Antiques Appraisal Event

For adults.

We are excited to host an antique and collectibles appraisal event featuring author and antiques expert, Mark F. Moran. Bring your antique/collectible items to see what, if any, historical or monetary value they may have. Mr. Moran was a guest expert on the PBS program, Antiques Roadshow, for nine seasons and is the author or co-author of more than 25 books on antiques and collectibles. If you don't have an item to appraise, feel free to come and observe!

To reserve a time slot to have your item appraised, please call the reference desk at (608) 845-7180 x2. Please be mindful of the list of items allowed and not allowed below.

Categories of objects for appraisal may include:

• Americana, including autographs and historical documents
• Fine art, including paintings, drawings, prints and statuary
• Furniture (smaller pieces are best)
• Ceramics, including figural pottery, vases, dishes, kitchenware and stoneware
• Glassware, including marbles & 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 Mark Moran in advance at 715-281-5060 or email moranm1953@gmail.com. When in doubt, email inquiry can often address this.