'Collection Intervention' shows off cool stuff

So appraiser-host, Port Washington's Elyse Luray (PBS' "History Detectives"), also plays psychologist. She gently helps collectors prioritize what they really love, acknowledge their attachments and find ways to actually enjoy their collections -- not to mention make some money out of them.

Of course, one person's "need" is another person's annoyance. In steps Christie's veteran Luray to enable sorting the truly rare from the mere vintage, the prized from the panic-inducing. One of last week's collectors acknowledged "the whole journey" she led toward putting his hoarding in larger perspective. Saying goodbye to treasured items is indeed a process, in which that hour's other collector couldn't engage until considering she would be sharing the joy of her items with others.

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Who, for all we know, may have problems of their own.

This show could run forever.