GUEST: Uh, this is a print from Anni Albers, a Bauhaus and Black Mountain artist.

I got it from a, a gallery in 2005, 2006.

I'd always been kind of collecting smaller-scale art, and this was the first thing of, I guess, notability that I purchased.

APPRAISER: And could you give us an idea of what you may have paid at the time?

GUEST: I want to say approximately $2,500.

I grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, which is in the shadow of Black Mountain.

APPRAISER: Mm.

GUEST: And so I've always been fascinated with all the artists there, from Anni Albers to her husband, Josef Albers, and Rauschenberg and the other artists that were in that community.

APPRAISER: Anni Albers was born in Berlin in 1899, and she studied at the Bauhaus starting in 1922.

She mostly studied weaving while she was there, and then ultimately became part of their faculty in 1929.

She did come to the United States with her husband, Josef Albers, who also is a very well-known 20th-century artist.

And they founded the art department at Black Mountain College.

GUEST: Mm.

APPRAISER: I believe that was in 1933.

GUEST: Hm.

APPRAISER: She really was known for design at the start.

She was actually the first designer to receive a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and that was in 1949.

GUEST: Hm.

APPRAISER: By 1963, I believe, she was moving almost exclusively to printmaking.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: So she really delved into screen prints.

And this is a screen print on paper.

We do have a signature and a date in the lower right, "Anni Albers, 1968."

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: This is 26 of 50, and there's an "A" just before that.

I actually believe "A" is the title of this work.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: She's become one of the most important women artists of the 20th century.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: One of the most important artists of the 20th century.

GUEST: Mm.

APPRAISER: She's absolutely one of my favorites.

Her work has become quite desirable.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: I would say her market has taken off quite a bit since you purchased this work.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: Her works are quite rare.

This is only an edition of 50.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: So there's not a lot of them out there.

So given all of that, I would give a current auction estimate on this screen print at $6,000 to $8,000.

GUEST: Oh, cool!

That's awesome!

APPRAISER: I would recommend an insurance value of $10,000.

GUEST: Awesome, that's great.