Theodore O’Connor lived an ordinary life.

Born and raised in Chicago’s South Side, he worked for a living to support a wife and son. He also experienced the extraordinary highs and lows that come with an ordinary life. Joyful celebrations and painful heartbreak. Laughter from mundane conversations and the grief of loss.

At the end of his life, strangers thumb through his collection of things – ordinary items people accumulate over more than eight decades. Told through the life-changing events associated with some of his most common items, the Estate Sale tells the story of how painfully beautiful life can be.