GUEST: I purchased it at an auction sale, farm auction.
APPRAISER: Okay. About ten years ago.
GUEST: That's about all I can tell you.
APPRAISER: And how much did you pay for it at the auction?
GUEST: I'm thinking about $30, no more than $40. I'm pretty cheap.
APPRAISER: What attracted you to it? Why did you buy it?
GUEST: I just kind of liked the lines. I'm more of an Arts and Crafts furniture kind of guy, but it just kind of had a certain appeal to me.
APPRAISER: It's a mahogany center table, and it was used in the center of a room just for a decorative piece of furniture. It's an Edwardian table made in the George III style. It's an early 20th century reproduction of a late 18th century style, and it has all the neoclassical elements in it. It is inlaid, inlaid pottery in the center. These neoclassical swags with the bellflowers. Then you have more of the ribbons and the swags, and then it comes out to this wonderful cross banding right here. And then you go down to the skirt, and even the skirt is cross banded with satinwood. And then you have string inlay in ebony up here. Then you go down to the legs and you've got this very delicate fine string inlay, and this is very difficult to do, and it's also all the way around, it's not just the front. And also, it has its full height. These feet haven't lost any height. It's got very delicate legs. It's just a very delicate little table.
GUEST: So what year would it have been made?
APPRAISER: Probably between 1900 and 1915.
APPRAISER: Would it have been made by a well-known manufacturer? I don't know the manufacturer, but it is very high style and high quality, so it was made in England by a very good furniture manufacturer.
GUEST: Oh, it was made in England then?
APPRAISER: Yes, it's definitely English.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: And it's in pretty good condition. So what do you think it's worth?
GUEST: Well, since I'm on the program, I'm thinking at least over $100.
APPRAISER: (laughing) At least over $100.
GUEST: Anything more than $30, what I paid for it, would be a blessing.
APPRAISER: At auction, it would probably be in the $800 to $1,200 range for an estimate.
GUEST: That's nice to hear!
