APPRIASER: You said your family, they were Indian agents on Clamouth?

GUEST: This was a friend of the family.

APPRAISER: Okay.

GUEST: Whose grandfather was an Indian agent.

APPRAISER: And so you thought it might come from down in that region?

GUEST: That's what she said.

APPRAISER: Okay, this is actually from the Queen Charlotte Islands.

GUEST: Oh, really?

APPRAISER: Which is British Columbia, and it was carved by the Haida. Figures are rare in this. This object has some condition issues. I think in a gallery, in its present condition, this is $5,000 to $10,000.

GUEST: Oh my, okay.

APPRAISER: If it were mint, this is a $50,000 piece.

GUEST: Oh, and it fell off the fireplace mantel.