GUEST: Ernie Barnes was a former NFL player.

He played for the Jets.

But after football, he found art as being, I guess, part of his livelihood.

And we all are familiar with Sugar Shack.

And there are some other well-known pieces.

But my father and Ernie made friends, and they were, he was able to purchase this piece.

And this actually sat on top of our, uh, fire mantel in our home in Santa Barbara, California.

APPRAISER: Ah, so, about when would you say he got the painting?

GUEST: I would say this was probably in the early to mid-'80s.

APPRAISER: Oh, okay.

Did he ever say how much he paid for it?

GUEST: I have no idea.

APPRAISER: Oh, okay, and you brought in something else, too, it's... Can you tell us what that is?

GUEST: Yes, this is just a catalogue that has, uh, some of his most famous art is in here.

APPRAISER: Excellent.

And I have to point out, though, that it also has a, uh, biographical sketch written by Alex Haley...

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: ...author of "Roots."

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: Yeah, so let's focus on the painting.

This is an oil on canvas, and it was created in 1971.

And I know that 'cause it's dated on the back.

The title is Fourth and One, which in football talk is, "Uh-oh."

GUEST: It's definitely properly titled.

You can almost hear the cracking of the helmets in this scene.

APPRAISER: Oh, yeah, it's pretty...

GUEST: And so... APPRAISER: ...action-packed, right?

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: And earlier, you mentioned Sugar Shack, and that was one of his most famous pieces.

GUEST: Yeah.

APPRAISER: It was on Good Times.

And that was also a cover of one of Marvin Gaye's albums.

GUEST: Yes.

APPRAISER: And it famously auctioned not too long ago for about $15 million, which was a record for the artist.

The auction estimate at the time was $150,000.

This piece wouldn't fall into that category just because it wasn't on Good Times for so many years, and it wasn't on Marvin Gaye's, uh, album.

But it's still a very valuable piece, I think.

If I were to put a value on it for insurance purposes, I would make this around $650,000.

GUEST: Wow.

APPRAISER: Yeah.

GUEST: Just an... Amazing.

APPRAISER: ...awesome piece.

GUEST: Amazing.