Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Decorating, and Gardening
The first time I saw the washtubs at auction, I was struck by their utilitarianism. They were galvanized metal with black numbers painted on them and black legs holding them up. The auction house had sat…
Posted in collectibles, Decorating, and Holidays
We all have the memory: Opening up a pack of Paas Easter egg dye, mixing the tablet with water, and gently swishing the white hard-boiled egg until it turned a pastel pink, blue or other color…
Posted in Advertising, Decorating, and Home
I didn’t give the wooden rulers a first look as I breezed along the tables of not-much-worth-considering items at the auction house. Who needs a ruler these days, I’m sure I huffed to myself. That…
The tiger and gator feigned ferocity, each looking much too real as one perched on an elegantly carved bench and the other on a wraparound soft leather sofa. Neither was obviously real, but the auction…
Posted in collectibles, Cooking, Decorating, and Kitchen
Somewhere in my garage is a beautiful gray coffeepot with speckles that I picked up at auction some time ago. It’s one of those big old metal coffeepots like the ones you’d see on a…
Posted in Art, Decorating, and Unusual
The animal was a browse-stopper. I glanced up at the bright green figure with the elongated body when I noticed an auction-goer lingering much too long at its table. From where I stood, the thing looked like…
Posted in Decorating, and furniture
I was walking among the furniture at the auction house looking for something interesting and different when I came across a Louis XV style writing table with two notes attached: “Originally out of the lobby of the Trump…
Posted in Animals, Books, Crafts, and Decorating
I had seen the alligator bookends on the auction-house website the day before. But by the time I arrived for the sale the next day, they had slipped my mind. Until I was making my…
Posted in Christmas, Decorating, Holidays, and Home
It’s not unusual to see Christmas decorations piled atop table after table at auctions. Many of them are similar to the ones I’ve bought in the past for a few bucks. But the decorations in boxes…
Posted in Animals, and Decorating
When I first saw the two large tortoise shells in the glass case at the auction house, my first reaction was “how wrong!” It seemed a little barbaric to be selling the disembodied shells of…
