My parents house was a green carpet living room with pine paneling in the kitchen. We had a RCA CTC-40 as our set up until 1990 when the power transformer blew.
As far as estate sales goes i keep thinking of my favorite song from back in 1990. The artist's name is Cheryl Wheeler and the song is called "Estate Sale" Here is a link to the music video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdDrrChPwz0
Maybe it should be the anthem song for the Horizontal Hold section of A.K.
Logan