Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Broadway plays, Music, and Performers
The play “Porgy and Bess” has never been one to will me to see it. I’ve never been curious about this folk opera written, produced and performed during a time when black people were not seen as real but…
Posted in Kitchen
I have a few vintage items in my kitchen, some canned food labels and vegetable seed packets that I had framed and are now hanging on my walls. Some are authentic, others are cardboard reproductions.…
The paper sign stood out like the proverbial sore thumb there on a middle rack at the auction house. Once, I’m sure, it was a hoot, but it felt like an anachronism now. Its calculations…
Posted in Culture, Folklore, and Mystery Finds
The words “Jersey Devil” caught my eye as I passed by the plaque during my walk-through of the auction house. That, I thought, must have a very good story behind it. Tours of a place…
I’ve never met Anthony but I’ve listened to his music. Well, it’s not exactly his music, but the tunes emanating from one of the lovely early phonographs he fixes and collects as a hobby. It’s…
I was squeezing myself through some narrow aisles at an auction house over the weekend, searching for some unusual pieces of furniture to aim my focus. I wasn’t having much luck. Everything looked so ordinary…
I’d had the program for months, so long that I didn’t even remember when I had bought it at auction. It was likely among some documents in a box lot and, upon finding it once I…
Posted in collectibles, and Figurines
“Clowns scare people,” the auction-goer said, stopping near me as I stood in a corner of the auction house fingering one of a pair of brightly colored glass clowns. He was a regular, a man who…
Posted in Art
The little boy and girl looked so demure and playful as they stood there on the auction table. Their innocent faces were almost apologetic as they held white and blue petal flowers seemingly for someone special. I didn’t…
Most of us would love to give and get something new, different and unique at Christmas – a gift we won’t likely see in the malls. Some of the best gifts can be found on the auction…
