Saturday Morning, July 11, 2026
We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident...
Do we? A grip has loosened on the original intent. Quite simply. Americans are being played. The very tenets of our foundation are being used against us. For years our Constitution and Amendments have been under assault, twisted against us. Invisible insidious indoctrination has been inculcated throughout our culture from education to politics, from civic instruction to voting booths. The reason? To undermine our raison d'être.
The shoes from Canadian designer John Fluevog.
These boots aren't made for walking.
14k yellow gold worker bee. The key to American success. A consistent and persistent work ethic.
America is a hateful country, rich, spoiled. Our founding fathers hypocrites. Themes reinforced through prepackaged national media bent less on news, more on propaganda. College campuses are a special haven for this babble. The seat of learning designed to expand the mind channels thought into ruts.
Girard Perregaux lady's wrist watch. Selection of watches Saturday.
This harvest is bearing fruit. Misinformation flourishes. From the shadows emerge a tired weary political force, designed to crush individualism with collectivism. In the nineteenth century, similar utopian communities flourished and failed. Oneida. Amana. New Harmony. Progressive and Equality Colonies. Why? Because individuals instinctively shun communal or communist societies, an arrangement where only the top few benefit from the work of many. Throw in free love for fun and you really have a tiger by its tail, or worse.
Now, the perpetrators' masks are off. We face a full-frontal attack. Self-avowed Communists hiding under the shroud of Socialists have emerged. We hear the words from them. Individualism is dead. Collectivism the new kid on the block. Try the chopping block, a place where most people who follow this ideology end up. How tiresome. How insulting. How exhausting. Paid-performers roaming our streets, protesting, destroying our property have gotten stale. Their side show antics wearying. Two-bits in an eight-bit world. Americans need a wakeup call, a slap in the face, an antidote for all this negativity. And from the most unforeseen direction, one has just arrived on our shores.
Herend-Hungary covered sauce pot. America, a bouillabaisse.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Enter the World Cup. Soccer on steroids. Worldwide fans have flocked to America expecting the worst. After all, their media has been repeating the preach on how dangerous and unfriendly Americans are. Au Contraire. These foreigners were not only surprised at what they discovered, they were blown away. From food to Ford 150's, from box stores to National Parks, from kindness from strangers to tidings from everyone. All their excitement recorded and uploaded to Tik Tok. If you have not taken the time to watch, you are missing a lesson of a lifetime.
Nature Form & Spirit, signed by Mira Nakashami, 2003.
Several Europeans summed it all. We have been lied to for years by our media, and America, so have you by yours. The USA is stupendous!
Stuart Abelman vase, 1985, 9½" H.
Auction includes clothing & artwork. Lundberg Studios, 2002, 5¼" H.
Naïve outsiders have done more for the American spirit than a Madison Avenue blitz. Slap in the face? More like a solid punch. You don't know what you have! They scream. Yes, we do. We just needed them to reinforce our greatness. An Italian woman was humbled by the freedoms we enjoy. Here you can be want you want to be, accomplish what you want to accomplish. Only constricted by the endless horizon America offers. She grew up thinking small. Shrinkage she called it. But here, Wow! For many foreigners, this freedom is hard to comprehend. So why are you Americans protesting your country so much? We aren't. We, the Silent Majority, are doing what we always have done. Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. A phrase so familiar, wonder who wrote it?
Happy 250 America
Who could ever have imagined America's 250th birthday party could be superseded by millions of tourists, overflowing our city streets with happiness and appreciation? Hardly recognized the old place. What an antidote. Their enjoyment has set a new course, better, refocused our commitment by trimming our sails. American spirits soar as our flag flies. The hardline extremists looking unappreciative and out-of-step. This, the greatest political experiment in written history. We celebrate the moment in the best way we know...
Wedgwood mold, 8½" W.
Doors open at 8 AM. Auction starts at 9 AM. PA AU 1265L [bb]