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Andy Rooney memorabilia on sale at Norwalk home this weekend

24.05.12

NORWALK -- Did you ever want to know what kind of stuff Andy Rooney, the veteran CBS News reporter, author and curmudgeonly "60 Minutes" commentator, accumulated over a career that spanned seven decades before his death at age 92 in November?

The public can peer into the personal and professional life of Rooney, as well as purchase some of his prized possessions, this weekend during an estate sale at the home in the Rowayton section of Norwalk, where he lived with his family for more than 60 years.

Hundreds of people turned out for the first day of the four-day sale and auction, many anxious to own something that belonged to one of their favorite television personalities, others simply curious to see how Rooney lived in the waterside enclave.

The estate sale features everything from Rooney's vintage typewriters to memorabilia from his long journalism career and World War II to clothing he wore and furniture he made.

"For me, it's more voyeuristic. He's been around forever and he knew so many people. I wondered if his house looked like his desk," said one woman, as she waited in line to enter the house at the corner of Rowayton Avenue and Hunt Street.

Source: Ct Post