I encountered this sale at the end of a long driveway in Kirkwood. Most of the stuff here did not appear to have come out of the seller’s home but looked more like stuff he had accumulated, hoarded and stored over the years for one reason or another. There was no explanation as to why the seller had so many vacuum cleaners. Did he want to corner the used vacuum business? Was there good resale value in these machines or did he find them on the street and bring them back to life? Perhaps he just liked the look of these machines and enjoyed owning them. He appeared very proud of his collection. I have run into many situation like these where collections or one type or another seem not so much out of control but inexplicable. Most of these sales hosted by men more than women. How stuff like that gets here and where it comes from is one of the continuing mysteries of yard sale culture.
A large sign lead me to this collection.
A Spiderman lamp was one of the other teasures found here.
Other inexplicable collections I've encountered included a basement full of cat litter and a wall covered in scary clown heads.
