Auction ends era for Stone Mountain museum owner
!["I was more practical about buying stuff than Daddy was, but he was a better collector," Protsman says. "He never got into anything halfway. He'd go to Lakewood [Antiques Market] once a month. If he saw somebody selling women's beaded handbags, he wouldn't just buy the ones on display. He'd ask how many they had, and if it was 300, he'd buy all 300."](http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/05/78/92/slideshow_992785_auction.031513.JPG)
"I was more practical about buying stuff than Daddy was, but he was a better collector," Protsman says. "He never got into anything halfway. He'd go to Lakewood [Antiques Market] once a month. If he saw somebody selling women's beaded handbags, he wouldn't just buy the ones on display. He'd ask how many they had, and if it was 300, he'd buy all 300." JASON GETZ / jgetz@ajc.com
