tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post2674081082348177978..comments2024-03-28T19:45:08.560-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Selling my mother at a barn auctionMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-22579534480266044282018-10-14T19:47:39.759-05:002018-10-14T19:47:39.759-05:00She was hammered down for $15 (6 bids). Just $10 ...She was hammered down for $15 (6 bids). Just $10 for the 28" walking bridal doll. Three Coke mirrors went for $75. Star item for the evening was my mom's old Singer sewing machine: $307.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-44268653794781205792018-10-14T19:35:37.930-05:002018-10-14T19:35:37.930-05:00Whoever is correct. But good eye for spreading the...Whoever is correct. But good eye for spreading the grammar gospel.Hilary2020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-88678134455719842992018-10-10T11:56:46.211-05:002018-10-10T11:56:46.211-05:00One thing that has made the process easier for me ...One thing that has made the process easier for me is digital reproduction of items - and that doesn't apply just to photos and text documents, but also to solid items. Rather than keep the wooden book rack I built for my father in my shop class in 8th grade, I can just take digital photos from a couple angles and toss or donate the original. Then ten years from now I can look at the photos and think "remember this old thing?" without having to pick up the old thing itself. Once you get the process going, it's amazing how many "things" are expendable; the memory may be priceless, but the item itself isn't.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-81643437055648345692018-10-10T11:18:46.415-05:002018-10-10T11:18:46.415-05:00i am faced with the same decision... what to do wi...i am faced with the same decision... what to do with treasured family items that will not find another home once i've departed this realm. some items are well made 100+ year old furniture that might find a home via some sort of auction (apparently facebook is good for this). but other items such as old photos as you describe and oil paintings done by my parents at art school in the 40's... not so easy to decide.Mr.Hoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02355133120444497557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-66482286565864142902018-10-09T12:50:22.189-05:002018-10-09T12:50:22.189-05:00the doll in the box is a doll of the baby in the p...the doll in the box is a doll of the baby in the photo.<br /><br />I-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-87614411706764246902018-10-08T20:36:34.116-05:002018-10-08T20:36:34.116-05:00I'm fairly sure my brother inherited a similar...I'm fairly sure my brother inherited a similar (and similarly framed) photo of our Nana with Dad as a baby on her shoulders. He was born in 1928 in Perth in Western Australia.Jeneratorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726106696583524202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-2225640100660139152018-10-08T18:20:33.688-05:002018-10-08T18:20:33.688-05:00We'll see. Currently at $12.50 (5 bids) with ...We'll see. Currently at $12.50 (5 bids) with 6 days left to go [this barn auction retains the warehouse setting, but the bidding is online].<br /><br />I'm sticking with "whoever" as the subject of that 3-word phrase. The readership of this blog is replete with English teachers and copyeditors who will gleefully final arbitration.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-39748123470526307702018-10-08T18:03:43.405-05:002018-10-08T18:03:43.405-05:00No. I didn't see any reason to. I have lots ...No. I didn't see any reason to. I have lots of photos of her as an adult. <br /><br />(of course, now it's archived here on the blog...)Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-14335244922067517322018-10-08T16:31:29.295-05:002018-10-08T16:31:29.295-05:00I love the baby portrait of my mother. It is alway...I love the baby portrait of my mother. It is always a pleasure to see how similar she looked at 95.KenGilberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10146832242299491755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-51385432411769206072018-10-08T15:37:02.435-05:002018-10-08T15:37:02.435-05:00Did you at least archive it as a jpeg?Did you at least archive it as a jpeg?Maiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18358618477570574559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-41122455871401787422018-10-08T15:26:11.700-05:002018-10-08T15:26:11.700-05:00What a refreshing attitude :) you might find that ...What a refreshing attitude :) you might find that the antique setting is worth more than you’d imagined, too. <br /><br />Also, I hate to be ‘that’ guy (in fact I could wel be wrong anyway), but would it not be “whomever outbid you”?Jimhttp://www.operantics.com.aunoreply@blogger.com