Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in collectibles, and Personal items
I stood staring at the cute little item in the glass case trying to decide whether I wanted to actually handle it or not. As I wavered, a staffer came up and asked if she…
Posted in collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Personal items
The contraption sitting in front of me on a table in the back lot of the auction house was obviously a typewriter. It had the customary keys, but its typebars were aligned along two sides like…
When I first saw the small metal replica of a horse’s backside, the vulgar epithet that one antagonist hurls at another came to mind. The item was lying on its side on the auction table, its third of…
The square box had baffled me off and on for weeks. I had found it among some items in a box lot from an auction and was very curious about what it was. On the outside, it…
Posted in Clothing, and Personal items
The oversized shoes in the checkerboard pattern stood out like the proverbial sore thumb among the drab human foot-sized shoes. The toe was as large and round as the moon, and the heel a slender…
Posted in Clothing, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Personal items
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. Sometimes I get inquiries from readers who want to buy items I…
Posted in collectibles, Health & Medicine, and Personal items
The auctioneer was eager to show me one of the small items in the glass case. He had already shown me several others, including a grouping of turtles, and was especially excited about this particular…
Posted in Clothing, Personal items, 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 their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
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…
Posted in Beauty Products, and Personal items
I went straight to the curling irons as soon as I saw them on the auction table, surrounded by trays and trays of items that looked like someone had emptied out an antiques store. In fact, they…
