GUEST: It was about 20, 25 years ago.

There was a gentleman that had an antique store in Salt Lake, and he passed away.

And there was an estate sale of his inventory.

And it ran for about three days.

And on the third day, I went back and said, "I think I really like these."

And I purchased them.

APPRAISER: Can you tell me how much you had to pay?

GUEST: It wasn't very much.

It was $150, maybe under $200.

Right around that amount of money.

I think the symbol is Derby, but I'm not positive.

APPRAISER: Well, let's take a look at that symbol.

There is a mark on the bottom, and it's a kind of a crown.

It's a rare mark for Derby, but it is a Derby mark.

It was first used in about 1811, when a gentleman named Robert Bloor took over the Derby factory.

And I would date these to between 1811 and about 1815, based on the mark.

They're beautifully painted on the front with English flora.

And then, we'll see on the back, there's nothing, because they're designed, of course, to go up against a wall on a mantelpiece.

What I love about them is that they've survived so well.

I love the little ram's head handles.

They're what we call bough pots-- B-O-U-G-H pots.

And they were a popular thing at the time.

APPRAISER: Derby made perhaps the best of them.

And you see that, that the top has these little apertures.

The small ones are for little wooden rods GUEST: Oh, how interesting.

APPRAISER: little canes, if you like.

GUEST: Uh-huh.

APPRAISER: And then the tulips, or whatever you wanted-- croci, perhaps-- but typically, tulips would grow up through the rods and be connected and kept together by them, you know?

APPRAISER: They grew up through these leaf-shaped apertures.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: Beautiful concept.

So, I love that they stayed together.

I think you did very well when you bought them.

In an antique shop today, they would be a lot more than $150 or $200.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: I think it'd be fair to say ten times that.

GUEST: Oh.

APPRAISER: Maybe between $1,500 and $2,000... GUEST: Oh!

APPRAISER: would be the right retail price today.

GUEST: Oh, that's great.

APPRAISRR: Yeah, very beautiful pair.

And some of them are painted with landscape.

GUEST: Oh, okay.

APPRAISER: Landscape ones tend to be a little more valuable, actually.

GUEST: Uh-huh.

APPRAISER: But these are really tasty.