Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
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Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
“I’m waiting for a snake to come up out of there,” the man said as I hauled my outlandishly large straw basket from one room to another at the auction house. I had just won…
Posted in Auction, Clocks, collectibles, furniture, Glassware, Home, and Kitchen
The owner of the house had owned an antiques store, and you could tell by the way she had furnished her home. Now holding only a fourth of her belongings, the home still bore tables…
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Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. Today, though, I have a question of my own. I was…
Posted in collectibles, and Home
A couple weeks ago, I took a drive with my auction pal Rebecca to the antiques sale at Renninger’s in Kutztown, PA. It had been several years since I’d been to one of its twice-yearly productions, and I’m not…
Isn’t it beautiful, the woman said rather than asked as she walked up behind me at the auction house. I was staring at the bold white images at the top of a tall gold-leaf mirror, not…
Bet you’re glad you don’t have to use one of these, the auctioneer said as I stood there looking at an old-style washing machine. He was right, but that wasn’t what was on my mind.…
