Out & about: Ken Farmer Appraisals

The appraisal tickets may be sold out, but that shouldn’t stop antiques lovers from heading to the South County Library on Wednesday to see Radford’s own Ken Farmer in action.

Farmer, owner of Ken Farmer Auctions and Appraisals, is a regular appraiser on the popular national PBS television show “Antiques Roadshow.” He will appear at the library for a two-hour session of appraisals in front of a live audience. The library auditorium seats 200.

Forty people have purchased $10 tickets to have items appraised, but admission is free for spectators. The only objects Farmer does not appraise are coins, stamps and currency, so there are liable to be some intriguing treasures on display that evening.

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