Appraisal: Wall Acorn Clock
Clip: Season 29 Episode 24 | 2m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Wall Acorn Clock
Check out Gordon S. Converse's appraisal of a wall acorn clock, in Pretty or Pretty Ugly?
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Appraisal: Wall Acorn Clock
Clip: Season 29 Episode 24 | 2m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Check out Gordon S. Converse's appraisal of a wall acorn clock, in Pretty or Pretty Ugly?
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: I've sort of inherited it from my grandfather, who was a collector for 35 years.
He probably acquired this clock sometime in the early '60s.
APPRAISER: This is called the wall model acorn clock.
And there were several models that the J.C.
Brown Company made of this acorn clock.
They were all made, I think, in the 1840s and '50s.
And this one, I have always felt was the rarest one.
Also, it was probably the one that was made the latest.
The mantle acorn clocks were the earlier ones, and they look quite different.
When I first saw one of these acorn clocks as a young collector, I said, "That is the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life."
But since then, I-I think there's a haunting beauty about these things.
When these clocks were made in the 1830s, '40s and '50s, they were very bold designed for someone who was going to manufacture these clocks and try to sell them to an American audience.
What an unusual design.
Peter, when I first saw this clock, I thought that the veneer on this door had been, uh, removed and replaced.
But looking at it further, I don't think so.
It has a, a laminate on it of some sort, which is ebonized, and I believe that's original.
One of the most interesting features of this clock is the label.
It's got the original J.C.
Brown label, uh, who worked in Bristol, Connecticut, only about a half an hour's drive from where we are now.
And the reverse painting does show some restorations here on the back where it's been in painted.
The surfaces on the side have been varnished in an unattractive way.
But, uh, that's the only real restoration I see to this clock.
When we open the door to this, this is what I found inside, a note that says, "rare, $2,500."
And I say, well, where did this come from?
And you told me... GUEST: That was my grandfather's estimate of its value several years ago.
APPRAISER: Well, it's very rare.
Its condition is good.
It's about $12,000, $13,000 when you consider its greatly unrealized and undiscovered American antique.
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 2m 7s | Appraisal: 1909 Lella Grace Woodward Oil Painting (2m 7s)
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 3m 5s | Appraisal: 1893 Tiffany & Co. World’s Fair Exhibition Vase (3m 5s)
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 37s | Appraisal: Handel Chipped Ice Lamp Shade, ca. 1920 (37s)
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 38s | Appraisal: Victorian Memorial Hair Wreath, ca. 1875 (38s)
Appraisal: Western Bisque Googly Doll, ca. 1910
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 3m 9s | Appraisal: Western Bisque Googly Doll, ca. 1910 (3m 9s)
Appraisal: Martin Brothers Stoneware Sugar Bowl, ca. 1890
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 1m 19s | Appraisal: Martin Brothers Stoneware Sugar Bowl, ca. 1890 (1m 19s)
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 58s | Appraisal: Early 20th C. Nippon Coralene Vase (58s)
Appraisal: 1982 George Condo Drawing
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 1m 26s | Appraisal: 1982 George Condo Drawing (1m 26s)
Appraisal: Eugene Sartre Bow & French Violin
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 3m 23s | Appraisal: Eugene Sartre Bow & French Violin (3m 23s)
Appraisal: 1918 Mole & Thomas Living Photo & Frame
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 1m 59s | Appraisal: 1918 Mole & Thomas Living Photo & Frame (1m 59s)
Appraisal: Samuel Yellin Light Fixture, ca. 1910
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 2m 7s | Appraisal: Samuel Yellin Light Fixture, ca. 1910 (2m 7s)
Appraisal: Japanese Musen Cloisonné Vase, ca. 1910
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 28s | Appraisal: Japanese Musen Cloisonné Vase, ca. 1910 (28s)
Appraisal: Guido Gambone Vase, ca. 1960
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 3m 6s | Appraisal: Guido Gambone Vase, ca. 1960 (3m 6s)
Appraisal: Silk-embroidery Mourning Picture, ca. 1810
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 3m 18s | Appraisal: Silk-embroidery Mourning Picture, ca. 1810 (3m 18s)
Appraisal: 1931 Jakob Bengel Machine Age Necklace
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 1m 35s | Appraisal: 1931 Jakob Bengel Machine Age Necklace (1m 35s)
Appraisal: 1926 Blanche Lazzell "Petunias" Monoprint
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: 1926 Blanche Lazzell "Petunias" Monoprint (1m 4s)
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 3m 23s | Appraisal: Marcus & Co. Opal Pin, ca. 1925 (3m 23s)
Appraisal: Mission-Style Adirondack Rocker
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Appraisal: Texas Longhorn Rocking Chair
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Appraisal: Ming Dynasty Roof Tile
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 2m 24s | Appraisal: Ming Dynasty Roof Tile (2m 24s)
Appraisal: Folk Art Spool Table, ca. 1900
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 2m 50s | Appraisal: Folk Art Spool Table, ca. 1900 (2m 50s)
Appraisal: Sarreguemines Pottery Figure
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 2m 2s | Appraisal: Sarreguemines Pottery Figure (2m 2s)
Appraisal: Gold & Enamel Singing Bird Box
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 2m 24s | Appraisal: Gold & Enamel Singing Bird Box (2m 24s)
Appraisal: Higgins & Spencer Paintings
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 4m 1s | Appraisal: Higgins & Spencer Paintings (4m 1s)
Appraisal: Egyptian Revival French Clock, ca. 1880
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Clip: S29 Ep24 | 34s | Appraisal: Egyptian Revival French Clock, ca. 1880, from Des Moines Hour 2 (34s)
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