GUEST: I brought a bound edition of three different books that were printed in the 18th century.
APPRAISER: How did you acquire them?
GUEST: I inherited them from my father in 1984. Shortly after that, I contacted an auction house in New York, and they told me that it was worth about $400. And that was 30 years ago.
APPRAISER: Well here's our first pamphlet, the Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and they're all bound together. They were bound in the 19th century at some point, which has kept them in remarkable condition. And here's the Mackintosh, Defence of the French Revolution, also 1792. And lastly, we have the famous Thomas Paine, The Rights of Man, printed in Baltimore in 1791, the first American edition of this famous pamphlet. I would estimate, at retail, the three pamphlets today would be worth between $8,000 to $10,000.
GUEST: Whoa, $8,000 to...?
APPRAISER: $8,000 to $10,000.
GUEST: Wow, great!
