Cash in Closet: Turning Clutter to Cash!

Reported by: Brianne Randle
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Updated: 5/18/2010 8:07 am

Meet Verle Momiyama.

"Okay, so every little girl loves Barbie right," said Momiyama.

Wife and mother of two, with one secret - stuff.

"I collect Nascar cars, I collect Disney things, I collect snow babies, little porcelain figurine things, which I absolutely adore," she said.

All part of her collecting craze.

"You can't really find these anymore, had these maybe 10 years or so."

"Hawaii is a place for garage sales, we just love them, we like to go collect junk from someone else's house and bring it to our house. It's a treasure."

Like clubs and a crib, something she's saved since her children were born 30 years ago.

"You know, you can't even get to that shelf to be able to pull the collectibles out."

Verle is boxed in with boxes. And wants out.

"And really have a garage where my husband really wants to pull a car in, I don't think we've ever had a garage where we can pull a car into."

"A couple of my neighbors, their garages are impeccable, and I' m jealous - like that one over there."

She's enlisted some help to turn the tables - and give her neighbors some competition.

Ellyn Sollars specializes in Declutter 2 Design.

And from what she has to work with - they get cracking.

"Everyone thinks theirs is the worst, and I say no, no, I've seen worse," said Sollars.

Bin by bin - they sort what to trash, what to keep and what to sell.

"Like a playdough machine thing to make whopper sandwiches."

Even a box full of another classic - VHS tapes.

But the man to watch is Andres Harnisch. A professional appraiser who will give Verle's mess new meaning.

"I sold them to Saudi Arabia actually via Ebay."

Tune in Tuesday as Andres turns clutter into cold hard cash.

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