Article: A TAG SALE CAN LEAVE BOTH SELLER AND BUYER SMILING.(Lifestyle)

When I first moved to Connecticut more than 20 years ago, I had never heard of a tag sale. To be sure, a few neighbors in my hometown of Nutley, N.J., had held small garage sales to get rid of unwanted accumulations - mostly junk.

But I was totally amazed and delighted to happen upon the Starring Mansion tag sale around the corner from our newly purchased house on Turkey Hill in Westport in the early '70s. An entire family's belongings were tagged for sale at prices that, even to me - a complete novice - were tantalizingly cheap. I bought so much and to this day wish I had bought even more.

My purchases included a few pieces of 19th-century Paris ...

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