First, I saw the beige quilt with the red and tan pattern. It was much lovelier than most quilts I’d seen at auction. It was folded on top of furniture at the auction house and surprisingly, no…
Category: Sewing
A (Spool) Pet that never needs feeding
Posted in Advertising, Children, and Sewing
They were paper cutouts of six animals attached to empty thread spools. All I could see of them in the glass case at the auction house were their faces and two front feet. Their tails…
I bought a cute little Singer child-size sewing machine at auction this week. I was hoping that I’d be the only sewing enthusiast in the room to keep the price low. There was at least…
Do you know what these are, I asked the auction-house assistant hoping that he could come closer to a guess than me about the wooden pointy items. They were cylindrical, rounded at the waist, their…
The male auction-goer placed his numbered sticker right dab in the center of the fabric case. The sticker’s bright yellow color was a brilliant contrast to the faded and tattered gray lining of what looked to…
I had basically ignored the two small brass turtles on a tray in the jewelry case. Instead, I had asked the auctioneer to pull out trays with more interesting-looking items. The three glass shelves (and…
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…
Readers ask about gypsy cards, Bazooka comics and needles
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Reader questions, and Sewing
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…
Mystery needle case with a family history
Posted in Mystery Finds, and Sewing
I knew what the barrel-shaped box was when I saw it among some items in a box lot I had just brought home. It was smeared with dust, and the particles had settled into what…