About a month ago, two Lane mini cedar chests came up for auction at one of my favorite auction houses. They were lovely little trinket boxes no longer than 9″ that likely held someone’s treasured keepsakes. When…
Tag: auctions
As spring nudges, a look back at Victory Gardens
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Gardening, and Home
On my train trips into downtown Philadelphia, I would pass the remnants of a large community garden on a hill right near the tracks. Faded wooden structures, dead weeds, bald patches. It was wintertime and gardening…
My love for Negro League baseball
Posted in collectibles, Photos, and Sports
A couple years ago, I went to a black memorabilia show in a hotel in North Jersey. I wanted to see what was selling and for what price. That was before I discovered auctions. The…
About two years ago, I was headed to visit my family in Georgia in early December and thought I’d check out some auctions. But how could I find them? I came across a website called…
Night lights and estate sales
Posted in Lighting
I went to an estate sale once with my auction buddy. A friend of hers was clearing out her parents’ house after they had died. It was a two-story house just outside Philadelphia, with boxes…
Mason fruit jars and canning
Posted in Glassware
Several summers ago at the World’s Longest Yard Sale, I came across a Ball Mason fruit jar with what looked like blackberries that had been canned years ago and forgotten. A man was selling them…