One item at a recent auction drew a lot of looks and peeks, and embarassed faces. The item of interest was a small album of photos of a nude couple. I only glanced at them for a…
Intimate photos
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Tag: auction
Bird watching
Posted in Art
I was at an arts and crafts show a week ago and came across vintage items I had seen at auctions – Kodak camera, mini sewing machine – refashioned into art pieces.
A lot of “Ping” putters
Posted in Sports
I was at an auction once where on a table outside, about six to eight golf bags all had Ping putters, along with a few other brands. Several of us – the male buyers, especially – went through…
Miniature pottery
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Sometimes things are sweet just because they’re small. I love art pottery, and I don’t think pieces have to be big to show off. A small piece of clay in the right creative hands can yield treasures. I come across…
Chinese art screens
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A couple months ago, one of my favorite auction houses featured one of its big Gallery Auctions, with the focus on what it called “Orientalia.” It had over 500 lots of Asian screens, artwork, furniture, carvings…
Sometimes when I’m at an auction, the color or shape of a thing stops me. Take cobalt blue, for example. There’s no color to match it for its bold beauty and striking complexity. What color blue is it?…
As one who goes to auctions often, I always check every item I buy to see what’s been left behind. At the bottom of the leather pouch of a Canon zoom lens (FD 100-200mm f5.6)…
Finding “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Posted in Books
At a recent auction, I had shuffled through a table of books – big, heavy books on a range of subjects. I didn’t see anything among them that grabbed my eye. So I wandered off…
Where were black women?
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I was separating out some knitting, crocheting and embroidery items I picked up at a local auction a couple weeks ago. For a minute, I couldn’t distinguish between the three. Knitting uses heavy yarn. Crocheting…