GUEST: My deceased husband inherited it from his great-uncle.

APPRAISER: Do you know where he got it?

GUEST: I have no idea where he got it, other than he did write a notation to him that he had picked up two swords off of the battlefield at Verdun, France. But I have an idea that he probably purchased this one when he was on an extended stay to Europe in the early teens.

APPRAISER: It doesn't look like something that you would...

GUEST: It doesn't look like a battlefield sword.

APPRAISER: No. Have you done any research on it, or...

GUEST: I've tried to research it, and I could not find a thing on it.

APPRAISER: But what do you know about...

GUEST: I believe it was made in London. Just what the inscription says is basically all I know about it.

APPRAISER: Well, the sword is probably made in Birmingham, England.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: By the company of Woolley, Dutton, Deakin and Johnson.

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: Which were well-known makers during the period. And it's from the early 19th century. And it has this profusely engraved gilt and blued blade.

GUEST: Uh-huh.

APPRAISER: It's absolutely beautiful. Wonderful piece. And it has the cipher of King George III. And if we look at the other side of the sword... We have the inscription. "Presented by the loyal Crayford Volunteers to their much esteemed commandant, John Henry Taylor, Esq., in testimony of their high sense of his attention to the discipline and respectability of the corps, 1805." Just the overall coverage... these are gilt brass mounts, these are engraved. This is certainly his coat of arms. Have you ever given any thought to the value?

GUEST: I have no idea.

APPRAISER: I think at auction, conservatively, this would bring somewhere around $20,000 to $30,000.

GUEST: Gee... Gee!

APPRAISER: Is that a good place to start?

GUEST: That's a good place to start, absolutely.