The glass sphere with the wide green band around its middle resembled a transparent globe with gadgets inside. It was even tilted like the earth on its axis. But it wasn’t a globe, and none of the auction-goers seemed to…
Category: Mystery Finds
Mystery needle case with a family history
Posted in Mystery Finds, and Sewing
I knew what the barrel-shaped box was when I saw it among some items in a box lot I had just brought home. It was smeared with dust, and the particles had settled into what…
Plaque for Jersey Devil House Tour
Posted in Culture, Folklore, and Mystery Finds
The words “Jersey Devil” caught my eye as I passed by the plaque during my walk-through of the auction house. That, I thought, must have a very good story behind it. Tours of a place…
It could be musical, but it looks medieval
Posted in Music, and Mystery Finds
“What do you think this is?” I asked, interrupting the two men chatting across from where I stood looking dumbfounded at an item on the floor at the auction house. They stopped their conversation, and one…
What mystery tool is this?
Posted in Mystery Finds
Pointing to the rusty metal contraption there on the auction table, I asked the same question of each person who approached us. What do you think that is? Each peered at it, picked it up…
A mystery sewing item
Posted in Mystery Finds, and Sewing
The auctioneer described his next item up for bid as a mini sewing machine. I perked up. I love old sewing machines, the big black metal monstrosities that weigh as much as a house but…