Uncovering Our History Through The Relics Left Behind
Posted in bottles, and Reader questions
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources to help them determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Posted in bottles, and collectibles
When you’re in Georgia, you expect to see a lot of Coca Cola. When you visit antique shops and malls in the state, you expect to see even more. And I saw plenty of Coke paraphernalia…
My auction buddy was talking about Coca Cola like it was a member of the family. Painting a picture in my mind of a memory that was so real that she could taste it. About…
The year on the two old Life magazines was the first thing that caught my eye. They were published in the two months before I was born, and were among about a half-dozen mags from 1939 to…
Posted in collectibles, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents
The Coke posters were a hit. They were tucked between a glass case and some other tall auction items, almost obstructed from easy viewing. My auction buddy Janet had already seen them (I was too…
I believe I have gremlins in my house. Some months ago, I cleaned up and left on my kitchen table three small vintage Coca Cola collectibles I had just gotten in a box lot at…
Posted in Toys
“People collect anything,” I said to the man standing next to me at one of my auctions this week. I was referring to two small clear plastic boxes of yo-yos that were about to be…
