The Estate Sale Chronicles

This post originally appeared last year.  It seems appropriate to revisit the mid-century designs and wordplay of Valentine's Day many ...

At almost every estate sale I visit, I find collections of recipes and cookbooks.  Sometimes the best recipes are on pages with a lot of...

I'm currently working on a project relating to African-American history in Los Angeles.  Here's an example of a small item -- an o...

I often find fold-out collections of postcards at estate sales, but I've only ever seen one collection of pictures from an old Tournamen...

It's fun to get out the (very) back issues of  The London Illustrated News  that I found at an estate sale and look at the artic...