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    For decades, Dicker and Dicker meant Hollywood glamour. Now its last furs are on sale

    by Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times Feb 07, 2020 4 minutes

    BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Lily Costa paced the aisles of Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills, her long French acrylics stroking the pelts.

    Her son Zhivago was getting engaged. The family would cement his betrothal with a fur for the bride. The mink was on sale, but the groom's father, Sonny Costa, still frowned at the price. Lily called the girl's mother on FaceTime, hoping she could decide.

    "Ĺ ukar, ĹĄukar," the bride's mother said in Romani as one floor-length fur coat after another was shown. Beautiful, beautiful. She wanted one, too. Lily had already picked a coat for herself, but if they left without something for their daughters, "you'll be coming to our funeral," Sonny warned the owner.

    "Why, what are you

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