The antiques shop was in a lovely brownstone on one of those venerable old streets much like the venerable old place that it had become. Its front hallway was narrow, partially blocked by an oversized mahogany cabinet…
Tag: antiques
I don’t know Jeniece Andrews or Natalie DuBose, but I do feel for these two women whose livelihoods were upended in the aftermath of the grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the…
One reader accused me of being jealous of the stars of “Market Warriors.” Another called me a bottom-feeder. Ouch, that hurt. Those were two of the comments I got recently from readers who came across a…
Billed as an antiques fair but buyers were flea market types
Posted in collectibles, Cooking, dishware, and flea market
It was advertised as an antiques street fair, which worked perfectly for me because I had items in my basement that weren’t exactly antiques but they were vintage. I gushed to an organizer that this seemed…
Spotting a fake Coca Cola bottle
Posted in bottles, and collectibles
When you’re in Georgia, you expect to see a lot of Coca Cola. When you visit antique shops and malls in the state, you expect to see even more. And I saw plenty of Coke paraphernalia…
Brimfield – African American tintypes and a lot more
Posted in African American women, Books, collectibles, Photos, Tins, and travel
I listened as the owner of the booth told a customer about his radio show and how he could guess a caller’s collectible or antique item without seeing it. I found the notion unbelievable, and…
A garage-turned-collectibles shop in Maine
Posted in Art, collectibles, Figurines, and Halloween
We had taken a wrong turn out of Kennebunkport after watching black-clothed surfers riding and flipping on small tidal waves. They looked liked tiny seals against miles and miles of the ocean blue Atlantic behind…
PBS’ ‘Market Warriors’ is one dumb show
Posted in collectibles, Signs, and TV
My friends had been pushing me to watch the new PBS show “Market Warriors” since it began airing a couple weeks ago. Not because it was entertaining and they thought that perhaps I could learn something from it.…
Vintage eyeglasses or “spectacles”
Posted in collectibles, and Personal items
In my mind, I can still see the image of my aunt in the black and white Kodak photo from about the 1950s: Her hair nicely coiffed, a pair of cat eyeglasses, pointed at the end…