My auction buddy Janet and I picked out five items at auction recently to see how well we’d do against some of the TV auction shows in choosing valuable items. Each day this week, I’m…
Month: September 2012
Janet & Sherry the auction hunters: Day 4
Posted in China, collectibles, dishware, Glassware, Home, and Kitchen
My auction buddy Janet and I picked out five items at auction recently to see how well we’d do against some of the TV auction shows in choosing valuable items. Each day this week, I’m…
Janet & Sherry the auction hunters: Day 3
Posted in collectibles, and travel
My auction buddy Janet and I picked out five items at auction recently to see how well we’d do against some of the TV auction shows in choosing items that were valuable. I’ve blogged about…
Janet & Sherry the auction hunters: Day 2
Posted in collectibles, Music, Personal items, and travel
My auction buddy Janet and I picked out five items at auction recently to see how well we’d do against some of the TV auction shows in picking choice items. Yesterday, I blogged about a…
Janet & Sherry the auction hunters: Day 1
Posted in Art, Carvings, collectibles, history, Personal items, and travel
My auction buddy Janet and I were headed to an auction recently when I broached the idea of the two of us becoming auction hunters for a day: Pretend we’re on a TV show where…
Readers ask about dream book & stereoview cards
Posted in Books, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Photos, and Reader questions
Two years ago, I wrote about Prof. Uriah Konje’s dream book of numbers that purported to help you win the lottery or any other similar game of chance. I’m still getting inquires about the book and how…
Native American stereoview cards
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Photos
I was thinking “Wow” as I flipped through each of the stereoview cards of Native American photos from the 1870s. The cards showed the country’s native people making blankets, sitting with family, posing alone and…
Kenneth Slaughter & Wings Over Jordan
Posted in Black history, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Music, and Religion
They were in a different CBS studio each Sunday, this group of singers with some of the best voices in spiritual music. But Wings Over Jordan couldn’t just walk through the front door of hotels to…