Rabbit holes
Objects with stories.
The long ones. A single object, followed from the first photograph through everything it turned out to be attached to — including the parts still unresolved.
3 August 2026 · 5 parts
A prayer book nobody at the sale could read
It started as a $5 prayer book nobody could read. Then other books, stamps, and an inscription pulled us deeper. Piece by piece, the clues began pointing toward a Chaldean priest or someone in that world. The value came last.
3 August 2026 · 3 parts
Wilhelmine Rahl, September 1882
Fabric flowers, an embossed oval frame, and a name written in old German script. One handwritten clue changed the whole investigation.
In preparation
Not yet published
A framed team photograph, 1899
Twenty-one young men, a lettered sweater, an old frame. We’re still working through what can actually be established.