We’d like to think that we will someday somehow get past the hatred of those with the insane image in their heads that if you’re not like them – whatever that means – that you…
Category: Carvings
The ornate clocks created their own sea of gold, interrupted only by their white porcelain faces that stood out like watchtowers. They were placed tightly on a table and a shelf, and a few were…
As the tour bus rounded a corner to Saxman Village Totem Park in Alaska, the guide directed us to look at a pile of gray logs with splashes of color. Those are totem poles left…
Oversized figures of Christ, African female & Marlboros
Posted in Advertising, Asian, Carvings, collectibles, furniture, and Lighting
One week, the auction house had a larger-than-life figure of Jesus Christ that looked as if it had been taken from a church. A few weeks later, it offered a larger-than-life figure of an African…
The wooden eagles had been placed almost in our paths, but to the right and up a step. The pair of massively oversized birds were certainly a show-stopper, even if one was missing the tip of its…
Things that make me go “Wow!” and “Huh?”
Posted in Carvings, collectibles, Home, Toys, and Vehicles
Most of the time when I’m previewing items at auction – usually in the hour before the action starts – I amble through the aisles, stopping at a table here and there, picking up stuff…
The two carved tusks looked like larger versions of two African ivory pieces I had at home. Both bore the features of an African man and woman carved in the side of the ivory. I…
Retablo carvings on mirror tell stories of life in Peru
Posted in Art, Carvings, collectibles, and Figurines
From where I stood, staring across rows of heavy furniture at the auction house, I could barely make out the carvings framing the mirror. I could see that they were colorful and a little crude,…
I came to the Native American slot machine first, but it was the big red head of another machine on a table just behind it that pulled me in. I had seen the array of arcade…