DEAR SUN SPOTS: My mom has an extensive doll and bear collection, and she needs to downsize. I need to find someone to help us value and sell some of the collection. Help would be appreciated! — Donna Jacques, newcattitude64@yahoo.com

ANSWER: Sun Spots gets this question regularly and has yet to provide an answer that satisfies her readers. Much of collectibles has moved online. If you go to eBay.com, you can search for items similar to what your mom has and get an idea of prices.

If you don’t want to sell on eBay yourself, there are two local providers of this service:

* Stephen J. Martelli, Auburn, 786-9116, sjmartelli@myfairpoint.net

* Nola, Goin’ Postal, 120 Center St., Auburn, 784-9900

* Laurie Whitmore, Oxford Depot eBay store, Oxford, 539-4884, ebay@oxford-depot.com (recently moved)

You could also ask Dan Poulin, Orphan Annie’s, 96 Court St. Auburn, 780-0638, for help.

If readers have other solutions, Sun Spots would love to hear them.

DEAR SUN SPOTS: The Edward Little High School Class of 1977 is celebrating its 35th class reunion on July 28 at Martindale Country Club in Auburn. Evening events will include a social hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. with a cash bar, class photo promptly at 6:30 and a buffet dinner at 7 p.m. followed by more socializing, music and dancing until midnight.

Below is a list of classmates who have not been located for the mailing of the invitation. Please help us locate these missing classmates by contacting me or one of the other committee members: Elaine Sirois Blackwood, Debbie Shaw Shennett, Cathi Myrick Morin, or Steve Peterson at stephenpeterson@me.com We also have a Facebook page for the event at facebook.com/events/228525760527024.

We are looking for Tammy Jean Bowie Allen, Diedra Austin, Cheryl Freitas Bailey, Dianne Marie Baril, Rhonda Ann Treadwell Batsford, Louise Theresa Daignault Berry, Michael Albert Bisson, Katherine Ann Blossom, JoAnne P. Bolduc, Julie Elaine Levesque Brown, Joyce Maxine Bryant, Susan Mary Reed Burke, Joanne Lucille Morin Burns, Everett Byron, Michael Larry Cameron, Judith Ann Carr, Deborah Ann Cole, Lawrence William Cole, Jr., Sandra Clark Conrad, James Roger Cote, Deborah Elaine Cox, David Bruce Dresser, Suzanne Cloutier Ducharme, Monique Morin Fanciullo, Betty Irene Baril Fenton, Linda Gagnon, Ronald Gagnon, Tina Chabot Gauthier, Daniel Gauthier, Gary Giasson, Sue Goss, Russell James Hamilton, William Allen Hamlyn, Cindy May Tripp Hathorne, Suzanne Hinson Hegwood, Mattiam Hoffman, Kathy Hunt, Eric Michael Hutchins, Scott Alex Hutchins, Betty Lou Jackson, Dale Lee Jamison, Jane Marie Cantral Johnson, Anne Marie Kehoe, Cindy L. Keith, Dawn Marie Kidder, Steven Lachance, Richard Dennis LaCouture, Thomas Paul Lafferty, Paul Conrad Lamore, Michael Robert LeBlanc, Thomas Edward Leclerc, Belinda Lemay, Michael R. Lizotte, Joy Lynn Camire Marshall, Christopher John Matthews, Deborah Lynn May, Jeffrey William McGarth, Susan Arlene Mckay, Susan McRay, Steven Anthony Mercier, Gail Elaine Brown Michaud, Cynthia Irene Michaud, Keith Allen Mitchell, Louise Ida Morin, Cheryl Ann Morton, Pam Noyes, David Norman Ouellette, Stephen Michael Parke, Douglas Gilman Parker, Donna Lee Madore Pelletier, Sherrie Ann Jenney Pelletier, Arlene Gagnon Pepin, Brian Arthur Poor, Steve Larry Proctor, Wendy Haas Provencher, Rena Vivian Rancourt, Paul Raymond, Janet Fay Reynolds, Norman Fredrick Richardson, Stephen Robert Rioux, Joel Robert Sawyer, Doreen Sibley, Melody Ann Marquis Sleever, Becky Francis Smith, Carl Smith, Sherwood G. Spaulding, Maria Cloutier Stark,Geraldine Jane Taylor, Melody Veillieux, Dale Robert Vogel, Peggy Sue Morin Walton, Richard Wayne Welch and Marie Cloutier Woodbury. Thank you. — Dianne Rand O’Connor, 784-0282, bdoconnor5@hotmail.com

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