Paul Blum

My family and my self spent several days toghether in Corte Madena and in our housevin Belgium.

I miss Paul. The treasure he gave me was this. He saw that I had an eye for things of fineness and beauty. He charged me with the task of a lifetime to take busy people out of their humdrum lives and make them take a moment to become enthralled in the majesty of a simple $17 Teacup and saucer or a $12,000 Baroque sterling and ebony tea service. He taught me to see the beauty in the mundane and the mundane in the beautiful.

So sorry to hear of Paul's death. He was a friendly but formidable opponent at the weekly Marin County estate sale scene. I remember when he used to pull up to a sale on a little motor scooter using the quick and easy mobility to advantage. What a great character! I will miss him. Michael Farey

One of my most Treasured Memories of the time I spent in San Francisco in the early 1980s was the two years I worked at Paul's antiques. Every day was a new kind of Adventure. My friend Lynn and I would sit at that first floor roll top desk greeting only the most adventurous visitors that would Hazard the long steep picturelined staircase to the second floor of that wonderful iron front building. Paul would usually arrive late in the morning with a box of treasures. Sometimes German...

Dad, I miss you every day!! You are the best father anyone could ask for. I hope this obituary reflects how amazing and original you were. You will always be my hero.

To whomever wrote this beautiful obit, thank you,

I am Paul's first cousin living in LA and knew him from childhood. Sadly I rarely saw Paul over the years, but enough to have seen the many faces he had. Paul was truly a character (in a good way) and I always enjoyed our visits albeit too few. I will miss him.

Thank you for this beautifully written inclusive look at a true character whom I had the privilege of loving and always will.