APPRAISER: Wing, I understand you used to sleep on this settee as a child, right?
GUEST: Yes, I sleep on that for three or four years when I was small, and I was five years old. I jump on top of it, bouncing back and forth.
APPRAISER: Your parents didn't mind that?
GUEST: No, no, no. We bought this in 1955 for about 100 U.S. dollars.
APPRAISER: Do you know how old it is now?
GUEST: I was told it's somewhere in the Qing Dynasty. Exactly how old, I have no idea.
APPRAISER: You're absolutely right. It's Qing Dynasty; it's about 1890. What I love about this is it's really like a garden trellis, with vines, scrolling vines, leaves, these birds, which are symbols of prosperity and good health and good fortune. This trelliswork with these bamboo shoots. What I really love are these two circular panels, which are marble, and this is from the Yunan Province, the Yunan area, southern China.
GUEST: Solid marble.
APPRAISER: Yes. And do you know what these depict, these, uh...
GUEST: Mountains and...
APPRAISER: Exactly. You've kept it in great condition. It's probably worth today somewhere in the area of around $4,000.
GUEST: Okay. It's nice to know.
