We who love old things from the past are truly "antique whisperers"! Beautiful or ugly, valuable or just fun, vintage wares tell us a lot about the people who came before us and how they lived...and sometimes, they reveal hidden truths and uncover mysteries that we only learn and understand when we look at them together and reveal the truth.
This weekend's appraisal fair in Centralia, Washington stands to be fascinating, if last year's is any indication! From Victorian engravings with hidden signatures to Staffordshire cows that hid their true origins, we find lots of ambiguities that we seek to uncover as we talk about the valuables people have hidden in their homes. A collection of Presidential items from a confidant of Jackie Kennedy, a sign from an English ship that sank under mysterious circumstances in Oregon and artifacts from Native Americans rescued from a watery grave are a few of the things on tap in this video, as we try to find the truth about their origins, and what makes them special today.
One friend tells us the true identity of the stones in a semi-precious amulet, while a family descended from immigrants ponders why their Italian ancestors hid their background behind a classic Canadian bar sign. We puzzle over a $350 bronze statue that sold for just $5, and marvel at a great gathering of other heirlooms that tell us so much about what people prized in the past, all while revealing how much those prizes are worth to us today!
We invite all our Northwest antique fans to join us this weekend for the annual appraisal fair, where many more stories will be told and many new mysteries will come to light!
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