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SILENCE

YOUR
Bene Raia tells us there is a bit
of a double-edged sword when
it comes to value. “On one
hand, you have a unique item,
because it was used to create a GROWL
newspaper available at only one
OBJECT: moment in time. On the other
did you Print Block hand, because newspapers
know...
were constantly being printed,
Block “pictures” SUBMITTED BY: there are thousands of similar
were acid-etched D.S., Winston-Salem, NC pieces, which keeps the value
on two pieces of reasonable,” says Bene. “But if
metal that were
PROVENANCE: Passed down to you can provide the actual
used to print
her husband from his father newspaper that shows the
on newsprint.
image created with your print
WHAT IT IS: From the 1870s to block, thereby providing
the 1920s, newspapers created provenance and context, the
wooden print blocks to provide value would go up.”
storytelling images for their
papers. The old blocks are quite WHAT IT’S WORTH:
collectible; however, appraiser $100

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Attic Clean Out:
to Keep or Toss?
“Keep one-of-a-kind
items and ‘the good

OBJECT: stuff ,’ such as a
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Rolex watch. And,
SUBMITTED BY: S.S., Fargo, ND
creepy or not, antique
PROVENANCE: Purchased for $35 at a local antiques dolls are often worth
store decades ago something. I also
advise that even if
WHAT IT IS: “This one escapes me!” says appraiser
Marsha Dixey of Heritage Auctions. “I have asked it’s not worth a
multiple folks and no one has ever seen a sculptural boatload of money,
chair quite like it.” It’s crafted similarly to chairs think hard before
made for an ice-cream parlor, and the cast base and tossing something
under-the-seat mechanism that adjusts the height that has been
appear to make the chair swivel like a piano stool.
“Perhaps this is some genius prototype that never got in your family for
produced,” says Marsha. “Whatever the case, I love generations.”
the look, and you got a steal at $35!”
MARSHA BEMKO,
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
WHAT IT’S WORTH:
$225

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