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<p>[QUOTE="coreya, post: 196452, member: 915"]Went to a garage sale onetime several years back and upon seeing what the gentleman was facing (his mother had died and he had limited time) I tried to steer him to someone Honest I knew who could maximize the estate for him as there were a lot of valuable stuff but was rebuffed. Was told that "just stack up what you wanted and he would give a price". My wife and I spent the better part of a day there and when he looked at the pile said 40 bucks which I paid.</p><p>When I got home In one of the boxes which I had glanced at and saw some sewing stuff and put on the pile were several gold coins, a krugerand a 10 dollar gold piece 2 gold pandas and about 4 grand in jewelry.</p><p>Some pics of <u>some</u> of the "Pile" after I got home.</p><p><img src="http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/coreyalt/finds/june%201-3%202012%20estate/100_3415.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/coreyalt/finds/june%201-3%202012%20estate/100_3406.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coreya, post: 196452, member: 915"]Went to a garage sale onetime several years back and upon seeing what the gentleman was facing (his mother had died and he had limited time) I tried to steer him to someone Honest I knew who could maximize the estate for him as there were a lot of valuable stuff but was rebuffed. Was told that "just stack up what you wanted and he would give a price". My wife and I spent the better part of a day there and when he looked at the pile said 40 bucks which I paid. When I got home In one of the boxes which I had glanced at and saw some sewing stuff and put on the pile were several gold coins, a krugerand a 10 dollar gold piece 2 gold pandas and about 4 grand in jewelry. Some pics of [U]some[/U] of the "Pile" after I got home. [IMG]http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/coreyalt/finds/june%201-3%202012%20estate/100_3415.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc70/coreyalt/finds/june%201-3%202012%20estate/100_3406.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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