Appraisal: Paperbacks & Original Cover Art, ca. 1950
Clip: Season 29 Episode 19 | 2m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Paperbacks & Original Cover Art, ca. 1950
In Vintage Raleigh 2025, Hour 2, Ken Gloss appraises paperbacks & original cover art, ca. 1950.
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Appraisal: Paperbacks & Original Cover Art, ca. 1950
Clip: Season 29 Episode 19 | 2m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
In Vintage Raleigh 2025, Hour 2, Ken Gloss appraises paperbacks & original cover art, ca. 1950.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: For a number of years in the '70s, up until '89, I worked for Dell Publishing in New York City.
And they were getting rid of a lot of the stuff that had been saved for years, actually.
So I ended up with a whole cache of stuff.
And I've had four or five of them framed and hanging in my offices for, for several years, but others have just been lying around in my closet.
And I thought, well, I'll, here's an opportunity with the ROADSHOW to find out if they have any value.
APPRAISER: It's the cover art for the Dell paperbacks.
So we have here the Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Mr. Quin, and here's the original artwork for it.
Then you have the Strong Wind by Asturias.
And then you have one of the old favorites, Alfred Hitchcock.
Forgetting the artwork, these old paperbacks are highly collectible now.
And the reason they're highly collectible is, people love the cover art.
GUEST: Yeah.
APPRAISER: They're not tremendously valuable.
You can pick the paperbacks themselves up for anywhere from a few dollars, or sometimes, at flea markets, for less than that, and some go up to ten, 20, 30 dollars.
The Alfred Hitchcock was for his stories?
It...
GUEST: Right, there, every month, there was a different collection of Alfred Hitchcock stories.
APPRAISER: And they would have a different cover...
GUEST: A different cover every time, yeah.
APPRAISER: Do you know who the artists are on...
GUEST: I, I, I don't, I...
This particular one here, this, uh, Strong Wind, I do, because his art, his name is at the bottom.
I don't for either of the other two.
APPRAISER: It would be nice if we knew who the artists were.
If they're known artists that have, have a body of work...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: ...it might boost the price up.
Another thing is, these two, you have the paperback.
The Alfred Hitchcock, you don't have the original paperback.
No.
That would be another search that I'd do, because I don't think it adds tremendously to the value, but it sure is a great selling point.
The Strong Wind is probably a little tamer than the others.
It's probably a $500 illustration.
The Alfred Hitchcock, probably in the range of $1,000 to $1,500.
The Agatha Christie, I think, is conservatively a $1,500.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: Now, this is all retail.
GUEST: I'm happy to hear that this is worth $1,000, 'cause I've got 15 of them, so... APPRAISER: Wonderful items.
GUEST: Well, thank you, thank you very much.
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 2m 7s | Appraisal: 1812 Needlework Sampler (2m 7s)
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 4m 38s | Appraisal: 1985 Andrew Wyeth "Trammel" Watercolor (4m 38s)
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 1m 26s | Appraisal: 20th C. Articulated Silver & Gold Charms (1m 26s)
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 1m 23s | Appraisal: Apollo II Lunar Reflector Model, ca. 1969 (1m 23s)
Appraisal: Chairs Attributed to John Gaines III, ca. 1735
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 3m 40s | Appraisal: Chairs Attributed to John Gaines III, ca. 1735 (3m 40s)
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 34s | Appraisal: Edmund Darch Lewis Watercolor, ca. 1885 (34s)
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 3m 16s | Appraisal: Engraved Sharps Pistol Rifle, ca. 1857 (3m 16s)
Appraisal: Enos Slaughter Baseball Group, ca. 1950
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 3m 47s | Appraisal: Enos Slaughter Baseball Group, ca. 1950 (3m 47s)
Appraisal: Fake Fabergé Set & Wax Case, ca. 1980
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 3m 22s | Appraisal: Fake Fabergé Set & Wax Case, ca. 1980 (3m 22s)
Appraisal: French Bisque Mignonette Doll, ca. 1880
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 2m 15s | Appraisal: French Bisque Mignonette Doll, ca. 1880 (2m 15s)
Appraisal: French Couture Dress, ca. 1925
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 41s | Appraisal: French Couture Dress, ca. 1925 (41s)
Appraisal: Fulper Pottery Vases, ca. 1920
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 38s | Appraisal: Fulper Pottery Vases, ca. 1920 (38s)
Appraisal: Gibson Double 12 Electric Guitar, ca. 1960
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 3m 17s | Appraisal: Gibson Double 12 Electric Guitar, ca. 1960 (3m 17s)
Appraisal: G. Lapchine "The Flower Market" Oil, ca. 1935
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 30s | Appraisal: G. Lapchine "The Flower Market" Oil, ca. 1935 (30s)
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 41s | Appraisal: Jewelry Collection (41s)
Appraisal: John Bennett Faience Vase, ca. 1885
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: John Bennett Faience Vase, ca. 1885 (1m 4s)
Appraisal: Louis C. Tiffany Furnaces Clock, ca. 1920
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 27s | Appraisal: Louis C. Tiffany Furnaces Clock, ca. 1920 (27s)
Appraisal: Maria & Popovi Pottery, ca. 1965
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 2m 58s | Appraisal: Maria & Popovi Pottery, ca. 1965 (2m 58s)
Appraisal: Mid-19th C. José Rafael Aragón Crucifix
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 46s | Appraisal: Mid-19th C. José Rafael Aragón Crucifix (46s)
Appraisal: Wihelm Schiller & Sons Majolica Bowl, ca. 1885
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 45s | Appraisal: Wihelm Schiller & Sons Majolica Bowl, ca. 1885 (45s)
Appraisal: Martin Luther King Jr. Archive
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 1m 31s | Appraisal: Martin Luther King Jr. Archive (1m 31s)
Appraisal: Chinese Famille Rose Charger, ca. 1900
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 3m 20s | Appraisal: Chinese Famille Rose Charger, ca. 1900 (3m 20s)
Appraisal: 1909 Steinlen "Summer: Cat on a Balustrade" Lithograph
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Clip: S29 Ep19 | 3m 21s | Appraisal: 1909 Steinlen "Summer: Cat on a Balustrade" Lithograph (3m 21s)
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