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People, Not Objects: A Review of “Selling Dead People’s Things”… By Christina Zawadiwsky

Posted onSeptember 15, 2018September 15, 2018

'PEOPLE. NOT OBJECTS." Christina Zawadiwsky, 2018 - "Our objects define us, an old saying tells us, and as I was viewing the McQueen Movie (biopic of fashion designer Alexander McQueen), I realized that the dresses (objects) he created and the performance art myths he presented with them to the world did tell his...

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Overwhelmed by the Stuff of Life, the Leftovers of Death? You Need Options, Organizing Options

Posted onMay 1, 2018April 16, 2018

An Interview with Mara Laza of Organizing Options of Illinois... Death, Divorce and Downsizing: These are the constants in our lives. Whether you’re buried in the mess of an inheritance, or perhaps one of your own making, how do you get your head above it all? You need perspective. You need help. No shame in...

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Martha Stewart Coveted Thy Dead Neighbor’s Life… And Her $100M, 42 Room Apartment

Posted onJuly 1, 2017April 16, 2018

Huguette Clark was dead and Martha Stewart wanted her apartment. The infamous half-a-billion-heiress had died at the age of 104, so the coveting of her enormous dwelling had been an exhausting wait for all, especially for Martha who lives in the same building at 907 Fifth Avenue. Comprising the entire 8th and half of the 12th...

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Collecting Tattoos (or) I Could Really Use A Hand, An Arm Or A Leg Here

Posted onMay 1, 2017April 16, 2018

Every day I receive a number of requests from vintage collectors. Most are fairly normal inquiries. A teak wall unit, a Russel Wright completer piece, a set of bar stools, a Murano glass lamp. Normal, practical, wonderful vintage. But there are those requests that are not so easy to classify, let alone find. I'll save...

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Back From The Dead: Zombies of Vintage Technology

Posted onApril 1, 2017April 16, 2018

So now we’ve all seen those JITTERBUG commercials, the cell phone with the oversized numbers and 24-hour support. Clearly marketed to your parents and/or grandparents, their ads are near camp infomercials for the elderly and/or technologically challenged. Every generation laughs at the generation before. Media gives us an even greater stage to make fun...

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Duane Scott CernyGraduating from Northeastern Illinois University on a poetry scholarship (crazy, right?), I stumbled from one soon-to-be-going-out-of-business employer to the next. Finally, I decided to try to fail in my own self-employment, founding a small legal word processing firm. Surprisingly, it was a success. CONTINUE

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