Antiques experts from a leading fine art auction house are encouraging people living in the Hereford area to search their attics and storerooms for forgotten treasures that might be worth a fortune.
Fine art director Jeremy Lamond will lead a team of experts from Shrewsbury-based Halls who have agreed to hold a charity antiques valuation event at Hereford Racecourse from 10.30am to 2.30pm on Friday, October 12 in association with the city?s mayor, Councillor Brian Wilcox.
All money raised from the event will go to the Mayor of Hereford chosen charities, The Haven and ROBOCAP.
Hereford Racecourse has agreed to host the antiques valuation event free of charge to support fundraising for the two charities.
A team of four experts from Halls will be available to value ceramics, furniture, works of art, paintings, silver, toys, books, militaria, sporting items and textiles in return for a ?2 fee for each item, with all the proceeds going to The Haven and ROBOCAP.
With centres in London, Leeds and Hereford, The Haven is the only national breast cancer charity that provides one-to-one support to improve the quality of life of anyone affected by breast cancer.
The Haven?s programme of care costs around ?1,000 to deliver to each visitor and the charity relies on donations of individuals and organisations to deliver its services. Since opening in 2004, The Hereford Haven has arranged more than 23,000 appointments and helped almost 2,000 visitors.
ROBOCAP is a charity aimed at providing ?Robotics Assisted Surgery? for men suffering from prostate cancer in the three shires of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and South Worcestershire. In excess of 800 men a year are diagnosed with prostate cancer in the three shires.
Mr Lamond appealed to the people of Hereford and surrounding area to turn out to support the fundraising event for such good causes.
?This valuation event provides an ideal opportunity for people to have their family heirlooms and treasured items valued,? he said. ?If they have items that are too big to bring along on the day, they can simply show us photographs or we will be happy to arrange home visits after the event at no additional charge.
?In the past, we have discovered many valuable items in the Hereford area that have been stored away. What makes our job exciting is the possibility of discovering a long forgotten treasure that may have been passed down through the family and has never been valued.?
Halls are now accepting entries for an equestrian and sporting auction on November 7, an antique furniture, ceramics, clocks and works of art auction on November 21, a collective auction on December 5 and a busy programme of auction in 2013, when the company will move to a new multi-million headquarters and fine art auction centre.
For more information about the valuation event, contact Halls on Tel: 01743 284777, The Haven on 01432 361061, ROBOCAP on 01531 631898 or the Mayor of Hereford?s office on 01432 260438.
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For more information please contact Mr Jeremy Lamond, Halls? fine art director, on 01743 284777 or Duncan Foulkes, public relations adviser, on 01686 650818.
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