Top Finds: Tang Dynasty Marble Lion 

And in such great condition by such an amazing artist

And then it broke 50 years later because the appraiser kept touching the fragile marble with his greasy fingers like he was on a first date with a supermodel... Outside the US, this would be a white glove appraisal. Hence why most of these artifacts are found outside the US.

@@EspenX yes and everyone who touched before it did not do anything to it. Only the guy who knows shall wear the gloves. His touch is a problem.

That reply makes no sense, @@parthsavyasachi9348

@@EspenX think about it. The person who brought the item for appraisal. Was he or she wearing the gloves?? No. Would them not wearing gloves destroy the item? It would. But that's fine. Oh and all the people who will touch after this. Makes perfect sense if you give it 2 minutes of thought.

“I know it’s an important piece, let me call my buddy who’s an expert in mullets for a second opinion.”

Lmao

I’m actually getting a little choked up looking at it, I’m sorry.

Poodle lol

What would you insure it for?

You know it is special when they have to take a moment to compose themselves. They love seeing things that they have never seen before or had only seen in books. I mean when you hear them say things like, "When I saw you in line I almost fell off my chair" or something like that.

I saw one hold back tears appraising a baseball card collection

And this is a very old episode too. With China being so economically strong now, that thing would probably get quadruple his estimate at the right auction from some Chinese billionaire collectors.

@@chriswhamilton Yeah she saw a baseball card collection that is quite literally one of a kind. I mean it was a once in a lifetime find that walked through the doors and landed in her lap.

Chris Piper it really is!

Yeah...and it turns out 'priceless' has a price after all, and it isn't much.

@@danni1993 Footage is from 2002... There were a pair of much smaller, but stylized lions that have similar workmanship that sold at auction for $475k in 2017. I have no doubt this would go for $500k to a mil today given the sheer size of the sculpture.

@@Rand25449 honestly, put that it the right auction and attract Chinese collectors and we're talking a HUGE sum of money

@@generichuman2044 especially if they get in a bidding war.

@@Rand25449 Yeah, those Chinese billionares go crazy and overpay for these relics. this can easily go for over 1 mil

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Pre-recorded TV, but yes

it's a beautiful moment....truly.

I call it unprofessional!

Philipp: I hope you're trolling and not actually emotionally dead inside.

She likes chocking, not choking.

Slatko Vafangula what is chocking?

Alison Harrison Do you see where I'm going with my comment?

You're Sweet i

Alison Harrison Making sure your airplane doesn't take off before you want it to.

LMAO

Yeah it‘s a bit like that thing outside the local Chinese restaurant, actually they had two of it and even bigger. I might get the second to match this one at a hardware store

Sells it two months later! 🙄👍🏼🤣

...followed by a Benny Hill style speeded up trip to the nearest auctioneers :-)

She was underwhelmed by the price.

He was obviously a camp man as he was reaching for his pearl necklace his bf gave him that morning before he get out of bed 🤣

@@JaimeGandarillaG I have to imagine the Chinese would pony up BIG for that, and probably in excess of $200k.

If he had knocked it off that table I would have started crying....

Agreed.

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sean feeney bill! Bill! Bill!

I knew he looked familiar!! Lolol

I’m done

glorious indeed

Based

Not worth too much though.

@@johnmc3862 You can't put a price tag on something like that. It is majestic.

@David Wang Way to throw some shade on someone just enjoying the genuine reaction of another human being. Must be pretty lonely living amongst all those Mountain Dew cans and discarded Doritos bags. 😂

@@AndrewBarsky dang. Gottem

Well, when the thing is over a thousand years old and it still has its original shape its kinda logical its gonna be worth a few pennies.

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Thank god it got out of China and did not get destroyed during the cultural revolution where most of China's relics were purged from public consciousness. For the last 100 years the safest place for Chinese works of art and cultural pieces certainly was not in country. Also when you see the appraiser about to weep like he just lost his grandmother your in for a surprise...lol

Joshua Sterling and lets not forget the eight-nation alliance of foreign countries that stole, looted, and burned most of the chinese treasures too.

I gave my brother an original first edition print of Lewis and Clark’s western expedition notes as it was a subject he was interested in. Years later when I asked him about it, he said “That old book? [scoffed] We got a buck or two at a garage sale. I was speechless, and I’ve never told him how much it was worth.

@@joshuasterling2144 Relics such as these were not destroyed during the Cultural Revolution - I’ve no idea where you heard that. The Chinese have treasured their antiquities. Many were stolen by either local thieves/profiteers who in turn sold them to dealers, where they were snapped up foreigners.

What? Did he die?

@@VL1975 My apologies if I made it sound like he had passed away. He is still alive. In my comment, I was trying to say that I was very happy that he was the one to appraise it because he’s so passionate and it’s a once in a lifetime appraisal for him. 👍

In 2024 that would be 1 million minimum, Chinese art has skyrocketed.

It's breath taking. He should insure it for at least $300,000.00. A rare example indeed.

My god. That thing is majestic.

Clearly, the three of you don't know what you're talking about. It should clearly be put on view at the Met for all the world to see. It's truly priceless.

@@kevinchambers1101 I just heard he donated to the Vatican. Where it should be reviewed and studied by the highest schoalors.

Exactly. I really Expected 2-3 million

@@aejae15030 it would be at chinese auction, guaranteed.

