I was going through some auction items of a black soldier last weekend with some friends, and we came across the man’s small Bible. It had been given to him by the U.S. Army when…
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Illustrator Jerry Pinkney gets his due
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Jerry Pinkney is one of my most favorite illustrators of children’s books. The man is awesome. I’ve never come across any of his books at auctions, but I’ve purchased a few on my own. Last spring,…
I grew up in the South, so I have no first-hand knowledge of dropping a coin in an automat slot, sliding open the door and retrieving a beef pot pie or piece of cake. My…
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.…
A paper trail to the past
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I have this thing for old documents. I can’t explain it, but whenever I see paper and other ephemera on tables at my auction houses, I instinctively head over and flip through them. I find that looking…
Once a Girl Scout …
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I have a very strong image of me as a child in a green Girl Scout uniform. But I don’t remember any activities I participated in or who my troop leader was or the names…
I’m one of the tons of people who saw the movie “Julia & Julie” in August and then went home to make the signature dish “Boeuf à la Bourguignonne (Beef Stew in Red Wine, with…
A love for black children’s books
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When my nephew was younger, I gave him children’s books for Christmas. It became a family joke. Whenever he was handed the gift from me, everyone wondered aloud what could it be. He eagerly ripped…