It was a lovely porcelain teapot but not my type. It had likely been part of set with a creamer and sugar bowl years ago. But those other pieces had walked off with relatives or gotten…
Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in China, collectibles, and pottery
It was a lovely porcelain teapot but not my type. It had likely been part of set with a creamer and sugar bowl years ago. But those other pieces had walked off with relatives or gotten…
The auctioneer could barely give away the mounted illustrated ads. I understood why, because I had tried to figure out where they had come from and how I could use them. None of the other…
Posted in Black history, and Books
The book was partially hidden under other items on the auction table, but from the title, I instantly knew who – not what – it was about: “The New Progress of a Race.” It had…
Posted in collectibles, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents
The two men were on me before I could take a good look at the two fountain pens I had just bought on-site at an estate auction. Their eyes shone eagerly, happy perhaps that they’d…
So you bought it, the auction house assistant noted – not asked – as he eyed the solid wood African figure I had straddled across a shopping cart near the door of the auction house.…
Posted in Black history, Music, Performers, and Plays
A couple years ago, I picked up a studio photo of Louis Armstrong with his first band the Hot Five from the 1920s. Armstrong was at the piano and seemed to be talking to the…
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Music
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 Culture, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Women
I saw the title of the drawings under frame on the auction table before I figured out exactly what they were. The title was pretty comical in this 21st-century era, but I found it intriguing enough…