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Interview With Leigh Keno and Leslie Keno

Aired January 23, 2004 - 15:13   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "FIND")
LESLIE KENO, CO-HOST, "FIND": I'd like to double your money, whatever you paid for it. What did you pay?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I can't tell a lie. This was, of course, 35, 40 years ago. And I paid $14 for it.

(CROSSTALK)

LESLIE KENO: Fourteen dollars. I'll double your money. Given inflation. Leigh, give him $30, please.

LEIGH KENO, CO-HOST, "FIND": Listen, you're going to give appraisers a bad name. Tell him what it's really worth, OK?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, we're going to find out what that guitar is worth in just a moment. And it's time for some of you to learn what your antiques are worth.

This week, we asked viewers to e-mail pictures of their antiques. And we would have Leigh and Leslie Keno evaluate them. Well, the brothers host the PBS show "Find," as you know. And they join us from New York to talk about it. Hi, guys.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: All right, great. Great to see you again.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: How much is the guitar worth?

LEIGH KENO: Les?

LESLIE KENO: Well, that was actually worth over $10,000. It was a great, great find.

PHILLIPS: Unbelievable.

LESLIE KENO: And, actually, it was a little out of tune when I played it, but it's a great find.

LEIGH KENO: Your blaming it on the guitar, Leslie.

(CROSSTALK)

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: Yes, that's incredible.

(CROSSTALK)

LEIGH KENO: Here he goes. OK.

PHILLIPS: Yes, here we go. He's starting to play.

PHILLIPS: He bought it for 14 bucks. It's now worth about $10,000. Do we know what he is going to do with it? Is he going to keep it, sell it? Do you know?

(CROSSTALK)

LEIGH KENO: I think he's going to hang onto it, right, Les?

LESLIE KENO: I think so.

LEIGH KENO: I think he said he's going to enjoy it.

LESLIE KENO: We had a good time. We ended up drumming with him a little bit at the end and had a little mini concert. It was fun.

PHILLIPS: The C.D. goes on sale next week. Everybody, tune in.

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: All right guys, let's get to the first item.

We got a number of things in from viewers. This one came from Maynard (ph) in New Brunswick, Canada. And it was a chair, a picture of a chair that he's had in the family for a while. What do you guys know about it? Who wants to start?

LESLIE KENO: Sure. I will. Twins share, you know.

PHILLIPS: Of course. Go ahead, Les.

LESLIE KENO: This is a Windsor (ph) style chair with the spindles above and spindles below, plank seat, probably made about 1900, turn of the century. We see a lot of these out there when we're in houses, probably worth...

LEIGH KENO: For the program, right?

(CROSSTALK)

LESLIE KENO: About $200 to $300.

PHILLIPS: Wow.

LESLIE KENO: Very decorative value.

PHILLIPS: Not bad.

LESLIE KENO: Not bad.

PHILLIPS: Do we know how much he paid for it, Leigh?

LEIGH KENO: I don't know how much he paid. I don't know. No, I don't know.

PHILLIPS: OK.

LEIGH KENO: But it's a nice standard chair. It's a good piece. It's not going to go up a lot in value, but...

PHILLIPS: Yes, it's kind of funky looking.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: All right, here comes another one. This was send from Finbar (ph), who found it in his wife's aunt's cellar and has no idea what it is, much less what it's worth. Do you guys have any idea? Some sort of wooden something or other.

(CROSSTALK)

LEIGH KENO: Les, this is your speciality.

LESLIE KENO: A lot of people, we see these and we think they're for animals, for like a cow or on oxen. But, actually, this was used for a person to put over their neck and carry things. And it's good for Leigh to sort of fetch things for me, you know what I mean, put it over his neck and...

(LAUGHTER)

LEIGH KENO: No way.

LESLIE KENO: Right, Leigh?

LEIGH KENO: No, no.

(CROSSTALK)

LESLIE KENO: But it's probably made in late 19th century. They're very decorative. Probably made of maple. And, you know, these are nice for restaurants and good market in interior design.

(CROSSTALK)

LEIGH KENO: They used to make chandeliers out of them, right, Les, in '50s, the 1950s?

LESLIE KENO: Exactly.

PHILLIPS: Really?

