Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in collectibles, and Figurines
“Clowns scare people,” the auction-goer said, stopping near me as I stood in a corner of the auction house fingering one of a pair of brightly colored glass clowns. He was a regular, a man who…
Posted in bottles, collectibles, and Figurines
Someone had removed the turkey’s head. It was lying there exposed next to two other ceramic decanters of Wild Turkey bourbon. Maybe an auction-buyer had lifted it out of its cradle to take a closer…
Posted in collectibles, Crafts, and Figurines
I don’t know why I bought the metal figure of a black male with a cigar in his mouth, one hand in his pocket and the other on his hip. I’m not usually drawn to Black…
The bid sheet said it all. Back and forth, back and forth, the two women had gone at it, both wanting this loving lithograph of a mother and daughter at the piano. I understood their…
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I kept bumping into these cute vases with their smooth flawless faces of well-made-up and well-coiffured women. They appeared to come from another era, and they were foreign to me. What were there? My auction buddy…
What stood in the glass auction case in front of me was apparently someone’s collection. The porcelain figures were clean, and didn’t seem to have a scratch or nick on them. They appeared to be…
The man was an island of calmness standing there behind a display of three chalk-like Santas positioned on top of a vintage sled. You could almost miss him amid the bustle of Christmas shoppers at Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem,…
The two gingerbread men were adorable lying there atop their boxes. And they were not alone, for there were two short rows of these Christmas ornaments. I knew they were Lenox before even checking them.…
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I’m not much of a dog person – I have no pets – but I do have friends and family members who’ve had those cute white poodles. They are lovely little animals and they seem…
