You've heard the stories about the Picasso found in trash outside an apartment building, the 1400's statue dropped off at a Goodwill, the $2 garage sale find that turned into a $60,000 eBay sale or, like the most recent vase that sold for $2.2 million on auction.
I always wonder about the person that tossed it, donated it or sold it. Surely some of them see their former item, tossed aside to make space, now making headlines for the sale price.
Have any of these people gone into deep depression knowing that they could have retired and lived the high life if only they would have known the value of their item?
Have any of them tried to sue to get their cut of the item or to get the item back? Maybe they would sue on the grounds of temporary delusion or permanent delusion for that matter.
Can you imagine the feeling in your stomach when you saw your item, highlighted on the internet as the find of the century, the find that you wrote off as "grandma's old junk"?
As a seller, I would love to be one of those to find that treasure amongst all the trash. I find little treasures here and there. I find things that make me $100 and feel that the person that donated or sold them would kick themselves if they knew but it's 100 bucks and while that isn't a measly sum, it's no $2.2 million.
Maybe they would make themselves feel better by comparing it to the national debt. Ah $2.2 million now looks like pennies. I feel better now.
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