GUEST: A few weeks ago, I was looking for art# here in Austin to hang into a house I had bought,## and up until then, I had a lot of French country,# but I bought a very modern house.

So I wanted## something to hang on the fireplace, and# I saw this in a resale shop and I noticed## it had these grays and these really pretty# colors, and it was ten dollars, and it had## this stainless steel frame.

APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

GUEST: And so I went ahead and purchased it.

APPRAISER: Good for you-- I, I noticed you# have that on here.

Right here, actually,## the ten dollar price tag.

So do you# know anything about who the artist is?

GUEST: I. APPRAISER: Or what the medium is?

GUEST: I do not.

It was# signed, I couldn't read it.

APPRAISER: It says Romare Bearden.

And it is# also numbered 30 out of 175.

Romare Bearden## is a 20th-century artist who died in the# 1980s, but is one of the most celebrated## African American artists.

He's well known mostly# for his collages that he did.

This is an example## of a slightly different look of his, but it# is another theme that he's very famous for,## which is jazz clubs and music.

This one is# from his "Jazz" series, and there were six## images in this series.

Bearden was really# well-known for being a huge supporter of## African American artists, writers, dancers.

He# founded several organizations that were meant## entirely for the support of young Black# artists and helping them come along.

He## was the director of the Harlem Cultural Arts# Council.

He wrote and published several books,## and was known to be friends with Langston# Hughes, various jazz musicians... APPRAISER: ...all different kinds of major figures# in African American arts, and for that reason,## he's celebrated hugely as having a major impact# on later-20th-century African American art## coming to the fore.

This particular print is# a lithograph, which is an image in which the## artist works directly on the stone and drew this# composition.

There are many others done of it,## of course.

There's 175 altogether.

This particular# print was made in 1979, towards the end of his## career.

Do you have any idea of the value of# the print beyond the ten dollars that you spent?

GUEST: No.

I figured it was worth# more than ten dollars, but... APPRAISER: Okay.

GUEST: $100?

$200?

APPRAISER: I think you could add another# .. auction estimate that I would place on a# work like this would be $1,000 to $2,000## and very pleased that you brought it in.# It's wonderful to see.

Especially in a city## like Austin to have an image celebrating# music and I'm thrilled you brought it in.

GUEST: Uh-huh.

APPRAISER: You okay?

GUEST: Yeah!

APPRAISER: (laughs) GUEST: (voice tr.. you know, that, that's nice, it's like... Sorry.# It's, like, I told you I wasn't gonna cry!

APPRAISER: (laughs) GUEST: It's, like... Oh, my gosh!