"DIRECT CONNECTION" IS MADE BY MPT TO SERVE ALL OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR MEMBERS.

THANK YOU.

LIVE FROM MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION, THIS IS "DIRECT CONNECTION" WITH JEFF SALKIN.

*] >> Jeff: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO YOUR "DIRECT CONNECTION" AHEAD HOW THE CIAA TOURNAMENT HELPED BALTIMORE CITY LAND ANOTHER CONVENTION DEAL AND WE'LL FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE TAPING OF CHAMPIONSHIP COLLECTIBLES.

JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT YOUR HEALTH IS DR. ZAINEB MAKHZOUMI ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF DETERMINE POLLING R TOO LONG AT -- DERMATOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.

DOCTOR IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> GREAT FOR HAVING ME BACK.

>> YOU WOULD BE PROUD OF ME, I WAS AT ' OUTDOOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION OVER THE WEEKEND IT WAS A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY AND I REMEMBERED SUNSCREEN.

>> I'M TOUCHED.

VERY PROUD.

>> Jeff: IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE BEST BECAUSE I REMEMBERED IT RIGHT WHEN I GOT TO THE EVENT IT WAS THE LITTLE TRAVEL SIZED THING THAT I'VE KEPT IN MY CAR.

IT MAY HAVE DEGRADED A BIT BUT I'M SURE IT WAS BETTER THAN NOTHING.

>> BETTER THAN NOTHING I'M PROUD OF YOU.

>> LET'S SKIP STRAIGHT TO SUNSCREEN.

THE SOLTIES IS SOLSTICE IS 10 DAYS AWAY AND THE BRIGHTEST DAY ON THE CALENDAR AND A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUN EXPOSURE AND SKIN CANCER.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

AND WE KNOW SKIN CANCER IS NOT A MYSTERY ANYMORE.

THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT BUT WE KNOW WHAT CAUSES SKIN CANCER AND IT'S THE SUN.

DAMAGE OVER TIME FROM ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION THAT CHANGES YOUR DNA IT CHANGES THE CELLS AND OVER TIME CAUSES ENOUGH MUTATIONS TO DEVELOP INTO CANCER.

AND WE KNOW HOW TO REVENT THAT.

THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO DO SO UP WITH OF THE EASIEST IS SUNSCREEN.

AND AS A DERMATOLOGIST, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS THAT I GET IN THE OFFICE IS PATIENTS COME IN AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT NUMBER AND WHAT BRAND AND SHOULD IT BE SPRAY OR CREAM.

AND FOR THE MOST PART MY ANSWER WHICH MIGHT BE FRUSTRATING FOR PATIENTS MY FAVORITE SUNSCREEN IS THE SUNSCREEN THAT YOU WEAR.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO BRAND, WHEN IT COMES TO FORMULATION, COMES TO THE FULL SPF, THE SUN PROTECTIVE FACTOR NUMBER I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET LOST IN THE DETAILS BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT WE KNOW NOW A LOT OF THAT STUFF IS NOT NOT AS IMPORTANT AS WEARING THE SUNSCREEN.

>> Jeff: YOU PROBABLY WOULD NOT APPROVE OF THE STUFF I USED TO WEAR MANY DECADES AGO IN MY GUARDING DAYS LIKE AN SPF OF 4.

IT WAS MORE ABOUT TANNING THAN PROTECTION.

>> RIGHT.

AS A SURGEON I HAVE PATIENTS WHO SAY WHEN THEY WERE KIDS THEIR PARENTS HAD THEM OUT THERE IN BABY OIL TO ENHANCE THE TAN.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER NOW TURNS OUT THAT ONCE YOU GET ABOVE 30, 35, THE ACTUAL EFFECTIVE ANDS OF THAT SUN PROTECTION FACTOR IS APPROACHES A CONSTANT.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH I WEAR 100, IT'S MORE JUST FOR DRAMA.

YOU SAY THAT IT TURNS OUT THE EFFECTIVENESS IS NOT LINKED TO THE NUMBER ONCE YOU GET ABOVE 35 BUT RATHER THE FREQUENCY OF APPLICATION.

AND THE SURFACE AREA T TURNS OUT MOST PATIENTS DO NOT USE ENOUGH NEARLY ENOUGH.

