Julia Child's Copper Pans, ca. 1960 | Junk in the Trunk 4, Hour 2 Preview 

My thoughts exactly. I was waiting for a $50k+ valuation

Exactly...even with out Julia's name on it...copper based cookware like this is a fortune. You can just tell by her reaction she knew this guy had NO idea wtf he was talking about.

A very good set would not cost you that much. Figure around 500$ a piece, new. Second hand, would be about half that.

@@fastnbulbouss vintage can be worth than new. as mentioned earlier that is without factoring in provenance.

It worth only 2k at best, I don't give a crap who owned them! I been buying French copper ware for over 40 years.

I wouldn't sell them either.....but I'd be using them because that's what they're intended for.

Totally agree, this was a horrible appraisal.

Physics Only i estimate this set would go for around 55,000 givin her fame.

That Appraisal is completely wrong we are talking about Julia Childs and a literal piece of history

You don't cook in silver, the inside is lined with tin. If it seems to be shinnier it's because it wasn't used a lot after being retinned.

@@fastnbulbouss You can absolutely cook in silver lined copper. It's available now, as it was then.

This was probably a very low appraisal. In the right setting and right bidders, this set is worth anywhere from 3x to 10x that appraisal!]

Julia most likely got these from her favorite cookware store in Paris. E. Dehillerin. If you go there today, they don't even list the prices on their wares. If you have to ask, you can't afford. $5K for this set is a steal even without Julia's name referenced. Fire this appraiser, he obviously has know idea what he's talking about.

@@dinocub1 The best copper pots in the world, today, are neither at Dehillerin, nor at Mauviel or nowhere else in the world in a store. They are in cellars, granaries, forgotten and sad. They are in large kitchens like the Elysée, in large kitchens of renowned restaurants. In small passionate individual kitchens who have taken the time to seek copper pots of their dreams for years. No department stores or large manufacturers, nowadays, will offer you the equivalent of what was offered in 1900. To own such equipment, you have to look, long and patiently. If we were in the 1950s and worse, the 1960s, the situation would be similar. Obviously, certain current pots (after the Second World War at the present day) are of very good quality, but those before, a long time ago, were exceptional, magical, magnificent.

@@tjfrance 😂 that’s a good bit

They're worth much more than that without her name attached.