The image appeared only for a fleeting moment. I was concentrating so hard on the photos that flashed on the screen in the Tuskegee Airmen documentary that I had almost missed it. But there he was…
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The paper fan lying there on the table at the auction house was like a slap in the face. It held all the stereotypes affixed to African Americans during a time when the country was…
Chewbacca’s head on a platter
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The auctioneer didn’t exactly mention the word “rare,” but that’s what he was hinting at when the furry brown head of Chewbacca came up for bids. I had noticed it during my walk-through at the…
Hanging it up with Humphrey Bogart
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Anyone who’s a movie fan instantly recognizes the image of Humphrey Bogart. See a trench coat and you think “The Big Sleep.” See an old rickety boat and “The African Queen” materializes. Think of an…
Giving the props to ‘True Grit’
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I finally went to see the movie “True Grit” over the weekend. It’s been around since December, so I figured I should go before I’d have to watch a rented copy on my small TV screen at…
The shoes were like a magnet. Two big black metal behemoths that overwhelmed the auction house table. I moved in to take a closer look, not sure what to make of them. They looked like…
A little nudity can go too far
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“Don’t show us!” my auction buddy Janet blurted out – very loudly – as the auctioneer pulled out a nudie magazine with a very revealing cover. He was selling a stack of the magazines at auction…
The organ sat there against a wall in the auction house like a grand dame – big, bulky with a little dust caked on the keys. It drew the attention of many of us as…
It’s hard to imagine the voice of James Earl Jones coming out of some of the Vader Project pop-inspired helmets at auction last weekend. Carmen Mirandarth (with fruit as hair). Darth Mushroom (baby-girl pink), Hanus…