Antique Appraisal Event with Mark Moran
Schedule
Sat Mar 08 2025 at 11:00 am to 02:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Platteville Municipal Auditorium | Platteville, WI
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Join us in the Municipal Auditorium at City Hall on Saturday, March 8, for a three-hour antique appraising event! Antiques expert and author Mark Moran will appraise 40 local heirlooms ranging from fine art to glassware, toys, and more. All appraisals require registration. Due to great interest in this event, Mr. Moran cannot take walk-ins, and we are opening registration to Wisconsin residents.
Spectators who would just like to watch the appraisals are welcome to drop in without registering.
If you would like to register for an appraisal, please contact the library at: (608) 348-7441 ext. 4
*Limit of 1 antique per person
https://platteville.librarycalendar.com/event/mark-moran-antique-appraisal-event-2123
Categories of objects may include:
Fine art, including paintings, drawings, prints and statuary
Furniture (photos of large pieces may be sent in advance)
Ceramics, including figural pottery, vases, dishes, kitchenware and stoneware
Glassware, including 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
Antique and vintage lighting
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
About the Presenter
Mr. Moran has over 20 years of appraisal experience and has co-authored more than two dozen books on antiques. He has appeared as a guest expert on "Antiques Roadshow" and has appraised antiques and collectibles at more than 1,000 events across the Country.
Moran is available to make home visits for people with big things or fragile things (or a lot of things). House calls are $75 an hour, and there is no mileage charge if they are within 10 miles of the appraisal event site. To arrange, call 715-281-5060 or email [email protected].
*Opinions of value are informal, and may not be used for insurance or charitable donations, which require a certified appraisal.
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Where is it happening?
Platteville Municipal Auditorium, 75 North Bonson Street,Platteville, Wisconsin, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
