Antique appraisals will help raise funds for Glenn House

Anyone who wants to know more about their family heirlooms can bring them to an appraisal between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cape Career and Technology Center, 1080 S. Silver Springs Road.

Malcolm Ivey of Ivey-Selkirk Galleries in Clayton, Mo., will send eight experienced appraisers: two who will appraise furniture and two will appraise fine arts (paintings, prints, old photographs, lithographs and posters). Four appraisers will examine decorative arts including jewelry, silver, porcelain, glass, Oriental carpets, bronzes, sculptures, Asian decorative arts and gold coins.

Ivey-Selkirk will not appraise Nazi or similar memorabilia, firearms or weapons of any kind, clothing, books, stamps, autographs or non-gold coin collections.

Appraisals will be on a first-come, first-served basis and will be oral appraisals only. Tickets will be sold at the door with a limit of two items per person. The charge is $15 for one item and $25 for two items.

The proceeds from the appraisal event will benefit The Glenn House. It is sponsored by the Historical Association of Cape Girardeau.