It’s been a couple years since I’ve been to the Philadelphia Auto Show. It was in the city over the last week and closed yesterday amid the 28 inches of snow that trounced the place.…
Auction Finds Posts
Skookum dolls: Not truly Native American
Posted in collectibles, and Crafts
I always wondered if different parts of the country yielded different items on the auction tables. I recall spending a day one December in Georgia, my niece in tow, driving from one antique shop to…
About two years ago, I was headed to visit my family in Georgia in early December and thought I’d check out some auctions. But how could I find them? I came across a website called…
Faux wood furniture
Posted in Home
I was walking among the furniture pieces at auction this week, turned a corner and stopped in my tracks. There they were, ghosts from my bedroom past. Those chunky faux-wood bedroom sets with the carved designs. I…
In blue writing on the front of the small rectangular boxes I got at auction recently were the words “Henry Hudson Hotel, New York. 1200 Rooms. 1200 Baths.” They were three boxes of facial tissues,…
Charles Harrison & the View-Master
Posted in Toys
I’m sure there are a lot of people who remember their View-Masters. Dropping the round flat reel of the Grand Canyon or Cinderella into the viewer’s slot, and clicking the little plastic lever to turn…
It’s magic!
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents
I don’t know much about magic, but with a free ticket in hand, I went to a Lance Burton show in Las Vegas one summer. It was entertaining, so much so that I bought one…
I grew up in the South, so I have no first-hand knowledge of dropping a coin in an automat slot, sliding open the door and retrieving a beef pot pie or piece of cake. My…