Appraisal: Liberace's American Marble-top Pier Table, ca. 1860
Clip: Season 29 Episode 14 | 1m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Liberace's American Marble-top Pier Table, ca. 1860
Check out Andrew Holter's appraisal of a Liberace's American marble-top pier table, ca. 1860, in Maryland Zoo, Hour 2.
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Appraisal: Liberace's American Marble-top Pier Table, ca. 1860
Clip: Season 29 Episode 14 | 1m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Check out Andrew Holter's appraisal of a Liberace's American marble-top pier table, ca. 1860, in Maryland Zoo, Hour 2.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: This is a table that my father got in 1955.
He got it from Liberace.
He worked in Liberace's house in the Hollywood Hills.
APPRAISER: It's an American late empire, early Victorian marble-top pier table made of mahogany.
In terms of value, a-as a piece of American furniture, the news isn't great.
So if it were to come to auction, it pains me to say this...
GUEST: Yeah.
APPRAISER: ...but it's probably only about $150 to $300.
GUEST: Okay, all right.
Yeah, fair enough.
APPRAISER: So, fair enough.
GUEST: Yeah, all right.
APPRAISER: But knowing that it was owned by Liberace, you know...
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: ...I'm not a specialist in the field of entertainment, But I have a great colleague...
GUEST: Yeah.
APPRAISER: ...Laura Woolley.
Let's talk with Laura and see what she has to say about it.
APPRAISER 2: All right.
I don't know anything that, that Andrew just told you.
Empire style, late Victorian.
I don't know anything about that.
GUEST: Good.
Me-me as well.
(laughs) APPRAISER 2: But what I do know is people love Liberace.
When Liberace died, they needed, like, a football stadium-worth of space to sell everything he owned.
He had a black belt in shopping.
GUEST: Yeah.
APPRAISER: So it's not uncommon for us to see Liberace decorative arts and furniture...
GUEST: Yeah.
APPRAISER: ...and household goods at auction.
This is a nicer piece-- the lyre form at the bottom...
GUEST: Gosh.
APPRAISER: ...is great because you associate that with music.
Also, you have a photo of him with it.
GUEST: Absolutely.
APPRAISER: So that's a really important thing.
GUEST: Yeah Most of the stuff that's come up for auction, we don't have a picture of Liberace with it.
APPRAISER: Okay.
Yeah.
APPRAISER: So the fact that you have that picture means this would probably, at auction, the estimate would be more like $2,000 to $3,000.
GUEST: Oh, wow, all right.
Oh, that's amazing.
Thank you.
APPRAISER: I have better news than my colleague Andrew.
GUEST: Absolutely!
Oh my gosh.
Wherever he is, forget him.
No, I'm just kidding.
(both laughing)
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Clip: S29 Ep14 | 2m 51s | Appraisal: Charles & Ray Eames Child's Nested Chair, ca. 1945 (2m 51s)
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