Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in collectibles, and Vehicles
When I saw the model 1957 Chevy and the other vintage cars on the auction table, a memory flashed through my mind. I was a child, sitting on the porch with my cousins in a…
Posted in collectibles, and Home
It was hard to miss that strange and scary-looking creature among the sea items scattered over the long auction table. It was a replica octopus modeled into a stool, its tentacles (with suckers exposed) forming…
Posted in Carvings, collectibles, and Music
The tiki image seemed to be here, there, everywhere on the auction tables, and the breadth of them sparked a memory for one auction-goer. Rich’s aunts and uncles had drank from tiki cups and danced to the music…
Posted in collectibles, and Home
The gold ball was colorful but un-enticing there among the cataloged items on the auction table, looking too much like an oversized Christmas ornament. Nothing interesting about something to hang on a tree for a…
Posted in collectibles, and history
When I first saw the group of items on the table, I was drawn to the colored labels bearing numbers and id’s. They reminded me of deaccession tags that accompanied the stuff that museums consigned to auctions to raise…
Posted in Art, collectibles, and Culture
The round stick on the table had a bizarre look about it. It was about 18″ to 20″ long, tapered like a cane or walking stick but too short to be either. The head had sharp projections jutting from it…
Posted in collectibles, and Figurines
I kept bumping into these cute vases with their smooth flawless faces of well-made-up and well-coiffured women. They appeared to come from another era, and they were foreign to me. What were there? My auction buddy…
Posted in collectibles, and Kitchen
For weeks, the auctioneer had been touting the upcoming sale of salt & pepper shakers. So much so that even I was curious, and I’m not one to ogle over shakers. That’s my auction-buddy Janet. The day finally came…
Posted in Art, and collectibles
The man was visibly perturbed. The auctioneer had just ended bidding on the vintage Coke tray at $55 and given it to an absentee bidder. The man was heatedly protesting. He had accepted the final bid, he…
