GUEST: This is a print I acquired when I was a young man. Actually about, uh… I think about 39 years ago, I bought this print.

APPRAISER: You liked the look of it.

GUEST: I did. Well, I'd heard of Albrecht Dürer.

APPRAISER: And how much did you pay for it?

GUEST: 25 cents.

APPRAISER: I have some good news and some bad news with both of these prints and I'd rather start with the bad news before the good news.

GUEST: Sure.

APPRAISER: In fact, it's not a print by Albrecht Dürer.

GUEST: Ah.

APPRAISER: It's a reproduction after an engraving by Dürer.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: And there's several things that I saw when I looked at it very closely that indicate that. It's very flat, there's no texture to it.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: The ink is not raised…

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: …it just sits on the surface. So… it normally would be about a $5,000 to $8,000 print but because it's a photographic reproduction…

GUEST: Right, right.

APPRAISER: …it's only worth about $50, if that.

GUEST: Right, right.

APPRAISER: On the other hand, the print here near you is an original engraving by Lucas Van Leyden, who was a contemporary of Dürer.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: That print, if it came up at auction, would sell for about $700 to $1,000, so... I'm sorry they're not both right, but...

GUEST: Oh yeah, it'd be nice if that one had been.

APPRAISER: At least we have one, yes, it's too bad.

GUEST: Well, thank you very much.