When I spotted the cabinet from a distance at the auction house, I instantly thought of my handyman/friend Robert who’s just begun converting old stuff into something new. He had asked me to be on…
Month: December 2015
Tin comic-book holder bearing a Roy Rogers look-alike
Posted in Comic books, and Toys
I could see a drawing of a cowboy on a horse on the side of the tin item facing me. The image resembled something out of a Roy Rogers and Trigger movie, so I went…
Vintage holiday greeting cards for you
Posted in Christmas, and Greeting cards
As you celebrate the holidays with your family, I wish you warmth and love as expressed in these greeting cards from the early 20th century. “Christmas Greetings and all good wishes for your happiness throughout the coming…
Norman Lewis is much like many other African American artists of his generation. Since their skins were brown, these artists were ignored by the so-called art world, lost and unrecognized. That is changing now –…
The auction-house website called it a “one-horse open sleigh,” offering a photo of a familiar wintertime vehicle that made a simple song into a national treasure. “Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh Over…
These Star Wars figures brought big bucks, but yours may not
Posted in Auction, collectibles, and Movies
I was in an editing program in Tucson, AZ, in 1983 when the Star Wars enthusiasts in our group corralled us all into going to see the latest movie in the trilogy, “Return of the Jedi.”…
As soon as I saw the furniture in the golden pine finish, I knew it was 1950-ish. The short brass-capped feet and simple lines told me that it was Midcentury Modern, furniture that was made…
It was 5 o’clock and time for the sale of paintings at the auction house. The staff had been selling expensive items in a special auction for most of the day and was getting ready to…
“I want my dolls!,” the woman screamed so loud that I was sure folks walking outside the auction house could hear her. It was the anguished cry of a woman in distress, the fervor in…