APPRAISER: The form itself started out in England in the mid-18th century, when Robert Adam and designers were designing these sideboard tables, which are basically like a big slab with marble or wood, and then they had legs. And then towards the end of the 18th century, over in England, they started adding drawers.
GUEST: Oh!
APPRAISER: These became, like, the nerve center in the dining room for everything having to do with eating. So this piece, made in around probably 1785 to 1800...
GUEST: Really?
APPRAISER: In the late Hepplewhite, early Regency style. Do you remember what you paid, or...
GUEST: I paid $1,900.
APPRAISER: You paid $1,900. When was that?
GUEST: 1978.
APPRAISER: That was a good amount of money, probably.
GUEST: It was.
APPRAISER: Have you had an idea since? This could be insured pretty easily for $20,000.
GUEST: Good heavens!
APPRAISER: So you did okay.
GUEST: Did good.
