Lessons learned at the 'Antiques Roadshow'
I have often equated a fall down to the "Antiques Roadshow" with an excursion to the Emerald City where you have an audience with the fast and powerful Wizard of Oz. It's a chance to meet an authority masterful to reveal everything they know about objects we've bought or inherited.
Unequal to that wizard, the "Antiques Roadshow" appraisers are the real administer, and they can provide us with answers to queries we may have been afraid to ask. As a result we become fecund in in our minds, if not always in our pocketbooks.
During last week's landmark taping of the hit PBS small screen series in San Jose, I met up with some of the thousands of antique collectors who had converged at the usage center for appraisals. Who came away enriched monetarily? And who was rewarded with a maxim in history or collecting?
Here's a sampling of stories to educate us all and tide us over until the San Jose shows start airing next January.
Two chests, but only one darling
Among the fortunate able to hook up with an appraiser were Maureen Brown of San Jose and her granddaughter Kayla, who lives in Boulder Stream. Brown was part of a select group of 10 people chosen by the show standard to have a piece of furniture picked up, appraised and returned skilled in.
Once in the studio, her 18th-century chest of drawers — appraised by an auction strain several years ago for a hefty $6,000 — didn't glitter so brightly.
ANTIQUE ESTATES AUCTION
Break of dawn : Nice refin. birch 4 dwr. chest in Shaker fashion, Fine l dwr. turned VICTORIAN & CUSTOM FURNITURE ETC. : Dues mahg. stand ACCESSORIES : 2 ant. jointed GLASS : Eight 10 ½" gold trimmed plates by Lenox for Tiffany, PAINTINGS : PRINTS : Silvery : 1912 76 pc. ster. flatware set, Fancy S.P .: Horn haft teapot, JEWELRY : .65 NATIVE : Ster. cuff brac. w/5 turq. stones, Carv. rude fetish COINS : 1997 1/10 ORIENTAL RUGS : Persian rugsMostlyOTHER RUGS : Hooked MODERN FURNITURE : Maple 3 dwr. cant lid desk, MUSICAL : 2 vint. tbl. top tube radios OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST : LAMPS : Nickel plated lamps CLOCKS : Trade style tall clock, Seth Thomas BOOKS : TOOLS & Sward MOWER : WEAPONS : S.A. MARINE : Old TERMS : Cash or approved stay. Dealer's must have copy of seller's certificate.We reserve the face to hold merchandise until funds clear. Sizes & descriptions are approx. & humble to error. Everything sold as is, where is. All sales are final. We do undertake phone bids prior to the auction with a 20% store & bid them competitively. Buyer's premium of 12 1/2% on all purchases with 2 1/2% deduct for cash or good check. Central air conditioned Gallery. Substantial parking. Catered. Handicapped accessible. Extravagant padded seating. Limited seating. Call Marilyn for bench reservations & availability. We accept Visa, Ruler Card & Discover Card. For info. about auction items, (miserly sale ) please call Holly at 207-563-8110.
JEWELRY: .65 locale ladies dia. solitaire ring & band, 14k telephone w/2 diamonds & 3 sapphires, 14k pin w/diamond center, Ster. bracelet w/13 amethysts, Vic.
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So we are rummaging around the antique shops and the bric-a-brac stalls, looking at ornaments and knick-knacks and pictures and hats and stuffed animals and
Martin & Sons AuctionWhitney Red antique wicker sofa with like armchair and rocker and rustic flavored upholstery; antique wicker coffee board; Northfield Co antique wicker
