Nashville's Berenice Denton has been in the estate sale business for 57 years. "The hardest part is to keep both sides happy," she says.

For more than 50 years, Berenice Denton has reigned over Nashville, the South and beyond as “the estate sale queen,” and immediately upon meeting her, you’ll see why. Her warmth radiates, and her charm draws you in. She has that enviable quality of putting those around her at ease and engages with new acquaintances as if they were old friends. Her knack for knowing and relating to people allows her to manage estate sales often in the midst of difficult times. At her core, she wants to help others and use her gifts to lighten their load whether that’s through aiding them in an estate sale or offering the perfect gift in her charming shop, The Cottage. It’s our pleasure to introduce you to Berenice Denton, our newest FACE of Nashville!

Bernice Denton, age 50 and holding for a score of years plus some change now, leads the man, a local cosmetic surgeon with a passion for antique train sets, into a home full of antique train sets. The owner has passed and the heirs have asked Berenice -- middle Tennessee’s undisputed “Estate Queen” -- to make the house her realm and do her thing. She guides the surgeon to the basement where antique trains of every description line the shelves and then reaches up at random to pull one down. She holds out her hand. In it is a live hand grenade. Whoops.