Skookum dolls: Not truly Native American (0)

1/29/10 •

I always wondered if different parts of the country yielded different items on the auction tables. I recall spending a day one December in Georgia, my niece in tow, driving from one antique shop to another within a 50-mile radius of Macon, GA.
I found nothing that jumped out at me, that said take me home. [...]

How to find an auction near you (0)

1/28/10 •

About two years ago, I was headed to visit my family in Georgia in early December and thought I’d check out some auctions. But how could I find them?
I came across a website called auctionzip.com, which, by plugging in my mother’s zip code, gave me a list of auction houses within 30 miles. I found [...]

Faux wood furniture (0)

1/27/10 •

I was walking among the furniture pieces at auction this week, turned a corner and stopped in my tracks. There they were, ghosts from my bedroom past. Those chunky faux-wood bedroom sets with the carved designs.

I was fresh out of college at the time, sharing an apartment with my sister and her young daughter, and was making very [...]

Women’s club, Henry Hudson Hotel and facial tissue (0)

1/26/10 •

In blue writing on the front of the small rectangular boxes I got at auction recently were the words “Henry Hudson Hotel, New York. 1200 Rooms. 1200 Baths.”
They were three boxes of facial tissues, bulging with content, the tissues a bit faded. I thought of them as throwaways, a somewhat interesting find among a group [...]