Top Find: Alexander Calder Mobile, ca. 1950 | Let's Celebrate! | ANTIQUES ROADSHOW

Top Find: Alexander Calder Mobile, ca. 1950 | Let's Celebrate! | ANTIQUES ROADSHOW | PBS

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Check out the mind-blowing updated value on this treasure made by the master of the mobile, Alexander Calder!
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@OneDayAtATime365 Жыл бұрын

What a BOSS! "It's gained a little bit in value since then". What a delivery, that's showmanship. 🏆

@cornbeef Жыл бұрын

That was showmanship to the highest calibre! My jaw dropped when he gave the estimate!

@Black_Jesus3005 2 жыл бұрын

Brooooo that’s nuts!!! Get that authenticated, sold and travel the world!

@vanitymarks8798 2 жыл бұрын

"how much?" she said, then she had to hold on to that backdrop for dear life.

@scottschor 2 жыл бұрын

those moments are my favorite when watching Antique Roadshow.

@11matt11 Жыл бұрын

Thank goodness someone at Antique Road show made sure to keep that background poll strong. I'm sure they design it that way.

@jakemoeller7850 2 жыл бұрын

I love Calder's work! He's one of my favorite artists.

@The-Finisher 2 жыл бұрын

Yes same!❤️

@jakemoeller7850 Жыл бұрын

@@The-Finisher • In 2006 I was fortunate to have attended an exhibit at SFMOMA. A wire construction of Josephine Baker was a real standout! Nice to know that others have an appreciation.

@tiredofit4761 Жыл бұрын

Just wow

@allanhwhite.kineticmobiles Жыл бұрын

@@jakemoeller7850 Calder's wire sculpture of Josephine Baker is my all time favourite of jie small pieces. Its an amazing and captures so much.

@chryco63 2 жыл бұрын

We visited the Calder exhibit in Montreal a few years ago, it was quite fascinating. I can't recall if this piece was shown, or not. This is a delightful appraisal, though!

@smalltowndowntown9199 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! I love hearing life-changing appraisals!

@analogadrenaline 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful piece ! love how its hanging vicariously by a questionable knot of what appears to be fishing line !

@RuffianTux Жыл бұрын

That knot had me biting my nails too.

@starcrib 2 жыл бұрын

One mobile & two children....🎬📽💋

@GG55-L 2 жыл бұрын

As long as you don’t have foundation papers it is worth the sentimental value only. Hope for you that lady the foundation will say yes !

@Jerry-ir8nd 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! It blows my mind that some things are appraised at such high value and they look like well this lol not trying to be a jerk at all it's just all I can say is wow and art must truly be "in the eyes of the beholder". Congrats and good on the owner for keeping it in such good condition ☺️👍

@barbaracilley8200 2 жыл бұрын

I am so happy for the lady. I saw the original show this was on. I’d say, take a road trip to New York. It would be well worth getting it authenticated. I’d also get a letter from the person that you said recently painted it for you and get his signature notarized.

@tontonsreview2303 2 жыл бұрын

Thinking of her two kids….love it.

@drinny26 11 ай бұрын

Did she end up selling it? I wish ARS would do an update episode of some of the big appraisals.

@fanoboss 2 жыл бұрын

one of my favorites

@aaronfelman1000 2 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable. I hope the family will hold it until it goes $5 million.

@dbrel 2 жыл бұрын

I believe this mobile was sold at auction for over $1 million…

@jg2060 2 жыл бұрын

Where did you gather that information please?

@SidGolan 10 ай бұрын

Holy moly. The lady couldn't believe her ears she was stunned. Worth potentially $2M right now. That's insane.

@Jude74 Жыл бұрын

It’s worth even more now.

@GregsKitchen 2 жыл бұрын

I think i'll start getting my old coat hangers out and some spray paint, call myself an artist and make some mobile$

@weaktearecords 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! It's cool looking, but come on!

@gnirolnamlerf593 2 жыл бұрын

It's a nice idea, but everyone makes mobiles now. You have to invent a new art form. But why not?

@terribee9193 2 жыл бұрын

now if only your name was Alex Calder. But heck, make some mobiles and check with a few galleries. Good luck.

@Black_Jesus3005 2 жыл бұрын

I thought the same lol. The art world is crazy sometimes

@lalang4806 2 жыл бұрын

yeah. he is my least fave artist 🤣

@dizzyd970 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap 🤯

@HeWhistlesTunes 2 жыл бұрын

With the updated info, it should be worth at about a Million easy

@jawadelectroplatingandartg4803 2 жыл бұрын

wow 😍😍😍😍😍😍

@jenniferzennifer6949 Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@jodavis650 2 жыл бұрын

I thought she was gonna faint

@clivesangster6754 2 жыл бұрын

That's Art😂😂😂😂😂

@winniegutzmer8017 2 жыл бұрын

😳 wow

@amandawoods8323 Жыл бұрын

It's authentic.

@chriskelly6559 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap!

