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Address announced for invitation-only sale in Ashburn VA
 If you're not hitting the road for Labor Day weekend, cruise on over to Ashburn, Virginia this Saturday Aug. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for our invitation-only sale. The address is 20421 Charter Oak Drive, Ashburn, Virginia. (Note the starting time is one hour later than our usual start. We'll send the address later this week.) All you need to do is show up and use the secret password "sled dog" in honor of the Orion's Attic namesake and you're in!
Here's what's happening: You'll be allowed one full day of shopping before we open the sale to the general public the following Saturday. (If we sell enough this Saturday, we'll cancel the public sale!) Remember that this Saturday is basically a work day for Orion's Attic so this sale won't be as formal as what you're used to. We'll be organizing and pricing all day long and you're free to hunt for what you like and do some haggling at the pay counter for items that aren't priced. You'll be seeing many of the items before we do.
Highlights include: gorgeous dining table and chairs, breakfast table and chairs, a wide variety of other furniture like side tables, coffee tables, book shelves and more, jewelry, decorative lamps, china, crystal, electronics, books including some antiquarian books, antiques, collectibles, figurines, art, all kinds of home decor, kitchenware, garden stuff, and so, so much more. And that's just in the main house. You might especially love the garage, which is packed floor to ceiling with shelf after shelf of all kinds of items -- many in their original boxes -- obtained from decades of living there.
Trust us when we say this special Saturday offers tons of fun -- literally.
Got antiques or collectibles to sell or know someone who needs an estate sale? Click on Orion's Attic and contact us today!
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This just in: mobile bar, patio furniture and more at Copper Fox Antiques in Sperryville VA
 We just brought another packed truckload of great furniture to Copper Fox Antiques in Sperryville, Virginia. We brought a bar on wheels from Ethan Allen, beautiful dining table and chairs, a dream-inducing burgundy recliner, coat rack, butcher's block table, porch full of patio furniture, dressers, curio cabinets and more than we even remembered to photograph. Copper Fox is open seven days a week and delivery service is available. The scenic drive toward the Shenandoah Mountains alone is worth the trip, not to mention the nearby attractions including a distillery and art galleries. Learn more www.copperfoxantiques.com
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Saved from the trash: WW II manuscript by Brooklyn teacher
One of the great joys of running Orion's Attic is the opportunity to save neat things from the trash heap even when we make little or no money on them. Our latest save? 
We found two dusty copies of what appears to be photocopied editions, entitled "How Far Away is Yesterday" while conducting an estate sale last year. We didn't have the heart to throw these away and tried to find a way to donate them to the right place in New York. We struck out.
We listed them on eBay last week and found a buyer! We trust the new owner will appreciate them and give them a new life. The cover page lists the author as Robert L. Shurr of Lenox Road in Brooklyn, New York. Shurr was apparently an elementary school teacher in East Flatbush, Brooklyn during World War II. If the manuscript is autobiographical, he used a pseudonym for this work -- Mr. Horatio Slumpkin.
Shurr may have written this in the 1970s but he sets the scene on the inside page: "It's 30 years ago. It's about the kids (real ones). It's History (Time of World War II.). It's Nostalgia (Memories! Memories!). It's what they though. It's what they believed. It's what they hoped for. It's what they imagined. It's about school as was. It's about Brooklyn of the Dodgers. It's Fun and Laughter Time (Enjoy!). Read it! You'll like it!"
Shurr explains that the kids wrote the pieces that he has assembled into his book. He states that the brand new school's demographics were 99 percent white and almost all Jewish.
Part of the introduction also helps explain the virtue of the work: "Children live in a world of their own. They have problems of economics, social intercourse, sex, among others. Through the rather roundabout method of permitting free discussion and a latitude in the use of language and self expression, I have had access to this world. I have the opportunity of becoming aware of the humor, imagination, and ability to express themselves which exists among these youngsters of twelve. I pass this material on, in the ope that grown-ups may find it of value and interest."
Orion's Attic made a profit of about $7 for two hours of work but we feel like we made a mint by saving these 70-year-old memories of children growing up during World War II.
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