Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Art, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents
The sheets of yellowing pages emblazoned with “Harper’s Weekly” instantly attracted me. During the Civil War, the newspaper was famous for its illustrations of the war’s battles, its wins, its losses and its politics. Harper’s…
There was nothing very distinguishing about the array of vintage planters spread out over two tables at the auction house. Except that they were so cute. Most were figural, in the shapes of animals, from…
The painting was a simple oil of an old man in a buggy pulled by a mule. In the background – which appeared to be too close and too overbearing – was a building with an…
I couldn’t resist the five ceramic sculptured busts sitting on a table at the auction house. They resembled those anatomical models with pull-apart heart, lungs, stomach and other parts of the body that are used in…
Posted in Art, collectibles, Home, and pottery
For a second, I thought I had walked into a ceramics pottery store. Or one of those “make your own” pottery shops with students’ creations lining the shelves of two tall and expansive stands. This…
