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People, Not Objects: A Review by Christina Zawadiwsky, Poet - “Our objects define us, an old saying tells us, and as I was viewing McQueen (the biopic of the fashion designer) I realized that the dresses (objects) he created and the performance art myths he presented with them to the world did tell his life story in a cryptic and poetic way. So you'd think that Selling Dead Peoples Things would be a book about objects, but it's not - it's a book about the people who owned these objects. Cerny has a knack for meeting the most unusual and touching characters in his pursuit of estate sales to fill his vintage antique stores. He cries, sympathizes, laughs and empathizes with so many, even buying goods to help a distraught relative of a newly-deceased person or rescuing a white German shepherd and a dove after their owner has fallen ill. And there are so many more stories that prove to us that truth is always far more interesting and unpredictable than fiction! Cerny claims that vintage is a "portal through which anything can pass, life or death, normal or paranormal.” We are all human and bound to this earth and the objects we use in it, either for the sake of practicality or as symbols of who we are or who we hope to become. Money necessarily enters into this equation, and Cerny is a successful dealer, but he also obviously cares so much about telling the stories of those he's known so that they will be remembered, their names etched into history within his book. And Cerny himself will be remembered - vividly - for his enthusiasm for the art of resale, which, like wildfire, is inspiring and catchy and requires an enormous amount of work as he speaks to us of all those who created or possessed these objects, these talismans. Would that all of us felt so deeply about the fears, tears and joys of those with whom we've interacted during our lifetimes, especially those who by being different from everyone else have taught us so much about ourselves. The universality of Cerny's voice and vision ventures into a territory that is the most prized of all - the territory of the human heart and what we're meant to do- help each other through life’s difficult transitions.” (at Broadway Antique Market, Chicago (BAM!)) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnurbX5Dnky/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1v9ao0m2nqhmp
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John, Yoko and #Bulldogs @broadwayantiquemarket - Give Pieces of Snausages a Chance... #dogfriendly #bamchicago #edgewaterchicago #yokoono #johnlennon #beatles (at Broadway Antique Market, Chicago (BAM!))
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Vintage #breakingbad starter showcase! #sellingdeadpeoplesthings #bamchicago #testtube #laboratory #headshop #alchemy #steampunk #broadwayantiquemarket
#headshop#bamchicago#testtube#steampunk#breakingbad#sellingdeadpeoplesthings#laboratory#broadwayantiquemarket#alchemy
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Final Day for BAM's 1st ever Vintage Furniture & Lighting Sale featuring #midcenturymodernfurniture pioneer dealer Geoff Reddington. 20% Off thru today only. Happy Labor Day. #bamchiago #50svintage #sellingdeadpeoplesthings #retrofurniture (at Broadway Antique Market, Chicago (BAM!))
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When I grow up I wanna be a big chair! #gardenfurniture #bamchicago #sellingdeadpeoplesthings (at Edgewater, Chicago)
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What happens when you leave your #etchasketch in the dryer too long--- #sellingdeadpeoplesthings #bamchicago #sketches #childhoodtoys (at Uptown, Chicago)
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There's a spider on my #uhaultruck - there's a uhaultruck on my #spider! #sellingdeadpeoplesthings #estatesale #bamchicago #broadwayantiquemarket (at Wrigleyville)
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Reminded me of #frankensteinsmonster boots, however this pleasant gentleman told me these #exerciseboots were quite comfortable-- I couldn't certainly use the height! #shortheight #walkingshoes #walkingexercise #springawakening (at Uptown, Chicago)
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Discounted 2017 Life Planners... for those whose life is half over! #ihatestaples #lifestyleblogger #sellingdeadpeoplesthings #stationery #irony #tendollars (at Uptown, Chicago)
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Just what the #uptownchicago 'hood needs: clean, friendly non #starbucks. #supportsmallbusiness #everbodyscoffee #sellingdeadpeoplesthings #icecoffee (at Everybody's Coffee)
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Fantastic old bank #tromploeil reboot in #uptownchicago.... #sellingdeadpeoplesthings #chicagoarchitecture #chicagohistory (at Uptown, Chicago)
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2 For 1 and you have a pair! Hope #princecharming has a #scotchtape fetish. #ihatestaples #stationery #dragqueens #priscillaqueenofthedesert #highheels #retrokitsch #dragrace #sellingdeadpeoplesthings (at Uptown, Chicago)
#sellingdeadpeoplesthings#ihatestaples#priscillaqueenofthedesert#dragrace#princecharming#dragqueens#highheels#scotchtape#retrokitsch#stationery
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Bizarre alley find (& pass!) Insanely heavy concrete garden ornamentation. Bear or beast and burden to the garbage man.#gardenornament #dumpsterdiving #alleyfinds #hernia #chicagolakeview (at Peet's Coffee)
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Chicago #modernarchitecture... Partied in the penthouse back in the day. #chicagoarchitecture #midcenturymodern (at 1300 N Astor)
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Spectacular Moorish stylings at New York City Center Theatre. Sold out crowd of nearly 3000 for #stephensondheim "Assassins." When the narrator said: "Sometimes we're ruled by a madman..." the theatre exploded! Chilling!! #dumptrump #broadwaytheatre #johnwilkesbooth #johnhinckley #leeharveyoswald #squeakyfromme #broadwaymusical #kennedyassassination (at New York City Center)
#broadwaytheatre#stephensondheim#dumptrump#broadwaymusical#squeakyfromme#leeharveyoswald#kennedyassassination#johnwilkesbooth#johnhinckley
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Funny meeting between two Gentlemen's Club pamphleteers... "My #privateeyes are as sore as my feet... You?" #timessquare #adult #breastaugmentation (at Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan)
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Seems difficult to get a ticket for most anything this Summer in NYC, but lingering in the #Afterglow this evening. #gaytheatre #broadwaytheatre #davenporttheatre (at Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan)
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