Appraisal: Japanese Copper Spiny Lobster, ca. 1900
Clip: Season 29 Episode 11 | 1m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Japanese Copper Spiny Lobster, ca. 1900
Check out Lark E. Mason’s appraisal of a Japanese copper spiny lobster, ca. 1900, in Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Hour 2.
Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback
Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback
Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines. Additional funding is provided by public television viewers.
Support provided by:
Appraisal: Japanese Copper Spiny Lobster, ca. 1900
Clip: Season 29 Episode 11 | 1m 54sVideo has Closed Captions
Check out Lark E. Mason’s appraisal of a Japanese copper spiny lobster, ca. 1900, in Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Hour 2.
Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback
How to Watch Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio.
Buy Now
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW 2025 Tour!
Enter now for a chance to win free tickets to ANTIQUES ROADSHOW's 2025 Tour! Plus, see which cities we're headed to!Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: It came from an estate sale in Boulder in the '80s.
It was somewhere between $60 and $90 at the absolute most.
I just find it fascinating, all the little joints.
APPRAISER: The figure is articulated, so it's made of very small metal components that have been put together that required enormous skill.
Look at how flexible this is.
All the different elements move-- each of those little joints.
And in this case, the metal is copper.
When you open it up, we're rewarded with the signature of the maker.
GUEST: I've never noticed that.
APPRAISER: Right there on the breastplate.
GUEST: Yeah.
APPRAISER: Who's not somebody who's well-known.
His name is Masa-Aki.
This is Japanese, and Masa-Aki, I'm confident, was Japanese.
And I'm also sure that he was one of the people who was displaced during a huge industrial change in the culture of Japan during the late 19th century.
The people that were not needed for their skill sets in their original training were those who were armorers, those were engaged in making the armor for the samurai.
And some of them became very famous at making other kinds of things, such as models of naturalistic forms.
APPRAISER: And the names are, we know.
Others were not known.
And this is one of the people who is not known.
It would have been sold to someone who was likely outside of Japan, primarily in the U.S. or Europe.
So it dates to around 1900.
I think that, reasonably, one could expect to get $2,500 to $3,500 for this.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: At auction.
GUEST: Uh-huh.
Thank you very much.
Owner Interview: 1942 DC Comics Promotional Superman Figure
Video has Closed Captions
Owner Interview: 1942 DC Comics Promotional Superman Figure (1m 32s)
Appraisal: 1852 Commodore Morris's Naval Officer Sword
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1852 Commodore Morris's Naval Officer Sword (3m 8s)
Appraisal: 1897 William Morris "Love is Enough" Book
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1897 William Morris "Love is Enough" Book (3m 23s)
Appraisal: 1911 Sporting Life Cabinets M110 Baseball Cards
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1911 Sporting Life Cabinets M110 Baseball Cards (2m 14s)
Appraisal: 1933 George Herriman "Krazy Kat" Framed Watercolor
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1933 George Herriman "Krazy Kat" Framed Watercolor (3m 13s)
Appraisal: 1942 DC Comics Promotional Superman Figure
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1942 DC Comics Promotional Superman Figure (3m 12s)
Appraisal: 1968 New Orleans' 1st International Jazz Festival Poster
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1968 New Orleans' 1st International Jazz Festival Poster (1m 40s)
Appraisal: 1974 Sam Gilliam "June 5" Acrylic Painting
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1974 Sam Gilliam "June 5" Acrylic Painting (3m 23s)
Appraisal: 1993 Glenna Goodacre "The Orphan" Bronze Bust
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: 1993 Glenna Goodacre "The Orphan" Bronze Bust (2m 2s)
Appraisal: Bild Lilli Doll, ca. 1955
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Bild Lilli Doll, ca. 1955 (3m 51s)
Appraisal: Early 20th C. Tiffany Glass Collection
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Early 20th C. Tiffany Glass Collection (3m 37s)
Appraisal: Gorham Sterling Silver Pitcher, ca. 1900
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Gorham Sterling Silver Pitcher, ca. 1900 (1m 11s)
Appraisal: Lionel 700E Hudson Scale Train Model, ca. 1940
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Lionel 700E Hudson Scale Train Model, ca. 1940 (2m 3s)
Appraisal: Marcus & Co. Art Deco Tutti Frutti Bracelet, ca. 1930
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Marcus & Co. Art Deco Tutti Frutti Bracelet, ca. 1930 (2m 48s)
Appraisal: Mt. Washington Royal Flemish Glass Biscuit Jar, ca. 1894
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Mt. Washington Royal Flemish Glass Biscuit Jar, ca. 1894 (1m 46s)
Appraisal: Paul Revere Jr. Silver Tablespoons, ca. 1796
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Paul Revere Jr. Silver Tablespoons, ca. 1796 (2m 40s)
Appraisal: William Henry Jackson Photo, ca. 1882
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: William Henry Jackson Photo, ca. 1882 (3m 5s)
Appraisal: WWI 2nd Division 5th Marines Album
Video has Closed Captions
Appraisal: WWI 2nd Division 5th Marines Album (1m 3s)
Preview: Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Hour 2
Video has Closed Captions
Preview: Denver Botanic Gardens Chatfield Farms, Hour 2 (30s)
Providing Support for PBS.org
Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship
Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines. Additional funding is provided by public television viewers.