Lately, I?ve been getting in the mail these magazines with cute little babies pictured on the cover. I don?t know why because there?s no newborn in my house. And I haven?t bought any new-baby items…
Tag: auction
Grocery coupons from the 1960s
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and food
I did a double-take when I saw the stack of coupons on a tray in a glass case at the auction house. No, I thought to myself, they couldn’t be auctioning old product coupons. But…
Repro art of Native American chiefs
Posted in Art
It’s not often that I come across paintings or drawings of Native Americans at auction. And when I do, they’re usually images of chiefs and warriors in native dress, romanticized portraits from the nation’s early…
After a preview recently, my auction buddy Janet and I stopped by a diner that has the best Belgian waffles. Toasty and light, without the need for strawberries, whipped cream or any other topping. As we…
To the naked eye, the planks of wood were just that – slabs of natural wood, two shaped liked a boot, the others with fancy edges. But to the trained eye of an artisan, there stood…
A double-take on mannequins
Posted in Clothing
“I got her to keep me from being lonely,” the auction-goer told us as he stood there with his new purchase on the floor at his side. With us being women and a bit curious, he…
The auctioneer looked closely at the framed piece he had just retrieved from the top of the glass case and then held it up high. It was tatting from 1822, he eagerly announced. Right, I…
Tending her grandparents’ gravesite
Posted in Black history, and Civil War
We had driven past the headstone when my friend Valorie called out for me to back up the car. She was in the back seat quietly looking out the window for the granite stone that marked the…