One week, the auction house had a larger-than-life figure of Jesus Christ that looked as if it had been taken from a church. A few weeks later, it offered a larger-than-life figure of an African…
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Rattlesnake keychain, widemouth bass mailbox & more
Posted in Animals, Art, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, furniture, Signs, and Unusual
The rattlesnake was showing its fang, but who could blame it. Someone had chopped off its head and made it into a keychain. The rattlesnake’s angry countenance was one of two on a shelf in…
The wooden eagles had been placed almost in our paths, but to the right and up a step. The pair of massively oversized birds were certainly a show-stopper, even if one was missing the tip of its…
First, I saw the beautiful hutch with burgundy glass tile emblazoned with two emblems, and then its beige freckled marble top. Just around the corner was an oval table with a white marble top on…
The bright green discs were the first thing I saw on the items as I entered the furniture room at the auction house. None of them had just one sticker, most had two or three…
Everybody seemed to be carrying a mattress. The first one I saw was under the arm of a young woman who was struggling to get what looked like a full mattress to her vehicle. Behind…
It’s a table, but what kind of table is it?
Posted in furniture, Guess what it is, and Home
The antique table was beautiful from where I stood, and as I drew closer, it grew even nicer. There’s something about dark wood cut in a pleasing form that checkmates me. It had Louix XV-style…