GUEST: There was an estate sale, and I usually get there really early, so I'm, like, the first one through the door, and there it was, and I fell in love with it from the moment I saw it. I said, "God, this is a wonderful piece!" And I had never seen anything like it. All I knew, it was a Chihuly piece, and I'd heard the name before, Chihuly...
APPRAISER: Yeah.
GUEST: And I said, "Oh, that's something that should be worth something."
APPRAISER: Dale Chihuly is one of the most important contemporary glassmakers in the country. You've probably seen him in many museums across the United States. He was born in 1941, is a Washington state artist. He really brought glass into an art form. He started the Pilchuck Studio back in 1971 and has been making these incredible art glass works. We've got the signature and it's dated, 1997, so we actually know when it was produced. And the other really neat thing about it is it can sit in two positions. So how do you normally have it at home? We've got that one and we've got that one, so...
GUEST: The forward one, yes.
APPRAISER: The forward, okay. How much did you pay for it at the estate sale?
GUEST: I bought it about eight... eight, nine years ago, and I paid probably 100, 100 and a half, but not much more than that.
APPRAISER: The color's fantastic. I love all this sort of silvering. It is an incredible art glass vessel. At auction today, I would give an estimate for it of $2,000 to $3,000.
GUEST: Oh, great.
APPRAISER: So you did well.
GUEST: Thank you.
APPRAISER: You did really well.
