‘Road Show' appraisals to benefit Kirk Scholarship on Sept. 10

Highland Mills - Professional appraisers will be on hand at the Woodbury Senior Center on Saturday, Sept. 10, to assess family heirlooms, antiques, and other curious items (except stamps and coins) at the Woodbury Historical Society's fourth annual "road show" event. The event is held to benefit the Kirk Memorial Scholarship fund. The charge will be $5 per item, with a maximum of three items per person. For larger articles, a good photo will do. The senior center is located on Route 105 in Highland Mills. At previous appraisal events, William and Andrea Jenack and their other invited experts drew upon deep wells of knowledge and expertise to provide background, history and value estimates for several hundred unique items. Invited to this event once again are "doll lady" expert Mimi McTamaney, who will evaluate precious playthings of the past, and appraiser Kevin Becker, who specializes in early Asian porcelains. When they are not conducting these traveling road show evaluations, the Jenacks and their associates conduct estate sales and a variety of auctions on a regular basis from their Chester headquarters (www.jenack.com). Administered by the Woodbury Historical Society and conferred annually on a graduating Woodbury senior, the Kirk Memorial Scholarship honors Margaret S. and Adam Kirk, educators and community leaders well-known in the area for more than 50 years. The scholarship program endeavors to perpetuate the compassion, spirit and intellectual curiosity that both Margaret and Adam Kirk exemplified. Admission to the event is free. All evaluations will be "first-come, first-served," with donation checks to be made out to the WHS Scholarship Fund. For more information, contact the Woodbury Historical Society at 845-928-6770 or Kirk Memorial Scholarship Committee Member Fred Lindlaw at 845-928-9249.