Grygla Library to host an antique appraisal event

Northwest Regional Library System will host eight antique appraisal events featuring author and antiques expert Mark F. Moran. The programs are set for Feb. 6-10 and include a stop in Grygla, so make sure you mark this exciting event on your calendar!

Feb. 6, Godel Memorial Library, Warren, starting at 5 p.m.

Feb. 7, Red Lake Falls Public Library, starting at 11 a.m.

Feb. 7, Thief River Falls Public Library, starting at 5 p.m.

Feb. 8, Grygla Public Library, start time 2 p.m.

Feb. 9, Warroad Public Library, starting at 11 a.m.

Feb. 9, Roseau Public Library, starting at 5 p.m.

Feb. 10, Greenbush Public Library, starting at 11 a.m.

Feb. 10, Hallock Public Library, starting at 5 p.m.  

Formerly senior editor of Antiques and Collectibles Books for Krause Publications in Iola, Wis., Mark Moran has also been a contributing editor for Antique Trader magazine. He has served as editor of Antique Review East magazine; as producer of Atlantique City, an antique show held in Atlantic City, N.J.; and as editorial director of F+W Media’s Antiques Group. 

He is the author or co-author of more than 25 books on antiques and collectibles, including three editions of the 800-page annual Warman’s Antiques & Collectibles. 

Moran bought and sold antiques for more than 30 years, specializing in vintage folk art, Americana, and fine art. He has been active as an appraiser of antiques and fine art for more than 20 years.

All items must be registered in advance prior to the appraisal event, which can be done by contacting your library help desk. 

Moran is also available to make home visits for people with big things or fragile things (or a lot of things). House calls are $75 an hour and there is no mileage charge if within 10 miles of the appraisal event site. To arrange a house visit, call 715-281-5060 or email moranm1953@gmail.com.

Categories of acceptable objects may include:

Fine art, including paintings, drawings, prints and statuary

Furniture (photos of large pieces may be sent in advance)

Ceramics, including figural pottery, vases, dishes, kitchenware and stoneware

Glassware, including lighting, marbles and 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; also pocket and wristwatches

Costume jewelry, including brooches, bracelets, earrings

Musical instruments, including string, wind and reed instruments

Books

Sporting 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 Moran in advance to determine if they are appropriate. Suggested categories for advance inquiry include, but are not limited to: Oriental, Native American and other tribal objects (African, Oceanic); ancient artifacts (Egyptian and other early cultures); fossils and minerals; books; automotive items; nautical and military-related objects; records; antique tools and technological objects (typewriters, cameras, assorted machinery or instruments for scientific measure, like sextants, telescopes, microscopes, etc.). When in doubt, email inquiry can often address this.