Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Black history, collectibles, and Kitchen
I was wasting some time at the auction, not ready to call it a day, barely listening as the auctioneer started the bidding on more than a dozen ice cream and chocolate molds. I really had no…
The box full of mallets wasn’t about to let me pass them undisturbed. They were piled high haphazardly, all sizes and all heavily used. I couldn’t imagine whom they had belonged to and how so many had…
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I stood there for a few minutes just reading the messages painted in white letters carved on the cast-iron trivets. There about 30 of the pieces, most with some witty, funny or thoughtful aphorism that…
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The refrigerator sat by the door, just inside the auction house. It seemed to be as pearly white as the day it was bought for $176.40 from Philadelphia Electric Co. On top was a round…
How old fashioned a notion about a woman’s worth, but once it was seen as a fact sanctioned by society and accepted by some women themselves. I see the tangible expressions of that axiom on the…
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The metal pot with the army green patina looked like a thicker version of an Asian wok there on the auction table. I slid off the lid and saw a jumble of heavy metal parts inside.…
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I have a few vintage items in my kitchen, some canned food labels and vegetable seed packets that I had framed and are now hanging on my walls. Some are authentic, others are cardboard reproductions.…
Most of the auction houses I visit usually have lovely vintage and antique furniture, some of better quality than others. Two of them have the stuff stacked on top of each other so tightly and…
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Looking at the items on the tray at the auction house, I felt like I had stepped back 50 years. They were products we all use – many still in their boxes, well-preserved. Some were…
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For weeks, the auctioneer had been touting the upcoming sale of salt & pepper shakers. So much so that even I was curious, and I’m not one to ogle over shakers. That’s my auction-buddy Janet. The day finally came…
