Welcome to antiques roadshow cats and dogs. Hi, im mark walberg. People have long honored their fourlegged friends in arts and crafts. And weve put together a collection of appraisals we think is the cats meow. So sit, stay. And stay tuned. Woman i got it in florida about 17 years ago. And i got it at an estate sale, but i dont know what i paid for it. I forgot. Gary piattoni can you guess . Somewhere probably around five dollars. Well, its really charming, and its a bronze. Its what they call an austrian coldpainted bronze. This cat also has a secret, doesnt it . Thats right. The cat opens up, and it converts to a little naughty image here. Right. And its kind of, i would think, an early transformer. This was probably done around 1910. There was a very Famous Artist that made these. His name was bergman. And he did largescale sculptures. But he always signed his small naughty bronzes, namgreb, which is bergman spelled backwards. Oh. And he always signed his pieces. This piece does not
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