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…
Tag: auction
The gun crowd hadn’t arrived yet. They still had at least two hours to go before the firearms auction was to get started. The auction house opened the door to the gun room for the…
Didn’t see Obama, but inaugural trip was worthy
Posted in Black history, history, and Politics
The two women had a glow about them. They sat across from my friend Valorie and me on the Washington, DC, subway headed to President Barak Obama’s swearing-in on the National Mall. I had driven…
Reader asks about Zippo lighter
Posted in Military, Personal items, 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…
Set decorations from movie ‘Paranoia’
Posted in Movies, and Uncategorized
I was browsing an auction-house website when I came across this headline: “Remnants of a Movie Set.” I was instantly intrigued because I love movies and I certainly wanted to see what props had been left…
The beautiful stout car was sitting silently in the corner of a room at the auction house, calling my name without speaking a word, but I ignored it. I already had a car around its…
I was flipping through a box of books in a far back corner of the auction house, something I normally do when there are boxes and boxes of books for sale. I’m always on the…
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…