A Life's Collection Going Once, Going Twice
The accumulated collection of antiques at Tower Hill Antiques in Red Bank is being auctioned off.
Here is collecting in reverse. Items are ripped from their homes on walls, and corners, once cluttered with an assortment of gilded edges, ornate carvings, and layers of patina, are left bare. A gaggle of yellow-card waving spectators give sideways glances of consideration, final determined glares at inanimate objects, and throw their arms up silently as an auctioneer calls out lots by the number. Room by room, the assorted collection of Raymond Bree Valerio — most of the items created well before even his birth — is lost to the highest bidder. Valerio, the owner of Tower Hill Antiques on Broad Street, died 22 months ago, leaving behind a collection of more than 1,000 pieces, all to be sold in an absolute auction – an auction with no …
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