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Selling Dead People's Things

Inexplicably True Tales, Vintage Fails & Objects of Objectionable Estates

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Selling Dead People's Things

By: Duane Scott Cerny
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Selling Dead People’s Things is a wry behind-the-curtain peek into the world of antiques and their obsessive owners—while still alive and after their passing. An amusing observer of the human condition, author Duane Scott Cerny entertains in illuminating, scary, sad, or frightfully funny resale tales and essays. Whether processing the estate of a hoarding beekeeper, disassembling the retro remains of an infamous haunted hospital, or conducting an impromptu appraisal during a shiva gone disturbingly wrong, every day is a twisted treasure hunt for this 21st-century antiques dealer.

While digging deep into the basements, attics, and souls of the most interesting collectors imaginable, traveling from one odd house call to the curious next, resale predicaments will confound your every turn. Be careful where you step, watch what you touch, and gird your heart—Antiques Roadshow, this ain’t!

©2018 Duane Scott Cerny (P)2022 Duane Scott Cerny Biographies & Memoirs Funny Heartfelt Scary
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Despite having the blurbs recommending the book at the beginning which is grotesque it’s a fascinating book but more memoir than inventory. Some stories fizzle but others such as the drunk ventriloquist doll and the memento mori of the Iroquois Theatre fire are glorious and hypnotic.

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