GUEST: We have a painting here by Robert George Harris. I know the artist personally. He's my father's best friend. They were lifelong buddies. Since he used my father's hands in this picture, he gifted the picture to my father. And I asked in the late '80s that instead of my parents giving me a Christmas gift, that they give me the picture instead.
APPRAISER: Well, and it's inscribed to your dad, is that right?
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: And they used to go on trips and...
GUEST: They went and toured the United States on motorcycles at the age of 16, maybe 17 and visited most of the states, doing circus tricks for food and gas to get to the next state.
APPRAISER: Oh, you're kidding. So they were sort of rascals, I guess, right?
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: This, of course, is a very exciting subject because there's a lot of drama. And in illustration art like this done for Pulp Fiction or for covers of magazines, you want to see action. And it's really great. In terms of valuing it, and particularly because it was used for the cover of the Wild West Weekly in 1936, I would say that it most likely would sell in a gallery for around $15,000.
GUEST: (gasps) Oh!
APPRAISER: It's a really great one.
GUEST: (sighs) (exhales) It's... was my father's, therefore it's a treasure for me.
