Cash-strapped Willie Aames holds garage sale
Former ‘Eight Is Enough’ star deals with bargain hunters, signs autographs





Willie Aames, shown in the '70s as a child actor and later, has fallen on hard times. He filed for bankruptcy last year and his home is in foreclosure.
View related photos Slide show


updated 8:49 a.m. CT, Fri., March. 27, 2009
OLATHE, Kan. - Cash-strapped former “Eight Is Enough” and “Charles in Charge” star Willie Aames is selling off his belongings in suburban Kansas City.

Dozens showed up Thursday at a garage sale at his Olathe home, where Aames made deals with bargain-hunters and signed autographs.

A production crew filmed the sale for a TV show.
The 48-year-old Aames has fallen upon hard times. He filed for bankruptcy last year and his home is in foreclosure.

Items on sale included antiques, artwork, a piano, deer head mounts and TV and movie memorabilia.