Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Advertising, Asian, and travel
I’d seen the dealer at this auction house many times before. I never found him very friendly, but lately he had begun to nod or offer a quiet hello to me. I knew that he…
It took me a moment to realize that the charred bricks on the auction table were not what they seemed. They were arranged in three rows and looked like the scarred ruins from a fire. As I…
First, I saw the beige quilt with the red and tan pattern. It was much lovelier than most quilts I’d seen at auction. It was folded on top of furniture at the auction house and surprisingly, no…
Posted in collectibles, Figurines, and Music
The porcelain angels and other figurines in the box at auction were actually quite cute. There were so many of them that someone was obviously giving up a collection – or the pieces were being…
Augusta Savage is one of those great unknown artists. That’s not surprising given that she was both black and female. The art world – heck, the world on a whole – has never fully valued…
I’m not into cats, dogs or other animals as pets. I don’t want to clean up after them inside my house or outside during their walk. I do appreciate people who love dogs and cats,…
Posted in Art, and Comic books
I knew exactly what I wanted to see when I entered the “Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes” exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Who would I find among Marvel’s black superheros? I knew Black…
Posted in Clothing, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Women
The American magazines bore such names as Godey’s Lady’s Book, Mme. Demorest’s Mirror of Fashions and Peterson’s Magazine. Within their covers, women of means could see some of the latest styles, many of them representative of French designs. These…
