Check out the value of your vintage items at an appraisal event scheduled for 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 5,  at the Walpole Historical Society’s Academy headquarters on Main Street.

      The evaluations by James Marquis, a well-known Upper Valley appraiser, will follow the Museum’s open hours from 1:00 until 3:00 PM.   Marquis is donating his time and knowledge to the ongoing effort by the Society to pay off the mortgage acquired when the building was substantially repaired in 2006.  To date, the WHS has reduced the mortgage  from $180,000 to $40,000 through generous contributions, fundraising events and publications.

     Marquis will value furniture, accessories, artwork and other items, excluding jewelry and gems.  Time limitation dictates that each person may bring no more than six items for appraisal.  The fee--which goes to the Society for its mortgage retirement--for one item is $10.00; three items will be $25.00.  Seating and light refreshments will be available.

     Join the fun and discover what “Aunt Mabel’s” lamp is worth.  Or perhaps you have an antique tool, painting, or vase you have inherited or purchased.  Check it out and help the Walpole Historical Society reduce its mortgage.