Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Art, Decorating, furniture, and Home
I was attracted to the unconventionality of the vase and flowers. Both wore a brilliant color of gold, and the flowers looked so real as their blossoms hung limply on the stems. How different. The…
Posted in collectibles, Decorating, Home, and Medicine
One of the things I love about auctions is the adventurous nature of them. You never know what you’ll come across – either staring you in the face or hidden among a motley crew of…
Posted in Decorating, and Home
When his mother moved into her house decades ago, my handyman/friend Robert said, all the houses had beautiful stained-glass windows. The windows were eventually removed, he added, blaming addicts who he believes sold them to buy…
When I saw the long shelf of ruby and clear glass containers, I thought they were pretty, but I wasn’t sure what they were. They were surrounded by other long shelves filled with lovely antique…
The auctioneer was being decidedly honest. He didn’t expect the collection of condensed milk containers – however lovely – would sell well or at all. Not a single one had attracted a bid on the…
Posted in Businesses, camera, collectibles, and Home
My walk-through at the auction house wasn’t turning up any noticeable gems on this particular day. But I’ve been going to auctions long enough to know that items sometimes hold a story and a history…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Black history, and Home
Helene Huffer couldn’t stop tearing up. She was about to leave a home that had taken hold of her the moment she saw it in person. She dabbed repeatedly at her eyes with the paper…
Posted in bottles, collectibles, and Home
In my kitchen pantry is a fire extinguisher like any other that you’d buy at a Big Box store: Still in its original box, red, cylindrical with a hand trigger that releases a dry chemical to put out…
Posted in collectibles, Home, and pottery
When I think of bees, collecting them does not immediately come to mind. I enjoy seeing them at a distance as they fly from flower to flower in my garden sucking up those delicious sweets.…
Posted in Art, collectibles, Glassware, and Home
I kept the glasses in my kitchen cabinet for several years, thinking that I would someday take them out, serve iced tea or lavender lemonade in them, and marvel at their beauty. They were 1950s glasses with single stalks…
