T.J. Moran estate sale to include wide variety of items — from the exotic to ... - The Advocate
And now, it’s got to go. An estate sale will be held Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 13-16, at Moran’s warehouse on Highlandia Drive in Baton Rouge. The sale will include a wide variety of items — from the exotic to the mundane — that Moran acquired mostly through his restaurant interests in Chicago, San Antonio, New Orleans and the Baton Rouge area. “He was of an era from the Depression that did not throw anything away, and he was a real conservative, reuse, recycle type-person, so he didn’t want to throw it away in case he needed it at another location,” said Daphne Dileo, of Graywood Estate... “If he took an air conditioner off the back of one of his buildings, he didn’t throw it away. “It’s the biggest estate sale I’ve ever done. Moran bought a house in the Country Club of Louisiana that had belonged to rap musician Master P and redecorated it. So, the sale includes three whirlpool tubs — two of which are small and were used by the musician’s children, Dileo said — large,... The sale will also include hundreds of oil paintings, prints and photographs that adorned his restaurants, ranging from Robert Rucker scenes of Louisiana to sports images. Source: theadvocate.com