(CROSSTALK) LEIGH KENO: Yes, they really did. They would hang them with a light on each end.

PHILLIPS: How much is it worth, Leigh?

(CROSSTALK)

LEIGH KENO: I'd say probably about $150, not a great deal. But it's a neat item.

LESLIE KENO: I agree.

PHILLIPS: Yes, it's unique.

OK, here we go. Third item. This is a white vase or a white vase.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: Sent from Stacy (ph), who says it's been in her family for 100 years. Wow.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: OK, Leigh, Les?

LEIGH KENO: Well, a vase like this, this is a German vase, Kyra.

And they made a lot of vases like this around 1890, 1895. These pieces are known for their ornate ply decoration, the gilding. They're very fancy. And it's a pretty impressive piece. And you see this mark on the bottom, actually, with an earlier date from the 18th century.

But, in fact, it's made 100 and some years later. The mark was to make it look like certified, fancy China, when, in fact, it's not really -- wasn't that expensive a China. Value wise, though, something like this is $800 to $1,200, something like that. We checked with Christina Prescott-Walker, who is a real expert in this, and confirmed it, right, Les?

LESLIE KENO: That's right.

PHILLIPS: Wow.

LEIGH KENO: Yes. So that's not bad.

PHILLIPS: No, that's pretty good, gosh, $1,200 especially.

All right, here we go, fourth item, Bubby's (ph) vase. I just like the title.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: This was sent from Debbie (ph), who got the vase from her grandmother. And I guess her grandmother came to America from Russia in the early 1900s.

Les, what did you find out about it?

LESLIE KENO: Actually, Leigh, you want to take that one?

LEIGH KENO: I'll start with this. I'm the vase guy.

PHILLIPS: OK.

LEIGH KENO: This is the kind of thing, made in use Austria around 1891 or so. The stamp on the bottom that's not being illustrated, but it does show you that it was done at a time when you had to mark that the piece was coming from Austria. So we know it's post-1891.

This is a fancy piece. There's the mark. A fancy piece, a piece that people would love to get for a wedding present, because the young couple would think it was a really expensive vase, when, in fact, it didn't cost a great, great deal, believe it or not. But it has a lot of oomph, right?

(CROSSTALK)

LESLIE KENO: And, luckily, it hasn't been drilled for a lamp. Sometimes, these get drilled and it really takes away the value a lot.

PHILLIPS: Why do they get drilled? So the water can seep through? Is that the...

(CROSSTALK)

LESLIE KENO: No, years ago, to put the electricity cord through.

LEIGH KENO: The electrical cord.

PHILLIPS: Oh, interesting.

LEIGH KENO: But this one survived.

LEIGH KENO: So it's a real decorative piece. Value wise, though, it's probably -- it's less than the other vase. It's probably $500 to $700. But it looks like kind of a $5,000 vase, if you look quickly.

PHILLIPS: Now, you said that you're the pro on the vase, Leigh, and can you tell by the pictures like the type of art that's on the vase, like what year it's from or how much it's worth?

LEIGH KENO: Well, on this particular vase, you can see that there's transfer printing. So you can see that it's not the highest quality. It's not all hand-painted.

PHILLIPS: OK.

LEIGH KENO: Although the factory wanted you to think, when it was made in the 1890s, that it was all hand-pointed. And so it's a lot of bang for the buck, so to speak.

And so you look for those details in the painting. If you're in a thrift shop or a store -- and we try to talk about this on our program.

LESLIE KENO: Look at the details.

LEIGH KENO: Look at the details.

PHILLIPS: All right, Les, give us details real quickly. Plug the show before we've got to go.

LEIGH KENO: OK, Les, details on the show.

LESLIE KENO: Oh, details on our show?

PHILLIPS: Yes.

LESLIE KENO: Well, I hope you watch. It's Find-TV.com. And please check it out. We're having a lot of fun on the show.

PHILLIPS: Well, we have a lot of fun having you guys, Leigh and Leslie Keno. Thank you so much, guys.

LESLIE KENO: Thank you.

LEIGH KENO: Thanks for having us.

LESLIE KENO: Thanks for having us, Kyra.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: It's a pleasure.

