While New Yorkers are anticipating Americana week, I have to admit it, I prefer looking at foreigner's old things. Thanks to the internet, we can surf auction houses all over the world, and the best ones don't even co-list on eBay yet. I'm starting this feature by introducing Auktionhuset in Horslom, which is somewhere north of Copenhagen (thank you, Google). I found them a few years ago by doing a search for an obscure Danish artist that I collect. I can't make much sense of their website–although I can guess what "naest auktion" and "under hammeren" mean–which is part of the fun. If you see something you really want, make very sure of the commission and shipping charges before you bid, and get ready to deal with a lot of international confusion. In my case, it was over a month before Auktionhuset let me know I'd won the auction. But every time I look at my Vilhelm Th. Fischer ducklings painting, I think: totally worth it.
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