GUEST: We were at a garage sale, and I happened to see them in a tub, and went, "Oh, my, it's an oyster plate," and found five more of these, and found six of the ones on the end, all for a dollar apiece.
APPRAISER: A dollar apiece.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: Not bad. And so that was okay with you, a dollar apiece?
GUEST: That was very okay with me, so...
APPRAISER: I bet, sure. We have a variety made by George Jones in England, and this one, which is a little bit more generic.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: The marketplace varies tremendously. The majolica market has softened considerably over the last several years…
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: …but the oyster plate market has not.
GUEST: Ah, that's good.
APPRAISER: The oyster plate market is doing phenomenally well. And ideally, the more color, the more pop that the colors have, the more valuable. This one, very generic. In today's market here, you can pick these up for between $50 and $100 apiece.
GUEST: Oh my, okay.
APPRAISER: So you get your one dollar investment back.
GUEST: That's not bad.
APPRAISER: On this one here. But now we have three George Jones ones, and we know that by the mark on the back. They have what we call a thumbprint mark that's totally distinctive of being George Jones.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: These would date to about 1875.
GUEST: Really?
APPRAISER: In theory, this one would sell about $400 to $600.
GUEST: Each?
APPRAISER: Yes.
GUEST: I have three of those.
APPRAISER: And these two, each, more like $600 to $800.
GUEST: I did very well.
APPRAISER: Each. For your one dollar, one dollar, one dollar... you paid one dollar each for them?
GUEST: I did.
APPRAISER: Okay.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: So that's not such a bad thing.
GUEST: That's a very good thing.
