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…
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The man was standing just behind me, over my left shoulder, his gaze as intent as mine. We were both looking at a huge board covered with old metal and wooden tools hanging on a wall…
1963 March on Washington record album
Posted in Beauty Products, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Music
I hadn’t seen much on the auction house website to entice me, but I went to the auction anyway, not expecting to find anything I’d want to take home. The bidding had gotten started when…
Some time ago, I wrote a blog post about the Lane mini chests that furniture stores handed out to high school graduates. Lane started making them available in the 1930s with the hopes that these young women would…
Questions I can’t answer – Lillian Yarbo, ram’s head
Posted in African American women, Animals, jewelry, Movies, 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 the items that they own. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but…
Medical prescription for Prohibition whiskey
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Medicine, and Uncategorized
When I think of Prohibition, I don’t think of ready access to whiskey, but of a time when the government tamped down on the stuff. I’ve read about this era in the country’s history, and…
I was listening inattentively as the auctioneer announced the contents of the next auction (ephemera and documents). Then he mentioned that the cabinets in the furniture room would be sold today at 1 p.m. Then I perked up. I hadn’t…