Don't Turn Down Free Furniture: Lucky! From the Washington Post. "She found $36,000 inside a chair she got for free on Craigslist." Good story.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Lucky! From the Washington Post.

"She found $36,000 inside a chair she got for free on Craigslist."

Good story.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/06/07/craigslist-chair-money-vicky-umodu/?utm_campaign=wp_the_optimist&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_optimist&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3709f36%2F62a09dd6956121755aaae484%2F5986c0eeae7e8a68161071e6%2F12%2F51%2F62a09dd6956121755aaae484

Toment Loc: FL, IL

Great story!
Thanks

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

It's the Washington Post website. They allow us a few views before we have to subscribe. I have reached the limit so wasn't able to see the article. I will have to pay more attention to the link and not click on anything from the Washington Post. And I'm not going to buy into their "Try Free for 4 weeks" scam.

Schoee Loc: Europe

EdJ0307 wrote:

It's the Washington Post website. They allow us a few views before we have to subscribe. I have reached the limit so wasn't able to see the article. I will have to pay more attention to the link and not click on anything from the Washington Post. And I'm not going to buy into their "Try Free for 4 weeks" scam.

If you clear your cookies and delete browsing history you can often access more articles as it starts counting again. Works for some papers I read.

Paladin48 Loc: Orlando

jerryc41 wrote:

Lucky! From the Washington Post. br br i "... (show quote)

More like the Washington COMpost

Sendai5355 Loc: On the banks of the Pedernales River, Texas

The IRS will be coming for it's share. Should have kept quiet.

elee950021 Loc: New York, NY

As a collectibles fanatic, I follow and enjoy stories like this from time to time. One guy, in 1991 found a copy of the Declaration of Independence neatly folded, tucked inside an old frame worth hundreds of thousand $$$. See: https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/03/arts/declaration-of-independence-found-in-a-4-picture-frame.html (You may have trouble with a paywall).

Last July 2021, another copy of the Declaration was found in a Scottish attic worth a bit more: $4.4 million! See: https://nypost.com/2021/07/02/declaration-of-independence-copy-found-in-scottish-attic-sells-for-4-4m/

In 2014, a California couple found a hoard of American gold coins on their property worth $10 million after the auction. See: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-couple-finds-10m-gold-coins-buried-yard-n38471

Hoards of old Roman and other ancient coins are found regularly in England. You can see lists of such hoards by Googling: Roman and ancient coin hoards. By law, you must report these findings to the respective board and they will determine the value of the hoard and give a percentage share to the finder.

You can hear more stories like these if you watch PBS Antiques Roadshow and other programs.

Be well! Ed

NickGee Loc: Pacific Northwest

EdJ0307 wrote:

It's the Washington Post website. They allow us a few views before we have to subscribe. I have reached the limit so wasn't able to see the article. I will have to pay more attention to the link and not click on anything from the Washington Post. And I'm not going to buy into their "Try Free for 4 weeks" scam.

Clear your cache and use a different browser. Should get you a few more peeks.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

Schoee wrote:

If you clear your cookies and delete browsing history you can often access more articles as it starts counting again. Works for some papers I read.

I'll try that. Thanks.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Sendai5355 wrote:

The IRS will be coming for it's share. Should have kept quiet.

She gave it back to the owner of the chair. The furniture belonged to a relative who passed away. They had heard that he hid money around the house, and they had found $1,000.

"Finding" $36,000 could be a problem, though. Having a lot of cash all of a sudden could raise suspicions with the IRS.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Paladin48 wrote:

More like the Washington COMpost

No. Unlike another "news" source, this one is factual.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

EdJ0307 wrote:

It's the Washington Post website. They allow us a few views before we have to subscribe. I have reached the limit so wasn't able to see the article. I will have to pay more attention to the link and not click on anything from the Washington Post. And I'm not going to buy into their "Try Free for 4 weeks" scam.

I've run into that myself. If you Google whatever the topic happens to be, you'll find other references online.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

jerryc41 wrote:

I've run into that myself. If you Google whatever the topic happens to be, you'll find other references online.

Thanks for the tip. I tried that and found the story elsewhere. I agree, it was a nice story.