Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in collectibles, Decorating, and Equipment
I was strolling through the back room of the auction house when I saw a mass of relics corralled along a side wall that stretched the width of the room. They were hanging on practically every inch…
Posted in collectibles, Decorating, and Home
When I think of wall pockets, my mind doesn’t conjure up the images I saw on the auction-house website. The wall pockets in my head were ceramic and small, with a wide mouth culminating in a…
Posted in Culture, Decorating, and Figurines
Are those pink flamingos, I thought incredulously as I noticed boxes of the plastic creatures stuffed into large cardboard boxes under the auction table. And indeed, they were. I’d never seen flamingos by the half-dozens in…
Those will probably go high, auction-goer Sly said as we stood looking at a grouping of wooden molds scattered on tables and atop bookshelves at the auction house. They were consistently painted in red, black…
Posted in collectibles, Decorating, Home, and Kitchen
When I first saw the roughly painted wooden box, I thought it was a clock. It had the stylized hands of the antique Seth Thomas and Ansonia pendulum clocks that turn up often at auction. But…
Posted in camera, Decorating, furniture, and Lighting
What strange feet that table has, I thought, as I spied it from across the room while previewing furniture for the next-day’s sale at an auction house. I always wander among the furniture at this place…
Posted in Decorating, Gardening, and Home
I was chatting with an auction-house staffer when I glanced to my right and noticed the flowers on a tall artificial plant. The plant was among a long row of others like it just behind…
Posted in Auction, Carvings, Clocks, Decorating, and furniture
If I ever decide to change the tabletop accent pieces in my home, I won’t go to the nearest furniture store. I’d go to auctions, and take my time to find the right pieces. That’s the…
Posted in collectibles, Culture, Decorating, and Equipment
I watched as the boy who looked to be about 8 years old stood in front of my table, puzzled at the object before him. How do you use it, he asked his mother unabashedly. He was staring…
Posted in Decorating, Home, Kitchen, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
