GUEST: I've been collecting jewelry since I was a little girl. I started garage sale-ing with my Aunt Helen, who taught me to just buy sparkly things. And so I just like big and gaudy, I guess.
APPRAISER: You know, so do I. What you have here is an amazing collection. You have two Miriam Haskell necklace and earring sets.
GUEST: Wonderful.
APPRAISER: From the 1940s and 1950s. Each one of your sets is in the $1,500 to $2,000 range.
GUEST: Wow, wow, that's great.
APPRAISER: Okay? It's gonna get better.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: The bird in the middle?
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: That is by Trifari.
GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: I believe it's designed by Alfred Philippe. It has all the bells and whistles of a major Trifari pin. What do you think it's worth?
GUEST: $150?
APPRAISER: $1,000-plus.
GUEST (gasps): Wow, that's wonderful.
APPRAISER: You don't see this very often.
GUEST: It's a, I fell in love with that one. I certainly did.
APPRAISER: Now tell me about this multicolored one in the very top.
GUEST: That piece I found at an estate sale here in Salt Lake. And the woman said she was the great-niece of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and I thought it was really beautiful. I paid $25 for it.
APPRAISER: Excellent.
GUEST: I did good?
APPRAISER: You did good. This piece is Austro-Hungarian.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: Turn-of-the-century 1900s. It has genuine rubies, amethysts, pearls, enameling. What do you think it might be worth?
GUEST: $500.
APPRAISER: $2,500.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER (laughs)
GUEST: Wow, well, that's very nice.
APPRAISER: You are, you are a major shopper, kid.
GUEST: I love it.
