The letters were each neatly tri-folded in a shoebox, and I could tell that they had been typed because the heavy imprint of the keys was clear through the paper. I was not sure how long…
Tag: World War II
Readers ask about WWII artifacts, Wyeth book & Searles art
Posted in Art, Books, Broadway plays, history, and Movies
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…
I quickly directed my auction buddy Janet to the box-lot room at the auction house so she could bid on a Pennsylvania map she had seen earlier. It was soon to be sold and I wanted…
They were loving each other at a time when it was taboo in his country. But the couple in the photographs did not betray any hint of the turmoil that their love could cause them…
I had seen the oil painting of a lush green landscape hanging on the wall, but it looked so much like the tourist art I see at auction that I didn’t stop to take notice…
Soldiers and their keepsakes from war
Posted in Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Military, and Photos
I was reading a story in my local newspaper this morning about a soldier’s experiences in World War II. It had been written by a columnist whose family had sent him correspondence that this soldier-cousin had…
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…
I was reading an article in my local newspaper yesterday about a trial in Munich, Germany, of a man accused of helping to murder 27,900 Jews at a Nazi camp in 1943. It reminded me…
Black soldiers and World War II
Posted in Photos
The group of photos were on a back table at the auction house against a wall, almost hidden among much taller items. They were black and whites of African American soldiers. Several showed 10 soldiers…