According to the online advertisement for the Old Things auction, collective pieces included Louis IV-style furniture, a grand piano, exquisite pieces of carnival glass, two Tiffany lamps, silver flatware, and an assortment of vintage oil paintings. One particular item stood out over the rest to Avery: a box of sphere-like paperweights from the early twenties, some of which were signed by their artists. Avery had studied each piece, deciding which to bid on, adding the collection to his thrift store for resale. In doing so, other pieces up for auction had caught his eye: a Foter rocking chair dating back to 1927, Barbie dolls in mint boxes, Nippon china, and a croquet set from the thirties. Sometimes he felt as if he were running an antique store instead of a thrift store, not that he mind
