31st Annual Antique Appraisal Day, April 6!

31st Antique Appraisal Day

April 6, 2025, noon to 4 p.m.

Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm

1005 Van Hoosen Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48306

Antique Appraisal Day is RAHS’s largest annual fundraiser and a popular community event.  Community appraisers will be available to provide verbal appraisals on your most treasured antiques.

Please bring up to five (5) items to Antique Appraisal Day to show our appraisers. For larger items such as furniture, you may bring photographs. All items will be appraised at fair market value. Selling and buying is not allowed at this event.

Here are the details:

Admission is FREE
Verbal appraisals only
Appraisal fee per item: $5 — CASH ONLY, please
*5 item maximum per person
Sponsored by: Rochester-Avon Historical Society
Proceeds benefit historical education and preservation

Appraisers:

Randy Paul: sports memorabilia
Todd Fundaro (Flipside Records): vinyl albums, pop culture memorabilia, collectibles
Michael Wolk-Laniewski: dolls & teddy bears
Bill Pietrzyk: art, furniture, lighting, clocks, glassware, cast iron
Paul Haig (Haig’s of Rochester): Fine jewelry, Eastern art, watches
Greg Zemsta: arms & weapons
David Arnowitz: books, first editions, manuscripts, periodicals (no newspapers, post cards or magazines after 1960)
Robert Wilson: stringed instruments
Jeff Kowalsky (US Coin Gallery Inc.): coins
Yllka Islami: Jewelry

For more information, call 248-266-5440 or email us at rahsupdates@gmail.com.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 SPONSORS!

The Meeting House, Kruse and Muer Restaurants, The Eastman, Mr. C’s Car Wash, Rochester Mills Beer Co., O’Connor’s Public House, The Twisted Oak, Staples, Ram’s Horn, Purdy Chiropractic, Busch’s, Nothing Bundt Cakes, Hamlin Pub, Jimmy Johns, Painting with a Twist, Lipuma’s Coney Island, Bean and Leaf, Rochester Pollinators, Downtown Cafe, CJ Mahoney’s Sports Bar and Grille, Gordon Food Service, Dollar Treasure, 423 Main Bar & Grill.