Can you pick the most valuable thrift store find when #shopping at the Goodwill thrift shop? Watch and play along as Ph.D. Antiques Appraiser Dr. Lori reveals values and pricing and appraising tips. Learn #howto find #bargains during your next haul when you thrift. Dolls, ceramics, glass, and jewelry are some of the pieces featured. See pieces like a vintage 1976 Kermit the Frog Fisher-Price toy and Charlie Brown and Lucy dolls from the Peanuts gang. Learn the tips to pricing and appraising them based on what people really pay when you are reselling.
Dr. Lori also appraises Vaseline glass or also known as an uranium oxide glass bowl or dish. Learn how to identify Vaseline glass without using a black light just by looking at the color of the glassware. A piece of green crackle glass is also valued that looks like a pitcher but is actually a ewer. Watch as Dr. Lori explains the difference between a pitcher and a ewer and what to look for when shopping for crackle glass.
If you are good at pricing and appraising pottery and ceramics when you thrift or shop online on eBay, you'll know the value of this piece of Stangl pottery bowl with ducks on it. Dr. Lori also values a ceramic ashtray highlighting the relationship between Cuba and the United States. Understand the history of these two countries and the history of tobacco and it will help you date the ashtray and value it.
Can you spot a scarab when thrifting or reselling jewelry? Watch Dr. Lori explain as she appraises pieces of jewelry including a carved scarab belt with gold tone and a red lacquer pin souvenir made of wood. See how to identify quality pins and jewelry so pricing and appraising these pieces will be easy when you thrift.
Ask Dr. Lori how to value your thrift shop bargains and how reselling old jewelry and glass pieces can make you extra money. Attend her antiques appraisal events near you or submit photos on Dr. Lori's website.
