Several summers ago at the World’s Longest Yard Sale, I came across a Ball Mason fruit jar with what looked like blackberries that had been canned years ago and forgotten. A man was selling them…
Mason fruit jars and canning
Posted in Glassware
Auction Finds Posts
Once a Girl Scout …
Posted in Books
I have a very strong image of me as a child in a green Girl Scout uniform. But I don’t remember any activities I participated in or who my troop leader was or the names…
An adorable kitty cat
Posted in Art
When I was growing up with my siblings and cousins, two sandy-haired dogs were always in our yard. I grew up in what was then considered the “country,” outside the town of Macon, Ga., so the dogs and us…
African American art
Posted in Art
I have a friend who loves to attend Swann Auction Galleries’ African American art sale in New York where you can spend thousands of dollars for a Charles White or Elizabeth Catlett, or some of…
Playing with flea-market finds
Posted in Art
Flea markets, auctions, collectibles can wound up in the most interesting of places. I was reading a story in my local newspaper, the Philadephia Inquirer, this morning about a theater production that sells objects from its set before…
A music box of pearls
Posted in Clothing
I love mysteries, whether in books and movies, or on TV. That’s why auctions appeal to me. You never know what you’ll find tucked away in an envelope or a jewelry case or a vanity box.…
I’m one of the tons of people who saw the movie “Julia & Julie” in August and then went home to make the signature dish “Boeuf à la Bourguignonne (Beef Stew in Red Wine, with…
Motorcycles and art
Posted in Art
My friend Robert bought himself a motorcycle for Christmas. He takes it out as often as he can, mostly on short trips. But he has hooked up with an ad-hoc group of cyclists who just love to…
Carnival dog and pig show
Posted in Carvings
“How much do you think the pig will go for,” a bidder asked me at an auction this week. I knew exactly what pig he was talking about. And it wasn’t a fat muddy one…
Vintage hosiery & more
Posted in Clothing
Do you remember nylon stockings and garter belts? Women of a certain age do, especially us baby boomers. I thought they went out 40 years ago, but the bidding on a box of nylons at a…