Appraisal: Pearl & Synthetic Blue Spinel Ring, ca. 1900
Clip: Season 28 Episode 12 | 1m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Pearl & Synthetic Blue Spinel Ring, ca. 1900
Watch Jill Burgum’s appraisal of a pearl & synthetic blue spinel ring, ca. 1900, in North Carolina Museum of Art, Hour 3.
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Appraisal: Pearl & Synthetic Blue Spinel Ring, ca. 1900
Clip: Season 28 Episode 12 | 1m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch Jill Burgum’s appraisal of a pearl & synthetic blue spinel ring, ca. 1900, in North Carolina Museum of Art, Hour 3.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAPPRAISER: You've got ribbons and bows on the shoulders...
GUEST: Oh, yeah.
APPRAISER: And that's the sign of purity and love and togetherness.
GUEST: Oh.
APPRAISER: So I think it's, it's a very sentimental piece.
It's, it's telling a bigger story.
We've got freshwater pearls that are forming this beautiful frame.
GUEST: Yeah.
APPRAISER: And then the biggest question is, what is this center stone?
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: And while we'd like it to be a sapphire, it's a synthetic, so it's a manmade stone.
Oh, it is synthetic.
GUEST: Oh, okay.
APPRAISER: Yes.
And they actually started making the synthetics in the late 1800s.
GUEST: I didn't know that.
APPRAISER: So, this piece is early 1900s.
GUEST: Oh.
APPRAISER: And they weren't trying to do a deceptive technique at all.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: It, it was about affordability and being able to produce more stones so everybody could enjoy them.
So I think this is marvelous.
It's in beautiful condition the whole way around.
This would be roughly $100 to $200.
GUEST: Okay, well, thank you.
Yeah.
APPRAISER: But it's a darling, darling piece.
GUEST: I-I know, love it.
Appraisal: 1865 Starr Cavalry Carbine Rifle
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 2m 53s | Appraisal: 1865 Starr Cavalry Carbine Rifle (2m 53s)
Appraisal: 1904 Trenton Potteries Exhibition ‘Rose Vase'
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 3m 57s | Appraisal: Trenton Potteries Exhibition ‘Rose Vase,’ ca. 1904 (3m 57s)
Appraisal: Chinese Ink & Silk Paintings
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 3m 46s | Appraisal: Chinese Ink & Silk Paintings (3m 46s)
Appraisal: Civil War Battle of Petersburg Archive
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 5m 17s | Appraisal: Civil War Battle of Petersburg Archive (5m 17s)
Appraisal: Disney ‘Carrier’ Gouache Painting, ca. 1942
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 3m 46s | Appraisal: Disney ‘Carrier’ Gouache Painting, ca. 1942 (3m 46s)
Appraisal: Fake Roseville Brown Pine Cone Vase
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 1m 21s | Appraisal: Fake Roseville Brown Pine Cone Vase (1m 21s)
Appraisal: Jade Imperial Seal & Inscribed Plaques, ca. 1875
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 4m 26s | Appraisal: Jade Imperial Seal & Inscribed Plaques, ca. 1875 (4m 26s)
Appraisal: Kestner ‘Das Wunderkind’ Doll Set & Box, ca. 1910
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 3m 30s | Appraisal: Kestner ‘Das Wunderkind’ Doll Set & Box, ca. 1910 (3m 30s)
Appraisal: Ozeki Shibuichi Vase, ca. 1890
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 2m 5s | Appraisal: Ozeki Shibuichi Vase, ca. 1890 (2m 5s)
Appraisal: Pearl, Diamond & Platinum Brooch, ca. 1910
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 3m 57s | Appraisal: Pearl, Diamond & Platinum Brooch, ca. 1910 (3m 57s)
Appraisal: Ruth Russell Williams Oils, ca. 1995
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 2m 55s | Appraisal: Ruth Russell Williams Oils, ca. 1995 (2m 55s)
Appraisal: University of North Carolina Football Archive
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 3m 44s | Appraisal: 1892 - 1895 University of North Carolina Football Archive (3m 44s)
Appraisal: William H. Johnson Oil, ca. 1928
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Clip: S28 Ep12 | 3m 51s | Appraisal: William H. Johnson Oil, ca. 1928 (3m 51s)
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