Auctions tables are full of remnants from our past, and one special item can evoke memories that have long lain dormant. That’s what happened recently when two items from my blog posts propelled readers back to…
Month: July 2015
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…
When I saw the listing for the letters on the auction-house website, I found it rather intriguing. They were mailed to Mrs. Babe Ruth from fans who adored her husband and, unable to get close to…
First, I saw one bedroom chest – more an armoire than a chest – whose design and height were so grand that it immediately willed me to it. Then I saw a much-smaller chest that rivaled it.…
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…
Was this a joke? That’s what I wondered when I saw the label on the box of items on the auction table. The box looked like one of those clear plastic restaurant takeout containers. The…
“That’s worth a lot of money,” the woman said as I stood holding a cameo I’d found on a bookshelf at an estate sale in a beautiful stone home that had enough rooms to be…
The item was sitting atop a table in the furniture room at the auction house, a crisscross puzzle of ropes. I always scope out the furniture at auction houses because some the most unusual and beautiful…