Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in collectibles, and Tokens
I hadn’t seen Barbara’s tokens yet, but I loved the cute round linen pouch with the multicolored needlepoint rooster they’d come in. Inside were three tokens that she had bought from a female vendor, and…
Posted in Music, and Performers
The face of the soft-cover book was tattered around the edges and stained with water. I was a bit put-off by it at first – not because of its dirty appearance but because of its title.…
Posted in Beauty Products, furniture, and Style
At auction, I’ve stumbled across vintage hair dryers, straightening combs, curling irons, and even plastic curlers for a doll’s hair. Blow dryers, too, end up on the tables from time to time. But at auction over…
Posted in Personal items
The auctioneer was both surprised and delighted. He was selling a tray of crucifixes, talking them up so us auction-goers would bid up the price. He had taken one crucifix from the tray, eyed it closely and…
Posted in Architecture/Buildings, and furniture
For me, silver is the color of a dime, a necklace, forks and spoons, and antique vessels. So imagine my delight when I was browsing the furniture offerings at an auction house recently and came…
Posted in Animals
The silhouette is unmistakable. The long head ending in a square jaw and a plum of a nose, an elongated body wrapped in a black shaggy coat and a quarter-moon tail extended in the air. It is…
Posted in Black history, food, and Kitchen
The metal pot with the army green patina looked like a thicker version of an Asian wok there on the auction table. I slid off the lid and saw a jumble of heavy metal parts inside.…
I went searching for the rickshaw as soon as I got to the auction house. I had seen a photo on the website and my auction buddy Janet had also mentioned it to me. I…
I spotted the nondescript flip-over chalkboard placard first. It resembled so many I had seen outside New York restaurants advertising their menus, and most times, they faded into the sidewalk. This one was a bit…
Posted in Photos
It was a simple cardboard box, sitting low in front of some computer towers and near some laptops on a side table in a room at the auction house. The box seemed out of place…
