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…
Category: Ephemera/Paper/Documents
Readers ask about Twelvetrees’ black postcards & horn chair
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and furniture
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…
Readers ask about Underground Railroad eatery matchbook & liquor decanters
Posted in bottles, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Figurines
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…
The two diaries had been in a box of other items I actually wanted at auction. I found them later while I was going through the box at home. One of the diaries was locked and the…
The table was covered with trays of beautifully illustrated color souvenir programs for Philadelphia Eagles games from the 1940s and 1950s. The fronts had white players in traditional gridiron poses along with mascot matchups. The back…
Protest posters from the Vietnam War
Posted in Art, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents
The entire back stone wall of the auction house was awash in posters. Their silent messages gave off the forceful sound of the weapons in the war they were protesting. Someone was selling a large…
Readers say thanks for digging up history
Posted in Dolls, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Glassware, and history
Every now and then, I stumble upon an item at auction that stumps me. What’s its history, I wonder. How was it used? If the item is a painting or a print, I always want…
Fridays at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. Today, I have a mystery of my own about a dozen upside-down pages…
I remember their brown faces and white uniforms. They stood at the door of the church, likely hot themselves, handing out paper fans to help cool us against the rising heat in the sanctuary. Adults…
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…