PHOTOS FROM BACK IN THE DAY HAVE HISTORICAL VALUE
Sometimes “value” is not measured in dollars. We are buyers and sellers, yes — but we are also historians who investigate everything we buy — especially the things that are valuable historically as well as monetarily. Several years ago, we had an estate sale in St. Petersburg after two centenarian sisters — who had lived together their entire lives — passed away within a few months of each other. The ladies had a camera and took pictures of everything. They sold a team photo of the 1923 Yankees for over $10,000. All told, we sold over $100,000 of art, memorabilia, coins and jewelry.
We are buying Expensive art and decorative items, Silver, & Antiques Among the things left over was a simple scrapbook of photos the sisters took in 1922 – 1923 — mostly houses in the Old Northeast neighborhood, properly identified with the addresses. We gifted them to the people who currently live in those dwellings to show them
what their houses looked like almost 100 years ago. Imagine their surprise when we knocked on their door. It was such fun!
The scrapbook also contained several photos of Williams Park during its heyday: cops writing tickets, horseshoes and chess matches, people dressed in their Sunday finest. While most have almost zero monetary worth, they are worth quite a lot, intellectually and historically.
Three former Sothebyscom associates and three art historians
on staff. We will buy for cash or consign to auction
any of your rare, valuable watches, antiques, coins
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This is an archival article formerly written and is for informational purposes only. The valuations in this article have likely changed since it was first written.
