When I first saw the trade cards, I assumed that the women in deep necklines and sexy poses were selling exactly what they were showing. Usually I ignore such images at auction, leaving them for…
Month: May 2018
Celebrating the royals with collector’s plates
Posted in collectibles, and dishware
Everywhere I turned at the auction house, I saw Queen Elizabeth II’s smiling face on a comemorative plate. It was both jarring and refreshing to see her happy and smiling, especially after observing the stoic-faced image of…
Queen Charlotte – Britain’s first biracial queen
Posted in Black history, history, and Women
I had never heard of Queen Charlotte until after the royal wedding on Saturday. A friend who spent the weekend immersed in all things royal mentioned it. She’d read that a woman with African roots…
Memorial cabinet cards in remembrance of a loved one
Posted in collectibles, Death, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents
I was flipping through some cabinet cards at auction recently when I came across an unusual one. Cabinet cards normally bore a photo of folks dressed in their finest with the name of the studio…
Daily schedule for 1970 TS Bremen Caribbean cruise from NY
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and travel
I had never heard of the TS Bremen, but when I saw a schedule for a 1970 cruise to the Caribbean, I quickly picked it up. Cruises are still big business, and I was curious…
Birdhouses created in a child’s hand and manner
Posted in Animals, Architecture/Buildings, Children, and Home
I spotted the shelves of birdhouses from a distance at the auction house. They were arranged neatly in a cabinet near a wall – some of them alike, several reminding me of an abstract painting. I…