Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Art, Black history, and pottery
A young Isaac Scott Hathaway had slipped away from his father and sisters at the Cleveland museum. He went looking for a specific sculpture that he was certain would be there. Finally, the Rev. R.E.…
Posted in collectibles, Home, and pottery
When I think of bees, collecting them does not immediately come to mind. I enjoy seeing them at a distance as they fly from flower to flower in my garden sucking up those delicious sweets.…
There was nothing very distinguishing about the array of vintage planters spread out over two tables at the auction house. Except that they were so cute. Most were figural, in the shapes of animals, from…
Posted in Art, collectibles, Home, and pottery
For a second, I thought I had walked into a ceramics pottery store. Or one of those “make your own” pottery shops with students’ creations lining the shelves of two tall and expansive stands. This…
“I hate the stuff,” I overheard the man say to his friend. I was across a table from them in a large open-air shelter in the side yard of the auction house. We were all…
Posted in China, collectibles, and pottery
It was a lovely porcelain teapot but not my type. It had likely been part of set with a creamer and sugar bowl years ago. But those other pieces had walked off with relatives or gotten…
Posted in collectibles, pottery, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is Readers’ Questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of the items they own. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I…
Posted in collectibles, and pottery
Everywhere I went, I kept seeing these ceramic dogs, their faces turned sideways, with black noses and a fixed stare. First at one auction house, then at another. I saw the latest as I was…
A small knot of people had gathered in front of the tiny vendor’s booth at the Columbus Avenue Christmas Market in New York. On the wall facing me were shards of blue and white pottery,…
