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 […]
Fancy Chopsticks
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Incredible Drawings for Long-gone Authors
His Don Quixote is still influential today, and his collaboration with journalist Blanchard Jerrold documenting London, poverty and all, impressed Vincent van Gogh. Doré never married. He lived […]
The Bane of Every Parents Existence– LEGOs
The bane of every parents existence — LEGOs Of all the toys Queen B sells, the brightly-colored, hard plastic blocks known as Legos are among the most popular. The […]
Knives Without Practicality
Knives Without Practicality If you found this curiosity in the kitchen area at a Queen B sale, you might think you’d come across something from an old fairytale; […]