Antique Appraisal Fair!
Wondering if that knick-knack your great-aunt gave you for your birthday is really an authentic antique? Let certified appraiser Barbara J. Eash and Mark F. Moran, author of over 25 books on antiques and collectibles, evaluate your attic treasures. Bring up to two (2) items from any of the following categories:
Fine art
Folk art
Jewelry
Glassware
Toys
Memorabilia
Tickets to this event are required and are $10.00 per person. Tickets will be available at Next Chapter Bookshop starting September 15.
Note: If you would like to have furniture appraised, please DO NOT bring it to the event. Instead, bring a photo of your item for the appraisers to work from.
**Firearms, knives, and other weaponry will not be allowed at this event.**
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Ian Frazier, author of Travels in Siberia
In Travels in Siberia, Ian Frazier trains his eye for unforgettable detail on Siberia, that vast expanse of Asiatic Russia. He explores many aspects of this storied, often grim region, which takes up one-seventh of the land on earth. He writes about the geography, the resources, the native peoples, the history, the forty-below midwinter afternoons, the bugs. The book brims with Mongols, half-crazed Orthodox archpriests, fur seekers, ambassadors of the czar bound for Peking, tea caravans, German scientists, American prospectors, intrepid English nurses, and prisoners and exiles
In Travels in Siberia, Ian Frazier trains his eye for unforgettable detail on Siberia, that vast expanse of Asiatic Russia. He explores many aspects of this storied, often grim region, which 
of every kind—from Natalie Lopukhin, banished by the czarina for copying her dresses; to the noble Decembrist revolutionaries of the 1820s; to the young men and women of the People’s Will movement whose fondest hope was to blow up the czar; to those who met incomprehensible suffering and death in the Siberian camps during Soviet times.
of every kind—from Natalie Lopukhin, banished by the czarina for copying her dresses; to the noble Decembrist revolutionaries of the 1820s; to the young men and women of the People’s Will movement whose fondest hope was to blow up the czar; to those who met incomprehensible suffering and death in the Siberian camps during Soviet times. More than just a historical travelogue, Travels in Siberia is also an account of Russia since the end of the Soviet Union and a personal reflection on the all-around amazingness of Russia, a country that still somehow manages to be funny. Siberian travel books have been popular since the thirteenth century, when monks sent by the pope went east to find the Great Khan and wrote about their journeys. Travels in Siberia will take its place as the twenty-first century’s indispensable contribution to the genre.
This free event takes place at the Milwaukee Public Library’s Centennial Hall, located at 733 N. Eighth Street, between Wells and Wisconsin in Downtown Milwaukee.
Author bio: Ian Frazier is the author of Great Plains, The Fish’s Eye, On the Rez, and Family, as well as Coyote v. Acme and Dating Your Mom—all published by FSG. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey.
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