In case you’ve ever needed to personal a chunk of the present “The Sopranos,” now’s your likelihood.
All the contents of the Essex County funeral house featured on the favored HBO tv present might be available for purchase throughout an property sale this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4.
Every part on the Irvine-Cozzarelli Memorial House in Belleville should go, in keeping with the itemizing on the property sale web site. Objects embrace furnishings, oil work, ornamental objects, rugs, crystal chandeliers, architectural millwork, stained glass home windows, funeral gadgets and extra.
The gadgets are mid- to late-Twentieth century reproductions, not interval antiques, the itemizing notes.
The sale spans the three full flooring of the constructing, together with the basement, the funeral parlor and the residence on the second flooring, the place the previous proprietor lived.
Different gadgets on the market embrace miniature coffins, sofas, lamps and urns, stated Michael Perrone, president of the Belleville Historic Society,
In February, officers in Belleville designated the funeral house as an space in want of redevelopment, which means the constructing may very well be demolished. The native historic society objected to the transfer.
Established in 1885, the funeral house was extensively renovated by its late proprietor, James Cozzarelli, in keeping with his obituary. He lived within the lavishly embellished proprietor’s quarters on the second flooring, above the enterprise.
Cozzarelli, who died in 2021, had a ardour for inside design and his elaborately embellished funeral house caught the attention of the producers of HBO’s “The Sopranos,” who featured it in a number of seasons.
It was the web site of a number of funerals for characters on the mob-themed present, together with scenes through which Tony Soprano paid his last respects to his mom, Livia.
It’s unclear what is going to occur to the property.
Belleville Mayor Michael Melham, who can also be a member of the township’s Planning Board, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Frank Cozzarelli, James’ cousin and the executor of the property, stated the property is presently below contract to be bought to the Englewood Cliffs-based Premier Builders, LLC.
On Tuesday, he informed NJ Advance Media he’s hopeful the sale is finalized earlier than the tip of the 12 months. “The city has insisted on preservation of sure stylistic components,” he stated, so if the constructing is demolished, “the substitute constructing might be constant.”
He declined to reveal the property’s pending sale value. It was beforehand listed on the market in 2014 for $1.8 million, nevertheless it didn’t promote.
The handle for the property sale might be out there after 9 a.m. on Thursday, the itemizing stated. The funeral house is situated at 276 Washington Ave. in Belleville.
Entrance to the property sale on Friday from 10-11 a.m. requires a RSVP textual content, as outlined within the on-line itemizing. Prospects might be admitted based mostly on quantity order, and after 11:30 a.m. no quantity is required. A quantity just isn’t wanted to enter on Saturday.
The property sale might be held on Friday and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to three p.m.
Solely money might be accepted to buy gadgets. Every part is bought as is, per the itemizing. There is no such thing as a gross sales tax and all gross sales are last.
Home windows and bigger architectural gadgets might be scheduled to be eliminated by appointment.
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