You know how you sometimes buy things for no rhyme or reason? That happened to me recently at one of my favorite auction houses. I was sitting there waiting for some items I actually wanted…
Japanese comic books I can’t read
Posted in Books
Author: sherry
Delft pottery of a different color
Posted in pottery
I’ve come to love the blue and white colors of Delftware, a pottery that has been made for centuries in Delft, Holland. But I had never seen these earthtone colors before, the ones captured so delicately…
I was drifting among the modern design furniture at one of my favorite auction houses this week and wasn’t finding much that whispered “come hither.” Until I turned a corner and ran smack into –…
While I waited for a train to Center City Philadelphia, I allowed my mind to wonder about the drawing I had seen in the newspaper the day before. It was an 1864 engraving of generations…
A real happy doll
Posted in Dolls
This doll was beaming. Her face had an eternal expression of cheeriness that I had not seen often. She looked ready to lighten up any child’s play: A big smile, bright eyes, open arms holding…
I used to dutifully go out and find the right Christmas tree each holiday season. I’d buy it from a seller who’d set up rows of trees with full thick branches in the same parking lot…
The cover of the book was so marred by water damage that I could only make out the word “Negroes.” Instantly, I knew it was something I had to examine a little closer. It was…
I had walked past that spot several times, but had never glanced to my right or left to see the headstone. If I had, I would’ve remembered it from two weeks ago. Even then, it…
Chinese herbs in a jar
Posted in Health & Medicine
I stuck my head in closer to the vintage jar in the glass case to get a clearer look. Still, I could not make out the dark crusty-looking items. They looked like pieces of dried wood…
Lovely vintage & antique clocks
Posted in Clocks, and collectibles
I’d always imagined having a house with a foyer off the front door, with a beautiful grandfather clock greeting me. The clock I envisioned was one of those reproductions with the fake gold and silver…