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Aired January 23, 2004 - 15:13   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, "FIND")
LESLIE KENO, CO-HOST, "FIND": I'd like to double your money, whatever you paid for it. What did you pay?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, I can't tell a lie. This was, of course, 35, 40 years ago. And I paid $14 for it.

(CROSSTALK)

LESLIE KENO: Fourteen dollars. I'll double your money. Given inflation. Leigh, give him $30, please.

LEIGH KENO, CO-HOST, "FIND": Listen, you're going to give appraisers a bad name. Tell him what it's really worth, OK?

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, we're going to find out what that guitar is worth in just a moment. And it's time for some of you to learn what your antiques are worth.

This week, we asked viewers to e-mail pictures of their antiques. And we would have Leigh and Leslie Keno evaluate them. Well, the brothers host the PBS show "Find," as you know. And they join us from New York to talk about it. Hi, guys.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: All right, great. Great to see you again.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: How much is the guitar worth?

LEIGH KENO: Les?

LESLIE KENO: Well, that was actually worth over $10,000. It was a great, great find.

PHILLIPS: Unbelievable.

LESLIE KENO: And, actually, it was a little out of tune when I played it, but it's a great find.

LEIGH KENO: Your blaming it on the guitar, Leslie.

(CROSSTALK)

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: Yes, that's incredible.

(CROSSTALK)

LEIGH KENO: Here he goes. OK.

PHILLIPS: Yes, here we go. He's starting to play.

PHILLIPS: He bought it for 14 bucks. It's now worth about $10,000. Do we know what he is going to do with it? Is he going to keep it, sell it? Do you know?

(CROSSTALK)

LEIGH KENO: I think he's going to hang onto it, right, Les?

LESLIE KENO: I think so.

LEIGH KENO: I think he said he's going to enjoy it.

LESLIE KENO: We had a good time. We ended up drumming with him a little bit at the end and had a little mini concert. It was fun.

PHILLIPS: The C.D. goes on sale next week. Everybody, tune in.

(LAUGHTER)

PHILLIPS: All right guys, let's get to the first item.

We got a number of things in from viewers. This one came from Maynard (ph) in New Brunswick, Canada. And it was a chair, a picture of a chair that he's had in the family for a while. What do you guys know about it? Who wants to start?

LESLIE KENO: Sure. I will. Twins share, you know.

PHILLIPS: Of course. Go ahead, Les.

LESLIE KENO: This is a Windsor (ph) style chair with the spindles above and spindles below, plank seat, probably made about 1900, turn of the century. We see a lot of these out there when we're in houses, probably worth...

LEIGH KENO: For the program, right?

(CROSSTALK)

LESLIE KENO: About $200 to $300.

PHILLIPS: Wow.

LESLIE KENO: Very decorative value.

PHILLIPS: Not bad.

LESLIE KENO: Not bad.

PHILLIPS: Do we know how much he paid for it, Leigh?

LEIGH KENO: I don't know how much he paid. I don't know. No, I don't know.

PHILLIPS: OK.

LEIGH KENO: But it's a nice standard chair. It's a good piece. It's not going to go up a lot in value, but...

PHILLIPS: Yes, it's kind of funky looking.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: All right, here comes another one. This was send from Finbar (ph), who found it in his wife's aunt's cellar and has no idea what it is, much less what it's worth. Do you guys have any idea? Some sort of wooden something or other.

(CROSSTALK)

LEIGH KENO: Les, this is your speciality.

LESLIE KENO: A lot of people, we see these and we think they're for animals, for like a cow or on oxen. But, actually, this was used for a person to put over their neck and carry things. And it's good for Leigh to sort of fetch things for me, you know what I mean, put it over his neck and...

(LAUGHTER)

LEIGH KENO: No way.

LESLIE KENO: Right, Leigh?

LEIGH KENO: No, no.

(CROSSTALK)

LESLIE KENO: But it's probably made in late 19th century. They're very decorative. Probably made of maple. And, you know, these are nice for restaurants and good market in interior design.

(CROSSTALK)

LEIGH KENO: They used to make chandeliers out of them, right, Les, in '50s, the 1950s?

LESLIE KENO: Exactly.

PHILLIPS: Really?

