GUEST: It was in my great-great grandmother's possession.

My great-grandmother lived in Muskegon, Michigan.

Back in the 1800s, these candies were given out.

And she did not like the taste of them.

APPRAISER: (laughs) GUEST: So she would put them in the jar and started saving them.

And when people found out that they gave her more.

It's scary for me to even look at it.

APPRAISER: Right.

GUEST: Because I-I'm afraid after all these years, I will be the one to damage it.

(laughs) APPRAISER: Oh, that's quite a pressure on your shoulder.

GUEST: It is, yeah!

APPRAISER: Well, first of all, I think it's fantastic.

GUEST: It's cool.

APPRAISER: We have a-a pretty basic glass jar with a metal lid... GUEST: Uh-huh.

APPRAISER: ...that's full of this Valentine's candy.

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: Primarily heart-shaped, but some others, most likely by the New England Confectionery Company.

GUEST: Oh!

APPRAISER: And you may know the New England Confectionery Company by its acronym of Necco.

Or Necco Wafers.

GUEST: Okay... APPRAISER: So the New England Confectionery Company first introduced the candy to the country around 1866.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: And they were called conversation starters or conversation candy because they had these sayings on them.

GUEST: Yeah... APPRAISER: One of the more prominent pieces of candy's got Grover Cleveland.

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: So Grover Cleveland was president of the United States.

He was actually the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms.

GUEST: Okay.

APPRAISER: 1885, and then again in 1893.

"Of course I will," is one heart.

GUEST: (laughs) APPRAISER: "No doubt of it."

"With all my heart."

And then, "Will you marry me?"

GUEST: Yeah.

(laughing) APPRAISER: No, no--- don't be shy there, right?

GUEST: Yeah, right.

APPRAISER: "Hope and smile."

"Keep your eye open."

So there you go.

Always be vigilant.

Maybe Mr.

or Mrs.

Right is out there somewhere.

It's really a-a snapshot in time... GUEST: Mm-hmm.

APPRAISER: ...from the, like, turn of the 19th century of what the Valentine candy was like.

The collection was assembled fairly randomly.

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: But care was given into the final placement.

Grover Cleveland is kind of centered.

And the other ones with their sayings facing out.

It took a bit of energy in order to do that.

And then she carefully placed these other kind of candy roses at the top.

This is a tricky one because there's no collecting category of candy from the 1900s.

(chuckling) There's no... there's nobody that really has a lot of this... GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: ...because it's mostly eaten.

Or-or-or thrown away or whatever.

GUEST: Or ate it, sure, yeah.

APPRAISER: So to have this many collected is quite unique.

To the right person, of which that would be folk art collectors, candy people, Valentine's people.

There's a lot of people that would think this is really fun-- an auction estimate $800 to $1,000.

GUEST: Okay, all right.

I can deal with that.

That's actually a relief.

(laughs) Okay!

APPRAISER: Relief because?

GUEST: Because I was afraid I was going you know, be too valuable, I'd be afraid to own it.

APPRAISER: Precious-- but not so precious that you have to lose sleep over it, okay?

GUEST: I love it, that is awesome.

Thank you.

(laughing)