Pomperaug Valley Garden Club Fundraiser...Antiques Appraisals and a Silent Auction

The Pomperaug Valley Garden
Club will sponsor an important fundraiser when antiques consultant and
appraiser Bernie McManus, of Woodbury, will give verbal evaluations of family
treasures and heirlooms.  Those attending
are welcome to bring up to two items to be verbally appraised for a fee of $5
each.  The event is set for Tuesday,
March 11 at the Woodbury Senior Center, 265 Main Street South.  The doors will open at 10:30 with a silent
auction and a brief talk by Mr. McManus on the art of conducting
appraisals.  Mr. McManus will be
available to provide appraisals until 12 noon.

The auction will be a
treasure hunt and will feature carefully selected donated items of various
shapes, sizes and value.  While the value
of each item will be stipulated, there will be a low reserve.  The auction will end at 11:30a.m. Attendees
are encouraged to participate in the silent auction and to partake of an
enticing array of refreshments.

Mr. McManus has been a
professional appraiser for over forty years, appraising all periods of
antiques, fine arts and old and rare books. 
He has conducted appraisals for clients and estates throughout the
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, as well as Florida, Michigan and the US
Virgin Islands; he has appraised for Columbia University and the University of
Michigan.  He has conducted appraisal
fairs to benefit the Waterbury Lions Club, Christ Church, Roxbury, the New
Milford Democratic Town Committee, the Woodbury Democratic Town Committee
Scholarship Fund, the Southbury Food Bank, and many smaller groups.  He has also been an adjunct professor at C.W.
Post Long Island University, lecturing on antique furniture and decorative
arts, and has served as president of the 
Connecticut Antiques Dealers Association and the Woodbury Business
Association. 

Proceeds from this event
benefit Woodbury and area residents in the form of beautification projects, the
construction of swags and wreaths at holiday time for public buildings, a
college scholarship, various outreach projects, and monthly garden-oriented
programs to which the public is invited.

The Pomperaug Valley Garden
Club is a charter member of the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut and
National Garden Club.

Those seeking additional
information may contact Sue Satterlee  at
203-266-4273 or email info@pomperaugvalleygc.org.