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Purple gold, Tony Hawk, and a lamp in the shape of a foot
It's a real mixed bag this time, folks.
Sep 19, 2025
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Monica McLaughlin
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Salsify Soup and Life-Everlasting: A Kentucky Cookbook
Some recent items of interest and a re-up of the story of the handwritten cookbook that led me to a 19th-century crime
Aug 30, 2025
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Monica McLaughlin
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A rhinoceros desk, Marie Antoinette’s pink diamond (maybe?) and a bed made of glass
And some other random stuff.
Jun 17, 2025
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Monica McLaughlin
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Ain't no drama like deposed royal drama
May 22, 2025
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Monica McLaughlin
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A coral tiara, a historic necklace and an anxious bugbear
Oct 30, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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Auk-ward! An antique egg, a Suffragette bow, and a truly gorgeous diamond
Nov 27, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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An hourglass full of diamonds
Mar 20, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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The iciest of bowls, some googly-eye bangles and a nutmeg grater
Jan 28, 2025
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Monica McLaughlin
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An astrolabe, a Venetian traveling case and a Faberge baboon
Apr 16, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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Ain't no drama like deposed royal drama
Also: Napier's bones, a horse-handled dagger and Nancy Astor's tiara
May 22, 2025
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Monica McLaughlin
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The iciest of bowls, some googly-eye bangles and a nutmeg grater
And a collar made of porcelain
Jan 28, 2025
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Monica McLaughlin
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Auk-ward! An antique egg, a Suffragette bow, and a truly gorgeous diamond
Also, stop here for all your mysterious jewelry side quests.
Nov 27, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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A coral tiara, a historic necklace and an anxious bugbear
And a pretty unsettling Art Nouveau poster, so consider yourselves warned
Oct 30, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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Smother me with rose petals
And give me that armlet.
Sep 11, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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Little Willie the Pearl, Sarah Bernhardt's crown and Tom Petty's car
Also: RIP Jesse Monongye, inlay master.
Aug 16, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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Death, automatons and a Stegosaurus
Also: maybe dial it down a notch, Germans
Jul 3, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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Squashed jewelry, a stag beetle, and Stephen Sondheim
And a beguiling pool of aquamarine.
May 30, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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An astrolabe, a Venetian traveling case and a Faberge baboon
Scroll to the end for a link to the auction with all the dog paintings
Apr 16, 2024
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Monica McLaughlin
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History and gossip about cool stuff at auction, with an emphasis on antique jewelry (but also lots of weird)
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