GUEST: These are two vases that my father-in-law gave to me.

He said his mom got them in the '40s in Queens, and that she was told that they were pulled from the Normandie.

But that's all that I know.

APPRAISER: Okay.

And, um, what would you like to know about them today?

GUEST: Honestly, I just want to know anything about them, because I'm a giant ANTIQUES ROADSHOW fan girl and I'm just so excited to be here.

So just to know anything, really, at all.

APPRAISER: These were in fact designed for the S.S.

Normandie.

The S.S.

Normandie was brought into service in 1935.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: And at the time it was the fastest ship to cross the Atlantic.

It was fitted out on the interior by many designers, but including Georges Bastard and Edgar Brandt, both notable designers of the time.

These are a pair of nickel-plated chrome vases.

They measure approximately 13 inches tall and there were two sizes that were fitted out in the ship.

There was the smaller versions and these large 13-inch examples.

At the beginning of the 1940s, the S.S.

Normandie was actually seized by the American government to be converted into a troop ship and at that time, it was decommissioned in New York City and the interiors were completely pulled out.

They took out all the furniture, decorative arts, lighting, and accessories.

In 1942, there was a fire on the ship, and then it actually sank.

There are a lot of pieces that came off the ship that still exist today.

On this wonderful pair of vases, they're actually signed.

First of all, in the middle we have the monogram of the French company, which was a private public conglomerate that was the owner of the ship, which is Compagnie Générale Transatlantique.

APPRAISER: And then they're also signed.

Lower left is Georges Bastard and then lower right is Edgar Brandt.

It was a great collaboration.

So when we look at these two, one of them is just ever so slightly unstable.

They are just bolted up through the bottom and it's likely a thread that just tightens up just a little bit.

GUEST: Oh, okay.

APPRAISER: These are really in very good shape.

Because there was a lot of them made-- and by a lot, I don't mean hundreds, but dozens of pairs APPRAISER: We have really good sales records for them.

If I were to see these come up for auction in today's market, I would expect to see a value of $8,000 to $12,000.

GUEST: Wow!

(laughs) That's so exciting.

Just to hear you say that, (laughing): I'm like, "I'm really on ANTIQUES ROADSHOW!"

That's so awesome.

APPRAISER: I'd recommend an insurance value of around $20,000.

GUEST: Wow, okay.

Good to know.