It’s not unusual to find a treasure or goldmine close to midday when the garage sales are about to close. The great thing is that at this point they’re usually willing to let go of items a lot cheaper than they would have at 7am. Here’s the story of Joe a buddy of mine who experienced this first hand.
It was around 11:30 am when Joe decided to finally head to the last garage sale on his list. They were already closing as it had started to get really slow. He looked around and saw what most of us would consider junk, kids toys, clothes, old dishes, vases and lots of mugs. While digging through a box that had been disorganized he found towards the bottom what looked like old books.
Intrigued by the photos, he asked if the lady was sure she wanted to get rid of these pictures. She mentioned to him they were her ancestors but since she doesn’t know them or display them she didn’t really care for the photos. Joe paid $5 for each and brought the two pictures home and posted them on eBay. Not knowing what he had, the description wasn’t clear and he didn’t do his due diligence. The title description was something like “Book with antique picture”. Turns out this “book” was a daguerreotype.
Example of Daguerreotype Photographs
This is What the Photos look like, Please keep in mind these are not the original photos he found, and these are just examples to give you an idea what they look like.
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Not only was it a daguerreotype, but it was an image of a Civil War Colonel looking high and mighty with all his gear, the second photo was same Colonel in a different pose. What a find! He was getting offers of $5000 to $6000 and direct messages left and right. This led him to look a little deeper into what he had invested in. In the end he sold the daguerreotype for 8,570. This goes to show that you can still find a treasure even when you think everything good has already been taken.
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Keep digging my friends there are so many stories of amazing finds, and sometimes all you have to do is dig a little deeper.
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