Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Art, collectibles, and Personal items
The big glass jar was chock full of colorful cigar bands, all looking as if they’d just been delicately removed from too many cigars. Individually, they were about size of a man’s swollen ring finger. I…
The rectangular box sitting atop a table at the auction house bore a picture of two men with guitars serenading two dark-haired women. The inscription on the picture was in a language I did not understand.…
Posted in collectibles, Home, Lighting, and TV
Wow, I thought as I saw the two shelves of rather unusual but lovely lamps at the auction house. There were almost a dozen of them – all made of glazed ceramic in the colors…
Friday at Auction Finds is a day I answer readers’ questions. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I…
The empty box of Ivory Snow detergent was much like the other product boxes that turn up on the auction tables. The cute happy baby on the front drew a smile from me but didn’t…
I came across the pair of chrome items in a box of stuff I had bought at auction. They looked like the spurs I’d seen cowboys wear on their boots in western movies. These, however,…
The old building looked stranded, left alone and neglected at the bottom of a street teeming with ice cream shops, a burger joint, restaurants, and stores hawking T-shirts and other stuff that tourists buy but do…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, history, and Religion
We were walking along a paved path bordered by petunias near our hotel, leaving behind momentarily the white wooden rocking chairs overlooking a lovely view of Oak Bluffs Harbor and anchored boats. It was mid-morning and…
My auction colleague Sly was incredulous. He had watched as a gilt painted wall sculpture sold for $14,000, and he couldn’t understand why. Maybe it was made by a named artist, I said, trying to calm him.…
