I was standing over a group of greeting cards on a table at auction this week and separating out the ones celebrating new births when my auction buddy Janet walked by. “Those are so cute,” she…
Month: January 2010
Vintage human hair pieces
Posted in Style
The sandy-colored braid and hair piece on the auction table seemed like an anachronism. It was in its original box and on the inside top was written: Mdme. Pauline Kohlerman Manufacturer & Importer of Human…
New looks for old fabric
Posted in Sewing
I saw the pieces of fabric peeking out from the box on an outside table at auction this week and recognized them immediately. Quilting scraps. In a box next to it was another project I…
Vintage sewing machines at auction
Posted in Sewing
I never took home economics or sewing classes in high school. I took typing classes. I jokingly told my friends that I’d hire someone to come in and do my housework and sewing. I was…
Disassembling a Hess truck collection
Posted in Toys
At auction recently, boxes and boxes of Hess trucks and more were stacked nearly two feet high across two long tables against the back wall of one room. All in their original boxes, neatly preserved by…
My earliest recollection of using a hair dryer was in college. I have this image of myself and other women sitting in a long room with the plastic hoods on our heads, waiting patiently and…
Who uses clothespins anymore?
Posted in Clothing
One of my memories of growing up in the rural South was using wooden clothespins to hang clothes on the line to dry. We’d hang the clothes tip to tip (by the shoulder or waist), the…
Ebony makes greeting cards? That was my first reaction when I spotted them while walking past the card section of a local Target a few weeks ago. They must be new, I surmised, because I…
Want to buy a Rolls Royce trophy?
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Vehicles
There were 17 of them on the table at the auction house – the five brass cups with extended handles were most impressive. Lying on the table in front of them were plaques, and standing to the…