Unlikely Treasures
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Curator New York's Museum of Arts & Design
Author of 'In Flagrante Collecto'
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About compulsive collectors or people who collect unexpected things like clothespins, platform shoes and discarded tea-tags, taking you on a trip inside their homes, their minds and their drawers of stuff. There is method to their madness and this film will show you why.
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2010-01-01
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