I was squeezing myself through some narrow aisles at an auction house over the weekend, searching for unusual pieces of furniture to aim my focus. I wasn’t having much luck. Everything looked so ordinary until I…
Auction Finds Posts
Reminder: Save those Montford Marines artifacts
Posted in Black history, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Military, and Photos
The group of men sat proudly at their table, their Montford Point Marines banner attached across the front. They were a quiet group, not badgering or calling out to those of us enjoying the displays at a…
Art, clock & desk from Lewis Tanner Moore
Posted in Art, Black history, and furniture
The name Lewis Tanner Moore kept popping up on the auction sheet in descriptions of several pieces of artwork. I recognized the names of the artists, including Allan Freelon and Paul Keene, both acclaimed Philadelphia…
Readers ask about Coke, newspapers and books
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Reader questions, and Tins
Many of us have items that we inherited or were given to us, and we know very little about them. Since I write about auction finds with a little history to them, I get questions from readers about…
Two dummies were talking …
Posted in Dolls, and Performers
From afar, it looked as if the two dummies were talking to each other, carrying on a silent conversation that none of us auction-goers could hear. Maybe they were making fun of us in our…
Going overboard on scrapbooking hobby
Posted in Crafts
I had seen the hoards of boxes of craft items on the auction-house website but had brushed past them because I don’t craft. When I arrived on the day of the auction, I was again confronted…