Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Auction, Black history, Books, collectibles, and Decorating
Previewing the online auction, I only saw a few books that looked promising. Two lots of about three books each already had bids on them at prices way beyond what I was willing to pay.…
The woman in the back was apparently so excited that she started waving her hand. Auctioneer Nicholas D. Lowry, wearing another of his trademark plaid suits, jokingly warned that he might include her in the…
Posted in African American women, Auction, Figurines, and Religion
The auction at the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament’s building started at 9 a.m., and I sat through a long tedious online sale and five rooms of an on-site sale. That’s how bad I wanted…
Posted in Advertising, Auction, collectibles, and Medicine
When my buddy Janet and I started going to auctions years ago, we’d wait around for hours until the last of the box lots were sold. By then, many of the buyers had gone home, overwhelmed with…
Posted in Auction, Books, Children, China, and collectibles
The small round orange and lime stickers pop up like weeds. You can see them on any number of items on the auction tables. They don’t usually bother me because I’m always curious about what people…
Posted in Auction, Broadway plays, and Music
When I finally walked into the basement of Maynard Bertolet’s stone house, I should have felt claustrophobic, but I didn’t. Before me were thousands of vinyl pop and classical albums he had collected over more…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Auction, and School
The woman was a solitary figure in a long hallway that 10 minutes earlier had been filled with a clump of people moving mechanically from one classroom to another. In this quiet time, she seemed…
I was on my way out the door of the auction house when I spotted three lots of sheet music on a table. I always stop for sheet music even if I don’t intend to buy any…
There was a simple beauty to the way the thin layer of ice had formed crystals on items set up on the back lot at the auction house. As I strode through the assemblage of…
Posted in Auction, collectibles, and Movies
I was in an editing program in Tucson, AZ, in 1983 when the Star Wars enthusiasts in our group corralled us all into going to see the latest movie in the trilogy, “Return of the Jedi.”…
