‘Fun, unique job’ | Falmouth Outlook

By Nila Harris

Native American artwork knowledgeable Erin Rust, a Pendleton County High School Class of 2008 graduate, just lately was a featured appraiser on the PBS present “Antiques Roadshow.”

In the episode, which aired on Jan. 5, Rust delivered an appraisal to a lady with a Knife River flint spear level. The arrowhead, in keeping with Rust, was from 8000 B.C. on the earliest to 1200 A.D., and conservatively would fetch $2,000 to $4,000 at public sale.

This just isn’t Rust’s first look on “Antiques Roadshow.”

Rust, who works for Freeman’s Auction primarily based in Cincinnati, has appeared on the PBS sequence 4 completely different occasions, and shall be featured in extra episodes later this 12 months.

After PCHS, Rust graduated from Xavier University in 2012 with a bachelor’s diploma in graphic arts and a minor in historical past with an emphasis on native research.

While finishing her senior seminar Rust visited Cowan’s Auctions in Cincinnati.

She was so enthralled with the place that she made a word to contact Danica Farnand, the one who led the tour, after that go to.

But as life took her to a job utilizing her graphic arts diploma, Rust didn’t make the decision. A few years later, Rust occurred to say to her dad that she had not pursued that contact.

Soon after the dialog along with his daughter, Greg Rust visited Cowan’s to make some purchases and bumped into Farnand. The girl talked about that the public sale home wanted to rent a local arts appraiser and that the younger Rust ought to give her a name.

The relaxation, as they are saying, is historical past, and Erin Rust has been working for the corporate (which modified fingers and is now Freeman’s/Hindman public sale home) for the previous 10 years.

“It’s a fun, unique job,” Rust mentioned.

She travels incessantly to take a look at collections and attend commerce reveals. Rust evaluates and authenticates Native Arts properties for Freeman’s, which has 16 workplaces throughout the United States. She examines objects anyplace from the pre-historic to historic durations, and early twentieth century to modern items.

“I have to know a little bit about everything,” she mentioned with fun. “There’s been a couple of fun things we’ve handled over the years.”

Rust informed about holding Sitting Bull’s rifle and pipe, and a 30-piece assortment of historic Navajo jewellery.

When requested if she had seen any counterfeit items, Rust admitted that she sees a minimum of one pretend per day. She has seen many phony arrowheads and tomahawks.

She mentioned that fakes could be recognized by how they’re made and the way they really feel.

When not touring, Rust enjoys returning to Pendleton County to trip horses on her dad and mom’ farm. Rust is the daughter of Greg and Andrea Rust of Butler.