I was at the tail end of an auction a couple years ago, waiting around for some artwork that had captured my eye. I was there with my art-loving friend Kristin, it was late and…
Through an artist’s eyes
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Category: Art
Snow, a warm reminder
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The snowfall this weekend reminded me of a painting I got at an auction a couple years ago. It has an Asian theme. The artist, whose name I can’t determine since I don’t speak the language, textured the piece with a…
A creepy snake planter
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Looking at it, I wouldn’t have guessed that the metal sculpture was a planter. It reminded me of the Greek goddess Medusa, but this piece had only three snakes emanating from its top. I had…
Buxomy black female figurines
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I was previewing photos of an upcoming auction earlier this week when I spotted them. They were figurines of black women, 13 of them, dressed in brightly colored bathing suits, church suits and night-out-on-the-town outfits. Whoa! I…
Earlier this week, I wrote a post about stereotypical images of black children that I come across at auctions. I complimented Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” for its positive portrayal of a black girl…
Long road to a black (Disney) Princess
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The black woman standing before us was agitated. Did you see that picture on the wall over there, she asked my auction buddy Janet and me. Janet had seen it. I hadn’t. I always miss…
Illustrating Pearl Harbor
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Some months ago, I bought at auction six postal covers with illustrations of the attack on Pearl Harbor and other World War II battles drawn by a man named Fred Miller. I had never heard of Miller, but…
On Sunday, one of my favorite auction houses sold all kinds of ephemera or paper items: vintage advertising trade cards, Christmas cards, greeting cards, album cards, postcards, books, female pin-up prints, recipe booklets and calendars.…