It was raining buckets outside but inside was as dry as cornstalks in an autumn field. I was at Heritage Weekend at the Folk Art Center, milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville,…
Month: September 2013
My turn to ask – what exactly is this?
Posted in food, Health & Medicine, Kitchen, and Performers
I get emails all the time from readers wondering about the value of their items. This week, I’m asking readers to help me identify some items I’ve seen at auction. I’m not as interested in…
There was nothing appealing about the woman in the print. In fact, she seemed troubled, her wide eyes staring out beyond the artwork but her mind firmly planted on something inside her head. She reminded…
I was sure my eyes were fooling me. Up ahead, leaning one against the other in the back lot of the auction house – were those the doors to a very old car? As I approached them,…
Readers ask about Club Plantation fan & Apollo 11 mags
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Untimely beauty in the form of a salvaged door
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, furniture, and Home
From where I stood on the ramp, the line of doors seemed endless. The workers had laid them out side to side, flat on the ground at the back of the auction house so we auction-goers could…
Reader asks about ‘Wings over Jordan’ choir pamphlet
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Bev Doolittle’s art in tune with nature
Posted in Art
This time, the auction house had more artwork propped against a wall outside the building than hanging in its usual space inside. I happened to see the paintings and prints while previewing some furniture (including two…
I’m a magnet for old papers. At one auction house, I head straight to the glass cases after I walk through the door, hoping that some fascinating ephemera is waiting for me. I’ve asked to see…