THEY SAY THAT TO COVER YOUR BODY YOU WANT A SHOT'S GLASS WORTH WHICH IS IT -- >> THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTIRE COP TANKER OF THIS TRAVEL SIZE I HAD.

>> YOU WANT TO USE A SHOT'S GLASS WORTH TO COVER YOUR BODY AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE AT A GRADUATION YOU WANT TO REAPPLY EVERY FEW HOURS.

>> Jeff: AND THE OTHER THING YOU SEE ON THE LABEL BROAD SPECTRUM OR UVA0 OR UVB, DOES IT MATTER?

>> IT DOES AND IT DOESN'T.

WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT THEY ARE TAKE TALKING ABOUT CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL BLOCKERS.

THE PHYSICAL BLOCKERS JUST SIT ON YOUR SKIN AND THEY PHYSICALLY BLOCK LIKE YOUR ZINC OXIDE WHEN YOU THINK OF THE CHALKY WHITE STRIPE PEOPLE USED TO WEAR ON THERANOS THOSE ARE THE PHYSICAL BLOCKERS.

AND CHEMICAL BLOCKERS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE REACTIVE THEY RELY ON ACTIVATING THE RADIATION AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE NEWS RECENTLY IN TERMS OF SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS.

THE PHYSICAL BLOCKERS ARE MY FAVORITE FOR PATIENTS AND THAT IS WHAT I RECOMMEND.

>> Jeff: HOW DOES THAT GO GETTING THAT STUFF ON FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOYS?

>> I HAVE TWO AND IF YOU HAVE TWO FIVE-YEAR-OLD BOYS A LOT OF TIMES IT CAN BE AING LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE AND I LIKE TO USE SUN PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND HATS WITH THE FLAPS IN THE BACK.

AND WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS HOLDING THEM DOWN AND SMOTHER THEM WITH THE SUNSCREEN.

>> Jeff: NOT THE SPRAY STUFF?

>> I DON'T LIKE THE SPRAY AS MUCH.

AS LONG AS YOU ARE DOING THE SPRAY INSIDE WHERE WE HAVE RUN INTO TROUBLE IS PATIENTS APPLYING THAT SPRAY OUTSIDE ON THE BEACH AT THE POOL WHERE AMBIENT WIND THAT IS GOING TO TAKE THE AEROSOL AND THEY PUT THE SUNSCREEN INTO PARTICLES AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE GETTING DIRECT APPLICATION WHERE OUTSIDE THE WIND TAKES IT ALL OVER.

>> Jeff: IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE DOCTOR ABOUT SKIN CANCER GIVE US A CALL WE WILL HAVE THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN AND YOU CAN E-MAIL A QUESTION TO LIVE QUESTIONS AT MPT.ORG.

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING FUN TALKING ABOUT SUNSCREEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SERIOUS SIDE.

YOU OPERATE ON PEOPLE WHO HAVE SKIN CANCER, MELANOMA IS THE MOST FEARED, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT.

>> HOW DOES SOMEBODY LOOKING AT THEIR SKIN AND EVERYBODY HAS SOME BLEMISHES OF DIFFERENT KINDS WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE LOOK OUT FOR?

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

IN TERMS OF SKIN CANCER, THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF TYPES OF DIFFERENT SKIN CANCERS BE WE LUMP THEM INTO TWO BASKETS.

NON-MELANOMA SKIN CANCER WHICH ENCOMPASSES A HOST OF CANCERS AND MELANOMA.

WE SEPARATE OUT MELANOMA BECAUSE AS YOU SAID, JEFF, IT IS THE MOST DEADLY AND THE MOST FEARED IF NOT CAUGHT EARLY UNFORTUNATELY CAN SPREAD RAPIDLY TO THE LYMPH NODES AND OSH BEGANS SUCH AS THE BRAIN, THE LIVER AND THE LUNGS.

IN TERMS OF WHAT PATIENTS CAN DO, THERE ARE SOME CRITERIA THAT ONE OF OUR GOVERNING BODIES THE AMERICAN ACADPY OF DERMATOLOGY HAS COME OUT WITH AND THAT IS THE ABCDE RULE.

THEY CAME UP WITH THAT FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE THOSE LETTERS APPLY THEM TO A MOLE THAT IS CHANGING AND IF IT FITS THREE MAYBE TWO OF THE CRITERIA CALL YOUR DERMATOLOGIST.

