Turning a corner inside the auction house, I walked right smack dab into the presence of a black and white menagerie. In front of me were tables lined with figurines of a dog I recognized…
Tag: figurines
Emilio Casarotto – artist behind buxomy female figurines
Posted in African American women, Art, and Women
Friday is normally the day I answer reader’s questions. But today I have an answer to a question I asked in a blog post a couple years ago. I wanted to know the name of…
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Reader asks about Thomas Blackshear art figurines
Posted in Art, collectibles, and Figurines
Friday at Auction Finds is readers’ questions day. I try to guide readers to resources for them to determine the value of their items. I’m not able to appraise their treasures, but I can do…
Figurines depicting Alex Haley’s childhood
Posted in Black history, Figurines, and history
The first thing I saw in the etagere was a beautiful Lladro grouping of a mother reading to her two daughters. One daughter was seated on a bench next to her, listening intently, and the…
“Ain’t I A Woman?” I always think of that Sojourner Truth plea every time I see Royal Doulton female figurines at auction. They are so lovely in their bone-china skin, beautifully painted gowns and their elegant…
What stood in the glass auction case in front of me was apparently someone’s collection. The porcelain figures were clean, and didn’t seem to have a scratch or nick on them. They appeared to be…
Buxomy black female figurines
Posted in Art
I was previewing photos of an upcoming auction earlier this week when I spotted them. They were figurines of black women, 13 of them, dressed in brightly colored bathing suits, church suits and night-out-on-the-town outfits. Whoa! I…