GUEST: I purchased it at a yard sale. And I have a few Indian baskets, so I saw this and I loved it. And it was $50.
APPRAISER: Well, the basket is from the Aleutian Islands, and it is from one of the big islands, Atka. Each of the islands had a different style of weaving, and this, because of the beach grass, woven a little different. It is from the island of Atka. This basket is circa 1900 to 1920.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: It is very unusual to have all those figures on the basket. You have the birds, and then you have the men in the boats.
GUEST: Yes, yes.
APPRAISER: Just delightful. And very, very little moth damage.
GUEST: Oh, okay.
APPRAISER: Because that does hurt the basket. I personally have never seen anything in this good of condition for what it is.
GUEST: Oh!
APPRAISER: A basket like this, the insurance value would be $6,500.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: Yes.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: It is wonderful.
GUEST: Wow.