A few weeks ago, I wrote about a lithograph of a quartet that bore the illegible signature of the artist. I’m usually good at deciphering handwriting, but this one stumped me. So I asked for…
Author: sherry
Nice dress. That’s what I thought when I saw the first photo inside one of those lovely paper frames from decades ago in a box at the auction house. The woman wearing the dress stood…
Many of us were taught this seemingly unassailable fact: Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. We were too young and too innocent and too oblivious to question how he could have founded a country that was…
When I first laid my eyes on the saw, I immediately figured it was used on small pieces of wood. It looked like a real one but was half the size of the old hand saws…
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Posted in Dolls, and Reader questions
As some of you may know, many of my Friday blog posts are answers to readers’ questions about the items they own. I choose the most interesting items, and research them on Google to unlock…
Often, I find myself face to face with items at auction that cause me to just stop and stare. I stop because I’m baffled by the item in front of me. Or I’m stumped by how awful…
Help me identify the artist’s name on this lithograph
Posted in Art, Music, and Uncategorized
I often stumble across artwork that speaks directly to me, and as a result, have built a collection of well-known and not-so-well-known artists. I was at an auction house recently when I saw a jumble…
The man was like the proverbial kid in a candy store. He was oohing and aahing over an old tabletop jukebox like it was a beautiful woman. Never mind that it was dusty and dirty…
A bounty of old hand tools that will Wow! you
Posted in collectibles, Equipment, and Work
The text message from my auction buddy Janet wasn’t very encouraging to me: “You going to Briggs tomorrow?” she asked. “They have 12 vintage cookie jars and a bunch of old/rustic tools for sale. Could…
The back lot of this particular auction house is usually loaded with toys, chairs, dolls, school desks and other items for little tots. So when I saw the yellow tractor, I figured it was just…