GUEST:

Well, it was given to me by my aunt, who was in Russia in the early '60s, I want to say '64, '65. She picked it up and brought it back to the States probably in the late '60s when they were transferred back.

APPRAISER:

The number one question that I am always asked about posters, any poster-- a French poster, a German poster, an American poster-- is how many were printed? And we never actually know. We can surmise a few thousand. We can figure if a few thousand were printed, not all survived. But the Russians always printed on their posters the number of posters that were printed in the run.

GUEST:

Oh.

APPRAISER:

So if we look down on the bottom here, it's really small, this is one of 30,000 posters.

GUEST:

Okay.

APPRAISER:

Now, I say it's a good thing because we know how many were printed. It's a bad thing because 30,000 is a lot. And in the market of supply and demand, the more of something there is, the smaller the value is going to be.

GUEST:

Okay.

APPRAISER:

All right, so that's the good and the bad. Now, the image itself is so strong. I mean the face of American democracy, that's sarcastic. You have the Statue of Liberty here with a 5:00 shadow. You have policemen beating up an African-American man. The Statue of Liberty is looking very sad and forlorn at this miscarriage of justice. I mean, it's a tremendous message. You know, back in 1962, this was the year after the Berlin Wall went up, we weren't very friendly with the Russians. I mean, it's a real window...

GUEST:

Very tense time.

APPRAISER:

That's right, it's a real window into that time. Now, value-wise, the value is not that high. The value would be between $300 and $400.

GUEST:

Okay.