one looks at it more and more, you start to look up here at the top.
And as ivory, ivory always has sort of a grain to it.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: It's like a tree ring.
If you look on this, you notice that there isn't any tree rings.
And in fact, what we've got is a piece of plastic.
GUEST: Is it really?
(laughs) APPRAISER: It's plastic.
GUEST: That's funny.
APPRAISER: And it has, it has a value of probably not more than about $5 or $10.
GUEST: (sucks teeth) Interesting-- well, I guess APPRAISER: Which is a great shame.
GUEST: that antique dealer didn't pa-pass on such a great find, did she?
(laughs) Well, adds to the story, so that's good.
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 16s | Appraisal: 1950 Women's Pro League-signed Baseball (3m 16s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 1m 54s | Appraisal: Bruno Zach Bronze, ca. 1925 (1m 54s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 30s | Appraisal: Citrine Brooch & Ring, ca. 1915 (3m 30s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 1s | Appraisal: Dionne Quintuplets Dolls, ca. 1940 (3m 1s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 4m 55s | Appraisal: Edmund Gilpin Watch, ca. 1670 (4m 55s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 31s | Appraisal: Heubach Snow Baby Container, ca. 1910 (3m 31s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 1m 14s | Appraisal: Indian Kashmiri Shawl, ca. 1850 (1m 14s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 21s | Appraisal: Japanese Lacquer Tray, ca. 1910 (3m 21s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 2m 40s | Appraisal: Māori Jade Tiki, ca. 1800 (2m 40s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 2m 21s | Appraisal: Mashhad Carpet, ca. 1925 (2m 21s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 1m 39s | Appraisal: Russian Plique-à-jour Candy Basket, ca. 1885 (1m 39s)
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Clip: S30 Ep20 | 3m 16s | Appraisal: Syrian Savonarola Chair, ca. 1895 (3m 16s)
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