Welcome to antiques roadshow cats and dogs. Hi, im mark walberg. People have long honored their fourlegged friends in arts and crafts. And weve put together a collection of appraisals we think is the cats meow. So sit, stay. And stay tuned. Woman i got it in florida about 17 years ago. And i got it at an estate sale, but i dont know what i paid for it. I forgot. Gary piattoni can you guess . Somewhere probably around five dollars. Well, its really charming, and its a bronze. Its what they call an austrian coldpainted bronze. This cat also has a secret, doesnt it . Thats right. The cat opens up, and it converts to a little naughty image here. Right. And its kind of, i would think, an early transformer. This was probably done around 1910. There was a very Famous Artist that made these. His name was bergman. And he did largescale sculptures. But he always signed his small naughty bronzes, namgreb, which is bergman spelled backwards. Oh. And he always signed his pieces. This piece does not have bergmans signature, so i have to assume it is a colleague or a contemporary of his. But it does have the austria mark on the back, which indicates that it is an austrian bronze, and again, probably dates circa 1900. So what youve got here is a lovely little naughty bronze, by day, kitty, and by night, a very risque image. Value on a piece like this, because theyre highly collectible, is 2,000. Oh, my goodness. Isnt that fantastic . Yes, it is. Well, thank you very much for bringing it in. Its a lovely, lovely piece. Thank you. My husbands greataunt gave it to me, because i like blue. Blue is my favorite color. And youve had it for how long . I would say around 20 years. Well, this is a different kind of appraisal for me, because im not exactly sure what youve got here. Okay. And this is going to entail a little bit of additional research. You saw me looking this over for a mark. There isnt a mark on this. Ive been all over this thing, and theres no mark that i could find, which would have made life a lot easier for all of us. Right. But what i saw initially, stylization. Not only the colors that were used, but the way the colors are applied to this piece. Lets show it in the round. The design is very unusual, and to my eye peculiar to shearwater pottery from ocean springs, mississippi, which started in 1928, and which was destroyed when katrina went through there a few years back. Theyre rebuilding it, but its a very famous pottery, primarily run by walter and mac anderson, who did most of the decorating through the 30s and 40s and 50s. Walter is recognized as an artistic genius. Couldnt really socialize. He was left to himself to decorate and design. But this is what he did. The colors, the patterns. What also i notice, where the clay shows through, and then the clay color inside, looks to me like shearwater pottery. So im pretty sure thats what it is. And its what we have to do when we dont have a mark. I did research. Theres not an exact picture of this in any of the books that i found. And so we have to make certain educated guesses. So im guessing youve got a piece of shearwater pottery, shearwater cat. In terms of the decorative style, its faience technique, background color laid down, and then decorative elements and darker colors starkly painted against it. If this is not shearwater, its a nice ceramic cat, probably from the 40s or 50s, worth 300, 400, 500 at auction. Okay. If its a shearwater cat, at auction, i think its worth between 6,000 and 9,000. Whoa. Its a big difference, and its a really good piece. If this is by Walter Anderson and somebody paid between 10,000 and 20,000 for it, i wouldnt be surprised. With a painting like this, can i assume that youre an animal lover . Yes, i like cows. You like cows . And i like dogs. So did you buy it . I inherited it from my aunt. My aunt, i think, bought it back in the late 30s on a trip to england. And she lived a very long life, and at the age of 98, after she died, we were allowed to take one thing from their home. And i liked it, and so this is what i took. The artist is john emms, spelled emms. And hes a victorian painter, born in 1843, and lives until 1912. This painting probably dates towards the end of his career. I would think this is dated in probably the 1890s or so. Okay. It certainly is a mature work for him. You see the brushwork. His earlier work is a little tighter. This has much of the loose brushstroke that people really respond to. Now, in the victorian era, hes a specialist in painting dogs. So this paintings a little different from him. We do have dogs, but we also have other elements here. We have a stable boy here, who had just finished milking a cow. And you see the bucket here. And whats happening is its a little story being told here. Its an anecdotal painting, or a narrative painting. And what it is is these little beagles are here waiting for the