Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
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…
Antique kitchen and household tools have a style to them. The tools I use today in my own kitchen are pretty simple and utilitarian, and no one would mistake their design for art. They were made…
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value – and sometimes the origin – of their items. Today’s question is about the…
I have a friend who has moved into a lovely home and wants a grandfather clock to help dress it up. I understand, because I have always loved the look of antique grandfather clocks in their…
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…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, Home, and Unusual
The outhouse was the first thing I spotted when I turned the corner on the ramp overlooking the back lot at the auction house. There it stood without leaning, with its gray weather-beaten boards and…
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…
