Local residents sell collectibles at Treasure Hunters Roadshow

clsold items at a similar show before.
Kathy Schweer doesn’t consider herself“I’ve had it for several years,
an expert in selling collectibles.and when I saw the ad in the paper for the
But on Wednesday she was trying to sell severalroadshow, I thought this would be a could time to
valued items at the Treasure Hunters Roadshowsee how much I could get for it.”
at the Super 8 in Cape Girardeau.Since 1996, the Treasure Hunters Roadshow has
While she didn’t sell her silver coins orvisited more than 600 cities throughout the U.S.
toothpick holders like she had hoped, the Capeand Canada. At each show local residents bring
Girardeau resident received $35 for a chain purse.their antiques and collectibles to learn an
“I got more out of it than I thought Iassociate’s estimate of its worth.
would,” said Schweer, who had never