by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
An antiques/collectibles expert will appear at 10 area libraries that are part of the Great River Regional Library System to evaluate old items brought in by the public.
Author and expert Mark F. Moran will be at the Al Ringsmuth Library in Waite Park at 3 p.m. Friday, May 20. Other libraries he will visit May 16-20 are those in Cold Spring, Upsala. Rockford, Becker, Cokato, Annandale, Paynesville, Sauk Centre and Buffalo.
Moran’s appraisals are free, but all items must be registered in advance, which can be done by contacting the libraries’ help desks. The public is also welcome to come and watch the appraisals. Libraries will have a list of the many kinds of items Moran will appraise, as well as items he will not appraise.
Moran, who lives in Iola, Wis., is a former senior editor of Antiques and Collectibles Books for Krause Publication and has been a contributing editor for Antique Trader magazine. He is the author of more than 25 books on antiques and collectibles, including the editions of the 800-page annual Warman’s Antiques and Collectibles.
He specializes in vintage folk art, Americans and fine art.
Mark F. Moran, an expert on antiques and collectibles, will do guest appearances at 10 library locations in May to evaluate items brought in by the public. He will be at the Al Ringsmuth Waite Park Public Library at 3 p.m. Friday, May 20.
