Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Advertising, Clothing, and Women
The papers had the dingy look of age, throwaways that someone no longer wanted. I could see that even before I got to the stacked sheets at the end of the auction table. But as I approached…
The light blue item with the oversized white faux stitching and NFL/Bud Light emblems looked way out of place among the more stylish and expensive items on the auction-house floor. A whimsical item, it was…
Posted in African American women, Black history, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents
At first, it was hard to distinguish the image featured in the dark marks that seemed to be scattered in the center of the poster. The artist Marlene E. Miller had sketched a face in thick intersecting…
Here I am again with a guessing game of items that I found interesting at auction. I wasn’t sure what to make of one of them until I read the sticker that the auction house…
Posted in civil rights movement, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents
The poster was folded in half, its aged back exposed and giving no hint of what ideas the other side held. It was lying on top of some contact sheets of black and white photos…
I’m so glad you invited me, Theresa said as she leaned toward me. It wasn’t the first time she’d thanked my buddy Kristin and me for asking her to come along to a summer barbecue on the…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, collectibles, and Guess what it is
The coin bank was different from most I’d seen at auction. Usually, they were metal figural banks in the shape of a book with the name of an actual bank. They were likely given out to…
Posted in Black history, Books, and Signs
I could see the S&H Green Stamps sign clear across the room, hanging on a peg wall with its red, white and green colors pocked with a few black spots and nicks. The sign was…
The gold and platinum records were at the very back of the catalog. Sometimes auction catalogs on the web are so long that I stop before I get to the end. I decided to stick this…
