GUEST: We purchased a home on the coast of New Hampshire, and some of the contents were left there. Some of them we purchased.

APPRAISER: Did they tell you anything about the chairs?

GUEST: No.

APPRAISER: They left them?

GUEST: They thought they were 14th-century chairs.

APPRAISER: Uh-huh. Any Italian blood in your family?

GUEST: No.

APPRAISER: Well, I think these are from Italy, so now you have some.

GUEST: Really?

APPRAISER: (laughing): Yes, yes. 14th century? That's a stretch for me. I would say that these chairs were probably made in the late 18th, early 19th century.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: But it still makes them pretty old. Right?

GUEST: Right, exactly.

APPRAISER: And they're very grand.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Obviously made for a person of importance. In fact, if you sat on one of these chairs, you'd probably have a little halo above you...

GUEST: (laughs)

APPRAISER: ...because of the gilt shells, uh, on them. A conservative auction estimate may be in the range of $2,000 to $4,000. However, the right decorator getting ahold of these chairs, they're so impactful, I think you can pay $7,500, $10,000 for, for a pair like this.

GUEST: Wow.