Appraisals of Antiques & Fine Art with Mark F. Moran
Schedule
Sat, 11 Jan, 2025 at 10:00 am
UTC-06:00Location
230 4th Ave, Baraboo, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53913 | Baraboo, WI
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Carnegie-Schadde Memorial Public library proudly presents an antiques and collectibles appraisal event featuring author and antiques expert Mark F. Moran of Iola, Wis., on January 11, 2025 starting at 10am.Pre-registration is required if bringing an item to be appraised. Maximum 40 appraisals for this event. There is no cost to have your items appraised at the event.
Please register if you plan on bringing an item to be appraised. No registration required to attend as an audience member.
https://calendar.csmpl.org/event/appraisals-antiques-fine-art-mark-f-moran-3792
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Categories of objects for appraisal may include:
Americana, including autographs and historical documents.
Fine art, including paintings, drawings, prints and statuary.
Furniture (usually smaller pieces are best).
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.
Costume jewelry, including brooches, bracelets, earrings.
Musical Instruments, including string, wind and reed instruments.
Antique and vintage lighting of all kinds.
Books.
Sports 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.
Questions about objects not covered here can be submitted to Moran in advance to determine if they are appropriate. Suggested categories for advance inquiry include, but are not limited to: Oriental, Native American and other tribal objects (African, Oceanic); ancient artifacts (Egyptian and other early cultures); fossils and minerals; automotive items; nautical and military-related objects; records; antique tools and technological objects (typewriters, cameras, assorted machinery or instruments for scientific measure, like sextants, telescopes, microscopes, etc.). When in doubt, email inquiry can often address this.
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About Mark Moran:
Formerly senior editor of Antiques and Collectibles Books for Krause Publications in Iola, Wis., he has also been a contributing editor for Antique Trader magazine. He has served as editor of Antique Review East magazine; as producer of Atlantique City, an antique show held in Atlantic City, N.J.; and as editorial director of F+W Media's Antiques Group.
Moran was also a guest expert on the PBS program, Antiques Roadshow, for 9 seasons.
He is the author or co-author of more than 25 books on antiques and collectibles, including three editions of the 800-page annual Warman's Antiques & Collectibles.
Moran bought and sold antiques for more than 30 years, specializing in vintage folk art, Americana, and fine art. He has been active as an appraiser of antiques and fine art for more than 20 years.
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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 within 10 miles of the appraisal event site. To arrange, call 715-281-5060 or email [email protected]. (This fee is not covered by the library).
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Opinions of value are informal, and may not be used for insurance or charitable donations, which require a certified appraisal.
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Moran's books include:
Antique Trader Guide to Oriental Antiques
Antique Trader Furniture Price Guide
Antique Trader Clock Guide
Antique Trader Guide to Metalware
Antique Trader Vintage Salt & Peppershakers
2009 Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles, 43rd Edition
2010 Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles, 44th Edition
2011 Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles, 45th Edition
2012 Warman's Fenton Glass: Identification and Price Guide
Warman's Fenton Glass, Vol. 2
Warman's Guide to Majolica Pottery
Warman's Arts and Crafts Furniture
Warman's Country Antiques
Warman's Fiesta Ware: Identification and Price Guide
Warman's Companion, Fiesta Ware
Warman's Gas Station Collectibles
Warman's McCoy Pottery: Identification and Price Guide
Warman's Companion, McCoy Pottery
Warman's McCoy Pottery, Vol. 2
Warman's Red Wing Pottery: Identification and Price Guide
Warman's Roseville Pottery: Identification and Price Guide
Warman’s Guide to Vintage Cookie Jars
Warman’s Guide to Lalique Glass
Warman’s Guide to Tobacco Antiques and Collectibles
Warman’s Guide to Sterling Flatware
Warman’s Guide to Dolls, Vintage to Modern
For more information, contact:
Mark F. Moran Appraisals of Antiques & Fine Art
(�715)-281-5060
[email protected]�
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230 4th Ave, Baraboo, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53913Event Location & Nearby Stays:
