GUEST: I had a neighbor who worked for a company that produced movie posters. He was 92 at the time that he died, and he had no children. His sister-in-law knew that I was his buddy, and asked me if there was anything of Frank's that I would like. These were in his attic, and I thought they were kind of cool.
APPRAISER: Well, I think they're really cool. I mean, apart from the obvious-- they're all of Marilyn Monroe, which is why I got excited when I saw them-- they're film stills, and the ones that you find in shops today, they're reprinted and reprinted and reprinted, and so they're so far from the originals. And every one that you have here is a pristine, crisp, clean, shiny original. We have five different things represented here. We have a set from The Prince and the Showgirl, which is complete-- they came in sets of 12, and the rest of them are down here in that stack. We have nine of the 12 "Bus Stop" images. Then we have, on this stack, what Fox Studios put out at the time, which was kind of what I call "the omnibus." It was her greatest hits. It was all of the most wonderful movies Marilyn's done for Fox, and they were trying to publicize her, and so they sent out this stack of 20. The stack in the center are the "glamour shots," or I call them. They came as a set of ten, and you have the complete ten. And the far side is a complete set of 20 black-and-white film stills from the movie "Bus Stop." How long ago was it that you acquired these from the attic?
GUEST: About 15 years ago.
APPRAISER: So for 15 years, you've...
GUEST: I've been curious.
APPRAISER (laughs): It's not been until probably the past ten years that collectors have really started to value these original vintage prints. And they're doing quite well at auction. So if I were you, I would insure them for between $18,000 and $20,000.
GUEST (laughs): I-- thanks, Frank.
(both laugh)
APPRAISER: Frank's smiling somewhere, I'm sure.
GUEST: I'm sure-- I am.
(both laugh)
APPRAISER: And they're just stunning-- they're pristine.