AUBURN - Faded paintings, tarnished silver trinkets and much-loved dolls sat in a room with their hopeful owners, awaiting the advice of antique experts.
Jill Connor / The Citizen
Karen Rowell, of Auburn, and Jeff White, of Syracuse, listen as Robert Chilson, of Purple Monkey Antiques in Weedsport, explains that the probable Venetian hand-blown glass vase is valued at $50 to $75 though she purchased it at auction for $8 at the seventh annual antique appraisal fair at Cayuga Community College on Sunday.
Karen Rowell, of Auburn, and Jeff White, of Syracuse, listen as Robert Chilson, of Purple Monkey Antiques in Weedsport, explains that the probable Venetian hand-blown glass vase is valued at $50 to $75 though she purchased it at auction for $8 at the seventh annual antique appraisal fair at Cayuga Community College on Sunday.
The seventh annual Antique Appraisal Fair took place Sunday at Cayuga Community College in the student lounge.
By 4 p.m., about 100 people had shown up at the ACC/CCC Alumni Association event and about 150 items had been appraised, said Judy Campanella, the event's co-chair.
The two appraisers who looked at and handled all of these items were Robert Chilson, of Purple Monkey Antiques in Weedsport and Dean D. Cummins, of Dean D. Cummins Auctioneers in Cato.
“Some people don't know much about their item,” said Campanella. “They want to know the time period and what it's worth.”
Lori Cochran, also co-chair of the event, said this year's fair had a pretty good turnout,
considering there was another appraisal fair going on in Syracuse Sunday.
The fair was open to anyone willing to pay $2 to enter one item or $5 to enter three items. Proceeds from the event will go toward ACC/CCC Alumni Association programs, said Campanella.
In addition to the two appraisers, Joyce Emmette, an online selling consultant, was present to assist people with trying to sell their newly appraised items online. Emmette consults from her home, helping people who have something to sell, but perhaps not the time or Internet marketplace knowledge to sell it themselves.
“It's time consuming to put stuff online if you don't know how,” Emmette said. “The items are exposed to all 50 states and outside the country. There is way more exposure.”
Emmette said that because of the increased market available on eBay, her clients often make more money than expected on their items. She gets 20 percent of the item's bid amount for her services.
Visitors brought every kind of antique and collectible imaginable. Some were easily priced, while some items were so rare the appraisers had to take photos of them, jot down the details and promise to contact the owners with more information after additional research.
Kristin McKee, of Auburn, brought with her a framed fabric print, appraised at between $50 and $100. Her toys, a Lucy doll from the Peanuts Gang and a Holly Hobbie doll were considered too well-loved and played with to be worth much.
A trio of Auburn residents, Kevin Galka, Betsy Dralle and Emily Dralle, showed up with several items they believed might be valuable and wanted to learn more about. Galka brought a lamp that had been converted from oil to electric. It was appraised at between $85 and $120. Cummins advised Galka to find shades or globes to match the lamp and its sister lamp, as their value would go up to between $300 and $400.
Galka also presented a sterling silver mesh wristlet bag, complete with matching attached coin purse. He said he believed it to be from the 1920s, perhaps something a flapper would have worn. He said his grandmother had received it in the 1940s. It was such a strange find that Cummins said it's worth could be between $75 and $120, but took a picture of it and said he would need to do more research.
“We're just curious,” said Betsy Dralle of the antiques. “It has all just been sitting around doing nothing. We're hoping somebody knows something about them.”
Staff writer Kelly Voll can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 239 or kelly.voll@lee.net.
By 4 p.m., about 100 people had shown up at the ACC/CCC Alumni Association event and about 150 items had been appraised, said Judy Campanella, the event's co-chair.
The two appraisers who looked at and handled all of these items were Robert Chilson, of Purple Monkey Antiques in Weedsport and Dean D. Cummins, of Dean D. Cummins Auctioneers in Cato.
“Some people don't know much about their item,” said Campanella. “They want to know the time period and what it's worth.”
Lori Cochran, also co-chair of the event, said this year's fair had a pretty good turnout,
considering there was another appraisal fair going on in Syracuse Sunday.
The fair was open to anyone willing to pay $2 to enter one item or $5 to enter three items. Proceeds from the event will go toward ACC/CCC Alumni Association programs, said Campanella.
In addition to the two appraisers, Joyce Emmette, an online selling consultant, was present to assist people with trying to sell their newly appraised items online. Emmette consults from her home, helping people who have something to sell, but perhaps not the time or Internet marketplace knowledge to sell it themselves.
“It's time consuming to put stuff online if you don't know how,” Emmette said. “The items are exposed to all 50 states and outside the country. There is way more exposure.”
Emmette said that because of the increased market available on eBay, her clients often make more money than expected on their items. She gets 20 percent of the item's bid amount for her services.
Visitors brought every kind of antique and collectible imaginable. Some were easily priced, while some items were so rare the appraisers had to take photos of them, jot down the details and promise to contact the owners with more information after additional research.
Kristin McKee, of Auburn, brought with her a framed fabric print, appraised at between $50 and $100. Her toys, a Lucy doll from the Peanuts Gang and a Holly Hobbie doll were considered too well-loved and played with to be worth much.
A trio of Auburn residents, Kevin Galka, Betsy Dralle and Emily Dralle, showed up with several items they believed might be valuable and wanted to learn more about. Galka brought a lamp that had been converted from oil to electric. It was appraised at between $85 and $120. Cummins advised Galka to find shades or globes to match the lamp and its sister lamp, as their value would go up to between $300 and $400.
Galka also presented a sterling silver mesh wristlet bag, complete with matching attached coin purse. He said he believed it to be from the 1920s, perhaps something a flapper would have worn. He said his grandmother had received it in the 1940s. It was such a strange find that Cummins said it's worth could be between $75 and $120, but took a picture of it and said he would need to do more research.
“We're just curious,” said Betsy Dralle of the antiques. “It has all just been sitting around doing nothing. We're hoping somebody knows something about them.”
Staff writer Kelly Voll can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 239 or kelly.voll@lee.net.
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