Category: Tokens

Posted in collectibles, and Tokens

The auction-house staffer handed me a blue case with a silver coin resting cushiony in blue velvet. I’m not much into coins so I had breezed right past the case, which would have beckoned most coin…

January 8, 2018

sherry

Lucky penny keychain leads to St. Louis jazz bar & Miles Davis

Posted in Advertising, Black history, collectibles, Culture, Personal items, and Tokens

I was sifting through the leftovers in a box lot from auction, not seeing anything of interest or value when I spotted an aluminum horseshoe-shaped keychain with a penny in the center. Then I spotted…

February 9, 2012

sherry

Brothel tokens – fake or real?

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I hadn’t seen Barbara’s tokens yet, but I loved the cute round linen pouch with the multicolored needlepoint rooster they’d come in. Inside were three tokens that she had bought from a female vendor, and…

“ART WITH HEART: How I Built a Sweet Collection by Buying Cheap at Auction”

I collect art, but I’m not someone who has the means to pay $500,000 for a Charles White or $12 million for a Rembrandt. I’m one of the “rest of us” who want beautiful artwork in our homes but can’t afford to pay big bucks for it.

I found a novel way to build my collection – by buying art for very little money at mom-and-pop auction houses near where I live. I started out buying African American artists whose works spoke to me and were ignored by the mainstream art world. Then I discovered some other neglected artists who called out just as loud.

My book “ART WITH HEART” Is a selection of stories of how I found art that I loved, how I lost out on some, won others, learned some lessons that I share with you – and enjoyed every minute of it.

So, grab a seat next to me as I take you through the moments I spent building a collection that stirred my heart.

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