Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
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It “breaks” cakes into even slices, leaving the topping intact and eliminating those pesky crumbs. It was designed especially for soft cakes, such as angel food or sponge cakes. The cake breaker was first made…
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The little girl figurine was hiding down in the box beneath a large dirt-speckled doll in faded and dingy clothes, and two smaller dolls equally as dirty, one with eyes, the other with holes where…
The envelope seemed too flat-pressed to be holding anything at all, much less anything of value. It had been weighted down by other papers on top of it, and you could practically hear it screaming…
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Reader questions, and Uncategorized
I was cleaning out my emails recently when I came across several from folks asking me to look up numbers and interpret dreams based on “The H.P. Dream Book” of numbers. I don’t believe much in…
Posted in furniture, Home, and Uncategorized
When I’m walking among the furniture at an auction house, something lovely and unusual always catches my eye. Sometimes it’s the color of an upholstered chair or the curved feet of a table or the…
Posted in Music, Reader questions, and Uncategorized
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of the items that they own. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but…
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Medicine, and Uncategorized
When I think of Prohibition, I don’t think of ready access to whiskey, but of a time when the government tamped down on the stuff. I’ve read about this era in the country’s history, and…
Posted in Movies, and Uncategorized
I was browsing an auction-house website when I came across this headline: “Remnants of a Movie Set.” I was instantly intrigued because I love movies and I certainly wanted to see what props had been left…
I had seen the thrift store when a friend and I were headed to lunch during a one-day visit to New York a few months ago for an art auction. Since the storefront was so close…
There was a time when placing real flowers between the pages of newspapers and books was seemingly a favorite pastime for many hobbyists. It was not a hobby I ever got into, but I understood its…
