As long as I go to auctions, I will never stop learning. I’m always finding items I have never ever heard of before and taking them home to research. Many of them have nothing in…
Vintage cars, tins and dinosaurs
Posted in Tins
Tag: auction
I had never heard of Ellen Pyle until a few months ago, after learning that the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington was exhibiting some of her original illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post. For me, the…
Vintage hatpins
Posted in jewelry
I was reading an article recently about Madeleine Albright, the former U.S. secretary of state, and her new book “Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat’s Jewel Box.” It talked about how she used her trademark…
Diner plates and 1950s glasses
Posted in Kitchen
I’m not much of a coffee drinker, but there’s something about having a cup of black coffee (no cream, please) in one of those heavy diner cups. The coffee seems to taste better, stays hot…
Once a Girl Scout …
Posted in Books
I have a very strong image of me as a child in a green Girl Scout uniform. But I don’t remember any activities I participated in or who my troop leader was or the names…
An adorable kitty cat
Posted in Art
When I was growing up with my siblings and cousins, two sandy-haired dogs were always in our yard. I grew up in what was then considered the “country,” outside the town of Macon, Ga., so the dogs and us…
Playing with flea-market finds
Posted in Art
Flea markets, auctions, collectibles can wound up in the most interesting of places. I was reading a story in my local newspaper, the Philadephia Inquirer, this morning about a theater production that sells objects from its set before…
A music box of pearls
Posted in Clothing
I love mysteries, whether in books and movies, or on TV. That’s why auctions appeal to me. You never know what you’ll find tucked away in an envelope or a jewelry case or a vanity box.…
I’m one of the tons of people who saw the movie “Julia & Julie” in August and then went home to make the signature dish “Boeuf à la Bourguignonne (Beef Stew in Red Wine, with…
Carnival dog and pig show
Posted in Carvings
“How much do you think the pig will go for,” a bidder asked me at an auction this week. I knew exactly what pig he was talking about. And it wasn’t a fat muddy one…