Appraisers ready to evaluate treasures.

The appraisal fair is Friday night, Sept. 11, in Clinton Town Hall from 5 to 8 p.m.

Larry Canale

Larry Canale, a Clinton resident, has been editor-in-chief of Antiques Roadshow Insider since its launch in 2001. He's also author of "The Boys of Spring" (2005) and "Mickey Mantle: The Yankee Years" (1998).

Canale has been helping with the Clinton Olde Home Day appraisal fair for five years and has been appraising sports memorabilia at the event for four years.

Ron Goodrich

Ron Goodrich is president of Northeast Collectibles, based in Shrewsbury, a firm offering appraisals, advice and eBay services to buyers and sellers of collectibles. He has over 50 years experience in the field and is a life member of the American Philatelic Society, a charter member of the National Stamp Dealer's Association and a member of the Ephemera Society.

For the last four years, Goodrich has reviewed paper goods, including stamps and coins, at Clinton's Olde Home Day.

Phyllis O'Leary

Phyllis O'Leary is a lifelong resident of Brookline. Thirty years ago, she developed an interest in collecting antique jewelry, silver and decorative arts. Gradually, her interest grew into a profession and she began selling antiques at antique shows in Brimfield, on Cape Cod, and at the Atlantic City Convention Center. In 1991, O'Leary became a partner in an antique shop in Dover. As a result of this experience, she became more interested in learning more about 18th and 19th century furniture and decorative arts.

She enrolled in educational workshops and took courses. She also received her auctioneers license at the International Auction School in Deerfield. She also has many years experience conducting home Estate Sales.

This is O'Leary's fourth year as a generalist appraiser at Clinton's Olde Home Days.

Virginia Salem

Virginia Salem, graduate gemologist, is director of the jewelry department of the international auction firm Bonham's, in New York, and is a consulting expert at many jewelry events around the country.

After earning her graduate gemologist diploma in 1986, Salem worked in retail as a top sales associate at the Precious Jewelry Salon of Neiman Marcus in Boston before moving to E.B. Horn Co. as a gemologist and buyer of colored gemstones. She joined the leading Boston auction firm of Skinner in 1992 as a jewelry specialist and cataloguer and, in 1997, was named head of the jewelry department at Phillips Auctioneers in New York City. At Phillips, she directed four major jewelry auctions a year, concentrating on period and estate jewelry. In 2002, she started Virginia Salem Fine and Period Jewelry and worked as a private jeweler until 2005, when Bonham's invited her to open its jewelry department.

Salem is a member of the American Association of Appraisers and is a frequent contributor of articles on period and estate jewelry to trade publications. In addition to remaining active as a buyer and seller of fine jewelry, she is also sought after as a lecturer and consulting appraiser throughout the United States. She lives in New York and Massachusetts.

This is Salem's fourth year at Clinton's Olde Home Days.