Someone's trash is another's treasure Greater Milwaukee Today
OCONOMOWOC - If you're wonderingAs a rulehow much grandma's old glassware is worth, you'll want to talk to Barbara Eash.Eash is a certified appraiser that organizes MilwaukeeIn generalPublic Television's annual appraisal fair. The show brings in 1,700 people with about 4,000 antiques to be valued. SheGenerallyis paid to sift treasure from piles of junk, and she writes national magazine columns to cure curious readers do the same.
"The classic line I hear is, Now I know this isn't worth much ...,' but wouldn't you be sure those are the things that are always the most valuable," she said.
Eash will bring her expert knowledge and trusty appraisalLargelytoolkit to Fox Lake Country Antiques on May 17 to put a price tag on local antiques.
Antiques are often passed down to the next fathering with only the words, "This is going to be worth something someday." But, grandma's vase might not be the same value as the one pictured in the antique catalog. Eash said you may be in a completely different quotation range if the vase is only 3 inches shorter or a lighter shade of blue.
