GUEST: All I know is that it's from Mexico. I did a little bit of investigation on it, and I think it was a father and maybe two sons and a daughter that were very creative and great carvers.

APPRAISER: Where did you get it?

GUEST: Yard sale.

APPRAISER: Here in Florida, or...?

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: Jiménez is who did it, from Oaxaca, Mexico.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: And he kind of founded a dynasty. He was born in the early 20th century and lived up to 2005, and became famous for these carvings. His animals are these animated, dynamic figures. And it's signed completely on the bottom. It was probably carved in the 1990s. The family also did prints of the animals, because they couldn't carve enough to supply their market. So he became quite well known in his, in all the books on folk art of Mexico and is in most major collections of Mexican folk art.

GUEST: Oh.

APPRAISER: An animal this scale and signed like this would probably bring between $800 and $1,000.

GUEST: Oh, wow.

APPRAISER: So, I don't know what you paid for it, but...

GUEST: I can't remember specifically, but I think it's under ten dollars or around ten dollars, so...

APPRAISER: Well, you're okay.

GUEST: Yeah, oh, wonderful.

APPRAISER: Thanks for bringing it, it's a great piece.

GUEST: Well, thank you. Oh, that was wonderful information. Thank you, I really appreciate it.