GUEST: It was at my grandmother's house as long as I can remember.

I have really early memories of trying to climb up into it.

Um, and actually she lent it to my mom when she had me, so it predates my memory a little bit.

I know that it's an Eames rocking chair.

APPRAISER: Mm-hmm.

GUEST: Uh, my grandma gave it to me as a gift when she was moving out of her mid-century home.

And I've treasured it ever since.

So I'm excited to be here and learn more about it.

APPRAISER: So as you said, this-this rocking chair was, uh, designed by the Eameses-- Charles and Ray.

When you look at it, there's no doubt in your mind that Charles Eames made this chair.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: And the first ones were designed right after the war.

They are easy to tell if you look at the back of them, they have a rope that-that follows the outline.

We know for a fact that yours is a bit later than that... GUEST: Mm.

APPRAISER: ...because yours is dated on the bottom 1960.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: We can take a look.

Well, it's upside down, but February 4, 1960.

Most of them are marked that way with a date.

So a lot of them are, especially early ones, are-are marked with a date, and this is considered to be an early piece of Eames Herman Miller furniture.

GUEST: Right on.

APPRAISER: And they've been made pretty much constantly.

They're well-loved.

And all the rest of the work Eames did from the end of World War II to about 1960, is so, so groundbreaking.

And it just pushes the boundaries back.

I like people that, that trespass on the future.

Usually red ones, or darker colored ones or colors that kind of reach out and grab you... GUEST: Sure.

APPRAISER: ...tend to be worth a little bit more money.

The white ones are a little less valuable.

Uh, but even with that, the condition, I think, offsets that somewhat.

And so I would, I would estimate at auction this chair to bring $800 to $1,200.

GUEST: Wow, all right, yep!

Th-that, that blows right past what I was expecting.

(chuckling) That's awesome.

APPRAISER: Yeah.