The Antique Roadshow Seminars held an Antique evaluation session at Mt Gambier Library and Penola Library Tuesday 17th May 2011
Which was a fantastic success for all concerned.
Both Libraries had a combined attendance of 120 Library Patrons on the day of the evaluation session.
The Antiques and Collectibles we evaluated at both venues were very interesting, ranging from Sterling Silver to Paintings, Porcelain, Pottery.
The most interesting item on the night was an American Flag which had a significant association with world war two, and for the owner well worth researching.
We also had the pleasure to see a very early pair of Australian earrings made from Australian Colonial gold decorated with seed peals and black enamel, housed in there original box - Date 1860s.
I would like to thank Management and Staff members from Penola and Mt Gambier Libraries, the staffs planning and attention to detail for this Antique evaluation session, was outstanding to say the least.
The items we normally uncover are items like this large Sally Herman oil painting to interesting photos like the group of natives above.
My Antique Roadshow evaluation events that I hold are not compromised in any way by me trying to buy from these Library Patrons who are wanting to receive an honest market appraisal, they all receive a true market value for auction.
So we are all on the same page relating to evaluating Antiques there are 3 values that are relevant, they are Insurance - Retail - Wholesale which is an Auction price.
Most people make the mistake of valuing their item closer to retail than wholesale ? I have known people that have valued their item which equals the same value as their written Insurance evaluation, which is a totally incorrect value comparing to the market value, which is what the market is paying right now.
