GUEST: My grandfather always had me run upstairs and get it every time we had company so I could show it off.

APPRAISER: Oh, really? Now, it's actually homespun linen made in two halves. You have a long seam going up the middle and that was because they used narrow looms at that point and it helps date the piece actually. Of course one advantage in this case also is that it is dated. We have down here "1796," which is, in fact, extraordinarily early for a textile and particularly an American textile. I mean, you see a lot of 19th century quilts, a lot of 19th century jacquard coverlets, which are also homespun linen. But this puts it into a whole different category actually. I think it has a lot of charm to it. It has a lot of folky appeal with the two little figures next to the horse. Now, it has some condition problems with the staining and the foxing, a few minor holes, portions of the fringe are missing which hurt, but I think a lot of it could in fact be restored. I think it's probably in the $10,000 to $15,000 range.

GUEST: Ooh. No, I never dreamed that. It just... it meant a lot in our family.

APPRAISER: Uh-huh.