Woman finds $3,000 in garage-sale chair

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon May 30, 2005 9:38 am

Linda Stafford has been going to garage sales for 30 years, and taking good-natured ribbing from her family all the while.

Now, the tables have turned.

Stafford has found more than $3,000 in bills dating from 1928 to 1953 in the bottom of a high-backed chair she bought at a garage sale -- for two bucks.

Talk about some luck! The full story on the find can be found here.

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Mon May 30, 2005 7:19 pm

with money fromt that time frame, there might be some worth more than face value. maily the coins.

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:12 am

Whoa maybe I should start going to garage sales

lol

Antonik · Post by **Antonik** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 10:38 am

Article dead

, but for paper money to last that long...woah

NO TACT · Post by **NO TACT** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:10 am

She is the 1337 garage sell lady!!

She pwns the noobie shoppers!!

CTSxViper · Post by **CTSxViper** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 11:18 am

Hey, I tell you what.. I always check items. I have bought many things at yard sales, etc.. and have found items in what I bought that had some good value. Sometimes many people do not check things they are selling. I remember buying a Mac System for $50, the woman said it was broke per her son, and could not fixed. I took it home, powered it up and it worked flawlessly. Had a DVD Drive/Burner and was a IMac.. Came with OS9 original disks and lots of software. I could not believe it.. Doesn't happen often, but when it does..

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 2:22 pm

As of this year, I am now in training as a "Professional Garage-Saler." Every Wednesday, I go to 10-20 garage sales with some professionals, and you'd be surprised at the deals you find! I have an entire World Book Encyclopedia set, a science encyclopedia set and World Book Dictionaries for $4...

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 10:22 am

Amy wrote: I have an entire World Book Encyclopedia set, a science encyclopedia set and World Book Dictionaries for $4...

lol, and they're probably from 1945.

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Sun Aug 21, 2005 4:50 pm

1991, actually...they are still pretty accurate, and not a lot has happened in 15 years (compared to the grand scheme of things). They are still very useful.

InFuZiOn · Post by **InFuZiOn** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 3:59 pm

Still not worth my $4. I think I'd rather buy a meal from McDonald's then cry about how its going to make me feel fat for that kind of money.