Antiques Roadshow Appraiser, Rare Book Expert to Speak about Old and Rare Books

Kenneth Gloss has a thing for old books.

The antique book store owner and rare book appraiser will be giving a talk about rare and antique books at the at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Medfield on Feb. 2. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. this Monday.

As owner of Boston’s Brattle Book Shop and a frequent contributing appraiser on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, Gloss is an expert in antique and rare books. He’ll be sharing stories about how he found some of his favorite books and the joys of searching for antique books.

Gloss will also hold a question and answer session after his talk and give free appraisals to anyone who brings a book both at the church and at Brattle Book Shop in Boston.

Gloss has appeared on PBS’s Antiques Roadshow many times in the past 12 years, including a recent episode which aired on Jan. 26. On that episode he appraised a collection of illustrations from Frank Lloyd Wright valued between $9,000 and $12,000.

Gloss is the former president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America’s New England Chapter. His family has owned the Brattle Book Shop, one of America’s oldest and largest antiquarian bookstores, since 1949.

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