GUEST: I inherited them from my late husband's parents.
APPRAISER: Uh-huh.
GUEST: I believe that they're Austrian, but that's about all I know about them.
APPRAISER: Right. These are called Vienna Bronzes. Uh, they were made in Vienna around the turn of the century, around 1900. And the leading maker of these was, uh, Franz Bergman. And you have one here that actually is signed with a F and a B for Franz Bergman.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: These are called cold-painted bronzes. Most bronzes have a patina on them that is applied with heat and chemicals.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: These, however, are actually painted, so these have an oil-painted finish on them. They're really wonderful.
GUEST: I love them.
APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.
GUEST: I can sit and play with them.
APPRAISER: Yeah, and they're in very good condition. In the last 20 years, they've really become very, very desirable as collectibles, and I think the least expensive ones, the simplest ones, they're worth between $150 and $200 apiece on average. So, for the group of 24, we're talking about between $3,600 and $4,800.
GUEST: My goodness.