(CROSSTALK) LEIGH KENO: Yes, they really did. They would hang them with a light on each end.

PHILLIPS: How much is it worth, Leigh?

(CROSSTALK)

LEIGH KENO: I'd say probably about $150, not a great deal. But it's a neat item.

LESLIE KENO: I agree.

PHILLIPS: Yes, it's unique.

OK, here we go. Third item. This is a white vase or a white vase.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: Sent from Stacy (ph), who says it's been in her family for 100 years. Wow.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: OK, Leigh, Les?

LEIGH KENO: Well, a vase like this, this is a German vase, Kyra.

And they made a lot of vases like this around 1890, 1895. These pieces are known for their ornate ply decoration, the gilding. They're very fancy. And it's a pretty impressive piece. And you see this mark on the bottom, actually, with an earlier date from the 18th century.

But, in fact, it's made 100 and some years later. The mark was to make it look like certified, fancy China, when, in fact, it's not really -- wasn't that expensive a China. Value wise, though, something like this is $800 to $1,200, something like that. We checked with Christina Prescott-Walker, who is a real expert in this, and confirmed it, right, Les?

LESLIE KENO: That's right.

PHILLIPS: Wow.

LEIGH KENO: Yes. So that's not bad.

PHILLIPS: No, that's pretty good, gosh, $1,200 especially.

All right, here we go, fourth item, Bubby's (ph) vase. I just like the title.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: This was sent from Debbie (ph), who got the vase from her grandmother. And I guess her grandmother came to America from Russia in the early 1900s.

Les, what did you find out about it?

LESLIE KENO: Actually, Leigh, you want to take that one?

LEIGH KENO: I'll start with this. I'm the vase guy.

PHILLIPS: OK.

LEIGH KENO: This is the kind of thing, made in use Austria around 1891 or so. The stamp on the bottom that's not being illustrated, but it does show you that it was done at a time when you had to mark that the piece was coming from Austria. So we know it's post-1891.

This is a fancy piece. There's the mark. A fancy piece, a piece that people would love to get for a wedding present, because the young couple would think it was a really expensive vase, when, in fact, it didn't cost a great, great deal, believe it or not. But it has a lot of oomph, right?

(CROSSTALK)

LESLIE KENO: And, luckily, it hasn't been drilled for a lamp. Sometimes, these get drilled and it really takes away the value a lot.

PHILLIPS: Why do they get drilled? So the water can seep through? Is that the...

(CROSSTALK)

LESLIE KENO: No, years ago, to put the electricity cord through.

LEIGH KENO: The electrical cord.

PHILLIPS: Oh, interesting.

LEIGH KENO: But this one survived.

LEIGH KENO: So it's a real decorative piece. Value wise, though, it's probably -- it's less than the other vase. It's probably $500 to $700. But it looks like kind of a $5,000 vase, if you look quickly.

PHILLIPS: Now, you said that you're the pro on the vase, Leigh, and can you tell by the pictures like the type of art that's on the vase, like what year it's from or how much it's worth?

LEIGH KENO: Well, on this particular vase, you can see that there's transfer printing. So you can see that it's not the highest quality. It's not all hand-painted.

PHILLIPS: OK.

LEIGH KENO: Although the factory wanted you to think, when it was made in the 1890s, that it was all hand-pointed. And so it's a lot of bang for the buck, so to speak.

And so you look for those details in the painting. If you're in a thrift shop or a store -- and we try to talk about this on our program.

LESLIE KENO: Look at the details.

LEIGH KENO: Look at the details.

PHILLIPS: All right, Les, give us details real quickly. Plug the show before we've got to go.

LEIGH KENO: OK, Les, details on the show.

LESLIE KENO: Oh, details on our show?

PHILLIPS: Yes.

LESLIE KENO: Well, I hope you watch. It's Find-TV.com. And please check it out. We're having a lot of fun on the show.

PHILLIPS: Well, we have a lot of fun having you guys, Leigh and Leslie Keno. Thank you so much, guys.

LESLIE KENO: Thank you.

LEIGH KENO: Thanks for having us.

LESLIE KENO: Thanks for having us, Kyra.

(CROSSTALK)

PHILLIPS: It's a pleasure.

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