Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Asian, and collectibles
As I approached the large picture-frame case with the butterflies, I sighed when I saw the words “Made in Taiwan.” It seemed like a disappointing let-down to what I had seen on the auction-house website of…
Posted in Lighting
I spied the gaudy lamp from across the room as I stood waiting impatiently for nothing in particular to come up for auction. I was killing time, hoping that something, anything, would rise up from…
Posted in Black history, Books, Civil War, and Crafts
The thin booklet was laying on the auction table haphazardly, as if someone had absentmindedly tossed it there. Because it was so small and flat, I’m sure it was considered to be of little worth. That’s…
Posted in Toys
Let me show you something, a fellow auction-goer said quietly to me. I followed him to one of about three tables packed with toys, most of them new, not vintage. Rich is a toy buyer,…
Posted in Vehicles
I was doing my walk-through at a new auction house when I came upon something that really caught my eye. A sleek, green two-door Mercedes convertible that was speaking to me. And I heard it: In…
The little red paper box was adorable because it was so dainty. It had a picture of a woman in Victorian dress on the front and a label inside that said “Hair Jewelry. Madame K.…
Posted in Black history, and Photos
The row of African American men in the black and white photo were a stark contrast to the dollar-store prints sitting on a rack at the auction house. They had the faces of proud men…
The woman walked determinedly toward the wall of prints that ArtLady Sandra had hung on a metal rack. A gallery owner, Sandra was selling African American art from her inventory in a parking lot near her shop…
The suitcase looked to have belonged to a military man. It was a dull green canvas with four narrow wooden slats fitted around it like belts. It sat there unassumingly on the concrete floor near…
