ANTIQUE EVENT: If you’re a fan of “The Antiques Roadshow” on PBS
– and who isn’t? – you can see something similar right here in
Bradford tomorrow.
The Bradford Landmark Society is sponsoring an antique appraisal
event from 1-5 p.m. at G. Carlton Ritchie Hall, St. Francis
Drive.
There will be appraisals by area dealers and company
representatives in a variety of specialty areas: books, paintings,
iron, antique guns, Oriental rugs, lamps, clocks, stoneware, folk
art, jewelry, items made before 1850, postcards, paper items,
stereo cards, country primitives, collectibles and more.
Larger antiques that cannot be carried should not be brought to
the event; photographs will suffice.
Participants are limited to a maximum of three items for
appraisal.
Among the appraisers are Hans Tanner of Geneseo, N.Y., an
antique dealer for more than 30 years. He specializes in paper good
such as books, postcards, stereo cards and paintings.
Anne Serra of Cuba, N.Y., an expert in antiques and collectibles
since 1960, will be appraising earthenware, lighting, early
textiles, glass, toys, and early wooden items.
Matt Cottone of Mount Morris, N.Y., whose company has been in
the appraisal business for 25 years, will be appraising furniture,
folk art, lamps, and Oriental rugs, paintings and clocks.
Marshall and Evelyn Tyler, former owners of the White Elephant
in Bradford and dealers in antiques and collectibles for 40 years,
will offer their expertise in 19th century stoneware.
Greg Souchik, former director of the Allegheny Arms and Armor
Museum in Smethport who has been in the firearms business for
nearly 30 years, will be on hand to appraise antique guns and other
weapons.
Ron Yeager of Bradford, a retired U.S. Postmaster, and a stamp
collector for 40 years, will serve as a stamp appraiser for the
event.
In addition, Zippo Manufacturing Co. and W.R. Case & Sons
Cutlery Co. will send experts to help owners determining dates of
manufacture and product condition to assist in calculating an
approximate appraisal value.
Linda Meabon, Zippo historian and museum curator, will be
examining lighters brought to the show; and Shirley Boser, Case
historian and archivist, knives.
There is a general admission fee and an appraisal fee for each
item.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “More crime, immorality and rascality is
prevented by fear exposure in the newspaper than by all the laws,
moral and statue ever devised,” said newspaper publisher Joseph
Pulitzer, 1878.
