I’m not into cats, dogs or other animals as pets. I don’t want to clean up after them inside my house or outside during their walk. I do appreciate people who love dogs and cats,…
Category: Crafts
Often, I find myself face to face with items at auction that cause me to just stop and stare. I stop because I’m baffled by the item in front of me. Or I’m stumped by how awful…
“I’m waiting for a snake to come up out of there,” the man said as I hauled my outlandishly large straw basket from one room to another at the auction house. I had just won…
Most of the carved heads were displayed so high atop furniture that I had to stand back to get a good look at them. I had searched for them specifically at the auction house because…
Reader’s broom and its link to 1855 integrated college
Posted in Black history, collectibles, Crafts, and history
Fridays at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
It was raining buckets outside but inside was as dry as cornstalks in an autumn field. I was at Heritage Weekend at the Folk Art Center, milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville,…
Whimsical sculptures from old doll heads & tins
Posted in Art, collectibles, Crafts, and Dolls
I had only just arrived at the crafts festival, on the lookout for that unique something-something that would wow me. I had dipped into one vendor’s space after another – not lingering, just glancing and moving on.…
Sweetgrass baskets by Annabelle Ellis
Posted in Art, Black history, collectibles, Crafts, and Culture
My auction buddy Janet had missed the two baskets entirely. I had, too, on my first walk-through at the auction house – a new one for me but a return spot for her. They were…