Photography by Kitty Sheehan I was with my in-laws at Donny Malone Auctions in Saugerties in the mid-1980s. The Hellers of Lake Hill, NY were well-known—they sold Tiffany and Handel lamps, but my father-in-law also took old lamp parts and created beautiful new ones. They were bidding on a few expensive pieces. My mother-in-law grabbed my arm and pointed to a cardboard box. It was overflowing with dirty pieces of yarn, a doll’s head, a lace doily, some other things I couldn’t identify. “Bid on that box of contents,” she said with a smile. “Who knows what magic is…
