The mottled and dirty metal box was shut when I approached it at the auction house, but I noticed the words “Fragile” and “Eggs”Ā on the soiled lid. The top also heldĀ an address label and two…
Category: collectibles
Souvenir paperweights made to your liking
Posted in Art, collectibles, and Glassware
Most of the photos seemed to have turned a slight sepia brown with age, but they easily could have been shot that way. They were all encased in clear crystal, and both them and it…
You canāt have enough pigs
Posted in Animals, and collectibles
“Weāre going to sell the rest of the pig collection next week,” I heard the auctioneer say as I was browsing the tables at the auction house. What on earth was he referring to? I…
This auction was obviously for the men, and plenty of them turned out for it. It was also for those of us who like nifty littleĀ things, and we got our eye-full, too. We all came…
Pedometer from childhood hero Jack Armstrong & Wheaties
Posted in Advertising, Children, collectibles, and Health & Medicine
Before the weather started to chill, I went out and bought a pedometer. I wanted to measure the number of miles (or mile) I walkedĀ along the uphills and downhills of my neighborhood. I didnāt want…
Frank Jamesā gun, corpseās belt buckle & gangsterās faucets at sale
Posted in Antiques, Civil War, collectibles, and history
The man was waiting to nab one of three outlaw revolvers used in bank robberies by the Jesse James and Younger gangs in the late 1800s. But the prices that most of the items were…
From Jackie pearls to Marilyn dolls to coins at Franklin Mint sale
Posted in collectibles, Dolls, Figurines, and Uncategorized
One auction-buyer paid $1,300 for a set ofĀ silver coins. Another practically bought the entire lot of Jackie Kennedy, Princess Diana, Scarlett OāHara and Gibson Girl bisque dolls in fabulous outfits. One guy did the same…
After a while, the womanās words became a chorus. “Itās overwhelming,” she kept saying as she walked among glass cases of Disney collectibles in the auction-house room. Every now and then, sheād stop to observe…