APPRAISER: You brought us some really lovely examples by Beatrice Wood.

GUEST: My grandmother was very close with Beato. She corresponded with Beato on a regular basis. When I was young, we lived nearby her studio. We would go there with, either with my grandparents or my parents.

APPRAISER: She came, as you well know, from a very proper, wealthy family. And I think especially her mother had all sorts of ideas and concepts for her to follow. While Beato went ahead with, with the education that was asked of her and kind of coerced...

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: ...she really wanted to do her own thing. She was a free spirit.

GUEST: Yes. And my grandmother was, as well. I believe they met in Hollywood, possibly in the '30s, attending a, I, I think it was a ceramics workshop.

APPRAISER: She was a fairly prolific potter. All three of these pieces are signed. Usually her items are signed "Beato" for Beatrice Wood.

GUEST: Hm.

APPRAISER: And we do not have dates. She worked in a similar style for quite a few decades.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: So, often something that would look like this, thrown like this, and with a volcanic glaze will date anywhere from the 1970s through the '90s.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: And that one most likely in the same time. This drawing, these are self-portraits, even though she was much older than that in the 1960s...

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: ...when she was doing those. She was well in her 60s, I believe. And so these were all passed down in the family.

GUEST: Yes. That one was given to my wife and I as a wedding gift. This one came down through the family after my grandparents passed.

APPRAISER: This is a particularly nice, large size for her.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: The texture of the glaze is great. The color is great. It fired beautifully. So I would put a pre-auction estimate of $3,000 to $4,000.

GUEST: Wonderful.

APPRAISER: This is a really lovely bowl, and it's kind of a large bowl, so perhaps $2,500 to $3,500. Her works on paper are not as much in demand. A self-portrait like this, most likely in the $700 to $900 range.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: Okay?

GUEST: Wow, wonderful. This is, that's great to know.