I want to add from the Roadshow: the picture of the men with swords was a scene from Kabuki theater.

antiques roadshow

Wow, what fun. My sister and I went to the Antiques Roadshow in Denver. We didn't make it on TV, but had a good time and did get to see some of the celebs. I took two pictures that Jon and I had bought when we went to Japan. I bought the pics in the Gion district of Kyoto. The appraiser told me the picture of the samurai warrior was definitely from the 19th century and was of the utagawa school. She said it was probably once a part of a set of three. She said it was worth about $75. It does have some mildew damage. She was not familiar with the artist. On each picture, the artist's name is in the letters with a red circle's. The other picture is from about 1910 and she was familiar with the artist. It is worth about $110.Both pictures are original woodcuts. She said the framing was really good.
I also took a poster that I bought in a poster shop in Prague. The appraiser asked me if I was Cheque and that he was. He wanted to know what I paid for the poster ($3) and said that was good as it was a copy. He was familiar with the work and said the original would be worth about $300 and the copy I had about $25.