GUEST: The one piece on the entry I'm really curious about because it's a family piece, and it was given to my great-grandfather and, and his wife, my great-grandmother. It was their "smoking table." It sat between their two recliners and it was gifted to them by someone who married into the family. And she had traveled the world. Probably back in the early 1900s. Beyond that, I really don't know.
APPRAISER: Okay, so this piece that we looked at. It's a parlor table.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: And that's where the men in Victorian times went to smoke.
GUEST: So, that sort of made sense, right?
APPRAISER: It totally makes sense!
GUEST: Wow. Okay.
APPRAISER: And this is a Rococo Revival piece.
GUEST: Hm.
APPRAISER: And dates to about 1880.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: And I know that it's Rococo Revival because it's very symmetrical.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: If it was 18th-century Rococo period, it's asymmetry. So, pro tip, if it's asymmetrical, it's Rococo period. If it's symmetrical, it's Rococo Revival, 19th century. What I love about it is the shape, and it's a turtle back-shaped top.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: And it's got a beautiful beveled edge. It's a nice piece of marble that's on this lovely table.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: Do you have any idea about the value?
GUEST: Zero idea.
APPRAISER: Yeah. Victorian furniture, not so much in style.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: They made a lot of it. At auction today, I'd say $300 to $500. It's an easy sell.
GUEST: Yeah. Well, it's found its space here. I know it, it meant a lot to my, my great-grandparents, and all the way down the line, and it's, it's just ours and we love it.
