Fifth Show Shooting Re-Scheduled for March 6th – Now at 9:30am

Inclement weather forced the postponement of the shooting of the fifth show of What’s It Worth, Palm Springs. This was originally scheduled for Saturday 27th February, but will now take place on Saturday 6th March, 2010. Our people have a direct line to the weather guru and he is adamant that there will be no repeat of last weekend’s rain. The show will be shot at Saturday’s @ Canyon Plaza South open-air market in Cathedral City.

Shooting is scheduled to commence at 9:30 am  N.B. This time has been revised from the original time of 10:30am. We will be continuing with the new segment, introduced in the last show, where a local personality will be bringing along some items of interest. And, as usual, we have a very strong lineup of people with interesting and unusual items which will be assessed on air.

Our resident appraiser, "Rampaging" Kyle Husfloen, is in red-hot form – he’s running at 4-zip – and is looking mighty dangerous. He is currently at an undisclosed location in Palm Springs psyching himself up for another blockbuster performance. If you’ve not seen Kyle in action yet, then you owe it to yourself to make it on down and watch him go through his paces. Bulldog Bill, our host, will be there to provide a steady hand and keep Kyle in check – no easy job that. So come on down to the market and see the show in 3D, just like Avatar only it’s free. It promises to be a cracker!

Life Yet in This Still Life

From Kyle’s notes for the first show:

When Mr. Combs brought this painting in, I just thought it was a nice Victorian still life. As I did research, I learned that the artist was Charles Ethan Porter (1847-1923), an African-American and a popular still life painter in the late 19th century. I was able to do some additional research on what his works are selling for today and determined that a value range of $20,000 to $30,000 was appropriate.

As Kyle notes, and as the owner himself also thought, this appeared to be just "yet another Victorian still life". You can see Mr. Combs’ surprise and delight when he learns that it is considerably more than that.
You can watch this clip in segment 1 of the first show here.

The postscript to the story sees Mr. Combs send his painting off to Nadeau’s Auction Gallery in CT. They are auctioning it on March 27th. And, in fact, are using the painting as the headline piece for the auction. Well done all!

Role Reversal: Bank Bails Out Owner!

From Kyle’s notes for the third show:

Mr. Ed Carlmark of Palm Springs brought in a figural cast-iron mechanical bank from the late 19th century. He only knew that it had been handed down in his family. I believe he thought it might be valued for a few hundred dollars. This bank turned out to be one called "The Stump Speaker" that features a black man wearing a top hat and standing next to a carpet bag that opens to accept the money when it is activated. His bank had very good paint and I was able to determine it could sell in the $1,500 to $2,500 range.

As Kyle noted, Mr. Carlmark thought that perhaps his mechanical bank might be worth a few hundred dollars, perhaps even $500. Well his bank turned out to be an original Shepard Hardware Stump Speaker mechanical bank. This bank was patented in 1886 by Charles Shepard and Peter Adams. Though of somewhat questionable taste today, these banks have quite a history and are eminently collectible. By virtue of its perfect mechanical state and still having much of the original paintwork, Mr. Carlmark’s bank it turns out is a quite desirable item.

You can watch this clip in segment 1 of the third show here.

Fourth Show Shooting Saturday February 13th

The fourth show of the series that is creating quite a buzz, the word Emmy has been bandied about, will be shot at Saturday’s @ Canyon Plaza South open-air market in Cathedral City on Saturday, February 13th.

Shooting is scheduled to commence at 10:30 am. It goes without saying that this show, like its predecessors, will be a knockout. In fact, let’s not mince words, it will be a “blinder”. Kyle Husfloen, our resident appraiser, is in devastating form – he has just blown everyone away with the breadth and depth of his knowledge – this guy is the real deal. If you’re in the area, or even if you’re not, make a note in the diary and come on down and watch Kyle and Bill, our inimitable host, go through their paces. You’d be doing yourself a favor.

Third Show Shooting Saturday 30th January

The third show of the series that is rapidly becoming the quiet achiever in the valley will be shot at Saturday’s @ Canyon Plaza South open-air market in Cathedral City on Saturday, January 30th.

Shooting is scheduled to commence at 10:30 am. Like the preceding 2 shows, this one should be an absolute corker – possibly even a “bobby dazzler“. So, drop on in to the market this Saturday and feel the buzz. If you have some collectables, bring them with you. Who knows where this could lead?

Second Show shooting on January 16th.

The second show of the series that everybody, and I mean absolutely everybody, is talking about will be shot at Saturday’s @ Canyon Plaza South open-air market in Cathedral City.

Shooting is scheduled to commence at 10:30 am. This show should be an absolute cracker! More details will follow shortly.

Broadcast Schedule Finalised.

The schedule for the broadcast of the first series of What’s It Worth? has been finalised. A complete list of the timeslots can be viewed on the Show Times page. As they say in the classics: Turn on, tune in and drop in from time to time.