Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
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…
The bright green discs were the first thing I saw on the items as I entered the furniture room at the auction house. None of them had just one sticker, most had two or three…
Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles will be selling that slinky see-through gown that Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang a sexy “Happy Birthday” to President Kennedy in 1962. The “skintight, sheer, flesh-colored dress that sparkled…
I have a friend who has moved into a lovely home and wants a grandfather clock to help dress it up. I understand, because I have always loved the look of antique grandfather clocks in their…
Posted in Auction, Clocks, collectibles, furniture, Glassware, Home, and Kitchen
The owner of the house had owned an antiques store, and you could tell by the way she had furnished her home. Now holding only a fourth of her belongings, the home still bore tables…
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…
Posted in Children, Clocks, collectibles, Toys, and TV
Did you have one of those, I asked the man idling in front of his tables of vintage toys in a far corner of the main ballroom at the nostalgia convention. He had been sitting behind…
Posted in Clocks, and collectibles
I’d always imagined having a house with a foyer off the front door, with a beautiful grandfather clock greeting me. The clock I envisioned was one of those reproductions with the fake gold and silver…
