GUEST: I found it in a little antique store outside of Boston about 15 years ago.
APPRAISER: Okay, and do you know who it is of?
GUEST: Oh, yes. I knew exactly who it was when I saw it: Lizzie Borden.
APPRAISER: Oh, okay, and what did you pay for it?
GUEST: One dollar.
APPRAISER: This is a, uh, good photograph of Lizzie Borden. Her trial in 1893 for murdering her mom and dad with an axe within 90 minutes of each other was one of the most sensational trials in American history. Now, she was acquitted after a two-week trial in a matter of moments by, uh, a all-male jury, then stayed in Fall River, Massachusetts, and was always perceived to be the guilty person for the rest of her life. And there was a tune, you know.
GUEST: Oh, sure.
APPRAISER: Lizzie Borden took an axe, and hit her mother 40 whacks-- something to that effect. You have spoken with the Fall River, uh, Historical Society.
GUEST: Correct.
APPRAISER: They said that they bought all the negatives for this photographer.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: And did they have this image?
GUEST: They didn't have the actual copy themselves.
APPRAISER: Okay.
GUEST: They just had the negative so they could make the print.
APPRAISER: Okay, so they also thought that this photograph was pretty rare.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: Okay, so then you have a historical figure of kind of real interest, and then rarity. So that comes together-- now, you paid a dollar for it.
GUEST: Right.
APPRAISER: I would think the real value would be $600 to $900.
GUEST: Great!
