Estate sale Pix - do you see what I see?

I bought a really nice Gucci wallet, boxed, at a car boot once.

didn’t open it. Two years later, opened it. Out fell £240 in notes. Happy camper.

 

No grocery bill that month!

 

That's OK, it isn't that important. And seeing it as a betel box is closer to its origin than seeing it as an Etrog box.

 

Wishful thinking strikes again. At least I didn't buy it first and ask questions later.

I did actually buy an Etrog box once, years ago. A local synagogue had the best rummage sales and they always had a Judaica table. One year, there sat an old wooden box with pieces of olive wood on the outside and some very old Hebrew lettering inked onto it. I'm still not sure how old it was, but as old as me at least. A piece fell off and someone took it home to glue and promised it would be back later (wouldn't let me buy it as it was). I got it later for... $3. The box then went to a Sukkot party at a friend's house; said friend is a rabbi. Handed it to his wife. Would she like it? She'd always wanted a box and never had one!