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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 3065993, member: 13464&quot;]Yes, it is true - some people&#039;s trash is another&#039;s treasure! I love that cocktail ring/engagement ring! I&#039;d wear it in a hot second!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for finding &quot;things&quot; and money in odd places. OY! I did home estate sales for years ... one of the sales we did...in fact a labor of love - the LAST sale we did for a friend... his dad and step mom had had Alzheimers and both passed away within a year or two of each other - quite young. The son lived out of state and had NO connection to anything in his step mom&#039;s home; and apparently, Dad moved in with just his suitcase. Well, my hubby opened the large garage door and as it rose...it is a wonder it LIFTED... as the entire garage was floor to ceiling garbage bags and trash. However, we learned quickly that it wasn&#039;t all as it seemed. As we worked through the garage; it became clear that the garbage bags were only half full of garbage - the other half was money, silverware, photos, knick knacks, tools, dishes, flashlights and other collectibles. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, we found money in allllll sorts of odd locations! Places where you&#039;d never expect to ever find the &quot;mate&quot; to something you were looking for... an odd dish in the basement matching the set in the buffet; an odd sock in amongst the Christmas ornaments in the attic and the other sock in the sock drawer. We could often imagine the deceased looking over our shoulders as we worked and saying: &quot;I have wondered where that went for YEARS!&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There is something about running an estate sale for people whom you have never met. You may not have known anything about them when they were alive; but by the time you are finished - well, I can honestly say that I usually grew very fond of them.&nbsp; It would become clear what they liked and didn&#039;t like. Their senses of humor showed. What things were very dear to them. What they liked to read. I felt like I knew them by the time we had finished the sale. </p><p><br /></p><p>I feel like we always treated the sale with respect. Unmentionables disposed of. Medical items like walkers and seat lifts donated. Personal documents saved for family (or destroyed per the heirs wishes). Still, by the time we were done; I often felt like we knew the deceased much better than the family. That was always sad.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheerio Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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