GUEST: I bought it in a box of what I thought was sheet music. And apparently, this was not just sheet music; it was something special.
APPRAISER: This is an autographed music manuscript and original score by Deems Taylor, who was a very important composer and music critic of the 20th century.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: Most people today remember him because he is the narrative voice of Fantasia, and he's actually the person who made the musical selections for Disney to animate in Fantasia. We pulled out the score to Jurgen. Jurgen was a very popular novel by James Branch Cabell. And then this is Deems Taylor's manuscript for his original composition, and it's signed several times. There's not a lot of Deems Taylor manuscript material out there. I would place an auction estimate on this piece of $1,000 to $1,500.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: Yeah, nice.
GUEST: Unbelievable.
APPRAISER: What did you pay for that box?
GUEST: $20 for the box.
APPRAISER: I think you did pretty good.
