Verderame, Lori, 1965-

Lori Ann Verderame (born January 11, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Lori, is an American appraiser of antiques, collectibles, and fine art; she is also a television personality, 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 The Curse of Oak Island, Auction Kings, and Strange Inheritance (where she discovered, authenticated, and appraised George Washington's wallet), in several episodes of Pawn Stars do Americaand made appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Today Show, Anderson Live, CBS News, and Inside Edition. 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.