The Pomfret Proprietors sponsored the second annual “What’s it Worth?” event on Saturday, Aug. 23, bringing local businesses and hopeful antique owners to the Pomfret School Strong Field House.

For just $5 per item, visitors from all over Connecticut and Massachusetts filled the building with relics from the past and the general atmosphere of a hometown “Antiques Road Show.”

Pomfret businesses paid a $25 fee to set up vendor booths around the Field House, selling and promoting everything from imported Italian tile, Quiet Corner t-shirts and lemongrass mints, while the Pomfret Lions’ Club provided an assortment of foods that did not disappoint .

The event – which hosted more than 200 visitors last year, many of them hoping that their family heirlooms or garage sale items might be worth thousands – wasn’t quite as busy this year, said Louisa Jones, manager of the Olmsted Student Union at the Pomfret School.

She added, however, that those who did attend this year’s event brought better quality items, which allowed members of Grogan and Company: Fine Art Auctioneers and Appraisers to spend more valuable time with each individual and to share with them the history of what they brought to “What’s it Worth?”

Few were disappointed with what Michael Grogan had to tell them, as some items headed for auction and some headed for next week’s garage sale.

Richard Hibbler of Manchester brought in an old spinning wheel that had been his mother’s . He told the story of a blacksmith in West Paris, Maine, who would bring his mother, now 94, wool from sheep that he owned. Hibbler said his mother doesn’t make mittens anymore and that the spinning wheel had been in a barn for more than 30 years. Grogan valued it at approximately $3,500 and gave him the contact information for Willis Henry, a Shaker furniture expert.

Julia Duffney bought two small paintings 40 years ago, one for $3 and one for $7. She’s had them hanging on her wall for years, she said. Grogan’s company was unable to discern who the artist of the paintings was, but together, Duffney’s inexpensive yard sale purchase is now valued at approximately $150.

Martha Emilio of Majilly, a Pomfretbased hand-painted ceramics business, created Pomfret Proprietors in 2006 after being appointed the Pomfret representative for the East Regional Tourism Board. At a meeting of Pomfret business owners, she only knew half of the people sitting at the table and felt a local organization needed to be formed, she said on Saturday . “There’s a plethora of Pomfret proprietors… the state of Connecticut is promoting ‘Staycation.’ Get lost in Pomfret.”

Cathy Duprey and her husband Gary, both of Duprey Real Estate, had a booth at the event. The business has been associated with Pomfret Proprietors since its creation, and this was their second year at “What’s it Worth?” Cathy said she is a member of the proprietors group “because it’s a wonderful group of business owners in Pomfret who are very supportive of each other in the Quiet Corner.” Following the event, Gary said that nearly 40 people visited their booth.

All proceeds raised at “What’s it Worth?” benefited a Pomfret Proprietors Scholarship Fund.