The man had pulled the brass item out of a piece of soft white paper and was watching amusedly as the young camerawoman examined it. I didn’t hear him identify the piece but saw that she…
Tag: black memorabilia
I’ve been to many auctions where the simplest of African American ephemera has been snapped up by dealers. But I was not prepared for the prices on such items at a recent manuscript auction. When did our…
James Van Der Zee’s photos of Harlem
Posted in Photos
No one quite captured the culture, the love and the beauty of the people of Harlem like photographer James Van Der Zee. We all can conjure in our minds his iconic 1932 photo of a…
My family’s collections
Posted in collectibles
The figurines were arranged like the inside of a black Baptist church on a Sunday morning. Three deacons in white on the right. Three mothers of the church in white on the left. The mothers…