Talk:Lori Verderame

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The result was: rejected by Narutolovehinata5 (talk) 04:02, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
May be renominated for DYK if it is expanded by 5x or promoted to Good Article status.

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• ... that Dr. Lori became an antiques appraiser to help educate sellers after she met a woman who sold George Washington's 1799 obituary to another appraiser for $50, only for it to be resold at $50,000?
  1. Source: "After years of teaching in classrooms and museums, Verderame decided to start appraising antiques after an unexpected encounter with a 75-year old-woman. 'This woman told me her story. She had recently sold a historic George Washington document for $50 that was worth $50,000! She said she needed the $50 to pay her electric bill. When I met her, I thought, this woman could be my mother—anyone could make that mistake.' Now, Verderame says, 'My goal is just to teach people the value of what they have and for them to learn what everyone else has.'" (McLoughlin 2012.)
  2. Source: "It was an older woman who inspired her to become an antiques appraiser. While working as a museum curator, Verderame met a 75-year-old woman who needed to pay her bills and sold a historic George Washington document for $50 to a dealer. The document was actually worth $50,000. When Verderame spoke to people in the appraisal business about the incident, they told her, 'That's just business.' 'When I met her I thought, "This woman could be my mother,"' she said. 'Anyone could make that mistake.' Determined to educate people on the value of their possessions, Verderame began teaching the public about antiques." (PSN 2012.)
  3. Source: "It was a 75-year-old woman who was taken to the cleaners. When she showed one appraiser a document dating back to George Washington, he offered her $50. She took it. After all, she needed $50 to keep her electricity from being turned off. Verderame followed the document and found out that the appraiser had sold it for $50,000. Nothing could be done. In fact, other appraisers told Verderame that it was the elderly woman’s fault. 'She should have known better,' they said. But what Verderame was thinking was: 'That could have been my mother.'" (Kerns 2013.)
  4. Source: "After years teaching in university classrooms and working as a museum director, I was inspired to start appraising antiques after I met a perfect stranger. She was a 75-year-old woman who had sold an historic George Washington document for $50 that was worth $50,000! When I met her, I thought, this woman could be my mother—anyone could make that mistake. That woman's mistake inspired me to share my education and expertise with America." (Wilkinson 2014.)
  5. Source: "Dr. Lori says her career in appraising began after talking to a woman who'd been conned out of $50,000 from an appraiser. That's when she knew she wanted to be an appraiser, and do it in an honest way." (Garrison 2018.)
  6. Source: "It started more than two decades ago when she was a professor and museum curator in Pennsylvania. A 75-year-old woman visited her and said she sold a family heirloom, an old newspaper, to someone for $50 so she could pay her electric bill. Dr. Lori discovered the woman had sold the original obituary from 1799 of the 'Father of Our Country,' George Washington. The woman was related to Washington. After some research, Dr. Lori learned that the person who bought the obituary for $50 later sold it to a museum for $50,000. After that incident, Dr. Lori said she decided, 'I'm going to teach regular America what they have and what it's really worth.'" (James 2018.)
  7. Source: "She recalled a senior citizen who had sold an old newspaper to an appraiser for $50 and it was worth $50,000. She said that woman may have needed the money for health care or food or other living essentials and Dr. Lori doesn't want that to happen again." (Klimovich Harrop 2019.)

• Comment: I'd like to get a DYK for this article I've just overhauled if possible, and this seems like probably the most interesting one that can stand pulled out of context. "Dr. Lori" is her stage/television name, as stated in the article, like Dr. Oz or Dr. Phil. — the Man in Question (in question)

5x expanded by The Man in Question (talk). Self-nominated at 10:09, 13 December 2019 (UTC).

• Comment (not a formal review): the hook is quite wordy and cumbersome. More concise hooks are better at hooking reader's attention. All extraneous factoids should be pruned, so that the purpose of the hook is apparent. Are dates and dollar amounts important? --Animalparty! (talk) 01:43, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

• Very true, so:

ALT1: ... that Dr. Lori became an antiques appraiser after meeting a woman who sold George Washington's obituary for $50; it later resold for $50,000?

- shorter, and the ambiguity makes it hookier. Johnbod (talk) 18:42, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

• What's lost in this rewrite is that now it sounds like she became an antiques appraiser to make money and take advantage of people. Since this is a living person we're talking about—"the possibility of harm to living subjects must always be considered". — the Man in Question (in question) 01:37, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

• Full review needed. BlueMoonset (talk) 02:31, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

  Sorry, @The Man in Question:, this article is completely ineligible for DYK because it is neither new nor a five-fold expansion. You may have completely rewritten it but it is actually shorter now than it was in its pre-rewrite state. It also has some "citation needed" tags. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:28, 12 January 2020 (UTC)