You couldn’t miss the boat when you entered the door to one of my favorite auction houses recently. It was stationed just to the right, not blocking your path but close enough so you wouldn’t…
Psst! Wanna buy a ski boat?
Posted in Boat
Auction Finds Posts
The slightly tawny postcards were adorable there on the table at the auction house. There were six of them, depicting the members of a wedding party, all stylishly dressed in what looked liked 1920s clothing.…
Searching for J.N. Wilson’s stereoview cards
Posted in Black history, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Photos
I got an email recently from a great-granddaughter of Savannah photographer J.N. (Jerome Nelson) Wilson, whose stereoview card of two black boys from the 19th century has been the subject of recent news stories. Tina Wilson…
Black golfer, black relics & black ancestors
Posted in Black history, and Sports
This week, my local newspaper ran three stories with a black history theme. I was surprised to see so many in one week, but I found it fitting since this is the week leading up…
I instantly fell in love with the small framed needlepoint of the little girl. She lay there on the auction table, her eyes looking to the left. I assumed she was Native American by the…
The beauty of compacts
Posted in Beauty Products, and Personal items
I carry a compact in my purse, a plastic one, peach colored with white swirls. The Fashion Fair label on it wore away years ago, and I only use it in the summer time to…
I began reading the auction bid sheet, indifferently scanning the items at the Orientalia sale at one of my favorite auction houses. There were Asian artwork, screens, furniture, garden seats, bronze figurines and more. The auction house seems to…
Memphis, Sinatra & the music
Posted in Broadway plays, and Music
I was dropped right smack in the middle of the 1950s last week and bathed in soul music. It wasn’t the R&B music of Booker T. & the M.G.’s or Sam and Dave or my man…
Black images and America’s shameful past
Posted in civil rights movement, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Photos
The images spoke their own evilness. Paul Robeson – one of the smartest and most talented men in the world – toting a bale of cotton, staggering out of a bar singing “Ol’ Man River”…
Furniture that caught my eye
Posted in furniture
I was trolling through the “junk” furniture on an outside lot at auction last week when I saw a few pieces that struck me. This auction house usually puts the less-desirable furniture in this exterior lot…