Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in Art
Her feet were jaunty, mimicking the I-don’t-take-no-mess jut of her right knee, the straight-up proud stance of her body and the downward jab of her index fingers. Girlfriend seemed to be making a strong point.…
Posted in Art
A few years ago, I went to the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival in Saugerties, NY, with some friends. One of those friends had told me about it because she knows I love garlic, and had…
I was going through a box lot from auction recently when I came across a few 45 rpms. Most were children’s records – “Old MacDonald,” “Clementine,” “Rudolph” (on red vinyl) and “Frosty the Snowman” on…
Posted in Crafts
As soon as I saw the eight to 10 trays of glass grapes under the auction table, I was stumped. What would you do with them? Dust them off too often or let them just…
I drove to New York yesterday for the Swann Auction Galleries’ sale of African American fine art with my art-auction buddy Kristin. I hadn’t planned to go to this one, but there were some pieces I…
Ron O’Neal looked out from the “Super Fly” poster at the auction house in all his grandness – the same way I remembered him from the 1970s in his long coat, matching wide-brimmed hat, quarter-moon…
Posted in Black history, Culture, and Games
I never “got” bridge. The game was as foreign to me as the language of Mandarin. It always seemed too complicated for a game of cards, for heaven’s sakes. Give me a hand of Spades or…
Posted in collectibles, and Kitchen
“Carmen, remember these,” a woman called out to her friend as she stopped at a flea-market table this weekend. She picked up a red-handle egg beater and started twirling the little knob, setting the wheel…
Posted in collectibles, and Personal items
When vintage umbrellas come up at auction, I usually ignore them. These were made for keeping the rain at bay and many are usually tattered or torn. So, I bypass them. At auction recently, though, umbrellas arranged…
Posted in Kitchen
Some years ago when I was scouting around for a house to buy, I was ushered into the kitchen of one with a huge white cabinet that took up one full wall. It was a…
