DISCOVERY DAY SET FOR VALUING ANTIQUES.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer PALMDALE - Ever wondered the worth of Grandma's china or a flea-market painting? At last year's Antique Discovery Day, appraisers discovered that one woman's ring inherited from an elderly aunt was actually a diamond worth $15,000, and an album of Japanese prints was worth some $2,000. ``Appraisers start at $150 an hour. This is their opportunity to have these questions answered ... and help a worthy cause at the same time,'' said appraiser A person selected or appointed by a competent authority or an interested party to evaluate the financial worth of property. Appraisers are frequently appointed in probate and condemnation proceedings and are also used by banks and real estate concerns to determine the market Jennifer Thornton-Davis. Benefiting the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Domestic Violence Council, Palmdale's third annual Antique Discovery Day will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 at the Hammack Activity Center, 815 E. Ave. Q-6. The event is hosted by the Palmdale parks and recreation department in conjunction with Claudia Miller Estate Sale Services. Antique experts will provide up to five informal appraisals per person for $2 per item. Participants must be in line by 10 a.m. April 30 to be guaranteed admittance Admittance The ratio of the current to the voltage in an alternating-current circuit. In terms of complex current I and voltage V, the admittance of a circuit is given by Eq. (1), and is related to the impedance of the circuit Z by Eq. (2). . ``I want them to look in their closets and bring out any prints or paintings that they might have, framed or unframed. We're also interested in Asian ivory, any kind of carved ivory, sculptures, vases, ceramics, lacquer lacquer, solution of film-forming materials, natural or synthetic, usually applied as an ornamental or protective coating. Quick-drying synthetic lacquers are used to coat automobiles, furniture, textiles, paper, and metalware. pieces,'' said appraiser Janet Cobert. ``So anything that they think that they'd like to have some questions answered. Assuming that we can. We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. everything.'' Displaying examples of the kinds of jewelry items they might appraise appraise v. to professionally evaluate the value of property including real estate, jewelry, antique furniture, securities, or in certain cases the loss of value (or cost of replacement) due to damage. , Cobert wore a bulky necklace made of vintage pieces of mother-of-pearl that she said was valued at $700. Miller wore a vintage 1940s brass and copper zinnia zinnia, any species of the genus Zinnia of the family Asteraceae (aster family), native chiefly to Mexico, though some range as far north as Colorado and as far south as Guatemala. The common zinnia of gardens (Z. valued at $65. ``Because of World War II, they weren't going to use valuable metals, they weren't going to use gold, so they went to alternative methods of having accessories,'' explained Miller. Thornton-Davis wore a classic necklace of pink and rose freshwater pearls from China that retails for $800. ``People have a lot of pearls just in dresser drawers and they go: I don't know if this is real or not,'' said Thornton-Davis, who specializes in gems and jewelry. ``I'll be bringing my portable lab and I'll be able to look at the drill hole and be able to tell if it's a bead or a pearl, and I'll be able to test metals if I have to.'' Items that can be brought in for appraisals include fine and costume jewelry, Depression-era and midcentury glass, military arms and swords, stamps, coins and baseball cards, fine arts, string instruments, books, household items, artwork and space memorabilia. In addition to Cobert and Thornton-Davis, appraisers there will include Barbara Fields; Bruce Herman, Military Antiques and Arms; Allan Lipkin, Regency-Superior Auctions; John Nelson; Bill Novotny, International Society of Appraisers; Stacy Roman; David Kushner, Certified International Society of Appraisers; Faye Walsher, Conservator conservator n. a guardian and protector appointed by a judge to protect and manage the financial affairs and/or the person's daily life due to physical or mental limitations or old age. of Fine Fabric; Angela Past; and Adam Stackhouse, Bonham Bonham can refer to:
Peggy Hager, (661) 267-5741 peggy.grimm-hager(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Sitting with a valuable Wassily Kandisky antique chair are from left, Jennifer Thornton-Davis, Janet Cobert and Claudia Miller, who are spearheading the antique fair. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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