Jan Robbins Durr is a Certified Appraiser of Personal Property through the International Society of Appraisers.
She is certified in The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), and an IRS Qualified Appraiser.
02/19/2023
Michael Jordan, who will turn 60 on Feb. 17, has donated $10 million to Make-A-Wish America, a nonprofit organization that grants wishes to children with critical illnesses.
Jordan's donation is the largest in Make-A-Wish's 43-year history, the organization said. https://gma.abc/3jVU0eS
02/07/2021
After 20 years in the career I have throughly enjoyed, I am officially retired. My thanks to my dear customers, colleagues, and so many who shared their knowledge & assistance.
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12/01/2020
“Mahala Jameson marked this sampler under the direction of Mrs Hackley A D 1818.” From our latest issue, Jenny Garwood takes a look at the mysterious Mrs. Hackley and her Greenwood Seminary. Click this link to check it out! 🧵
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Sampler by Mahala Jameson (1800–1821), 1818. Silk on linen. The sampler was stitched under the guidance of Ann Duncanson Hackley (1778–1859). Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
11/21/2020
Looking for a road trip, NC style!
Jugtown Pottery: North Carolina town known for pottery since 1917 :: WRAL.com The Seagrove Potter Studio Tour is this weekend, so the Tar Heel Traveler visited for a sneak peek. The North Carolina town is known for its pottery, where Jugtown Pottery has produced renowned art since 1917.
11/13/2020
Old Style is Back in Style. Why the surge for laundry in your sink?
Only One Factory in North America Still Makes Washboards, and They Are Flying Off of Shelves Sales of the antique tools have boosted since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with people wanting to avoid a trip to the laundromat
10/02/2020
10/01/2020
Love learning something new. Double bonus as I was a labor & delivery nurse & also a collector of sewing memorabilia.
Have you ever wondered why embroidery scissors are shaped like storks? Well, these scissors didn't actually start out as scissors, but as umbilical clamps. Sometimes, the clamps would be used with a set of forceps shaped like snakes. Why snakes? To symbolise the Rod of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing and medicine.
Between the 19th century and now, these little stork scissors have gone through some really big changes. In the past, most of them were between four and a half to six inches long, with their heads mounted at almost a 45-degree angle. The beaks were heavy clamps not meant to cut, but to restrict the blood flow before the umbilical was cut. Some even had little babies hidden inside the stork's beak that would appear when the clamps were opened.
The midwives began to use the scissors for needlework that they carried with them to work on during long waiting times when babies were being born.
Who knew these scissors had such a long history that started with delivering babies? The Smithsonian has a medical bag on display with a pair of stork scissors, in their American History Collection.
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10/20/2020