Objects of Our Affection: Uncovering My Family's Past, One Chair, Pistol, and Pickle Fork at a Time
Objects of Our Affection: Uncovering My Family's Past, One Chair, Pistol, and Pickle Fork at a Time By Lisa Tracy
Publisher: Ban.tam 2010 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0553807269 | EPUB + PDF | 5 MB + 3 MB
Publisher: Ban.tam 2010 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 0553807269 | EPUB + PDF | 5 MB + 3 MB
Do we own our possessions, or do they own us? That’s one of the questions pondered in Tracy’s memoir. Following their mother’s death, Tracy and her sister were faced with the daunting task of sifting through her belongings. A military family whose history dated back to the American Revolution, the Tracys had acres of heirlooms, from an elegant, satin-bottomed chair that might have once been occupied by George Washington to a pair of dueling pistols purportedly owned by Aaron Burr. But while these items made for tantalizing stories to be told by the fire, what was their worth if one couldn’t establish provenance? When the sisters decide to put selected pieces up for auction, they are both sobered—and occasionally surprised—by the prices they fetch. What they didn’t account for was the remorse they would feel after the auction was completed, and the deals were done. Had they sold their family’s soul? Tracy weaves engaging nuggets of military and social history into her tale, but the copious details about her family can grow tedious. Still, this will definitely attract the Antiques Roadshow crowd.
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