A IS ASSEMBLY INDUSTRY.

A HE 0 OWE ASYMMETRY.

>> YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO A LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE AND THEY SHOULD BE SYMMETRIC ON BOTH SIDES.

IF YOU HAVE UNEASTERN, CIRCULAR AND JAGGED ON THE OTHER THAT IS A SIGN OF MELANOMA.

HEALTHY MOLES HAVE A SMOOTH BORDER.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE SPOT AND IT'S NOT SMOOTH IT'S JAGGED OR YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE IT STARTS AND STOPS, IT DOESN'T HAVE A DEFINED BORDER THAT IS A WARNING SIGN: THE C IS FOR COLOR.

SAFE MOLES CAN BE ONE COLOR THEY CAN BE PINK, RED, BROWN BUT THEY SHOULD BE ONE COLOR.

ONCE YOU START TO GET TWO, THREE, FOUR COLOR DESCRIBES TOGETHER THAT IS A WARNING SIGN.

D IS FOR MY AMTER.

ANYTHING GREATER THAN A PENCIL ERASER HAVE LOOKED AT.

AND E IS EVOLVING ANYTHING THAT IS CHANGING.

WELL, THIS IS GETTING DARKER OR THIS IS ELEVATING AND THIS IS BLEEDING OR PAINFUL WARRANTS A CALL TO AGAIN A BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST.

>> Jeff: WAS IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IF YOU CATCH IT EARLY?

>> HUGE.

YEAH, WE COULD I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE STATISTICS BUT THE CURATES FOR MELANOMA WHEN CAUGHT EARLY WE ARE TALKING 99.6%.

I MEAN SO THAT IN TERMS OF MEDICINE IT DOESN'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THAT YOU ARE BASICALLY CURED.

MELANOMA WHEN IT HAS SPREAD, AND METASTASIZED THE FIVE YEAR SURVIVAL IN MONTHS REALLY UNFORTUNATELY.

>> Jeff: IT'S LIKE 20% OF AMERICANS WILL HAVE SOME SORT OF SKIN CANCER GENERALLY NOT MELANOMA.

BASIL CELL THOSE ARE MORE TREAT TREATABLE.

>> ONE IN FIVE AMERICANS WILL DEVELOP SKIN CANCER BY THE TIME THEY REACH THE AGE OF 70.

THE LION'S SHARE WILL DEVELOP NON-MELANOMA SKIN CANCER AND IT'S NOT I TELL PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE COMING FOR MOLE SURGERY WHEN THEY HAVE A BASIL CELL IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET A SKIN CANCER, THIS IS THE ONE YOU WANT.

BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONE THAT JUST SITS ON THE SKIN AND IT CAN BE QUITE INDO LENGTH ONCE WE REMOVE IT WITH A BASIC TECHNIQUE THE CURATES ARE 99% AND PEOPLE LIVE NORMAL, HAPPY, HEALTHY FULL LIVES.

>> Jeff: JIM PALMER THE ORIOLES GREAT PITCHER ALL OF FAMER TALKED PUBLICLY ABOUT HAVING HAD MOLE SURGERY RECENTLY.

SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUTDOORS IN THE SUNSHINE.

AND SO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE PROCEDURE BECAUSE ON CAMERA, DOING THE ORIOLES GAME HE LOOKED GREAT.

AND THIS WAS SOMETHING NEAR HIS EYE.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

THE PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURE THAT I SPECIALIZE IN IS A UNIQUE TECHNIQUE WHEREBY ONE PERSON ACCESS NOT JUST SURGEON BUT PATHOLOGIST YOU HAVE ONE PERSON WHO REMOVES THE TUMOR AND THAT SAME PERSON ACTUALLY LOOKS AT TUMOR UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AND THEY ARE ABLE TO SEE AN A CELLULAR LEVEL IF THAT TUMOR HAS ROOTS OR TRACES AND IF THEY DO THE SURGEON TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE AND GOES AND EXAMINES THAT UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AND THAT PROCESS REPEATS ITSELF UNTIL THE SURGEON COMES IN AND SAYS DEFINITIVELY ON A MICROSCOPIC LEVEL THE TUMOR IS GONE AND THE FOCUS OF THE SURGEON SHIFTS TO RECONSTRUCTION AND NOWADAYS WITH EXCELLENT TRAINING WE HAVE AMAZING TECHNIQUES TO MAKE SCARS HOPEFULLY INVISIBLE.

