A Winning Smile Did you know Americans use over 30 billion toothpicks every year and that they’re found in 95% of American homes? Me neither. And yet here, […]
Tibetan Buddhist Prayer Wheels
Spinning Mantras These small works of art found at a Beehive sale are Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels, most likely made somewhere in the Himalayan mountain range. They have spinning parts […]
Easter Eggs and Icons
Happy Easter! Queen B celebrates this Easter with beautiful eggs from some of our sales. In the U.S. Sunday, April 9, is officially Easter, when Western Christian churches […]
A Thirst-Quenching April Fools
Happy April Fools! Well, it’s that time of year again and we busy bees are here to facilitate public awareness of our stuffy, dignified ancestors mercilessly pranking one […]
Blue Willow
Blue and White Painted Scenery A traditional Chinese Fairy Tale brought to you by QBO: Once there was a stern father who lived with his daughter in a […]
Teeny Opener, Great Huge Can
On the go can opener A happy QBO ‘David and Goliath’ story: first is ‘David’, this handy, tiny-but-mighty tool; SO tiny we don’t sell them individually but we […]
Gyotaku Fish Print
A stamp made of real fish This original work of art from a recent Beehive sale was created by Oregonian Timothy D. Buehler, who signed it in pencil. […]
Finnish Beauties These two kettles from different sales have different histories but both hail from a place Americans primarily associate with saunas: The Republic of Finland. A Nordic […]
Pinup Girls for Calendars
Pinup Girls for Calenders From a past Queen B sale comes this 1946 calendar, printed over 70 years ago as American servicemen (and women) returned home from World […]
Blowtorch & Fire Grenade
This intriguing object (embossed “model no. 27”) was offered at our last Beehive sale. It is a BLOW TORCH, made on the cusp of the 19th and 20th […]