Ron Saba is selling his garden home on Bird Key, and he’s bucking a trend to do it.

Prevailing wisdom holds that when preparing a house for the market, sellers should de-clutter, de-personalize and emotionally detach themselves from their abodes. The idea is to so neutralize the house that potential buyers easily can envision themselves there, and can see their own furnishings in the spaces.

Saba doesn’t buy it. His rooms are spilling over with a lifetime of global artifacts — a mix of modern, traditional and antique furniture, paintings, crystal chandeliers, and built-in custom cabinetry that houses costly figurines with prestigious names, such as Lladro, Armani, Waterford, Herend and Swarovski.

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