hi, i'm mark walberg in atlantic city, new jersey. atlantic city went from family homestead to popular resort town when the railroad came to absecon island in the mid-1850s. it's had the reputation of being one of america's favorite playgrounds ever since. the fun has just begun, so let the games begin. man: i bought it at a country auction about 25 years ago. and where was that? in ireland. in ireland. well, it's from quite a far distance from ireland. it's actually tibetan. oh. it's carved iron, and it's carved and pierced with a motif of dragons, foliage and flames. and then on it, on certain places, you can see where there was a trace of gilding. well, originally that entire box was gilt. it was all covered with gold. i see. it had been fire gilt. and the box is also quite old. it's 16th century. oh, my god. it originally had a leather lining, and it contained probably either a porcelain or a jade bowl that was inside of it. these kind of things were very high status objects because you also figure an object like this wasn't somet

hi, i'm mark walberg, this week in atlantic city, new jersey, famous for seaside entertainment, saltwateraffy and the ever-popular boardwalk. thousands of collectors are shaking the sand from their shoes to stand in line to learn more about their treasures. let's take a look. man: i've actually had it for a number of years. it was originally my grandmother's. i remember, as a kid growing up, i'd always see it sitting in the den and as i got older, i actually grew to appreciate it more, and then when she had passed away, she had left me a couple of paintings and this was one of them. have you done some research on it? i've done a little bit. i assume that the artist is alberto pasini, and i knew he was an italian painter, kind of roamed around and did a lot of, i guess, daily life pictures. yeah, i think by general consensus, he's probably the leading italian artist to work in the orientalist manner. really? and by that i mean using subject matter from the east, from north africa. and he traveled there extensively. he was from italy originally and studied in parma and then moved to france,