proud sponsor of "antiques roadshow." and by contributions to your pbs station from: welcome to antiques roadshow "cats and dogs." hi, i'm mark walberg. people have long honored their four-legged friends in arts and crafts. and we've put together a collection of appraisals we think is the cat's 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 don't know what i paid for it. i forgot. gary piattoni: can you guess? somewhere probably around five dollars. well, it's really charming, and it's a bronze. it's what they call an austrian cold-painted bronze. this cat also has a secret, doesn't it? that's right. the cat opens up, and it converts to a little naughty image here. right. and it's 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 large-scale sculptures. but he always signed his small "naughty bronzes," "namgreb," which is "bergman" spel

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access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org 01 mark walberg: we had so many great objects come to antiques roadshow this season, we just had to share more. male appraiser: he is, without exaggeration, the most sought after southwestern print maker. really? seriously.

captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org al playful pups and cuddly kittens are in the roadshow spotlight. this cat has a secret, doesn't it? that's right. she's come up a winner again. yes, she has indeed. i had no idea. a cliché, but... that's amazing. do you like cats any more after that? (laughing) i'm beginning to love it.

captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org playful pups and cuddly kittens are in the roadshow spotlight. this cat has a secret, doesn't it? that's right. she's come up a winner again. yes, she has indeed. i had no idea. a cliché, but... that's amazing. do you like cats any more after that?

access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org mark walberg: we had so many great objects come to antiques roadshowhis season, we just had to share more. male appraiser: he is, without exaggeration, the most sought after southwestern print maker. really?

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