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[George]

PAGE SIX DANCE!!

[TCB]

Welcome home, George.

[Jane]

The air is clear in Washington!  It is safe to come home, Jane!

  Thanks

[Jane]

ROADSHOW vibes for DR George.

Oh right, the poorly timed weekend or you would have been spent the night with us.

Jane, would you have had room for my friend Margo, too?

If an air mattress would have been ok.

[George]

Well, Margo picked me up at about 6 a.m., or so, and we left my house probably 10 minutes later.  The drive down to Portland was uneventful (she was cruising at about 80-85 mph!) until we got to the bridge at the WA/OR border.  All southbound traffic completely stopped for about five minutes for some unknown reason.  We assumed that a bridge was up.  But from there, we were able to get to the Convention Center very easily.  We unloaded her van and brought our stuff inside, then she parked her van in the Convention Center parking garage.

[George]

Welcome home, George.

Thanks, Tom.

[George]

ROADSHOW vibes for DR George.

Oh right, the poorly timed weekend or you would have been spen6the night with us.

Jane, would you have had room for my friend Margo, too?

If an air mattress would have been ok.

It totally would have.

[Jane]

😊

I am glad you managed the trip in one day but it would have been more fun to see you.

[George]

😊

I am glad you managed the trip in one day but it would have been more fun to see you.

It would have!

[George]

We got in line to get into the event.  That took about 15 minutes to get through.  At the table where you get ticket for your items.  I got one for the 1972 Olympics glass mugs that I got from my parents, and when I said that I also have sheet music, the woman said "Collectibles."  I questioned that, saying that it's more like books, but the woman said no, sheet music should be collectibles.  Oh, well.  I tried.

[George]

However, when I got to the collectible table, the collectibles appraiser questioned why I was sent there, and he gave me a referral to to the books people!

[George]

The books appraiser was able to do a liittle research on a paid website that aggregates auction sales records, even as far back into the late 1800s!  She (the books appraiser) found a few auction sales for the Foster Hall Reproductions that I brought, the latest was about five years ago in Australia where a set sold for $175.  She also found a couple of auction sales from the 1970s. So, because it was complete and in really good condtion, she estimated the value between $500-$700.  I was guessing maybe $400-$600.  Nice!

[George]

Then, I went to the glass appraiser's table with the Olympics glass mugs, and that appraiser actually sent me to the collectibles table because what I had wasn't fine glass, but really were more of a collectible set.  That actually made sense, so back to collectibles I went!

[George]

The 12 glass mugs were appraised at $8-$10 each.  I brought some other Olympics glasses (a set of 5) that were $10-$15 each. 

[George]

Margo brought a little homemade card table that came down through her dad's side of the family that was made from a 1820s piano made from rosewood. It probably was made in the late 1880s to early 1900s.

[George]

She also brought a hand-carved table that she got from her mother's side if her family.  It's made of oak, probably from Michigan, but the appraiser felt that the carver was probably from Germany.  She appraised that table at $1000-$1500.

[George]

We went to the feedback booth and each recorded a little message, we got to get pictures taken at a photo booth, and then we left.  We had lunch at a Portland restaurant (it was pretty good), then we drove home, which also was a very easy drive.

[George]

I laid down for a bit and actually fell asleep until my sister called, asking if I could help her and her boyfriend get the last few items out of the house she just sold.  I did, we ate (from The Lemon Grass Restaurant) then I came home.

[George]

And that was my day.

[TCB]

I can tell that the rain is back.  My arthritis is really bothering me tonight.

[bk]

Home from food - the theater was packed - every seat full.

[TCB]

Home from food - the theater was packed - every seat full.

That is great news.

[George]

Home from food - the theater was packed - every seat full.

Nice!

[TCB]

George, how can you be posting?  You aren't showing as being here.

[George]

George, how can you be posting?  You aren't showing as being here.

Not at all?  Maybe because after I've posted, I've switched to playing a solitaire game on my tablet and that might make it so that I don't show as being on-line...if that makes sense.

[TCB]

Actually, it does.

[George]

Since my browser wasn't the top-most and currently-being-used app on my tablet, maybe HHW can't see me as being on-line. 

[George]

Just a theory.

[George]

Well...

[George]

...since we're so close...