Appraisal: Girl Skipping Rope Mechanical Bank, ca. 1890
Clip: Season 27 Episode 14 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Girl Skipping Rope Mechanical Bank, ca. 1890
Watch Michael Bertoia appraise a girl skipping rope mechanical bank, ca. 1890, in Shelburne Museum, Hour 2.
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Appraisal: Girl Skipping Rope Mechanical Bank, ca. 1890
Clip: Season 27 Episode 14 | 1m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch Michael Bertoia appraise a girl skipping rope mechanical bank, ca. 1890, in Shelburne Museum, Hour 2.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: When I was younger, I would wind it up and watch the girl skip rope.
Unfortunately, one day, I think I overwound it.
GUEST: And I heard the spring break.
So, she doesn't skip.
APPRAISER: What we have here is a circa 1890 mechanical bank made by J. and E. Stevens.
Mechanical banks were produced to incentivize children to save money.
GUEST: (laughs softly) APPRAISER: The bank's official title is the "Girl Skipping Rope."
Could you demonstrate how it would work if we could wind it right now?
GUEST: If you would put the coin in here and it was wound, the rope would just go around and the little girl would go up and down.
APPRAISER: The paint is authentic on this piece, which is really coveted by collectors.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: At auction, the estimate on this bank would be about $10,000 to $15,000.
I would not be surprised if it brought more.
GUEST: Well, that's great.
APPRAISER: I do think it would be worthwhile to have a professional disassemble and repair the inner workings.
An internal repair like that would be a matter of a few hundred dollars.
I think it would increase the value a few thousand dollars.
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 3m 15s | Appraisal: School of Charles Willson Peale Portraits, ca. 1820 (3m 15s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 2m 27s | Appraisal: 1878 Robert Spear Dunning Still Life Oil (2m 27s)
Appraisal: 1889 Tiffany & Co. Makers Carriage Clock
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 4m 31s | Appraisal: 1889 Tiffany & Co. Makers Carriage Clock (4m 31s)
Appraisal: 1901 - 1904 N.C. Wyeth Letters
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 4m 31s | Appraisal: 1901 - 1904 N.C. Wyeth Letters (4m 31s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 2m 24s | Appraisal: American Girl Barbie & Wardrobe, ca. 1965 (2m 24s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 3m 20s | Appraisal: America's Cup Puritan Ship Shadow Box, ca. 1885 (3m 20s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 58s | Appraisal: Chinese Hardwood Display Cabinet, ca. 1890 (58s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 3m 17s | Appraisal: Chinese Kangxi Period Copper-red Porcelain Bowl (3m 17s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 3m 43s | Appraisal: Civil War Medicine Box (3m 43s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 3m 14s | Appraisal: Edgar Payne Landscape Oil, ca. 1920 (3m 14s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 1m 41s | Appraisal: Navajo Moki Serape, ca. 1880 (1m 41s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 3m 38s | Appraisal: Women's Rolex Gold & Diamond Bracelet Watch, ca. 1955 (3m 38s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 3m 33s | Appraisal: Schoolgirl Needlework, ca. 1740 (3m 33s)
Appraisal: Secretariat's Cool Down Blanket, ca. 1973
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 3m 16s | Appraisal: Secretariat's Cool Down Blanket, ca. 1973 (3m 16s)
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Clip: S27 Ep14 | 1m 3s | Appraisal: Thomas Machell & Sons Dulcitone, ca. 1900 (1m 3s)
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