GUEST: I got it from my grandmother, who I assume bought it in Colorado Springs in the '70s from some sort of antique store.

She probably wouldn't have paid more than five dollars for it.

I just thought maybe it was Japanese.

Maybe it had to do with, um, the theater.

APPRAISER: All of these, when you, when you first came to the table, were turned around.

(chuckling) So all we saw was this.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: And none of us had ever seen anything like it, went, "Hmm, that's interesting."

Name, play.

GUEST: (gasps) APPRAISER: Matches... the mask.

In Japan, there are different forms of theatrical performances, and Noh dramas have been around since the 14th century.

Noh dramas are N-O-H.

They would be worn by actors in different performances.

Some of them, a lot of them, are from the same drama, but quite a few of them are from different ones.

They all have a number.

They all have the character.

They all have the play.

That says "Made."

But it's missing the name!

GUEST: (gasps) APPRAISER: It's missing the name!

GUEST: Oh, no!

(chuckles) APPRAISER: There were schools of Noh masks.

There were special Noh mask makers, and there still are today.

There's a big female movement of Noh mask makers in the 20th century.

I think, likely, this was somebody who really is a fan of Noh dramas and specifically of a particular Noh mask maker.

GUEST: Very cool.

APPRAISER: A collector-- like baseball cards, or Pokémon cards or something like that would say.

I want to have them all, but you can't.

GUEST: Hm.

Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: So this is a way that you can enjoy them.

They're carved out of wood.

Some have a little bit of plaster on them, and they're painted.

And some are even articulated.

I love it, the artistry is fantastic.

GUEST: It's amazing.

APPRAISER: Based on the box, based on the materials, the carving, the characters, I think most likely these were made end of the Meiji period, early Showa period.

So between 1912 and 1930.

I think most likely, at auction, it would sell for somewhere between $1,000 and $2,000.

GUEST: Whoo!

That's awesome.

I love 'em, they're beautiful.

And they're just so pretty and cute.