The Reardons, she said, love Betty. Then, with a smile, she quickly corrected herself. Manning the checkout line, Loren-Maltese looked just like herself, with her trademark dark eye makeup and big lashes.
A friend had offered to ring up shoppers but had come down sick, and Loren-Maltese stepped in, making change and tallying credit card purchases on an iPhone.
Loren-Maltese holds garage sale: Make-up mirrors, clowns and earrings, earrings, earrings. Business was brisk. About people showed up in the first hour. And the checkout line grew long, but Loren-Maltese chatted amiably and patiently with people.
She autographed one buyer's ceramic snowmen. She posed for a photo with a woman and her little handbag dog. One man buying a figurine of legendary clown Emmett Kelly got some Chicago mob humor thrown in for free. Loren-Maltese hosted a similar sale three years ago that was well-received. A lot of the items at this sale, which continues Saturday at the Tavern on LaGrange in Countryside, were things Loren-Maltese said she had simply accumulated over the years and decided to sell.
The sale will be held in the banquet room at Tavern on LaGrange. The owners are also planning a special buffet in anticipation of the large crowd that is likely to come to the sale. Loren-Maltese says there is an elevator in the building and gaming machines are on the premises to help pass the time. Loren-Maltese advises people to come to the estate sale early.
The last she held a sale of her personal possessions in Stickney in , everything was gone the first day. Lorraine Swanson , Patch Staff. Posted Tue, Sep 29, at am CT. Find out what's happening in Oak Lawn with free, real-time updates from Patch. Let's go! The former Cicero mayor has been promoting the sale on her Facebook page : "Huge estate sale with new collectible Barbies, pokemon, Precious Moments, collectible dolls, Emmett Kelly clowns. Thank Reply Share. The rules of replying: Be respectful.
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