Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. Most of the questions concern the value or worth of items, but sometimes, I get emails from readers who want to buy some of the items I find…
Tag: auction
In my mind, Doc Holliday was a gunslinger, one of the men who left behind a string of real and embellished legacies that were way from spotless. So when I was trolling the list of…
Seeking signs of black westerners in a Wild West auction
Posted in Black history, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Photos
I went looking for the tintypes and Cabinet cards of photos of African Americans. I knew that we helped to settle the West – even though I never learned that in history class – so…
Reader asks about 1963 March on Washington newspaper
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Reader questions
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…
The brown doll was so precious that Annette took it wherever she went. She slept with it, hauled it to boarding school with her, and kept it by her side through all of her family’s traveling…
Aunt Sarah’s African American dolls
Posted in Doll collectors, and Dolls
For a long time, Sarah Robinson hid her dolls, kept them a secret from most folks who knew her. She piled them up on a bed in a bedroom in her home and never ever…
The auction-house regular was telling me about his place in Panama where he sold items for prices he couldn’t get in this country. As I listened, I was momentarily interrupted by a waft of tobacco…
Readers ask again about Tamu doll & Panther memorabilia
Posted in Dolls, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Reader questions
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…
The cardboard box with the cut-off top was in the center of the table and reachable only if I stretched my arms. From where I stood at the edge of the table, I could tell…
A collectible Kodiak bear trap
Posted in Animals, and collectibles
A few years ago, I got three sets of animal traps among some items I bought at an auction. They were rusty contraptions, and one looked as if it still had a tiny bit of…