The coin bank was different from most I’d seen at auction. Usually, they were metal figural banks in the shape of a book with the name of an actual bank. They were likely given out to…
Month: June 2015
S&H Green Stamps sign evokes memories of Don Lee poem
Posted in Black history, Books, and Signs
I could see the S&H Green Stamps sign clear across the room, hanging on a peg wall with its red, white and green colors pocked with a few black spots and nicks. The sign was…
The gold and platinum records were at the very back of the catalog. Sometimes auction catalogs on the web are so long that I stop before I get to the end. I decided to stick this…