Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in collectibles, and Figurines
I kept bumping into these cute vases with their smooth flawless faces of well-made-up and well-coiffured women. They appeared to come from another era, and they were foreign to me. What were there? My auction buddy…
Posted in Music
The musical instrument lying there on the auction table looked like a fat guitar. It had the right shape: large round curvy body at one end, an elongated neck at the other end with rows of strings…
A handful of old albums were discarded on the table, left behind by the auction-goer who had earlier won a box full of them. That happens pretty often at auction: a buyer wins a box…
Posted in Toys
The worker was taking a break in the cool recesses of the furniture pieces laid out on the ramp at the auction house. I almost missed him as I headed to check out the rows…
Posted in Black history, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Photos
Dr. Diane Turner held up a small photo album containing the documents of an African American soldier who had served in World War I. She had found and bought it on eBay, and she was astounded.…
Posted in Clothing
Two weeks ago, one of my favorite auction houses was selling some beautiful wedding dresses, shoes, veils and gloves. This week, it was selling a bride. It wasn’t your typical bride: She was almost as…
Posted in camera
I had never owned a Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera but apparently a lot people did. And they have memories of buying their first one. It is still a very collectible camera, and every now and…
Did you see the confessional? the co-owner of the auction house asked me as I stood there talking to another auction-goer. The auctioneer conducting the bidding had looked for me when it came up, he…
Posted in Asian, auction sounds, Family, Personal items, and Toys
“Wow, guns,” I heard the little boy say loudly in the uninhibited way of children. I was close by, sifting through some items in the box lots during a preview for an upcoming auction. I glanced…
I had almost passed by the framed message sitting atop some jewelry stands on a table at the auction house. It wasn’t a piece of art – which would have grabbed me instantaneously – so I…
