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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 384830, member: 22&quot;]I`m still undecided on this piece, the curved sides are bentwood, it is very well made but I believe lacquered later.</p><p><br /></p><p>The story goes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I get a call from a lady in London to say her father had died and he had a storage lockup in my area, the rent had been paid but no one had been there for over 5 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>She told me a family friend (a Policeman) had recommended me as being a reliable source to clear it for her and that is how she had obtained my number.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Policeman is based over 80 miles away and I don`t know him, so it remains a mystery, to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow it turns out the lock-up is right next door to my two rented lock-ups in the next village.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coincidence ---I don`t know but the plot thickens.</p><p><br /></p><p>I goes to my lock up and obtain the keys for next door from the landlord.</p><p>He tells me the rent has been paid every month but no one has visited in years.</p><p><br /></p><p>I go in and the place has the contents of a full home all boxed up and stacked in boxes.</p><p>Furniture and domestic appliances are all neatly stacked.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bats have infested the place and it was like a furnace in there.</p><p>Bat poo gives off dangerous toxic gases so I grabbed this box and retreated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I left the place open to ventilate and contacted the lady in London.</p><p><br /></p><p>She agreed a price with me to clear it and did a direct bank transfer of cash into my account.</p><p><br /></p><p>The place is now mine to empty until 1st August, then the landlord takes it over to re-rent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went back this evening and began removing some of the bigger good stuff and placing it next door.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/cool.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" /> no transportation required.</p><p><br /></p><p>I`m only around 15% in and already found silver and cash but no gold or booze.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I`ll post some of the other stuff on the finds thread as I find it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh and [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER]</p><p>Here is a Dutch beer for size comparison rather than German, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]133114[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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