milk, you know, from the cow. So the cow is turning around, a little surprised. And this is where he really revels in painting. Hes known as one of the finest painters. Part of it is brushstroke. And you see this beautiful brushstroke in the hair of these dogs, and how it follows the ears and the snouts. Really one of englands finest painters of dogs. Now, do you recall what your aunt might have paid for it at all . Well, shes pretty shrewd. I would say, probably in the late 30s it would have been 1,000 or under. Yeah. The 30s, 1,000, a fair amount. I think thats probably a good price then. That was expensive, yeah. Did you have it appraised, or have you ever. No, i went to the library, my grandson and i, and we looked up in an english artists book, and they said that his paintings were going from, at that time, 2,000 to 5,000. Well, this one is a good work. Its a good size. One thing you might want to do is you might want to consider a new frame. This frame is really inexpensive, and. Its really tacky. I didnt know if this was the original frame or what. So i was afraid to touch it. What you see all around the sides is some restoration of the frame rubbing. And thats where the original frame rubbed against the canvas. Okay. And when they put the new frame on, that was exposed. And then they did the restoration on that. Yeah, this is really ugly. I think an auction estimate would be about 15,000 to 25,000. Okay. If i want to insure it, i go for what . You might go for more like the upper end of that range, maybe about 30,000. All righty, good. Well, thats amazing. I really didnt think it was worth that. Woman i sort of found it by chance. I was shopping an online auction. I like to collect old books, and i love Arthur Rackham anything. And i came across this, and it said it was a signed print, and it had a purchase now price, and i jumped on it, and we think its not a print; we think its an original. Laura crockett how much did you pay for it . One hundred dollars. What started your love of Arthur Rackham . My mother and her mother before that, we have a lot of fairytale books, and hes done so many of them. And she taught me to love art, and she gave me a lot of his books when i was young. Well, i love Arthur Rackham, too. And he is one of the most important british illustrators of childrens books. And some of them are quite scary, like grimms fairytales. Beautiful illustrations, though. This is an ink illustration. Over here in the lefthand corner youll also see the ar monogram that hes developed into this drawing. And we find in the book the illustration for the chapter called the birth of bran. And we see this woman with two wonderful greyhounds, all entwined in this very sinuous vine pattern here. Very typical of the art nouveau period. But he was actually illustrating in the early 20s. I think this book was originally published in 1920. Now, he did a lot of works with watercolor that were very detailed. And so it may not be as serious a work of art. However, its a beautiful woman with dogs, and i would say at auction and im going to say conservatively that this would bring 4,000 to 6,000. Wow. Thats a good buy. Woman we were visiting my daughter, and she knows i like antiques, so she suggested we go to nevada city, take a little trip, and do some antiquing and have a nice breakfast. And i found this little cradle in an antiques shop. And i love the tin lithography, and also that it has a little dog on it. Im a dog lover. Uhhuh, uhhuh. The price was right, so i decided to buy it. Well, what was the price . Thirtytwo dollars. And how long ago was this . A little over a year ago. Wow. Well, it is a cradle, and its a lithograph tin. You have beautiful lithography. Lithograph tin started coming into play in the very late part of the 19th and the early part of the 20th century. These are kleinerts waterproof baby pants. And of course its an advertising piece. Its also a pointofpurchase display piece. Thats what they call when they put something right near the cash register. And it would entice people to buy it. Oh, okay. And im sure that they had the little baby pants here inside the cradle with a picture of the little baby in his waterproof pants to advertise the item. And it actually rocks. Its absolutely a charming thing. Now, ive only heard of one other advertising piece for this company kleinerts. Apparently this company, as i understand it, was founded in 1869 by isaac kleinert. And he was a major inventor who invented all sorts of things, from the shower curtains to shower caps, waterproof pants, to all sorts of rubberized materials for waterproofing. 32 i think was an extremely good buy. Im sort of surprised you got it that recently at that kind of price. What would be, i think, a conservative estimate for auction purposes would be around 2,000 to 3,000. