GUEST: Well, it was my grandmother's. She had received this quilt from her mother, and that the back of it was actually a contribution made by some Chinese immigrants who had been burned out of their homes at the time of the Seattle Great Fire, which was 1889. And then she backed it with these Chinese silk handkerchiefs that they gave to her in appreciation for letting them sleep and cook in their home.

APPRAISER: Well, it's a remarkable quilt. And I think what, as you said, the thing that's most exciting about it is the backing of it is made with those Chinese silk handkerchiefs. So it's just an incredible piece of Seattle history. You and I have been looking at some of these ribbons that are embroidered into the quilt, and this is the Seattle Women's Christian Temperance Union?

GUEST: Yes, she was very active.

APPRAISER: And then this one over here is...?

GUEST: It says "W.T.," which has got to be Washington Territory.

APPRAISER: So this piece is really a time capsule in terms of your family history and also Seattle history.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: Well, it's in remarkably good condition, and I would say that the value of this piece is probably at auction somewhere around $10,000.

GUEST: (gasps) (laughing)I don't believe that.

APPRAISER: Yeah.

GUEST: I don't...

APPRAISER: I know.

GUEST: Oh my goodness.

APPRAISER: Yeah. Absolutely, it's a very special piece.