Important to remember the time during which this was filmed.

@@wes3793 Would you allow it to go to a Chinese auction that is the thing. Would you ever get it back.

@@bighands69 In America with a room full of Chinese bidders

Loved it too... It was a pure moment

It would date from around the mid 1980s and the greying suggests it is an original piece. Hard to value but estimate would be $20 in a hair salon to get one like it and about the same to have it removed or repaired

John Haha

a Silverback too.....very rare indeed......

ROFL like i'm hurting. thank you sir

What's a 'Mullet' ? I'm not a English native speaker

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I don’t think you have done business with a Chinese businessman before. They don’t overpay. EVER.

@@MrZachgonz When at auction, I believe someone would want to outshine his compatriots bringing home a piece of national treasure. Buying and even overpaying this piece would be a honor-status thing so I am quite sure MrReed is right about this.

@@MrZachgonz On normal business sales transactions you are right but when it comes to gambling and auctions where they can show off wealth, they will spend outrageous amounts.

@@MrZachgonz stereotype ignorance. You must not have met the rich 2nd generation with billions of their family's money. They overpay all the time just to get the most flex. All races and cultures have people who have to feed their egos.

They spend money on Luis Vuitton and Lambos. Since when do Chinese communists give a crap about cultural art? They destroyed priceless artifacts during their great leap forward.

She sold it the next day.!!!!!!

you are welcome in my household anytime beautiful :)

You just mad it was stolen from your culture.

Make it your goal to find something that does. Even something that seems trivial to others. It only matters that it's important to you. I don't have the emotions that the Appraiser has, but I have found a few simple things that matter.

Experiencing a relationship with God will get you exactly what you're looking for, I can promise you that!

I never thought I'd cry out of joy until I was sitting in a lecture and was told that I could meet Jane Goodall. She was my hero as a child...I walked out of that place with tears down my face.

God, I tear up with joy when I see a butterfly sniffing around my garden. Get out and look around.

@Jennifer Rissetti People have built fairy tales around God, but He can still be found.

Well spotted, can't beat a good mullet.

THANK YOU

Truly a masterpiece from the late eighties to early nineties. I appraise it at $120, and that's a conservative estimate!

Extremely rare to find these days, prices go sky high...

@@warpnin3 I'll insure it for $25.48 at the high end. Final offer.

That passion comes with time and study for years. It’s developed by time and love of art. Find what you like in life and develop that study and love for what interests you. You can also be like that one day. I am a painter and I painted for 35 years every day. Even only 10 minutes, but I did that. It’s like discipline and work. It makes me very happy when I am painting.

200k? That's nothing.

The real value of any item only comes up when its on auction. When you have rivals Chinese bidders who want it at any cost they will pay millions. Just like Da Vincis painting that sold recently they value it at $70m but it sold for $450m making it the most expensive painting ever. Interesting to note the Mona Lisa is valued at $100m you really think it will only sell for that at auction?

I know you're trying to make a point, but just throwing it out there that I think if the Mona Lisa did go on sale for auction there is no way it would it make any less than a billion dollars.

@@twins1729 Wow - I would have to mortgage my house!!!!

200k would have been the start price when selling this in China.

It is a big block of stone that may have been dropped on many occasions.

LOL

Yeah, he could have been more gentle with it.

Its a hunk of marble, nothing important, get a grip

@@paula4910 you try it.

@@derekjlight I agree it took great talent, my point was it's a meaningless waste of time. I would be more impressed if the time was building a house or growing food. Art in general is a waste of energy

@@paula4910 I can pretty much agree with that. It is kind of like fashion, totally pointless and no contribution to society.

You people are base.

Who knows, it might be now. I believe Chinese art has just gone up in cost.

I know many people with more impressive mullets, even Don Jump!

The native American stuff is really at this point over valued and inflated as there is no real marketplace for it.

I hate that show. Idk how someone hasnt burned down their junk store

Lmao I was waiting for someone to make a pawn stars comment 😂

2-3 million, minimum...

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grats! America First (in coronavirus) now

@@brainwashington1332 choke on bat soup Mr Bugman

@@3PercentNeanderhal 97% Trumptard

Nathaniel Boos and? What are fingers going to do to solid marble???

That's because the Chinese destroyed their whole culture, now that you can't find any pieces tying your history to the land it becomes popular and a status symbol to acquire said pieces of art.

this is the definition of an underrated comment

He rubbing all the luck out of it.lol

Ahhhh, a fake!

Devon Wright Hi Devon, it is a beautiful statue. As you experience more art, you'll certainly encounter pieces that aren't clearly interesting. I recommend working to understand why the artist found it interesting. You may still not like it, but going into it with this consideration has provided me great benefit and increased my interest in types of art that previously gave me no pleasure. Take care, Casey

Art is crap today, you're certainly right about that.

Thomas Jefferson she’d most likely be dead in the next few years 🙄

@@m4bolicious that was my 1st thought....looks like she could use the $$ too

@@angiehier This video is from 2002. So she actually might be dead by now.

@Wishful Thinking "legitimately bought" by her privileged colonial grandparents. This is simply another example of the widescale theft and plunder of the heritage of other cultures under western occupation.

@@Mahdi_Molla ok sjw

@@spartand001 “sjw” knows their history but okay.