Marysafan | Friday, April 25, 2003 - 11:16 am     My husband's hobby is going to auctions and garage sales. It is something he enjoys very much and nearly every Saturday, he takes the day to do just that. Knowing how much I love books, he often brings me home a suprise or two. Sometimes they are out of print titles of authors that he knows I like, sometimes they are recent bestsellers bought for a song, and sometimes they are absolutle treasures like a first edition of of a favorite book, or a historical volume. Last night, we got a call form our daughter just after she had seen the nightly news,asking if Dad had been to an auction in a small town nearby. But unfortunately he wasn't there. "Too bad," she said. There was a box of books that was sold that you would really liked to have had. It sold for $175.00. Knowing that a "box of books" usually goes for $1.00 -$5.00. I knew that there was something special about this box. "What was in the box?" "Just a first edition of the Federalist Papers published in 1786, with an estimeated value of $60,000.00." Somebody got a great deal. You just never know what you will find in some of these old houses. |