Strolling through a forest of 19th-century furniture in the Antiques Market Place, Greg Audette, 32, turned a corner and came face to face with evidence of his own mortality. Perched atop an $825 V… ...

The antique mahogany bookcase sat unobtrusively in the recessed corner of the living room. It had become a dust-catcher, a mantel of ‘tchotchkes’ and a cupboard of unread books. Unnoticed and unused, ...