The Geraldine Lioness Lions Club held the same event five years ago which proved to be extremely popular.
"Some quite valuable articles came to light — a couple of things over $100,000 — and a few beautiful vases and jewellery worth several thousands of dollars were among the discoveries on the day," spokeswoman Bev Gregan said.
Mrs Gregan said they were "certainly" a huge surprise for the owners.
The important thing for people to realise when getting their treasures appraised was it only worked out what the item was worth, she said.
While you might try to sell them and not get that price, appraisal helped people to identify what not to sell for five dollars in a garage sale.
She said there had been instances where people had believed they had been left with costume jewellery, but it had been "the real deal".
The appraiser had told her he cringed when he thought about what had ended up at the dump.
Not all valuations ended in excitement.
"Sometimes people are disappointed".
People needed to remember — before finding out an item’s price — that it was valuable to them and their family.
She encouraged people to start looking through their treasures and heirlooms to bring along to get checked over by the two professional appraisers at the event.
Jewellery, books, ceramics, art, pictures, toys and silverware were some of the items that were brought along last year.
As for Mrs Gregan, she would be taking a teapot that had been given to her by her late husband’s aunt.
She believed it had been brought over from Ireland.
Her husband’s aunt had noticed how much Mrs Gregan had liked it and had given it to her.
Organisers hoped this weekend’s Antiques Roadshow would raise much-needed funds for the South Canterbury Alzheimer’s Society.
She said it was a group that needed support "and sadly most of us knows someone who is affected by this".
It would cost $5 per item for a valuation.
"There will also be stalls for you to check out with antiques and goods that you might like to purchase.
"There is still room for a couple of stalls so if you are interested, please let us know.
"Devonshire teas will be available while you wait and browse around."
Sadly there was not enough space for furniture to be valued.
The event would be held on Saturday March 1, in the St Andrews Hall in Geraldine from 10am-4pm.
"It is not often we get the opportunity to check out our valuables so come along and join us and find out about your items."