THAT CERTAINLY IS OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THE SCARS LOOK AS GOOD AS POSSIBLE BUT THE PRIMARY GOAL THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT I DO IS REMOVE THE CANCER.

IT IS A BONUS WE GET TO MAKE PEOPLE WITH THE TECHNIQUES LOOK GOOD.

>> Jeff: A VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WITH A SUNSCREEN OR BLOCK OF 35 OR GREATER, IS THERE A LIMIT ON THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME DURING THE DAY THAT YOU SHOULD BE OUT IN THE SUN?

SOME PEOPLE OCCUPATION ALI NEED TO BE OUT THERE.

>> FOR SURE.

IDEALLY WE TELL PEOPLE TO TRY TO AVOID BEING OUTSIDE DURING THE PEAK SUN HOURS.

BEING BETWEEN 10-2:00 P.M.

WHICH IS UNAVOIDABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN OUTSIDE PROFESSION.

THEY HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE DURING THOSE TIMES THAT IS WHEN WE SAY APPLY EVERY 120 OPINION MINUTES.

>> Jeff: YOU TOLD ME THE WORLD SKIN CANCER CAPITAL IS?

>> AUSTRALIA.

>> Jeff: BECAUSE OF THE LATITUDE?

>> THE LATITUDE AND THE SKIN TYPE.

VERY FAIR SKINNED A LOT OF SUN EXPOSURE AT A INTENSE LEVEL.

>> Jeff: DOES IT MATTER IF YOU GET A SUNBURN?

RATHER THAN JUST HAVING SOME AMOUNT OF SUN EXPOSURE THAT MAKES YOU TAN, IF YOU GET A BAD BURN AT SOME POINT IS THAT A BAD THING?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE TRACKS THAT FOLLOW YOU THROUGH YOUR LIVE.

THERE IS INTENSE SUN EXPOSURE WHICH IS SUNBURN THAT IS THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH MELANOMA.

IF YOU HAVE FIVE SUN ONES IN YOUR LIFE YOU'VE DOUBLED YOUR RISK OF MELANOMA.

IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH SUNBURNS.

THIS SLOW, CHRONIC EXPOSURE, YEAR AFTER YEAR, YOU KNOW, FIVE MINUTES HERE, 10 MINUTES THERE OF THIS LOW GRADE SUN EXPOSURE IS LINKED TO BASIL CELL, IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU HAVE THE TWO PARALLELS.

>> Jeff: ALL RIGHT.

LONG SUMMER IS AHEAD OF US EVERYBODY SHOULD BE GOOD.

DR. ZAINEB MAKHZOUMI UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> MY PLEASURE.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Jeff: THE CIAA GB TOURNAMENT IS PLAN BASKETBALL TUSHMENT IS PLANNING TO EXTEND ITS DEAL WITH BALTIMORE INTO 2026.

JOINING US IS AL HUTCHINSON.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE REGION?

>> FIRST, JEFF, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

THIS IS EXCITING NEWS FOR BOTH BALTIMORE CITY, THE REGION, AS WELL AS THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

AND WHY IT'S SIGNIFICANT IS BECAUSE WE'RE NOW THIS PAST YEAR, 2023'S ATOURNAMENT WE HAVE A 29.6 MILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITY UP ALMOST 51% OVER 51% FROM 2022'S TOURNAMENT.

WE HAD 19.6 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT.

THE NUMBERS ARE GROWING, STRONG ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBERS THE HOTEL COMMUNITY HAD THE BEST OCCUPANCY YEAR THEY ARE UP 13% THE BEST IN SEVEN YEARS.

MONEY IS LEFT IN THE COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME BASKETBALL WATCHING AND THE STUDENT ATHLETES ARE ENJOYING THE BALTIMORE CITY.

THIS IS NOTHING BUT AN OVERALL WIN FOR BALTIMORE CITY AND THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

>> Jeff: WHAT DOES INTO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBERS?

I MEAN OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING TO BALTIMORE STAYING IN HOTELS.

WHAT ELSE FACTORS INTO IT?

>> IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS.

