A Lucky Find
Michael Starks recently got a fantastic deal at a local thrift store. Sparks was browsing at Music City Thrift Shop in Nashville, when he found a yellowed, shellacked, rolled-up document. When he inquired about the price, the clerk marked it at $2.48. Not knowing what he had for sure, Sparks did some online research and then consulted an appraisor.
What was his find? Merely a rare 184-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence, one of only 200 official copies commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820. Sparks is auctioning it off at Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions in Burlington, North Carolina. The opoening bid is $125,000 but appraisers estimate that it will bring nearly twice that sum, or 100,000 times what he paid for it. . .
What was his find? Merely a rare 184-year-old copy of the Declaration of Independence, one of only 200 official copies commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820. Sparks is auctioning it off at Raynor's Historical Collectible Auctions in Burlington, North Carolina. The opoening bid is $125,000 but appraisers estimate that it will bring nearly twice that sum, or 100,000 times what he paid for it. . .
posted by John Good @ 5:33 PM
5 Comments:
I guess I should go to more thrift shops.
I would be seriously pressed to let that go at auction. Really.
While rummaging around an antique shop in Michigan, I found a yellowed paper that was a handwritten letter to our allies from King George, thanking them for their service. It even still has the wax seal on the outside where it was folded and sealed. I never had it appraised, but it only cost me $1.75. I know its not worth anything like $125,000, but now I'm starting to wonder.....
me oh my, what a find.
What a great find.
Peace
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