Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Equipment, Personal items, and Unusual
From where I stood, the large horseshoe-shaped item looked like one of those pillows you use to hold your head and neck comfortably on a long flight. The auctioneer/owner wasn’t sure what it was, so…
I had gone through the glass cases at the auction house once and came up empty-handed. When I passed by again, an auction-house assistant stood behind them. Did you see anything interesting, I asked the…
Posted in Animals, Art, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, furniture, Signs, and Unusual
The rattlesnake was showing its fang, but who could blame it. Someone had chopped off its head and made it into a keychain. The rattlesnake’s angry countenance was one of two on a shelf in…
Even the auctioneer was a bit astonished when the item came up for auction. “It’s the first one I’ve ever seen,” he said. He wasn’t alone. It was the first for me, too. Christmas decorations end…
What the heck are these, I thought, when I saw snatches of brown and cream items in a plastic Ziploc bag on the auction table. The bag was cloudy so it was hard to tell…
Often, I find myself face to face with items at auction that cause me to just stop and stare. I stop because I’m baffled by the item in front of me. Or I’m stumped by how awful…