@HeWhistlesTunes 2 жыл бұрын

I would've met the man on accident. I'm led to believe that he would've stated "This is a LURE for those who don't view this as Art"

@gnirolnamlerf593 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much the Calder estate sold the pillow for?!!! I don't think there's a pillow in the world worth half a million dollars. Maybe the one Marie Antoinette slept on the night before she was guillotined? Wonderful story.

@iamwindchakra 2 жыл бұрын

Yall, this sold for a million dollars. But remember, people aren't necessarily buying the art for the art, but for the name.

@phoghat 2 жыл бұрын

This is why I went into antiquing and auctioneering in a very very small way with my cousin Jim. We would buy out the contents of a house and see if there was anything of value worth putting up at auction

@maeccmandreanum1167 2 жыл бұрын

... April´s fool! :D

@1mourningdove54 Жыл бұрын

Sell, lady, sell!

@scootdaws25 2 жыл бұрын

Jeesus!

@mattfubar4268 2 жыл бұрын

🤯

@PerryBobKelly 2 жыл бұрын

SELL IT!!!

@Clarke2316 Жыл бұрын

Lets be fair most people would look at it in a yard sale and pass on it for 50 bucks, I would of. People that do know deserve to get it for knowing valuable information!!

@Legendsneverdie877 Жыл бұрын

Apparently beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, because I personally wouldn’t give $20 for it. To me, it looks like something a middle schooler put together for art class or something. I guess abstract art (or whatever something like this is) is just beyond my understanding.

@SidGolan 10 ай бұрын

The value in this case originates from the artist.

@gothwhiteinc Жыл бұрын

Great!!!

@mikenealon4042 2 жыл бұрын

upwardly mobile!

@carls.1000 2 жыл бұрын

The restoration really hurt the value and getting it past the Calder catalogue raisonné committee may not be a logical process as these groups often have ulterior motives for denying works.

@mbmccamey2 2 жыл бұрын

🤩🤩🤩😮😮😧😧😧😃😃😃😃😃

@next2normal 2 жыл бұрын

Are there really people out there spending that sort of money,

@diggitus 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, honey. Rich people wouldn't blink at that. They are absolute buffoons for status

@Iphroget 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's the best way for rich people to launder money

@exalexandrians6929 2 жыл бұрын

$2,000,000.....for THAT?????

@saylesh 2 жыл бұрын

Might as well just slap an Apple sticker on it…

@hendersonred 5 ай бұрын

Scrap metal brings more than I thought these days.

@goldengnome1951 2 жыл бұрын

really? i think i could make that mobile.🤣

@gnirolnamlerf593 2 жыл бұрын

Possibly. You have to know the physics, as well as the art and you needed to make it in 1932, not 2022. Then you would have been in on the ground floor.

@terribee9193 2 жыл бұрын

you can't make THAT mobile, it is already made. A reproduction sure. Only your name is not Calder so good luck with it.

@goldengnome1951 2 жыл бұрын

yes, i'm joking. pretty cool.. some of his larger works are really something... i think i would definitely let this one go for 2 million, though.

@Fush1234 2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t give you a tin of crap for it

@danni1993 2 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't my 8-year-old get money like that for his art?

@litigioussociety4249 2 жыл бұрын

While not that impressive, he started the modern concept of the mobile, so that's why it's worth so much. A comparison would be the first automobile looks unimpressive, but it launched a movement.

@noahboat580 2 жыл бұрын

@@litigioussociety4249 and him making the modern mobile justifies a value worth 7 figures? I can get scarcity value, especially if that art is also a baby item (that would usually get thrown away or whatever). I can think of 50 different items thats way cooler then an artistic mobile, the difference is how much you would really pay for it

@sharksport01 9 ай бұрын

@noahboat580 Fortunately, your common taste doesn't dictate the art market.

@HeWhistlesTunes 2 жыл бұрын

Y'all have you use my Samurai Sword as proof that I protected y'all. Not to display for sell. I renewed by earning a Samurai Sword to prevent y'all from selling Old Samurai Swords.

@fmcdomer 2 жыл бұрын

I could make dat

@JimSuperwhite43 2 жыл бұрын

I could too. And fast.

@riverafranzjethrod.5272 2 жыл бұрын

But you can’t sell it as high as that.😂😂😂

@fmcdomer 2 жыл бұрын

@@riverafranzjethrod.5272 yeah but if u hang a bunch around ur living room. You can feel like a millionaire

@Fush1234 2 жыл бұрын

Can’t even see it. Sack the assistant.

@rover5788 2 жыл бұрын

Ridiculous value! :(

@nubbinthemonkey 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, that's just stupid.

@7ItalianStallion 2 жыл бұрын

This piece is so lame

@alex5308 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll sell you a coat hanger with some metal leaves on it for $50,000. ITS A STEAL

@goldengnome1951 2 жыл бұрын

🤣 i'll do it for 25K!

@jime6688 2 жыл бұрын

I for the life of me, cannot understand how that piece of crap mobile is worth that much.

@anb740 2 жыл бұрын

Hang on……this hodge podge of wires tied together and painted is worth up to a million dollars? Alrighty then. I guess people will throw away money on literally anything these days!