Appraisal: Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture, ca. 1965
Clip: Season 28 Episode 19 | 1m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture, ca. 1965
Watch Kerry Shrives appraise a Harry Bertoia Sonambient sculpture, ca. 1965, in Vintage Denver 2024, Hour 2.
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Appraisal: Harry Bertoia Sonambient Sculpture, ca. 1965
Clip: Season 28 Episode 19 | 1m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch Kerry Shrives appraise a Harry Bertoia Sonambient sculpture, ca. 1965, in Vintage Denver 2024, Hour 2.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: I bought it at the 1972 Channel 6 art auction.
I recognized it as a Bertoia.
I heard about it.
And my sister said, told me to buy it.
She said someday it'd be worth something.
APPRAISER: (stammers) What'd, what'd you pay for it?
GUEST: $500.
APPRAISER: Wow, that's a lot of money at that time.
GUEST: Hey, I could have bought a lot of horses in those days.
(laughs) APPRAISER: So what attracted you to it?
GUEST: I just thought it was nice, and the sound was the best part, so... APPRAISER: Yeah, Bertoia is really one of the best-known modern artists.
Italian-born, lived in this country.
He did a lot of furniture designs.
He did jewelry and sculpture.
And he's probably best known for these tonal works.
They're called Sonambients.
And they're really intended to, to play.
We can, um, have a listen here.
(rods vibrating) And, you know, you were able to, to listen to them, you were able to have multiple that you could, uh, play together.
He recorded the sounds in a studio, and was just very interested in them.
And these were made from the, about 1960 until his death in 1978.
So you were buying right at the height.
GUEST: So is it real?
That was my first question.
APPRAISER: Yeah, no, it is, it is...
GUEST: He didn't sign, so... APPRAISER: It is real, and he didn't, He didn't always sign his works, particularly these types of sculptures.
But they do come up, um, at auction pretty regularly.
And they've got a fair amount of value.
It was a good investment at the time.
I'd say probably at auction today, in the $15,000 to $20,000 range.
GUEST: Ooh, shucks, that's a lot of money.
I could get my tooth fixed for that.
(laughs)
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