The City of Dillon will sponsor an Antique Appraisal Fair and Silver Clinic on Saturday, August 1 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the Wellness Center, located at 1647 Commerce Drive, Dillon.
A special auction is being held in conjunction with the event at B&W Auction at 11 a.m. that day at 2239 Highway 9 East, Dillon.
Appraisals will be performed by three experienced appraisers.
Bart Mullin of Read and Mullin Appraisal and Fine Art Services of Charleston specializes in fine art, Oriental rugs, porcelain, silver, and sculpture. He is a member of the Appraisers Association of America.
Mullin had one year of restoration and conservation training in London, England and four years in New York specializing in coins and precious metals.
Mullin is a graduate of the New York University Appraisal Program in Fine and Decorative Arts and has had training in New England furniture, Oriental rug identification and valuation, and in 19th century Asian ceramics. Mullin has a number of affiliations.
James Brannock is from Personal Property Appraisals LLC in Columbia.
He is a member of the American Society of Appraisers. His appraisal practice, established in 2003, has covered a wide range of properties: general household contents, high-end antiques, silver, art, guns, American Indian/African and other tribal art/artifacts, cars/trucks/motorcycles (stock and custom), boats, tractors/farm equipment, trade tools and equipment and commercial furniture, fixtures and equipment.
He is a member of the SC Federation of Museums; Palmetto Archives, Libraries and Museums Council on Preservation; SC Silver Society; Historic Columbia Foundation; SC State Museum Foundation; Columbia Woodworkers’ Club; Society of Period Furniture Makers; Friends of Old Salem; Winterthur; Columbia Museum of Art and a “business partner” with the Friends of the Richland County Public Library. He has been a volunteer in the conservation lab at the South Carolina State Museum for six years.
He has successfully completed appraisal courses at George Washington University in conjunction with the American Society of Appraisers.
At the event, each person will be limited to three items for a fee. Only verbal appraisals will be given.
The silver clinic is being conducted by Eric Daniels, Silvermith.
Eric Daniels, founder and owner of Everett Silver Services, a silver flatware repair and restoration service located in Greensboro, NC. Several clients have told him that he is, “The man to fix or repair anything silver!” He has worked and trained at one of the largest silver flatware companies in North America, Replacements, LTD. He has designed customized flatware and one of a kind sterling silver jewelry made from silver flatware. Eric began working as a silversmith by polishing flatware for six months at the prominent Replacements, LTD. After doing a tremendous job, they promoted him into silver restoration where he worked closely with the master silversmith for 12 years. Eric learned repair and restoration and all things surrounding, sterling, silver plate and stainless flatware. He was tested and certified for silversmith repair by the master silversmith. Eric decided to start his own business because the estimates that were given at this major restoration company were through the roof for clients. He wanted to be able to provide the same type of service but at a cheaper rate. He opened his business and began performing services while maintaining excellent quality. He began designing special flatware pieces with imagination and flare to use with the clients existing flatware sets. They were wonderful to display for prominent dining parties and gifts. Everett Silver Services provides quick quality of service at a discounted rate. He also provides customized jewelry including rings, bracelets, and earrings that can be made from flatware patterns. He loves his job because it brings damaged goods back to life.
Eric spends his free time working on his hobby…silver restoration and repair. He encourages everyone to have a job in which you love what you do as work. Eric was born in Brooklyn, NY and has settled down in NC for over 15 years. He and his lovely wife, Janice has two children Sequoia and Shaquille.
For more information, call Maggie Riales at 774-5167.
