GUEST: I got them from my great-grandfather on my stepdad's side. He used to own a shoe shop in Battle Creek. He repaired, sold, and made shoes.
APPRAISER: Well, these are really showstoppers. They're very unusual, because most of the shoes you see made in this time period, which is around 1890 to 1900, most of them are black. And yours are in this really outstanding purple silk and cream-colored leather. And they're also in great condition to be this age. On the bottom of these shoes, they are marked, and they're marked "New York." If they were just black and leather, they'd probably be somewhere around $75 to $100.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: But yours, because of the color combination, and the condition, and the fact they're made out of silk, as well as leather, a pair of these recently sold at auction for $460.
GUEST: Oh, wow, that's...
APPRAISER: So that's a lot, actually, for a pair of shoes, yes.
GUEST: That's a lot for a pair of shoes.