GUEST: It's been in the family for generations and my mother's always thought it was worth something.

I believe it belonged to my great-great grandparents that lived in New York.

If it was those great grandparents and they were married in 1837.

We believe that our relatives came from England originally.

APPRAISER: The great thing about this is that it's American.

It's coin silver.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: And it has marks underneath there for Cann & Dunn, who operated in New York in the mid-19th century.

And some of the things I looked up said they didn't start using that mark until 1856.

APPRAISER: It has really nice repoussé around the center.

Figural handles, has the floral finials.

People that collect this kind of thing want to see all those neat architectural details.

This was hand-chased, and they probably bought it retail when they were in New York.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: If we look at the marks up under here...

This middle one has their initials in it.

And then the other one is an arm with a hammer.

GUEST: (chuckling) Right.

APPRAISER: And I think this other one may have something to do with New York.

But this company was in business for a long time, and they had different iterations of makers.

Those spacers on the handle are probably ivory.

And that would only be a problem, subject to what the regulations were if you ever were to sell it.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: In a retail setting, this set would probably be $6,000.

GUEST: All right, very good.

(chuckles) Well, my mother would be pleased to hear that.

(chuckles) Meant a lot to her.