Lori Ann Verderame (born January 11, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Lori, is an American

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of antiques, collectibles, and

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; she is also a television

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, public speaker, author, professor and museum curator and director. Verderame has been called “America's appraiser" and is "the Ph.D. antiques appraiser". She has been noted for her humorous, conversational, and educational style of appraisal on her road show events. Verderame has been featured on ''

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'', '' Auction Kings'', and '' Strange Inheritance'' (where she discovered, authenticated, and appraised

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's wallet), in several episodes of '' Pawn Stars do America'', and made appearances on ''

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''. From 2008 to 2009 she hosted ''Comcast Tonight''. She writes a syndicated column, "Arts & Antiques by Dr. Lori". Her road show events held nationwide are called Dr. Lori's Antiques Appraisal Comedy Show and she appears live on stage at 150 to 200 events every year since 1998. She maintains a popular YouTube channel that teaches people how to identify antiques and make money and spot valuables in thrift stores, yard sales and in attics. The channel content shows clips from her road show and television appearances, and she appraises over 20,000 objects a year.

Early life

Lori Ann Verderame was born in New Haven, Connecticut on January 11, 1965. Verderame attended

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, Connecticut, graduating in 1983. Verderame graduated from

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, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in World History in 1987. She graduated from

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, where she received a Master of Arts degree in Liberal Studies degree with a focus on Art History in 1989. From 1988 to 1992, she worked as a museum educator at the

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in New Haven, CT. In 1996, she graduated from

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's College of Arts and Architecture with a Ph.D. doctorate in Art and Architectural History. Verderame taught art and architectural history at Pennsylvania State University; she also taught at the State University of New York College at Cortland from 1993 to 1994. She worked as a curator at the

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Touring and television

Lori Verderame presents "Dr. Lori's Antiques Appraisal Comedy Show" traveling around the United States and overseas appraising objects in an educational and entertaining manner. The show is presented live; audiences bring their objects for appraisal as part of the unscripted comedic appraisal stage show. Verderame has been featured on ''

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'' and ''

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'', ''The Balancing Act'' on Lifetime, ''

'', ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. From 2011 to 2013, Verderame was the art and antiques appraiser on Discovery's TV show '' Auction Kings''. She appeared on episodes of FOX Business Network's Strange Inheritance. She is a cast member as the artifacts and antiquities expert on

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''. Verderame has produced and co-hosted (with Carol Erickson) the series ''Value This! with Dr. Lori''. She hosts and co-produces the weekly series ''What's It Worth? with Dr. Lori'' with Steinman Communications and

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and is a

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. In 2019, she was a cast member and co-host on ''Treasure Hunt Tuesdays'' on the national daytime talk show ''The Doctor and the Diva'' on the

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networks. She has appeared on the

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, appraising objects for Bobby Bones and his cast. Verderame appeared on History channel's series, ''Pawn Stars do America'' Verderame appeared and appraised Ty Inc. Beanie Babies stuffed toys on the Netflix series, '' King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch''.

Works

Verderame authored the following published books: * ''Art History's Heroes: Masters of Contemporary Realism'' (Martin Art Gallery, Allentown, PA 2003) * ''A Thin Line—a Broad Brush: The Art of Bruce Johnson'' (Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA, 2002) * ''Seymour Lipton: An American Sculptor'' (Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2000) * ''Seymour Lipton: Post-War America in Three Dimensions'' (Martin Art Gallery, Allentown, PA, 2001) * ''The Founder of Sculpture As Environment: Herbert Ferber'' ''(1906–1991) ''(Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, 1998) * ''Muhlenberg Masterpieces: Selections from the Permanent Collection of Muhlenberg College (''Martin Art Gallery, Allentown, PA, 1997)''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Verderame, Lori 1965 births Writers from New Haven, Connecticut People from Bucks County, Pennsylvania Living people American art historians American women art historians University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni Wesleyan University alumni Penn State College of Arts and Architecture alumni American women television personalities American people of Italian descent Historians from Pennsylvania Historians from Connecticut 21st-century American women Television personalities from Connecticut American women curators American curators Museum educators