and I guess these were positioned# on the streetlamps and he may## have climbed up to take him# down, I'm not sure.

(laughs) APPRAISER: You never got the full story?

GUEST: Never g APPRAISER: So we can, we c GUEST: Sure.

GUEST: Yes, he did walk the bridge,## and this was a certificate showing that he# APPRAISER: Right, because in 1937,## the bridge opened.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISE was the name of the actual event.

It was a# week of events.

President Roosevelt, I think,## telegraphed the official opening, and there were# all kinds of, uh, fireworks and parties and, and,## just, it was just a big exciting time.

So it went# for a week, but the first day was Pedestrian Day,## when you could walk the bridge before they# had opened it up to automobile traffic.

GUEST: Mm-hmm.

I understand the weight of all# the pedestrians on the Bridge caused it APPRAISER: Right, well, the whole point of a# suspension bridge is that it's gonna move, it's## gonna have some give.

There were, like, 18,000# people waiting in line to ge and I think the whole day, there were 200,000# folks that actually walked across that bridge## that day, and a couple of people actually# roller-skated that day across the bridge.

GUEST: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

to get people excited, just like we see, you# know, banners today.

And what's exciting about## these banners is because of the connection to# California and the Golden Gate Bridge.

And really,## it's one of our cultural icons, not only in the# United States, but international y#people come to## see it.

That said, they're great display# items, they look exciting.

They're, uh,## screen-printed on cotton, and then they've got# this wonderful kind of, like, probably, like,## a wool fringe at the end here.

At the time, pretty# easy to make, but it's, they visually have a ve impactful design.

One says "Golden Gate Bridge"# and then "Fiesta," and this one, in Spanish,## just says "Come and have fun."

Then you have# the symbol for the city of San Francisco with## the dates of the Golden Gate Bridge opening.

So# you, your, the appeal here is to California folks,## the appeal is to people who just, you know, have# a, an affinity for the city, for San Francisco,## and who are just, are big fans of the bridge.

So,# do you remember anything else about these growing## up?

I mean, how were they first introduced to# you?

Where did you first kind of discover them?

GUEST: Well, they were in my dad's memento drawer,## and a year or so after he passed,# I found them in the, in the drawer APPRAISER: But no stories# growing up?

No kind of, beyond...

GUEST: No, he, he loved, loved# the bridge, and in fact, uh, his ashes are spread below the Golden Gate Bridge.

APPRAISER: Really?

GUEST: He met my mom in San# Fran and ended up getting married, and rest is history.

APPRAISER: So this has really# factored very importantly to,## in his life, as well.

GUEST: Yes, very important.

APPRAISER: You inherited them, so you# yo u know, you're probably# never going to sell them,## and they're an important part GU EST: Yes.

is pretty cool, even though a lot of folks did# cross.

A ticket like that can sell for $30 to $50 at auction.

But the banners themselves,# what's neat about them, you've got one in Eng and one in Spanish.

Realistically at auction,# individually, these are worth about $500 apiece.## So you've got about $1,000-plus worth of material# here.

And again, priceless to your family.

GUEST: Mm.

GUEST: Great, thanks very much.