GUEST: They belonged to my husband's great-aunt.

She was very avant-garde and loved things.

And loved me, because she gave 'em to me.

APPRAISER: Well, it's nice to see that things get passed on to people who enjoy them.

GUEST: Absolutely.

APPRAISER: What is the name on the watches?

GUEST: The name is Flato.

All I know is, from watching ROADSHOW, is that he was a jeweler who made things for movie stars.

APPRAISER: He was a jeweler to the stars, if you will.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: But also to socialites and people, of course, who had money.

Flato's creations would also be seen in movies.

Uh, for instance, Greta Garbo in Two-Faced Woman and Rita Hayworth in Blood and Sand.

But you don't see too many watches with his name on it.

GUEST: Oh.

APPRAISER: He died at 98 years old in 1999.

GUEST: Oh, my goodness.

APPRAISER: Lived a long life.

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: He had a retail store in New York City, on 57th Street...

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: ...in the '20s, but his business really flourished in the '30s and '40s.

He was based out of California.

GUEST: Uh-huh.

APPRAISER: Hence the Hollywood connection.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: And he had just a fabulous eye for designing.

And here you have a little purse.

It almost looks like a, uh, Hermès Birkin or Kelly, something along those lines.

GUEST: Uh-huh.

APPRAISER: And it's so cute, and then you open it up, and the surprise inside is, you have a watch.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: A beautiful 1940s flexible rib bracelet, some nice, calibrated sapphires.

This one is also very interesting.

You have steel with leather wrapped around it.

Again, something you didn't see a lot back then.

This is more what you would see today.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: And then we get to the one that I love: very powerful 1940s retro watch.

And we can see these beautifully calibrated sapphires set in the end.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: This watch alone is, is worth, at auction, $10,000 to $12,000.

GUEST: Oh, my word.

APPRAISER: And considerably more, because it's his.

GUEST: Yes, yes.

APPRAISER: But when I put the whole collection together-- you have four of 'em-- at auction, $15,000 to $20,000.

GUEST: Oh, my.

That might almost send somebody-- one of the grandchildren-- to college.

APPRAISER: I can't help noticing your ring.

GUEST: Oh.

APPRAISER: I asked you about it before.

GUEST: Yes, you did.

It came from the same woman.

APPRAISER: Okay-- you told me you had an appraisal on it...

GUEST: For $35,000-- uh, that was when she gave it to me, in '76.

APPRAISER: Okay.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: I, I took a quick peek at it.

Okay.

I determined the color is probably E-F.

GUEST: Uh-huh.

APPRAISER: VS quality.

It's an old-mine cushion cut.

GUEST: Right.

APPRAISER: I got to tell you, in today's market, this ring would probably sell at auction for $200,000 to $250,000.

GUEST: Oh.

(laughs) I better take it off and hide it.

(both laughing) APPRAISER: So it, you...

It's, the, the watches are fabulous for me, but I, I just had to let you know about the diamond.

GUEST: Well, I'm glad you did.

That made my day.

(laughing) My year.

APPRAISER: Yeah, but thanks for coming.

GUEST: Well, thank you very much, Kevin, I appreciate it.