The item with the metal teeth reminded me of one of those afro picks from the 1970s. It could easily have dug through the mass of tiny curls on my head back in the day.…
Month: August 2015
An odd-looking typewriter called Oliver
Posted in collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Personal items
The contraption sitting in front of me on a table in the back lot of the auction house was obviously a typewriter. It had the customary keys, but its typebars were aligned along two sides like…
Several years ago, while browsing in a cramped shop somewhere in Manhattan, I came across several pieces of sheet music featuring African American singers, including one with Ella Fitzgerald on the cover. Among them was a cover…