A friend of mine introduced me to Food Network star Paula Deen some years ago. I had watched a lot of cooking shows on the network but had never seen hers. So I looked her…
Category: Kitchen
A box that holds more than just recipes
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, food, and Kitchen
The small box was nondescript – plastic with a black and chocolate brown-muddled grain – and looked like many of the others that turn up in box lots at auction. It was a recipe box,…
Readers ask about portable confessional & refrigerator
Posted in Kitchen, Reader questions, and Religion
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Readers ask about Jet magazines & Hoosier cabinets
Posted in Black history, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Kitchen, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of the items that they own. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but…
The man was standing just behind me, over my left shoulder, his gaze as intent as mine. We were both looking at a huge board covered with old metal and wooden tools hanging on a wall…
I was listening inattentively as the auctioneer announced the contents of the next auction (ephemera and documents). Then he mentioned that the cabinets in the furniture room would be sold today at 1 p.m. Then I perked up. I hadn’t…
The royal blue color of the stove caught my eye immediately. As big and noble as it was, it was still partly hidden behind an oak table that obscured its full beauty. But the colors…
Readers ask about lady nutcracker, turntable & Mutoscopes
Posted in Computer/Electronics, Kitchen, Music, Reader questions, and Records
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of the items that they own. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but…
Janet & Sherry the auction hunters: Day 4
Posted in China, collectibles, dishware, Glassware, Home, and Kitchen
My auction buddy Janet and I picked out five items at auction recently to see how well we’d do against some of the TV auction shows in choosing valuable items. Each day this week, I’m…
Using books to price Aunt Jemima recipe box
Posted in collectibles, food, Kitchen, and Reader questions
Fridays at Auction Finds is answer-readers’-questions day. I try to guide readers to the answers to their questions about the items they own. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can help them get started.…