I was making a second pass-by of an enclosed glass case at auction this week when I stopped in my tracks. There, on the bottom shelf were what looked like dentures (or false teeth) in…
Month: May 2010
I’m not much of a comics-book reader, but I’ll flip through them if the cover grabs me. I found one comic book among a lot of Supergirl, Rom and Mask recently that did. In the…
I was going through a list of artworks up for previewing at one of my favorite auction houses recently when I came across the name Frank J. Dillon. I was told that he was an African American artist who…
I can always find something Christmasy on auction tables anytime, anywhere – be it vintage lights, ornaments or any other decorations that had likely been sitting in someone’s basement or attic for years. The vintage…
Spotting auction items in old movies
Posted in collectibles, and Movies
I was watching Bogie and Lauren Bacall in the movie “Key Largo” on cable a few months ago and lo and behold, what did I see on a table: One of those old heavy metal…
I cannot recall my grandmother ever going to church with a bare head. She always wore a nice simple hat. I can still see her getting ready for Sunday services at our family church and…
A friend of mine keeps threatening to get rid of her old dining room furniture. It’s one of those dark heavy antique sets with the leafed table that stretches to the size of a Cadillac,…
I had thumbed quickly through the two long rows of African American-themed books on a table at auction this week, but nothing struck me. Until another auction-goer mentioned that he had set aside a copy…
Currier & Ives’ repro print of black Civil War regiment
Posted in Art, Books, and collectibles
I was doing a sweep of sellers at a flea market Sunday and came across an oversize book of Currier & Ives Civil War prints. The book opened to one of the most interesting of its reproductions: the assault…
This is the beginning of flea-market season, so my auction buddy Janet and I decided to clear out some excess stuff from our basements – you know, that junk we’ll never use again. We shared…