When you're spring cleaning...

An older man (as in older than me) brought in a very old American Indian blanket, possibly once owned by Kit Carson. The appraiser was beside himself, and after describing how wonderful it was, "a national treasure", he told the guy it was worth between $350,000 - 500,000. The guy started crying! It was very cool as I'm sure he will find a good auction house to sell it and have money for his golden years (which are only golden if you happen to have some gold). He was absolutely joyful.

So, the moral of the story might be if there are people rich enough and crazy enough to spend half a million dollars on a blanket, at least an older man and his family will have fun spending it.

[via The Cathy J Weblog]