GUEST: I brought you a compact with a signature by Salvador Dalí.

APPRAISER: Where'd you get it?

GUEST: A present from my mother-in-law about 18, 20 years ago. She knows I collect them. She was always out and about, and if she saw something that someone in the family enjoyed, she went ahead and bought it for them.

APPRAISER: You can open this up like this. So, you have a place for your powder here, which is fantastic. And got a little place for, for pills.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: A little pillbox. And, and most importantly, on the back here, as you said, it's stamped Salvador Dalí. It was made around 1950. People think of Salvador Dalí as an artist.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: Not always just an artist. He was a designer, he designed for Elsa Schiaparelli. He actually designed a famous sofa that's in the shape of Mae West's lips, a lobster telephone. It is made by the Elgin American Company.

GUEST: Oh, okay.

APPRAISER: Which is an offshoot of, if you've heard of Elgin watches.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: It's called the bird-in-hand compact.

GUEST: Oh, okay.

APPRAISER: And the bird-in-hand compact is a bit of a Holy Grail for a lot of people who collect compacts out there. What do you think it's worth?

GUEST: I have no idea. I mean, I know my compacts when I purchase them, they're somewhere in the $100 to $200 range. So that's what I was thinking.

APPRAISER: At auction, I would expect this to bring around $3,000...

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER:...to $4,000.

GUEST: Oh, my goodness. Okay, that's sweet-- I didn't expect that.

APPRAISER: Isn't that great?

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: Just a fabulous little bird. Great.