GUEST: I bought it probably around ten years ago at a local thrift store.

APPRAISER: So, how much did you spend for it?

GUEST: I believe it's under four dollars, I believe.

APPRAISER: Wow. The artist is Malvina Hoffman.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: So, it's signed and dated 1928. She was American artist, born in 1885 and died in 1966. She had a very long career with a lot of success. Came from an artistic family. She went with a letter of recommendation from Borglum, who's a very well-known American artist, to Auguste Rodin in Paris and worked with him for a year. And she, I think it's most interesting, because she was a woman artist that was successful in the time. And she also had a commission for the Field Museum in Chicago that pretty much covered her expenses to travel the world for a few years documenting, sketching, taking photographs with her husband of people and cultures around the world to create 104 sculptures for their museum. At the time, was probably one of the largest commissions, like, ever, for a man or a woman artist.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: And it's a just beautifully done sculpting in bronze. The condition is fantastic. If I had to put an auction estimate on it today, I would say between $2,000 and $3,000.

GUEST: Mmm, that's nice. (both laughing) That's nice.