WE LOOK AT THE SPEND BECAUSE FOLKS ARE GOING TO OUR RESTAURANTS, AND THE TAX REVENUE THAT RESTAURANT COMMUNITIES COLLECTING.

OBVIOUSLY THE HOTEL TAXES.

FOLKS HAVE A NUMBER OF PRIVATE EVENTS, PARTIES ALL AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'RE RENTING FACILITIES.

YOU'RE BUYING TICKETS TO EVENTS OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL.

THE ATENSE DANCE AT THE GAMES WAS IMPORTANT.

THIS IS A HUGE TOTAL ECONOMIC NUMBER.

WE PARTNER WITH A THIRD PARTY COMPANY TOURISM ECONOMICS BASED IN PHILADELPHIA THEY DO THIS WORK ACROSS THE WORLD.

AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBERS FOR THE CIAA FOR QUITE A LONGTIME.

>> Jeff: AND PART OF THE REASON IT IS A BIG NUMBER IT'S NOT JUST A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

IF IT WAS BASKETBALL GAMES AND YOU SELL TICKETS AND THAT'S IT IT WOULD BE ONE THING.

BUT THERE'S A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM OF EVENTS SURROUNDING THE TOURNAMENT.

>> ABSOLUTELY, JEFF.

THIS IS BASKETBALL IS THE TOP PRIORITY.

BUT TO YOUR POINT, IT'S LIKE A FAMILY REUNION, A BIG NETWORKING EVENT AS WELL AS BASKETBALL ALL ROLLED INTO ONE.

FOLKS ARE ALL AROUND BALTIMORE CITY AND THE COUNTY QUITE FRANKLY, HAVING EVENTS THAT SOME SANCTIONED BY THE CIAA AND SOME ARE NOT PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE U.P.S.

TO MEET UP WITH FRIENDS, SOME ARE ALUMNI FROM THE GREAT INSTITUTIONS AND A LOT OF FOLKS ENJOY BASKETBALL AND BALTIMORE IS A NEW DESTINATION FOR THEM.

I CAN TELL YOU FROM THIS YEAR'S TOURNAMENT, THE BUZZ WAS HIGH IT WAS UP, PEOPLE WERE EXCITED, MORE PEOPLE WERE IN BALTIMORE THIS YEAR THAN IN 2022.

SO THE TREND LINES IN EVERY AREA ARE LOOKING POSITIVE.

>> Jeff: I DON'T WANT TO JINX IT BUT IT FEELS LIKE THAT TREND LINE IS POSITIVE IN A LOT OF RESPECTS AND HOPEFULLY THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO RECEDE.

DO YOU SEE ANYTHING IN THE OVERALL TOURISM NUMBERS THAT WOULD SUPPORT THAT?

>> WELL, I THINK THE GOOD NEWS STORY IS WE ARE TRENDING IN A GREAT DIRECTION NOT JUST WITH THE CIAA BUT OTHER GROUPS COMING TO BALTIMORE.

PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO DO MORE FACE-TO-FACE TRAVEL NOW.

OUR NUMBERS ARE MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.

THE REALITY, THOUGH, WE'RE NOT BACK TO PREPANDEMIC NUMBERS YET.

BUT WE ARE MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.

IT SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF THE CONVENTIONS ATTENDANCE IS A LITTLE OFF BEFORE 2020 HAPPENED AND I THINK IT WILL BE A SLOW CRAWL IT'S COMING BACK SLOWLY.

BUSINESS TRAVEL IS THE LAST SEGMENT TO COME BACK AND WE HAVE WORK TO DO IN THAT SPACE.

BUT WE ARE HAPPY AND PLEASED WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED.

>> Jeff: AND AS YOU DO THAT WORK, AS YOU AND YOUR TEAM GO OUT TRYING TO SELL CONVENTIONS, COMING TO BALTIMORE, I MEAN THE CIAA EVENT IS A GREAT SHOWCASE FOR THAT, ISN'T IT?

IT ALL HAPPENED DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE ARENA WAS READY IT WAS RENOVATED WHILE THIS WAS GOING ON.

THIS IS A NICE CASE STUDY FOR YOU.

>> IT REALLY IS.

AND I THINK IN MY BUSINESS IT'S REAL IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET WINS, RIGHT?

