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Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things By Randy O. Frost, Gail Steketee
Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers and My Uncle Arthur, New York's Greatest Hoarders (An Urban Historical)
The Secret Lives of Hoarders: True Stories of Tackling Extreme Clutter By Matt Paxton, Phaedra Hise
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The Collyer Brothers story. Wealthy brothers who filled an entire building at 2078 Fifth Avenue (at the corner of 128th Street), in Manhattan with their hoarding.
Combing Through the Wreckage 2/1/11 Sorting through the possessions of a deceased loved one is often an act of discovery. Image: "Waste Not," installation by Chinese artist Song Dong at MoMA 2009. Organized contents of the artist's mother's hoarded collection of housewares.
Hoarding statistics: A July 17 It's All Relative column said as many as 6 million people, or 1 in 20, may be affected by hoarding, according to the book "Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things." Actually, epidemiology studies show a range: from 1 in 50 people in the U.S., or 6 million, to 1 in 20 people, or 15 million, according to the author, Gail Steketee. — ... This isn't something you will fix alone. Get help.
Hoarding statistics: A July 17 It's All Relative column said as many as 6 million people, or 1 in 20, may be affected by hoarding, according to the book "Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things." Actually, epidemiology studies show a range: from 1 in 50 people in the U.S., or 6 million, to 1 in 20 people, or 15 million, according to the author, Gail Steketee. — ... This isn't something you will fix alone. Get help.
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Carrie M. Becker's, "Barbie Trashes her Dreamhouse" dining room (1/6th scale miniatures used)
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Carrie M. Becker uses 1/6th scale miniatures (some of which are handmade) to create Barbie with a hoarding disorder.
Carrie M. Becker's version of, "Barbie Trashes her Dreamhouse" (miniatures)
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