The Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society (TOLHPS) starts the New Year in its traditional manner – with its popular annual Antiques Show Us Your Antiques Night on Monday, January 9, 2017 at 7:00 pm in the Vineyard Commons Theater in Highland. Anyone with a favorite item they would like to know more about is invited to bring it for an expert opinion of its background and current value. Even if you have nothing you want appraised, the evening is always fun, watching as others offer up their treasures, sometimes beautiful and valuable and sometimes curiosities.
NEW: Attendance is free, but there will be a charge of $3 for each item reviewed. All money supports the ongoing conservation of the old Deyo homestead on Vineyard Avenue in Highland into an historical museum. It’s helpful if you can send a picture of your item in advance to vwadlin@aol.com.
Last year, two audience members brought dishes that they learned were excellent examples of very valuable dinnerware produced in the mid-1800’s. Others found out their items were out of fashion to collectors now so had primarily sentimental value. When that’s the case, the appraisers break the news gently, calling such an item “invaluable.” After all, it could become a sought-after collectible a few decades from now.
TOLHPS’ team of appraisers includes antiques dealers Charles Glasner and Walter Marquez and collector Vivian Wadlin. They will do their best to review every item brought, as time allows. If you want an appraisal, it’s helpful to send a picture of your item in advance to vwadlin@aol.com. That will give the appraisers more time to research your piece.
Glasner, who is president of TOLHPS, has been a Hudson Valley antiques dealer for 35 years. He has a strong knowledge of local vernacular antiques and fine arts, with a passion for Hudson River paintings. Marquez owns the Antiques Barn at the Water Street Market in New Paltz, which has been named “Best Antiques Center” by Hudson Valley Magazine.
Wadlin has been a collector of antique toys and post cards for more than 30 years. She has organized antique and collectibles shows at the former Vintage Village in Highland. She is vice president of TOLHPS. Vineyard Commons, where the January program will take place, is at 300 Vineyard Avenue, about a mile and a quarter from the Hamlet of Highland on Route 44/55, just south of the Hudson Valley Rehabilitation Center. To reach the theater, turn into Vineyard Commons and follow signs to Building 6. Early arrivers get the best parking spaces. Free refreshments will be available.
For more information, call 845-255-7742, visit the TOLHPS website at www.tolhps.org, or look for Town of Lloyd Historical Preservation Society on Facebook.