GUEST: This was a gift to me several decades ago... GUEST: ...from an old beau.

Our relationship didn't last, and I got to keep the bag.

It was a lovely gift-- I have used it on occasion.

I do think it's Tiffany... APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

GUEST: But I, I'm not sure.

APPRAISER: Okay, well, your bag is Tiffany-- it's marked on the inside-- and it's circa 1910, maybe 1915, and it is gold and platinum.

The lighter-color stripes are platinum... GUEST: Wow!

APPRAISER: ...there's a lot of beautiful, chased work on the frame, and in the center, you have a group of demantoid garnets and diamonds.

Inside, there's a small chain-- at one point, the bag had a little change purse that was attached, but that's missing now.

The chain handle is also gold.

GUEST: Wow.

APPRAISER: The retail value on this beautiful bag would be between $20,000 and $22,000.

GUEST: No way.

APPRAISER: Way.

GUEST: Oh, my God!

APPRAISER: (laughing) GUEST: I had estimated maybe $3,500 just because of the gold.

APPRAISER: Uh-huh.

GUEST: And the, uh, cost of gold today.

APPRAISER: Yep.

GUEST: But I had no idea.

APPRAISER: Yeah, it's over eight ounces of gold.

GUEST: Wow.

APPRAISER: If it were to be melted, scrapped, it would still be worth $19,000, um, gold weight.

GUEST: In, just in gold.

APPRAISER: Yeah.

It's not a very popular style anymore, so it's not a quick seller.

Otherwise, there would be more of a difference between the gold value and the retail value.

GUEST: Thank you.

APPRAISER: You're welcome.

Thank you.

GUEST: Yay!

APPRAISER: It's a beautiful bag.

GUEST: It really is.

APPRAISER: It is.

GUEST: And I've enjoyed it... APPRAISER: Yeah.

GUEST: ...when I've taken it fancy places.