APPRAISER: So I see you've got two images of the same painting. How did this come about?
GUEST: My daughter found the original painting in a secondhand store. The second is the magazine that it was illustrated for.
APPRAISER: Do you know who the artist is?
GUEST: I do. Charles LaSalle.
APPRAISER: That's right, it's signed down here.
GUEST: And we had no idea until after she brought the painting home and found out that he was an illustrator for many magazines, did some "How to Draw" books with Foster Publishing.
APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.
GUEST: And later on in his life, was a Western artist.
APPRAISER: That's right. I think he moved to-- he originally trained in Boston, and then latterly, he moved to Arizona-- Scottsdale, I believe-- and was better known for his Western subjects. And this is a terrific...
GUEST: I was so excited.
APPRAISER: ...hunting, shooting, fishing image.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: And here's the hunter up here.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: And I suspect this is the poor little fox down here. He's not long for this world.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: So the subject helps it, when it comes to the market. You have people who specifically collect that kind of material. And, also, you've got people who collect illustration art. He did work with "Saturday Evening Post," and also "Collier's." During his advertising period, he was working with major companies, too-- with Ford and General Motors, General Electric. But I think he really came into his own later on with the Western subjects. So tell me, how much did you pay for these?
GUEST: My daughter paid a dollar for the original.
APPRAISER: Okay.
GUEST: And I paid three dollars for the magazine.
APPRAISER: This one I think at auction is worth $2,000 to $3,000.
GUEST: Oh, that's wonderful.
APRAISER: And this one's worth three dollars.
GUEST: That's what I thought.
APPRAISER: (laughing) So I think you got that right. Well, what a great find for a dollar.
GUEST: That's wonderful.
