Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in bottles, collectibles, and Home
In my kitchen pantry is a fire extinguisher like any other that you’d buy at a Big Box store: Still in its original box, red, cylindrical with a hand trigger that releases a dry chemical to put out…
That’s my bottle, I thought as I approached one of two tables at the auction house filled to the brim with all sorts of wine and liquor bottles. It was in the shape of an…
Posted in Advertising, Animals, bottles, and collectibles
I was standing at a second table I had set up for my block’s annual yard sale when I overheard a mother talking to her son. The boy was about 5 years old and she…
Posted in bottles, collectibles, Home, and Women
Did you see the sprinklers, my auction buddy Janet asked as I was looking at some item I was not likely going to buy at auction. When she said it, the image that came to my…
Posted in Art, bottles, and collectibles
The bottles were breathtaking. The colors looked as if they’d just been lifted from a rainbow and the carvings from a work of nature. They were Chinese snuff bottles, and I was looking through more…
Posted in bottles, collectibles, and Glassware
The bidding started innocuously with a price that was not unheard at the Decorative Arts sale. So when the sweet little amber perfume bottle with the gilt (gold leaf on metal) dragonfly started at $375, I…
Posted in bottles, and collectibles
As soon as I saw the 16-ounce Coca-Cola molds, I knew there would be a mad dash for them when the bidding started. Some Coca-Cola products are very collectible, and these were likely among them.…
Posted in bottles, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Figurines
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…
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…
Posted in bottles, 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…
