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Free appraisals being offered at Miami antiques show
U.S. Antiques Shows will hold an appraisal day at the upcoming Original Miami Beach Antique Show in partnership with Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers.
Miami--U.S. Antiques Shows will hold an appraisal day at the upcoming Original Miami Beach Antique Show in partnership with Skinner Auctioneers & Appraisers.
On appraisal day, all attendees with a valid ticket may bring one item for appraisal by one of Skinner’s experts, who will evaluate it for free. They will provide an opinion on the collectible or antique as well as a verbal estimated range of its fair market value.
Appraisal Day at the Miami antique show is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 31 from noon to 6 p.m. Appointments are encouraged and can be booked on the show’s website.
Also at the show will be a number of “booth talks” featuring a variety of dealers and covering an array of topics. The schedule for these talks are as follows.
Saturday, Jan. 31
Miami Design Preservation League (Booth No. 1015A); 1 p.m.
“Miami Design Preservation League: 100 Years of History; 40 Years of Preservation”
Niederkorn Silver (Booth No. 2500); 2 p.m.
“What to Know About Collecting Silver”
Griffin Gallery Ancient Art (Booth No. 3008); 3 p.m.
“Embracing the Past: The Lure of Antiquity”
AntiqueCaneWorld.com (Booth No. 3419); 4 p.m.
“Raising Cane”
Sunday, Feb. 1
John Atzbach (Booth No. 3406); 1 p.m.
“Collecting Faberge Today”
Charles Cheriff Galleries (Booth No. 2819); 2 p.m.
“An Age of Elegance: The Splendor of 19th Century French Antiques”
Mantiques Modern (Booth No. 3524); 3 p.m.
“Mantiques: Art and Collectibles for Guys”
Marie E. Betteley, Inc. (Booth No. 2823); 4 p.m.
“Russian Jewels and Treasures”
Show organizers also are bringing back the Jewelry History Series for the second consecutive year. It will take place Jan. 28 and 29, the two days leading up to the show.
Emily Stoehrer, the Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, has been added to the speaker line-up. During her session, she will give attendees a behind-the-scenes look at the museum’s “Hollywood Glamour: Fashion and Jewelry from the Silver Screen” exhibition.
The schedule for the Jeweler History Series can be found here.
The Original Miami Beach Antique Show is scheduled for Jan. 30 to Feb. 3 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Admission is $20 to attend all five days. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit OriginalMiamiBeachAntiqueShow.com.
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