During an auction preview recently, I was flipping through some framed paintings propped against a wall when I came upon one without a frame. It was a pencil drawing with a faded and worn mat that…
Month: October 2012
My auction pal Rebecca is on the lookout for a box of Wheaties with Gabrielle Douglas on the front. She’s been looking for it since the summer when she heard that the face of the African American Olympic…
1950s photos of cops, artist, black boys
Posted in Art, Children, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Photos
The flat box was lying practically in the middle of a wide table of throw-away items at the auction house. So I had to stretch my arms pretty far over to retrieve it, and I…