GUEST: It was my grandmother's, and I just grew up with it. And when she passed on, she left it to me.
APPRAISER: Well, it's a very famous artist. His name is Alphonse Mucha. In fact, he's the father of the Art Nouveau movement, and his art defined that entire style. And this is really one of his classic images based on a series he did in 1897 called the "Byzantine Heads." This was another series of heads that he did based on flowers and vegetation. Now, it's actually one of two pieces. There was a matching head that went along with it. She being the blonde, the other one would have been a brunette. One of the things that really represents his work is the halo around the woman's head.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: Also, if you notice in the background, he really made it look like an old mosaic. The swirling of her hair, the intricacy of the veins on the flowers-- all of these were signature elements of his style. Now, it's unfortunate the frame got broken, but it actually makes no difference to the value of the piece.
GUEST: Oh, good.
APPRAISER: The value of the piece itself, in any frame, is between $7,000 and $10,000.
GUEST: Wow.