The second-hand dealer has opened his doorstep to tell and trace the history of the objects.
Where it evokes a “hell of a mess”, we see an attic tidy just enough. With these boxes overflowing with childhood and passions – very numerous – of the master of the place. Pierre Courtillon concentrated them on rue Peyssière, first, near the hairdresser, then at 9 rue du Mandarous. He cheated the boredom of a civil service retirement. “Retirement is a long, quiet river, but …
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