Extra/Ordinary: Antique Appraisals by Mark Moran

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Age Group:

Adults

Program Description

Event Details

Antique expert Mark Moran will offer informative value on antique items. Registration is required. Only 1 item per registration. Opinions of value are informal, and may not be used for insurance or charitable donation, which require a certified appraisal. 

Registration starts on Thursday, February 6 at 5PM and ends on Thursday, February 20 at 8PM. Register for your time slot by calling 920-686-3010 or by stopping at the Main Service Desk.


Categories of objects may include:

  • Fine art, including paintings, drawings, prints and statuary.
  • Furniture (photos of large pieces may be sent to me in advance).
  • Ceramics, including figural pottery, vases, dishes, kitchenware and stoneware.
  • Glassware, including lighting, marbles and souvenir items.
  • Vintage photographs, including snapshots, tintypes, ambrotypes and daguerreotypes.
  • Advertising, including posters,  lithographed tin, paper and figural objects.
  • Folk art, including carvings, quilts, weathervanes, windmill weights and "outsider" art.
  • Assorted toys, including dolls (bisque, composition and plastic), windups and mechanical banks.
  • Metalware, including iron, bronze, brass, pot metal, silver, silver plate.
  • Clocks, including mantel, hanging and figural; also pocket and wristwatches.
  • Costume jewelry, including brooches, bracelets, earrings.
  • Musical Instruments, including string, wind and reed instruments.
  • Books.
  • Sporting Memorabilia.

*Excluded items: all weapons, including swords and knives (though folding knives with advertising are accepted); traps (like leg-hold); Nazi memorabilia; coins and paper money; fine jewelry, including precious gems; Beanie Babies.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

Individuals requesting accommodation for disabilities should contact the Library's ADA Manager Stacey Bialek at 920-686-3008 or sbialek@manitowoc.org. Reasonable accommodations will be made as quickly as possible, often within a week.