Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in collectibles, Religion, and Unusual
It was a simple note in an email from my auction friend Rebecca: “Take a look at the auction site of Brunk Auctions, the March 23rd auction. Lot #23. Interesting item for your blog.” Rebecca…
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Photos
The collection was awesome. Laid out in the glass case in front of me, the display of photos of African Americans who journeyed west in the late 1800s was both expansive and illustrative. The collection included…
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of the items that they own. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but…
The items were laid out peacefully on the auction table like the remains of a relative. Tintype photos in beautiful cases of relatives long gone. Small personal books and Kodak photos. A heavily worn Bible in a…
Posted in Art
Birds of a feathers. That’s what they were. Pictures of birds made out of their own plumage. They were both strange and bizarre, but they were so wild with colors that they provoked me to stop and…
When Thomas A. Dorsey lost his first wife in childbirth in 1932 and his son a day later, he was so devastated that he questioned his faith. He found his way back to his God,…
Posted in Art, Books, Dolls, and Reader questions
Fridays at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of the items that they own. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but…
Posted in collectibles, and Games
The image is vivid in my mind: A room lined with bright back-lit pinball machines with boys and young men attached to the end of them, their eyes transfixed, their hands trying to out-maneuver and out-smart these…
Posted in Beauty Products, collectibles, Glassware, Personal items, and Trinket box
The color was the first thing that struck me. The round chartreuse item seemed to glow in the glass case at the auction house. I wasn’t sure what it was – it resembled a door bell, but it…
I could see the larger-than-life faces of the man and woman from a distance. As I got closer to the framed poster, I saw that their expressions appeared benign, although her pale white face was…