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness and frankly, i wouldnt be surprised if it could go for more. Holy moly. And i just think. One of the things i love about the roadshow is when i see something ive never seen before. And ive been doing this now, the roadshow, for 14 years. Ive been in the business for 40 years, never seen this, and its a great piece. Well, thank you. Rosalie sayyah you brought in a box of your mothers jewelry that shed collected over the years. And how many pieces do you think was in that box . Id say 100, maybe. About 100 pieces. And at the very bottom of it, i found this little guy. This is called a trembler, or the french term is en tremblant. In the 1700s they did en tremblant pins that were flowers. They were worth thousands of dollars. This is from the late 30s and 1940s. Its pot metal, rhinestones, has two precious little scottie dogs, a very stylish lady with rhinestone embellishments. What do you think she might be worth . A good bottle of wine . Thats a great idea. No, shes worth about 300 to 400. Oh, my. Yes. That is surprising. Woman i inherited it about 14 years ago from a cousin who had been in the Womens Army Corps during world war ii. And she went to paris, and she bought this painting. She is a cat lover. And she paid a few hundred dollars for it. And she was told that it was extremely valuable. And this was in the 1940s . Yes, mmhmm. And im not a cat lover. So its been on my porch for 15 years. And what do you know about it . I know that he was a contemporary of toulouselautrec, that he was swiss, and he came to paris in 1881, and he is more noted for his posters. The artists name is theophile steinlen. And youre absolutely right. He was a contemporary and a friend of toulouselautrecs, also a famous poster artist. He was born in switzerland, and in his early 20s, he moved to paris. And hes first working in paris in the 1880s as an illustrator, and soon after that as a poster artist. He did a number of images of workers, and very much had a social agenda in imaging poor people, downtrodden people. But what hes best known for are his posters of parisian nightclubs and theater programs and, of course, the beloved cats. And most of his models are his own cats, so he didnt have to go far. I see. To find cats to draw. Now, you said you thought it was a painting initially. Its actually a color lithograph. So its a multiple; its a print. He made this in an edition of several hundred in 1909. And its actually a companion piece to another cat, which is an inside cat known as the winter cat. You have the summer cat. Oh, okay. Hes signed it in pencil right below the cats front paws. Up here is his monogram. And then right here you can see a blind stamp in the wood. Oh thats the publisher of this print, whose name was sagot. And its actually turned on its side. Its sagot, paris. And he worked with the publisher sagot throughout his career in paris to issue these prints. You have one thats in very, very good condition. Framewise, its not good to have a print pushed up to a piece of glass like this. It would be much better off to have it taken out of this frame and put in a mat, so the print itself isnt directly touching the glass. I see. What you get here are some humidification marks this faint, faint, light mark in the wood. And thats caused by the print over time pressing up to the glass. Oh. In this condition, if i had to put a replacement value or a retail value on this, i would say its around 10,000 to 12,000. So youre at the top end of the steinlen cat print market. Im stunned. Do you like cats any more after that . laughing im beginning to love it. Great. I just cant believe it. I cant believe it. laughing woman i brought you a russian wolfhound piece, or borzoi, as they call it now. Frank boos right. And you are aware of who made this, arent you . I think it was faberge. Yes. This is the work of the very famous russian jeweler carl faberge. We can see his signature down here. And we can see it also here on the top, as well as a little statement. And what does that say in translation . Its in russian, but it says, from your grateful patient. From your grateful patient. So it was somebody who gave it to his doctor. This silver dog would date approximately 1890 to about 1910. It probably was part of a desk set. This is in the form of a ruler. Do you have any idea what it might be worth . No, i dont. When i go home to visit my parents, they usually give me something of value a piece of jewelry or something. And since i have a russian wolfhound and i collect dog paraphernalia, they gave me this as a present. But they didnt tell me how much it was worth. Well, as this dog is by faberge, i would feel in a welladvertised auction, were probably talking somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 to 15,000. It was a nice present. It was a very nice present. Yeah. Woman i worked for a lady, and id become very attached to her, and