Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Oprah Winfrey has culled some of the furnishings from her four homes, and put the stuff up for auction. Starting at 10 a.m. Pacific time in California tomorrow, you can bid on her lamps, chairs, autographed electric bikes and…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, furniture, and Home
From where I stood on the ramp, the line of doors seemed endless. The workers had laid them out side to side, flat on the ground at the back of the auction house so we auction-goers could…
Posted in furniture
I was on my way out of the front door of the auction house, my arms heavy with a box of stuff I’d just bought but likely didn’t need when I spotted the table. The…
The wrought iron garden bench and chairs were the color of pastels, and their appearance forced me to acknowledge them first among the other furniture that spoke of summer. They had been placed in a…
Posted in collectibles, furniture, and Home
I had looked all over the auction house for the phone booth. I had seen it on the website – an anachronism now but quite ubiquitous and popular in its day. I had scoured the…
Posted in furniture, Home, and Uncategorized
When I’m walking among the furniture at an auction house, something lovely and unusual always catches my eye. Sometimes it’s the color of an upholstered chair or the curved feet of a table or the…
Posted in furniture, Health & Medicine, Medicine, and Unusual
The metal chair with the white seat looked like some kind of torture equipment – used either by the prison system to end a mind or some sadistic hospital to control it. I stumbled onto…
I always wander among the furniture at auction houses because I never know what will catch my eye. Along with the heavy antique pieces are usually items that don’t fit into any space and defy my imagination.…
