At auction, artwork is always the first draw for me. I immediately head over to the paintings to first see an image that transfixes me and then an artist’s name that I recognize. Finding new and old…
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Way before the casinos took root and spread down the Boardwalk, the Million Dollar Pier and pony airplanes provided some of the early entertainment in Atlantic City. At least that’s what you’d surmise from a…
This is the third group of cover illustrations from the 1930s that someone clipped from magazines and stored away. Most of these are illustrations of various types of flowers. I came across these while looking…
Vintage illustrations clipped from magazines, Part 2
Posted in Animals, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents
This is the second group of cover and inside-page illustrations from the 1930s that someone clipped from magazines and stored away. Most of these are illustrations of dogs and other animals. I came across these while looking…
I was going through some ephemera and other papers that I had bought at auction some time ago when I stumbled on a variety of illustrations. They had likely been part of a box lot that…
Poster of 1964 encounter between King & Malcolm X
Posted in Art, civil rights movement, history, and Photos
No one seemed to want the framed poster of the smiling and jovial Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. The auctioneer’s voice lingered on the call-out for bids, but no hands with numbers…
The first thing I saw on the book’s pink dust jacket were the black faces of happy dancing people. They were not stereotypical black as I was used to seeing on the covers of books…
Some years ago in Tampa, FL, I was in a fabric store when I heard a tiny voice say “She black.” I looked up and saw an African American woman carrying a toddler on her hip. The…
What was the Wilmington Dry Goods store?
Posted in Advertising, Businesses, Clothing, Home, and Women
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. Today, though, I have a question of my own. I was…
The face of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. loomed large on the cover of the Feb, 18, 1957, issue of Time magazine. It was a young strong face of the man who’d need all the…