i always admired this chest. And she worked for the air force, and she lived in almost every country in the world. But she always told me she picked this up in france. Anne igelbrink in france . Yeah. So when she died, her daughter gave me this piece. Oh, thats so nice. So its like a memento, something that you really liked. Yes. As you can see, this piece is separate from the bench. I think youve just sort of put it on the bench. Well, she had it on this bench. Yes, so this originally would have been on a different type of stand. And this type of form was first made in the 17th century as, like, a collectors cabinet, where people would find interesting fossils, or shells and things. And they would build and paint, sometimes, cabinets to house these little objects that they found. And youve got this fantastic painting of all these different sort of hunting dogs. It looks like spaniels and setters. And when you open up the drawer, here. And if you want, you can pull out a drawer yourself and look on the side. Youll see that its glued together. Yes. And there are no dovetails. But when we turn it over on the inside, this is all stained. And theres a little joint here and here. That indicates it was made probably in the late 19th or early part of the 20th century, in an earlier style. Okay. The interesting thing also, when you look at the front, see how this is all sort of carved and chipped away . Thats to almost make it look like its older than it really is. Oh. Its walnut, and these little pulls are also typical for the 17thcentury style. And then someone has taken something that was pretty plain, relatively mass produced, and they painted all these wonderful dog scenes on it. If this were just a plain walnut cabinet based on an earlier form, youd probably be looking at maybe 200 in terms of an auction price. Because its got this painted subject with the dogs, this is something that could sell for easily 2,000 at auction in terms of value, and possibly even more. Man when i was about 16 years old, my greataunt was visiting, and she said that since i was one of the few in the family that really liked old things, she was going to give those to me. She explained to me that they were gifts given to her by somebody that was dating her at the time. Uh, did they ever marry . No, they didnt, nope. But she got to keep. She got to keep the paintings. These are calligraphic drawings that were done by professional drawing instructors who taught young ladies and schoolboys how to do this type of drawing that led into calligraphic writing and beautiful script. Now, whats particularly interesting about these is most of the ones we see are deer and eagle. Ive been talking with people on the floor. We have never seen a cat. Really . And hes thoroughly delightful. This is what everybody would want in a calligraphic drawing. I mean, just look at the face, its wonderful. And then on the other one, although we have an eagle, its not a typical eagle. You dont usually see this wonderful little landscape vignette thats been included in it. So you have two of the most unusual drawings that ive ever seen, plus impeccable documentation. Sometimes we may get the artists name, but we dont have the person they were given to. I would say on the cat, if i were to insure it, somewhere between 3,500 and 4,000. And the eagle, probably around 2,500 to 3,000. Oh, my. Yeah. But im telling you, these are the best. Wow. At the time, my mother was looking for a baby grand piano for my sister. She was learning how to play the piano. And it happened to be that a friend of the family had to clean out a ladys apartment whod just passed away. So along with the piano came the painting. Peter fairbanks your painting is by francis calcraft turner. In the lower left is a signature. And its dated 1835. This is a pointer. Not the pointer that youd find today, because theyve been bred far differently since. But the british were very proud of their animals, and they, just around this time, started to do portraits of their best sheep or their bull or their dog or horse. And he was well known for this. One lovely aspect of it is over in the righthand side, you have a nice landscape in the background. The painting has a label on its reverse, which is the label of Arthur Ackermann sons, which was this famous sporting dealer. And they dealt with sporting pictures. And thats kind of wonderful to have that. This painting of this pointer has some condition issues. A colleague of mine didnt like the condition. Doesnt bother me so much, because that cracking that you see, or hazing, i think is only in the varnish, and the varnish is on top of the painting. And i think when its clean, that craquelure will disappear. Its a lovely picture which, with the cleaning first, i think probably would bring somewhere between 12,000 and 16,000. Wow. Rafael eledge so what have you brought in fo