Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Black history, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Military, and Photos
The group of men sat proudly at their table, their Montford Point Marines banner attached across the front. They were a quiet group, not badgering or calling out to those of us enjoying the displays at a…
Posted in Art, Black history, and furniture
The name Lewis Tanner Moore kept popping up on the auction sheet in descriptions of several pieces of artwork. I recognized the names of the artists, including Allan Freelon and Paul Keene, both acclaimed Philadelphia…
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Reader questions, and Tins
Many of us have items that we inherited or were given to us, and we know very little about them. Since I write about auction finds with a little history to them, I get questions from readers about…
Posted in Dolls, and Performers
From afar, it looked as if the two dummies were talking to each other, carrying on a silent conversation that none of us auction-goers could hear. Maybe they were making fun of us in our…
Posted in Crafts
I had seen the hoards of boxes of craft items on the auction-house website but had brushed past them because I don’t craft. When I arrived on the day of the auction, I was again confronted…
My friend Rebecca had seen something on the wall at the history library that she was eager to show me. We were attending a Juneteenth emancipation conference sponsored last weekend by the Library Company of Philadelphia, and I…
