It was 5 o’clock and time for the sale of paintings at the auction house. The staff had been selling expensive items in a special auction for most of the day and was getting ready to…
Author: sherry
“I want my dolls!,” the woman screamed so loud that I was sure folks walking outside the auction house could hear her. It was the anguished cry of a woman in distress, the fervor in…
Reader seeks info on slave depot in Columbus, GA
Posted in Black history, and slavery
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items, and sometimes help them to gather historical information about a subject or item. Today’s…
I came to the Native American slot machine first, but it was the big red head of another machine on a table just behind it that pulled me in. I had seen the array of arcade…
I wasn’t paying too much attention to Eric the auctioneer as he peered at a ring in his hand. He was selling jewelry, and I had already looked casually at the carousel of jewelry on the table and…
At auction, I’m always finding items that touch me or cause me to stop. Sometimes, I will buy them; other times, I just snap a photograph to view later. Today, on this day after Thanksgiving, I’d…
A hot-dog cart to start your own street business
Posted in Businesses, and food
Now that’s something I don’t see very often, I thought as I approached the hot-dog cart among the vintage and antique furniture at the auction house. It looked as if it were fresh from the factory, without a…
“I think it’s cool,” I heard a woman say excitedly behind me. I turned and saw two women who could easily have been searching for furniture to fill a new apartment. They were looking at a…
Guess the current equivalents of these items from the past
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Kitchen, Military, Music, and travel
When I first saw the Western Union telegram, Jerry Butler started singing in my head: “Oh, Western Union man, send a telegram to my baby Send a telegram, send a telegram, whoa Send a telegram…
The words “Inaugural Committee” were in a neat script on the oversized envelope, making it clear that the content inside was official. The envelope itself was the faded off-white color of aged paper, so I knew that…