I was standing in the middle of a tight space, an attic with built-in bookshelves overcrowded with dusty books along a wall and in a lovely mahogany case with glass fronts. Two other rooms in…
Armed Services Edition books from WWII
Posted in Books
Author: sherry
Readers ask about Black Americana card-holder, dashboard clock & Coke bottle
Posted in bottles, Carvings, Computer/Electronics, Radio, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. 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 can do…
It was always a chore for me to try to figure out the mileage from here to there by consulting a travel atlas. I recall pulling out the map book, looking at the “Mileage and…
The two diaries had been in a box of other items I actually wanted at auction. I found them later while I was going through the box at home. One of the diaries was locked and the…
I stood slightly away from the table, trying to get a better look at two bulky and very dirty horse saddles lying on the floor, wondering how anyone could ever have heaved them on top of a…
Treasures in a little girl’s keepsake chest
Posted in Children, and collectibles
The mahogany box with the little treasure chest on top was closed, so naturally I had to see what was inside. That’s what you do at auctions, because you never know what’s hiding inside shuttered boxes. As…
Reader seeks identity of a black bride doll
Posted in Dolls, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. 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 can do…
To be honest, I bought the first clock to sell. It’s a Welby anniversary clock, a brand I hadn’t heard of before, in brass and glass with a finial that resembles a spider. It’s sitting…
I paid little attention to the owner as he whispered in the ear of the auctioneer. The tall portly man had been moving around the auction house all afternoon, so it wasn’t strange that he would bend…