
05/01/2025
WIW - First Friday Radio Show Agenda – May 2, 2025
Barbara Beem, Antiques Week columnist … Spring House Cleaning
Segment #1: Guest
● Barbara Beem – Spring House Cleaning
Segment #2: Guest
● Barbara Beem – More Spring House Cleaning
Segment #3: What’s It Worth Game … What Sold for More $ This Week?
● Miniature 19th c. Folk Art Coffin … with a Child’s Doll Laying Inside
● Roberto Clemente 1955 Rookie Card Graded PSA Mint 9.0
● A Piece of Clapboard from a House in Concord MA with a Bullet Hole from the First Day of the American Revolution on April 19, 1775
Segment #4: The World of Auctions”
● Is the Auction World Splitting into the “Best-of-the-Best” … and then the “Rest of Us”.
● Understanding Misleading Auction Signs
Segment #5: Trade Headlines
● One-of-a-Kind MLB Paul Skenes Card Sells for MORE Than He’ll Make Playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates This Year
● How Comfortable are YOU Selling to Out-of-Town Buyers in Hotel Rooms?
● Some Very Specialty Auctions
Segment #6: Wrap
● Is Americana Dead in the Antiques World? If Sotheby’s and Christies Are Making So Much Money, Why Are They Laying Off Staff?
● Much More
Upcoming Shows
● June 6, 2025
o Chief John Baron, Hulmeville PA Police (Selling Fi****ms Safely and Legally in PA) and Grant Souder, Alderfer Auction Co (Selling Fi****ms Safely and Legally at Auction)
● July 11, 2025 (NOTE: 2nd Friday due to the 4th of July Holiday)
o New Hope Mayor Larry Keller talking about Antique Garden Furniture, and of course … New Hope PA
● August 8, 20254
o Pending
● September 5, 2025
o Doylestown Arts Festival
o Jenna the Millennial … talking the Great Philadelphia Crafts Marketplace
Also
● REMEMBER: ‘What’s It Worth’ is now ‘What’s It Worth-First Friday’ and will be airing Live on the ‘First Friday’ of Every Month.
● Always Booking House & Estate Contents Appraisals
● 700+ Booked ZOOM “What’s It Worth” Appraisal Events since 2021 … Now in 30 States … and looking to book more. Call Mike at (215-264)-4304 to discuss how it works.
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o 1) Our programs are fun and informative
o 2) Our rates are so reasonable