Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in bottles, and collectibles
As soon as I saw the 16-ounce Coca-Cola molds, I knew there would be a mad dash for them when the bidding started. Some Coca-Cola products are very collectible, and these were likely among them.…
Posted in China, collectibles, and dishware
I was more curious about the two handles on the cup than the pattern. What was it? It wasn’t a teacup because it was too large, and it seemed much too small to be a…
Posted in collectibles, Holidays, and Lighting
I didn’t notice the hollow metal star until I was combing through a box of items I had just bought at auction. The word “Presto” was engraved on one side, and the areas around each of the…
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
The first time I saw the flat brown paper box on the auction table, I picked it up to find out what was inside. I’m always curious about vintage items still in their boxes, because…
Posted in Auction, Clocks, collectibles, furniture, Glassware, Home, and Kitchen
The owner of the house had owned an antiques store, and you could tell by the way she had furnished her home. Now holding only a fourth of her belongings, the home still bore tables…
I’m always uncovering artists at auction who are unfamiliar to me. So, it’s a delight when I learn that they’re still alive and I can interview them. Sometimes, though, they aren’t and I can find very little about…
I bought the cardboard box of books for “The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar.” There were a half-dozen or more old books in the box but I only wanted that one. I was afraid…
I don’t know Jeniece Andrews or Natalie DuBose, but I do feel for these two women whose livelihoods were upended in the aftermath of the grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the…
Posted in Art, Books, Broadway plays, history, and Movies
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
