Even the auctioneer was a bit astonished when the item came up for auction. “It’s the first one I’ve ever seen,” he said. He wasn’t alone. It was the first for me, too. Christmas decorations end…
Category: Home
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…
Whenever I see a vintage cookbook, I quickly reach for it and open it up. I’m usually looking for interesting recipes to try or sweet stories to read. At auction recently I thumbed through one…
Book of “household hints” is as seamless as time
Posted in Books, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Home
I seem to be drawn to cookbooks from way back. I’m curious about the recipes and their ingredients, and how different foods and dishes were prepared then compared to now. I am just as intrigued when…
Things that make me go “Wow!” and “Huh?”
Posted in Carvings, collectibles, Home, Toys, and Vehicles
Most of the time when I’m previewing items at auction – usually in the hour before the action starts – I amble through the aisles, stopping at a table here and there, picking up stuff…
The tools looked like any others you’d see in a vintage kitchen: rolling pins, hand mixers, ceramic mixing bowls, sad irons, meat grinders. But one thing stood out about them. Most were one-third the size…