|
|
Speaker Series FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29th – 8:45am "Antique Objects & Their Stories" Ken Farmer –Chesapeake Room Ken Farmer is the owner of KFAuctions and Appraisals in Radford, Virginia. His company provides auctions, appraisals and private brokerage of all categories of tangible assets – antiques, fine art, guns, coins, rare books, collectibles, dolls and more--individual items or entire collections. Ken also offers real estate at auction in partnership with Woltz and Associates in Roanoke, Virginia. Mr. Farmer is a member of the Certified Auctioneers Institute and the Appraisers Association of America. Ken has appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and is a featured appraiser on PBS' Antiques Roadshow . Tickets: $15 per person FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29th, 10:30am “The Silver Trade of 1800”s in Charleston, South Carolina” by Brandy Culp, Curator, Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC – Theatre Tickets: $15.00 per person |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30th – 8:45am "Discovering the Past Through Objects: Adventures of a Real-Life History Detective" by Wes Cowan – Crystal Room Through television shows such as History Detectives and CSI, the public is learning more about the importance of archival institutions and their role in maintaining historical records. Wes Cowan, owner of Cowan's Auctions in Cincinnati, OH and star of PBS' tv series History Detectives and Antiques Roadshow, will offer his perspective on the evolving role of these institutions, the changing landscape of the antiques market, and share some interesting adventures. Wes is President and Principal Auctioneer of Cowan's Auctions in Cincinnati, Ohio. Before founding his eponymous auction house, he taught at the Anthropology Department of Ohio State University and in 1984 he became the Curator of Archaeology at the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. He is coeditor of The Origins of Agriculture in International Perspective and Societies in Eclipse: Eastern North America at the Dawn of European Colonization. In 1995, Wes left academia and the museum world to return to his childhood love - antiques. Tickets: $15 per person SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30th – 11:45am "Discovering Your Treasures" by Ken Farmer, owner Ken Farmer Auctions & Appraisals, Radford, VA. – Chesapeake Room Ken will speak about and show objects that he has handled through the years. |
He'll share stories of their ownership and owners, what happened when the items were sold, and their post sale history and the lessons that objects teach us. Tickets: $40 per person SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30th – 4:00pm "An Afternoon Tea with Lord Charles Spencer Churchill" – Crystal Room A narrative of his ancestral home, Blenheim Palace SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31st –9:30am "Decorating with Carleton" by Carleton Varney – Crystal Room As President of Dorothy Draper & Co. Inc., New York and The Greenbrier's curator/decorator, Tickets: $15 per person
|