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Appraisal
Posts tagged Appraisal from the RareVictorian furniture archive.
What's It Worth?
Antique Value Having a blog that is well entrenched into the Google search results leads a lot of new site visitors here that send me photos of their items asking, "what is the value of this antique?" The problem is, it
Victor Quetin Pedestal, Paris, 1860
A recent antique appraisal customer supplied the above images of a 19th century pedestal that they had in their possession and were wondering if it were worth restoration of the piece considering the shape it was current
My Antiques Roadshow Experience Part II
I left off with my Antiques Roadshow experience in the last post at the paintings table. Both Chris and I had lugged our final appraisal items through this, our longest line - long enough that it was broken in two, which
I Never Saw a Purple Cow: This Week's Forum Roundup
This past week, we had a huge brush fire burning just blocks from our home and it made me think long and hard about the contents of our house and what we'd be able to save if disaster struck. It was a frightening few hou
The Antiques Roadshow Experience
This past Saturday was the Antiques Roadshow event in Atlantic City, NJ and I invited a friend of mine whom I knew had some items that he had wanted appraised for quite some time. I requested a press pass so that I could
Antiques Roadshow Bound
You have to try everything once, right? I put myself on the list for the Antiques Roadshow tickets this year and was one of those selected to receive the free tickets. It's a lottery system, so there is never a guarantee