THE MORE WINS YOU HAVE YOU CAN LEVERAGE IT AND TELL OTHER GROUPS LOOK AT THE SUCCESS OF THIS GROUP AND AN EXAMPLE IS RECENTLY, WE RECEIVED THE THUMB'S UP TO HOST THE CAPITA ALPHA SI FRATERNITY HERE IN BALTIMORE IN 2027.

THE CIAA'S COMMISSIONER WAS PART OF OUR PITCH TO THE GROUP SHE WAS ON A VIDEO AND SHARED THE SUCCESS OF THE CIAA HAS HAD IN BALTIMORE.

AND QUITE FRANKLY SHE HELPED US CLOSE THE DEAL.

SO THAT'S I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE 120ERRY HAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED BIG EVENTS IN BALTIMORE BECAUSE THEY HELP US TO ATTRACT ADDITIONAL BIG EVENTS TO THE CITY.

>> Jeff: ALL GREAT NEWS.

AL HUTCHINSON WITH VISIT BALTIMORE, SIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU, JEFF, ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT.

>> Jeff: MPT'S CHAMPIONSHIP COLLECTIBLES IS COMING CHAMPIONSHIP CHESAPEAKE WE ARE TAPING THE WEEKEND OF JUNE 24, GO TO MPT.ORG/COLLECTIBLES FOR MORE INFORMATION.

AND HERE IS A QUICK LOOK AT THE SHOW.

>> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES TODAY AND WHEN YOU PULL THIS OUT OF YOUR CARRIER, YOU'VE IMMEDIATELY STRUCK BY A BIG BOLD BLOCK OF COLOR.

I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHERE YOU GOT THIS BIG BOLD BLOCK OF COLOR.

>> THIS BOLD BLOCK OF COLOR CAME OUT OF THE TRASH.

>> OUT OF THE TRASH?

>> OUT OF THE TRASH, YES.

>> WHERE DID YOU SEE THIS IN THE TRASH?

>> I WAS DRIVING AND I -- I SAW TRASH ON THE STREET WITH TRASH BAGNESS THAT LOOKS INTERESTING.

AND I PULLED OVER AND I JUST REMOVED IT.

>> WELL, IT IS AN INTERESTING WORK.

>> Jeff: AND JOINING US IN THE STUDIO APPRAISER AMORY LECUYER.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

>> JEFF IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK.

I MEAN IT'S BEEN I THINK THREE YEAR HIATUS.

>> Jeff: THERE WAS THAT.

>> HAD A COUPLE OF INTERESTING THINGS GOING ON IN THE WORLD DURING THAT TIME.

BUT VERY EXCITED TO BE COMING BACK FOR ANOTHER SEASON OF CHESAPEAKE COLLECTIBLES.

>> >> Jeff: AND THESE EVENTS ARE SO INTERESTING AND IT HAS TO BE A LOT OF FUN.

>> IT REALLY IS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER BEEN AN EVENT THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH THE APPRAISERS, THE MPT STAFF.

AND MAINLY THE GUESTS WHO ARE COMING IN.

WHO ARE BRINGING FASCINATING ITEMS ACROSS THE BOARD THAT SOME WHICH WILL AMAZE OTHERS WILL GO WELL, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE.

>> Jeff: THE AMAZING THING IS WE CAN PLOP ANYTHING IN THE WORLD IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU WILL HAVE AN OPINION.

>> I WILL ALWAYS HAVE AN OPINION WHETHER I KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT OR NOT.

WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS CREATE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE SPECIALTY AREAS.

AND YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY WE'VE BEEN STUMPED BEFORE.

THAT'S VERY TRUE AS WELL.

BUT WE'VE GENERALLY SEEN SOME REALLY INTERESTING PARTS OF MARYLAND HISTORY, CULTURE, AND THE COLLECTIBLE WORLD WITHIN MARYLAND.

IT'S VERY NICE.

>> Jeff: SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOMETHING AT HOME HANDED DOWN THROUGH THE FAMILY THEY HAVE A STORY BEHIND IT.

BACK IN THEIR MIND THEY WONDER IS THE STORY ACCURATE IS IT WHAT WE THINK IT IS OR MORE VALUABLE N. >> FAMILY LOWER AND MYTHOLOGY ARE PART OF WHAT YOU TRY TO DRAW OUT.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHAT PEOPLE WANT THINGS TO BE IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT THINGS ARE.

