GUEST: The story was that a great-uncle who was in the Navy and went to Japan had it sent back to the family, and I can remember from childhood, being in my mother's house, and that's where it's, it's still hanging.
APPRAISER: These types of works were made for servicemen who were in Japan, sort of as tourist items. Generally when we see these, they're much smaller. They're, you know, about this size. This painting of Washington crossing the Delaware makes this piece unique. Emanuel Leutze was the person who originally painted the actual painting of Washington crossing the Delaware, which is in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Usually, these pieces were done in about 1890s. We think it might possibly have been made for the Philadelphia Centennial, which was in 1876, because of the motifs, uh, the Washington crossing the Delaware. We would estimate it would be worth about $6,000 to $8,000 at auction.
GUEST: (laughing): Really?
APPRAISER: (laughs): Yeah, yeah.
GUEST: Oh, I don't think anybody would've ever thought that.
(both laugh)
APPRAISER: It's a lovely piece, and a great piece of American...
GUEST: Thank you!
APPRAISER: ...and Japanese history.
GUEST: Thank you very much. Yeah, wow.
APPRAISER: (laughs)
