Appraisal: 1925 Michelin Man "Bibendum" Advertising Figure
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Appraisal: Michelin Man "Bibendum" Advertising Figure, ca. 1925
In North Carolina Museum of Art, Hour 1, Noel Barrett appraises a Michelin Man "Bibendum" advertising figure, ca. 1925.
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Appraisal: 1925 Michelin Man "Bibendum" Advertising Figure
Clip: Season 28 Episode 10 | 1m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
In North Carolina Museum of Art, Hour 1, Noel Barrett appraises a Michelin Man "Bibendum" advertising figure, ca. 1925.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: One of our dear friends, they were having an estate sale, and she had a lot of things from her grandparents.
And my husband, he loves antiques, collectibles, so I called him over, and he immediately gravitated to this Michelin Man and, um, wanted it right away.
I don't remember what my husband paid.
APPRAISER: I love this character-- he's one of the great advertising characters of the 20th century.
His name is Bibendum.
In 1894, the Michelin brothers had a show.
They saw a stack of tires, and they said it looked like a man without arms.
They got, went to a cartoonist, and they created this character, Bibendum.
He shows up in plaster and in papier-mâché.
He shows up in cast irons.
Now, this is the painted plaster, which I think is a little later.
'20s and '30s?
It's really hard to know exactly when what was made.
One about two years ago was, I think, repainted.
It was all yellow.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: Beautifully painted.
GUEST: Yes, sir.
APPRAISER: It brought, um, $4,500.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: Then a year or two before that, one brought, which was gray paint, like this, which is the best of the best of the best, and I wouldn't worry about the-- was, like, $6,500.
I think this is about $7,500.
GUEST: Hear that, Susan?
Write that down.
APPRAISER: And I just think it's absolutely phenomenal.
Appraisal: 1930 Torii Kotondo 'Kamisuki' Woodblock Print
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 3m 10s | Appraisal: Torii Kotondo 'Kamisuki' Woodblock Print, ca. 1930 (3m 10s)
Appraisal: 1939 Autographed Baseball Hall of Fame Program
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 3m 27s | Appraisal: 1939 Autographed Baseball Hall of Fame Program (3m 27s)
Appraisal: 1950 Hammered Aluminum Turtle-Form Towel Basin
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 1m 3s | Appraisal: Hammered Aluminum Turtle-Form Towel Basin, ca. 1950 (1m 3s)
Appraisal: 1972 Alexander Calder Lithograph
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 3m 10s | Appraisal: 1972 Alexander Calder 'McGovern for Government' Lithograph (3m 10s)
Appraisal: 1982 Vectrex Arcade System with 3D Imager & Games
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 3m 16s | Appraisal: 1982 Vectrex Arcade System with 3D Imager & Games (3m 16s)
Appraisal: 1994 Maya Angelou Spingarn Awards
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 3m 39s | Appraisal: 1994 Maya Angelou Spingarn Awards (3m 39s)
Appraisal: European Musical Watch Fobs, ca. 1820
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 3m 21s | Appraisal: European Musical Watch Fobs, ca. 1820 (3m 21s)
Appraisal: Fern Coppedge 'December Mist' Oil, ca. 1920
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 3m 28s | Appraisal: Fern Coppedge 'December Mist' Oil, ca. 1920 (3m 28s)
Appraisal: Iroquois Beaded Tea Cozy, ca. 1850
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 2m 53s | Appraisal: Iroquois Beaded Tea Cozy, ca. 1850 (2m 53s)
Appraisal: Le Pho Oil, ca. 1950
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 4m 4s | Appraisal: Le Pho 'La Cueillette des Pommes Cannelle' Oil, ca. 1950 (4m 4s)
Appraisal: Lt. Samuel Gerock Revolutionary War Archive
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 5m | Appraisal: Lt. Samuel Gerock Revolutionary War Archive (5m)
Appraisal: Rozenburg Eggshell Porcelain Vase, ca. 1900
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 3m 31s | Appraisal: Rozenburg Eggshell Porcelain Vase, ca. 1900 (3m 31s)
Appraisal: Tiffany & Co. Diamond & Platinum Brooch, ca. 1920
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 2m 8s | Appraisal: Tiffany & Co. Diamond & Platinum Brooch, ca. 1920 (2m 8s)
Appraisal: Walnut Eagle Head Cane, ca. 1800
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Clip: S28 Ep10 | 2m 42s | Appraisal: Walnut Eagle Head Cane, ca. 1800 (2m 42s)
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