The old chair found a treasure

The story is about how in the old chair, gave the hosts as unnecessary, the restorer found a treasure.





Author: "A remarkable man and an architect friend of mine called me yesterday asking to save his neighbor in the village of artists from ancient seats that do not fit into the new interior. By the evening of remnants of the past from her home were in stock, but today I decided to examine more closely the acquired things. A large walnut chair a few years ago was interrupted, but did not touch the back. I touched her. Soft front back was suspiciously hard from behind. My first thought was that the board for rigidity is necessary, but it is strange to hurt ... I must cut! A minute later I opened 25 ruble banknotes Soviet ropes sewn to the upholstery fabric and padded with straw. The entire back of the perimeter was filled with money!



Taking this heap, I counted 100 banknotes, which were to face 1/20 total weight, respectively, in the chair was about 50,000 Soviet rubles! Find them 30 years ago ... After all, the mistress lived with this chair all his life and had no idea that someone from relatives buried there stash. On the face of stupidity owner of the money and the apparent theft of socialist property

The most valuable and at the same time the most useless treasure that I found ... »