Two lamps were placed close to each other in a brightly lit glass case. Which is Tiffany, visitors were asked. They looked just alike, but one was obviously an imposter. I chose the lamp on the…
Category: Lighting
As I walked among the furniture at the auction house, I came upon an item that was familiar to me – but different. It was a female figure, very tall and lithe, elegantly dressed in…
A few years ago, a woman brought a lovely glass panel lamp to a presentation a friend and I were conducting to teach folks not to throw away their family’s treasures. The woman wanted to…
1906 raffle ticket to help buy an artificial leg
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When I saw the pink raffle ticket in the glass case at the auction house, I figured it was like any other ticket. Who hasn’t bought a raffle ticket to help out a church, group…
Oversized figures of Christ, African female & Marlboros
Posted in Advertising, Asian, Carvings, collectibles, furniture, and Lighting
One week, the auction house had a larger-than-life figure of Jesus Christ that looked as if it had been taken from a church. A few weeks later, it offered a larger-than-life figure of an African…
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…
Often, I find myself face to face with items at auction that cause me to just stop and stare. I stop because I’m baffled by the item in front of me. Or I’m stumped by how awful…