In April, auctioneers sold off a stockpile of ash night stands, walnut-legged couches and leather swivel chairs that had been collecting dust inside a shuttered store and warehouse in Acton, Mass.

The stranded goods were the remnants of Circle Furniture, a family business that had offered its wares to the Boston area since President Harry S. Truman was in the White House. Last year, Circle’s sales plummeted 20 percent, and in December the company abruptly closed all nine of its stores, went bankrupt and began liquidating its assets.

 

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