GUEST: I brought these candlesticks from my mother-in-law's estate. And you know, it's a set of the four.
APPRAISER: Uh-huh.
GUEST: She loved them. I know that they're special, but I don't know what their value is.
APPRAISER: Did she ever tell you anything about them?
GUEST: She saw them when she was traveling and she wanted them. And I think that maybe she didn't get them while she was there. I think she was in maybe England, I don't know. So she came home and wanted them and called back and got them.
APPRAISER: So she saw them, she fell in love.
GUEST: She saw them, could not forget them, bought them.
APPRAISER: That's the way to do it. So are you ready to find something out about them?
GUEST: Yeah, please, tell me something about them.
APPRAISER: So when you first look at these, you know that they're something special.
GUEST: Yes, they're beautiful.
APPRAISER: They have the beautiful design. And the reason collectors really love English silver is that it's really well hallmarked. So you can go into your books, I can see that the maker is Emick Romer, and he is a silversmith working in the 18th century in London. The year is 1761.
GUEST: Wow, 1761, okay.
APPRAISER: And they were made in London.
GUEST: Okay, great.
APPRAISER: So these are very early George III candlesticks.
GUEST: Beautiful.
APPRAISER: And they're really quite nice. They're very special. There's a little bit of wear, as you would expect to see from...
GUEST: That many years of use, yeah.
APPRAISER: When we look over here at this candlestick...
GUEST: Yes, okay.
APPRAISER: ...this piece is marked with the maker's mark and the sterling mark.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: So we know that these all belong together. What very often happens...
GUEST: So the four were made together.
APPRAISER: The four were made together. What very often happens is one of these pieces might get lost.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: So you don't have, necessarily, real associated... you get an associated piece. But these are marked, and we know they were all together. Do you have any idea what your mother-in-law might have paid for them?
GUEST: A couple of thousand, several thousand, maybe.
APPRAISER: If these came up for auction, a set of four George III candlesticks, it would probably bring in the $8,000 to $10,000 ballpark at auction.
GUEST: Wow, okay, that's great.
APPRAISER: Yeah?
GUEST: Yeah, no, that's more.
APPRAISER: You happy?
GUEST: Yeah, very happy.
