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<p>[QUOTE="Mill Cove Treasures, post: 9775036, member: 60"]I think it was 20 years ago that I won tickets for Boston. The tickets were for a specific time and they asked us not to show up early to reduce the size of the lines. They only asked us to contact them if we wanted large items that required special handling appraised. </p><p><br /></p><p>We did have to wait in line for approximately 20 minutes. When we reached the entrance, we had to show what we brought and we were given passes for the tables of those specific appraisers. Our time was later in the day, and many seemed wiped out with little energy left. One of the Keno brothers looked at one of my grandfather's hand carved pieces. I didn't tell him that I knew who carved it. He said the carver was very talented and the piece was impressive because of how difficult it is to work with that type of wood. He said it was the high end antique of the future. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mill Cove Treasures, post: 9775036, member: 60"]I think it was 20 years ago that I won tickets for Boston. The tickets were for a specific time and they asked us not to show up early to reduce the size of the lines. They only asked us to contact them if we wanted large items that required special handling appraised. We did have to wait in line for approximately 20 minutes. When we reached the entrance, we had to show what we brought and we were given passes for the tables of those specific appraisers. Our time was later in the day, and many seemed wiped out with little energy left. One of the Keno brothers looked at one of my grandfather's hand carved pieces. I didn't tell him that I knew who carved it. He said the carver was very talented and the piece was impressive because of how difficult it is to work with that type of wood. He said it was the high end antique of the future. :happy:[/QUOTE]
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