Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Posted in Black history, history, and Sports
It seems blasphemous that one of the 1936 Olympic Gold medals won by Jesse Owens was sold at auction over the weekend. It’s even more distressing that the man himself was never able to capitalize…
Posted in Art, Doll collectors, and Dolls
Looking over the display of disparate dolls, I knew that this had to be the work of several doll-makers. The three-tiered display sported cloth dolls and dolls with papier-mache-like faces, black origami doll ornaments, and…
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Posted in Advertising, collectibles, food, and Signs
The wooden pig and lamb had caught the couple’s eye. They didn’t know what to make of it and to be honest, neither did I. I had spotted the two (animals, not people) when I…
The idea seemed to instantly materialize in my brain. I hadn’t done any heavy thinking about it, but I knew it was time for me to step up: I’ll do Thanksgiving dinner this year, I said…
The stuffed cardboard box was trying mightily to stay folded shut, but the papers inside were not cooperating. Ever curious, I wanted to see what was preventing it from lying flat and closing. Pulling back the…
Posted in collectibles, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents
Old and sometimes faded and folded copies of newspapers from the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy keep turning up, and I always get questions from readers about how much they are worth. I’ve…
Posted in African American women, Books, and Music
On its website, the auction house was advertising a massive sale of books, 3,000 of them. The idea of so many books was so overwhelming that I wondered if it would be worth the effort…
