The Estate Sale Chronicles

Her name was Ruth, and she liked handkerchiefs. No, scratch that.  She loved handkerchiefs. Seriously, the picture shows about ...

I don't know what her name was.  I do know she was in love in 1935. Not everything from her estate sold during the two "official...

I didn't know Irene personally.   But I know she absolutely loved Christmas.  She saved the December issues and "Christmas Specials...

The holidays are a time for tradition.  Often, traditions are passed down from one generation to another:  a menu, a recipe, a certain old m...

I love looking through old magazines.    At a recent estate sale, I found a copy of the November 1933 Better Homes and Gardens .   I can...

(To read "The War Diary, Part One," click here:   http://estatesalechronicles.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-war-diary.html  ) I'v...

I often see war-related items at estate sales.   Recently I found a battered small notebook that served as the diary of a serviceman from ...