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I attend auctions frequently. Love the 'hunt' for old treasures and odds-n-ends. We collect some things, sell some on eBay and usually have interesting garage sales twice yearly. I am sometimes amazed at what you can find in estates sales.
What is sometimes curious is to go to an estate sale and see so many personal items for sale. IE: A doctors sale; had EVERYTHING from silver place settings, watches, rings, his old medical bag/instruments, all of his WWII (he was in Europe) photos, family photos, his graduation diplomas (college and medical) ...in other words, things you would expect would have SOME sentimental value to others in his family? (I know he had children). Was there in-fighting among the siblings on who should get what? Possibly??
One cannot help but have the feeling of a buzzard, picking over the pieces of another persons life, when attending such events. But then, certain items perhaps become another persons treasure... and so the cycle continues.
In the end, it is all just material 'stuff' ...treasures to some, junk to perhaps another.
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