Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Category: Computer/Electronics
I don’t usually waste my precious moments on electronic items in box lots at auction. Most times, they are old and obsolete, and have lost their raison d’etre. They’ve had their glory years, many revolutionary in…
As I rounded the corner from one room to another at the auction house, I came face to face with an item I had never seen before – at auction or anywhere else. Hanging on…
Readers ask about lady nutcracker, turntable & Mutoscopes
Posted in Computer/Electronics, Kitchen, Music, Reader questions, and Records
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of the items that they own. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but…
Inside a local ‘Storage Wars’
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Clothing, Computer/Electronics, and Home
The man was tailor-made for a Philadelphia version of A&E’s “Storage Wars.” He was a big burly guy with a belly that protruded beneath his blue pullover rather than hung over his belt (at one…
Gone are the golden years of radio
Posted in collectibles, and Computer/Electronics
I couldn’t believe the prices the vintage radios were going for. These were too lovely to sell for so little, and it was disheartening to see them so devalued. Shelves and shelves of some of…
I had walked past the printer several times as I left and entered the auction house. It sat across from the door, a huge monster that I basically ignored. The laser jet printer was seemingly…
Dell laptops at auction
Posted in Computer/Electronics
One of my favorite auction houses recently publicized that it would be selling laptops from a bankrupted company at its next auction. Pre-publicity always brings out the high bidders, and I knew this would be…