I was doing my usual wandering among the furniture at an auction house a few weeks ago looking for some interesting or unusual pieces. I was focusing on the tables and dressers and armoires on…
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When I spotted the cabinet from a distance at the auction house, I instantly thought of my handyman/friend Robert who’s just begun converting old stuff into something new. He had asked me to be on…
As soon as I saw the furniture in the golden pine finish, I knew it was 1950-ish. The short brass-capped feet and simple lines told me that it was Midcentury Modern, furniture that was made…
At auction, I’m always finding items that touch me or cause me to stop. Sometimes, I will buy them; other times, I just snap a photograph to view later. Today, on this day after Thanksgiving, I’d…
“I think it’s cool,” I heard a woman say excitedly behind me. I turned and saw two women who could easily have been searching for furniture to fill a new apartment. They were looking at a…
From time to time while I’m wandering through furniture at auction houses, I meet up with some pieces that are so beautiful that they will me to stop. I’m never in the market for furniture, but…
I’ve seen a number of chairs at auction that were made with animal body parts. There was the chair that looked like a rabbit with a seat of fur. And the chair made of steer horns. And…
Looking along the row of furniture on the back lot of an auction house recently, I was a bit confused about whether it was the end of summer or the beginning of spring. Fall will…
I’m used to seeing lamps and tables in unusual shapes and designs. So I shouldn’t have been too surprised to see lamps on an auction-house website whose bases were wild boars. Not too long ago…
When I saw notice of the hotel-liquidation sale on the auction-house website, I emailed several of my friends. I knew that most of them didn’t need furniture but maybe they knew someone who did. There…