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How often have you found unremarkable things in your house, and maybe just on the street? Perhaps in your hands visited the jewel, about the cost where you can only dream of.
The website has collected stories about the findings, which provided some comfortable future. Who knows, maybe in your sideboard, under a plain stone lying around a couple million dollars.
Gold Cup
John Weber, a simple guy from England, in 1945 received from his grandfather the gift of a strange metal Cup. In his childhood he used her as a target for shooting from an air rifle, and then for decades was abandoned in a box under the bed.
In fact, it was not a mug, and Cup of pure gold, made in Persia more than 2 300 years ago. In the end, John learned first about the true origin of this thing, and then found out the cost.
Magazine Action Comics #1
In the analysis of the wall just bought a house Builder David Gonzalez from Minnesota to the pile of papers and Newspapers found a comic book in 1938. This release is valued because it is the first time Superman appears. Since the comic book was in shabby condition, then sell it managed over $ 175 thousand And the most expensive copy of this comic sold for $ 3.2 million in 2014.
Painting Of John Constable
Once Robin Darvel for $ 46 bought at auction a box of junk, once referred to art. Among other things in that box was a small picture the size of a postcard with trivial rural landscape. He soon removed the card in a drawer, where it is safely gathered dust for 10 years.
And only his son Robert Darvel many years later he saw a strange signature on the back of the postcard. He began to investigate and found out that this picture belongs to the brush of one of the most expensive artists of Britain — John constable. Soon the painting was sold for $ 390 thousand
Ambergris whale
Three fishermen from Oman caught an unpleasant-smelling substance, which, after verification, turned out to be a piece of ambergris weighing 80 kg. Ambergris is a waste of life of whales and used in perfumes to fix the smell. No wonder it is called floating gold, because depending on its quality, the price for 1 gram can go up to $ 35. So after the sale of such findings, all three fishermen waiting for a comfortable life.
Black opal Royal One, the 306 carat
Black opal weighing 306 carats, named the Royal One, was found in Australia in 1999. Miner Bobby (his name he hides) on his last day before retirement took home a bucket of rubble, hoping to find something valuable. In one of the stones he saw glimpses of blue, and the next 2 years engaged in the polishing and cleaning, and when he realized that before him, then hid his find away from thieves. 14 years later, the stone was offered for sale and is now estimated at $ 3 million.
A copy of the Declaration of independence
In 1989 in Pennsylvania, one man at a flea market, bought a small frame with the picture. The picture he never really liked, all he was interested in is the frame. So when he got home, he immediately began to remove the frame and found a picture of the document, which turned out to be a copy of the Declaration of independence in 1776. The man sold a copy for $ 2.4 million in 1991, and in 2000 it was sold for $ 8.1 million
Chinese vase
Vase found during a General home cleaning, dirty and dusty, and brought them to the appraiser in hopes to gain for her a couple of dollars. The Chinese vase was a rarity, made in the XVIII century. In November 2010 it was sold for $ 83 million, but 2 years later the full amount was never paid, so the vase was sold again, this time cheaper. The exact sales price and the buyer remained unknown.
The Black Star sapphire of Queensland, 733 carats
In 1938, 12-year-old Roy Spencer found on a hillside of dark gray stone and brought it to his father, miner. Find Mr. Spencer was defined as a black crystal.
9 years the stone was used as a support for the door while the famous jewelers of Los Angeles, the brothers Kazandzhyan, bought the stone for $ 18 million (currently equivalent to $ 196 thousand), seeing in it the star sapphire. After this stone had been resold several times, anonymously, and with undisclosed sale price. Now sapphire is estimated at $ 88 million
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The fisherman did not know that 10 years keeps under the bed the treasure of $ 100 million
The most expensive painting in the world
via bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2011/04/worlds-most-expensive-plinking-target-million-dollar-gold-cup/
How often have you found unremarkable things in your house, and maybe just on the street? Perhaps in your hands visited the jewel, about the cost where you can only dream of.
The website has collected stories about the findings, which provided some comfortable future. Who knows, maybe in your sideboard, under a plain stone lying around a couple million dollars.
Gold Cup
John Weber, a simple guy from England, in 1945 received from his grandfather the gift of a strange metal Cup. In his childhood he used her as a target for shooting from an air rifle, and then for decades was abandoned in a box under the bed.
In fact, it was not a mug, and Cup of pure gold, made in Persia more than 2 300 years ago. In the end, John learned first about the true origin of this thing, and then found out the cost.
Magazine Action Comics #1
In the analysis of the wall just bought a house Builder David Gonzalez from Minnesota to the pile of papers and Newspapers found a comic book in 1938. This release is valued because it is the first time Superman appears. Since the comic book was in shabby condition, then sell it managed over $ 175 thousand And the most expensive copy of this comic sold for $ 3.2 million in 2014.
Painting Of John Constable
Once Robin Darvel for $ 46 bought at auction a box of junk, once referred to art. Among other things in that box was a small picture the size of a postcard with trivial rural landscape. He soon removed the card in a drawer, where it is safely gathered dust for 10 years.
And only his son Robert Darvel many years later he saw a strange signature on the back of the postcard. He began to investigate and found out that this picture belongs to the brush of one of the most expensive artists of Britain — John constable. Soon the painting was sold for $ 390 thousand
Ambergris whale
Three fishermen from Oman caught an unpleasant-smelling substance, which, after verification, turned out to be a piece of ambergris weighing 80 kg. Ambergris is a waste of life of whales and used in perfumes to fix the smell. No wonder it is called floating gold, because depending on its quality, the price for 1 gram can go up to $ 35. So after the sale of such findings, all three fishermen waiting for a comfortable life.
Black opal Royal One, the 306 carat
Black opal weighing 306 carats, named the Royal One, was found in Australia in 1999. Miner Bobby (his name he hides) on his last day before retirement took home a bucket of rubble, hoping to find something valuable. In one of the stones he saw glimpses of blue, and the next 2 years engaged in the polishing and cleaning, and when he realized that before him, then hid his find away from thieves. 14 years later, the stone was offered for sale and is now estimated at $ 3 million.
A copy of the Declaration of independence
In 1989 in Pennsylvania, one man at a flea market, bought a small frame with the picture. The picture he never really liked, all he was interested in is the frame. So when he got home, he immediately began to remove the frame and found a picture of the document, which turned out to be a copy of the Declaration of independence in 1776. The man sold a copy for $ 2.4 million in 1991, and in 2000 it was sold for $ 8.1 million
Chinese vase
Vase found during a General home cleaning, dirty and dusty, and brought them to the appraiser in hopes to gain for her a couple of dollars. The Chinese vase was a rarity, made in the XVIII century. In November 2010 it was sold for $ 83 million, but 2 years later the full amount was never paid, so the vase was sold again, this time cheaper. The exact sales price and the buyer remained unknown.
The Black Star sapphire of Queensland, 733 carats
In 1938, 12-year-old Roy Spencer found on a hillside of dark gray stone and brought it to his father, miner. Find Mr. Spencer was defined as a black crystal.
9 years the stone was used as a support for the door while the famous jewelers of Los Angeles, the brothers Kazandzhyan, bought the stone for $ 18 million (currently equivalent to $ 196 thousand), seeing in it the star sapphire. After this stone had been resold several times, anonymously, and with undisclosed sale price. Now sapphire is estimated at $ 88 million
Photo on pixabay previews, facebook
See also
The fisherman did not know that 10 years keeps under the bed the treasure of $ 100 million
The most expensive painting in the world
via bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2011/04/worlds-most-expensive-plinking-target-million-dollar-gold-cup/
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