A WOMAN WHO BROUGHT THE ASIAN VASE IN AND WAS SURE IT WAS 100 YEARS OLD BECAUSE IT CAME OUT OF HER GRANDMOTHER'S HOME BUT IT HAD THE TJ MAXX STICKER ON THE BOTTOM.

IT WASN'T AS OLD AS SHE THOUGHT IT WAS.

>> Jeff: LET'S LOOK AT THINGS THAT APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF OLDER VINTAGE.

>> WE'VE GOT INTERESTING PIECES HERE.

>> Jeff: THIS IS A SCALE.

OBVIOUSLY.

>> I WILL WEIGH-IN ON THIS.

>> Jeff: EXCELLENT.

AN EXPERT OPINION INDEED.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS OLD.

ON THE BACK IT'S GOT PATENTS GOING BACK TO THE EARLY 1900'S.

>> AND PROBABLY EVEN STARTED IN THE 1800'S, BECAUSE DAYTON OHIO AND OTHER PARTS OF OHIO, ILLINOIS, WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE INDUSTRIAL BELT OF AMERICA, THAT IS WHERE THESE COMPANIES WERE.

AND THEY WERE ONE WAS CREATED OTHERS WOULD COME UP.

BUT THIS WAS THE EARLY FORM OF COMPUTING.

THIS WAS A MODEST SIZED SCALE FOR YOU KNOW, A COUNTRY STORE.

MAYBE A CANDY SHOP.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT AN OBJECT HERE THAT YOU CAN PUT LOOSE MATERIAL IN AND HAVE IT SETBACK ON AND WEIGH IT.

AND WE STILL SEE THAT THAT WEIGH SCALE.

I'VE SEEN THEM TO BE ELABORATE WHAT I FIND INTRIGUING ABOUT THIS PIECE IS ITS SIZE.

SO OFTEN THE LARGER PIECES ARE THE ONES THAT SURVIVE BETTER BECAUSE THEY WERE DIFFICULT TO DESTROY.

YOU COULDN'T THROW THEM OUT.

BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT TODAY'S SCANNING WORLD AND THE MARKET, THIS WAS IT AT THE TIME.

>> Jeff: HERE IS A SMALLER PIECE IN FRONT OF YOU ON FIRST LOOK I THOUGHT WAS A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

IT CAME FROM A FRIEND OF MPT'S AND IT'S SOME SORT OF COIN CHANGER.

AND WE KNOW THE ORIGIN IS SOUTH AMERICA.

>> WELL, WE ALSO HAVE A VERY DISTINCTIVE IDENTIFICATION ON HERE.

RIGHT ON THE TOP UNDERNEATH IT SAYS THE JOHNSON FARE BOX COMPANY.

THIS WAS A BUS COIN EXCHANGE.

IT WOULD BE USED EITHER TROLLEY CAR OR SOME FORM OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

THIS IS IF YOU NEEDED TO GET CHANGE OUT, YOU CAME RIGHT HERE AND YOU GOT A COUPLE OF THOSE, COUPLE OF THOSE.

AND IT COULD BE ADDED ON TO IT.

BUT THAT DISTINCTION ON THE TOP AND VERY OFTEN THE OBJECT WILL TELL US WHAT IT IS.

>> FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN ITEM AND DECIDE I'M GOING TO ASK GOOGLE WHAT THIS IS WHAT IT'S WORTH YOUR ADVICE?

>> IT IS A WONDERFUL PLACE TO START.

IT CAN BE.

PARTICULARLY IF ANY OF THEM CAN MASTER THE GOOGLE PHOTO SEARCH YOU CAN GET GET COMPARABLES.

THE DIFFICULTY SO OFTEN IS THAT THERE ARE NUANCES IF YOU PUT A PHOTO OF THIS UP IT MAY APPEAR AS IF YOU HAD THE ORIGINAL.

>> Jeff: FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COLLECTIBLES TAPING VISIT MPT.ORG/COLLECTIBLES AND AMORY LECUYER WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

>> AND THAT IS "DIRECT CONNECTION" FOR THIS WEEK.

WE'RE BACK FRIDAY WITH "STATE CIRCLE" THE LATEST ON MARYLAND POLITICS THIS WEEK WE WILL BE SPEAKING WITH LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MILLER.

JOIN US FOR THAT FRIDAY EVENING AT 7:00 P.M.

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THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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