Verderame followed the document and found out that the appraiser had sold it for $50,000. After all, she needed $50 to keep her electricity from being turned off. When she showed one appraiser a document dating back to George Washington, he offered her $50.
'Anyone could make that mistake.' Determined to educate people on the value of their possessions, Verderame began teaching the public about antiques." ( PSN 2012.) When Verderame spoke to people in the appraisal business about the incident, they told her, 'That's just business.' 'When I met her I thought, "This woman could be my mother,"' she said. While working as a museum curator, Verderame met a 75-year-old woman who needed to pay her bills and sold a historic George Washington document for $50 to a dealer. Source: "It was an older woman who inspired her to become an antiques appraiser.When I met her, I thought, this woman could be my mother-anyone could make that mistake.' Now, Verderame says, 'My goal is just to teach people the value of what they have and for them to learn what everyone else has.'" ( McLoughlin 2012.) She had recently sold a historic George Washington document for $50 that was worth $50,000! She said she needed the $50 to pay her electric bill. Source: "After years of teaching in classrooms and museums, Verderame decided to start appraising antiques after an unexpected encounter with a 75-year old-woman.Lori became an antiques appraiser to help educate sellers after she met a woman who sold George Washington's 1799 obituary to another appraiser for $50, only for it to be resold at $50,000?
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