Check out this yard sale find! I'm soooooooooo jealous.

[Vinca]

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/chinese-bowl-yard-sale-sothebys-auction/index.html

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1. A "friend of a friend of a friend" found a Matisse that had been painted over many years ago

The last I heard, experts were trying to restore it for sale at Cristies' or Sotherby's. I was too jealous to follow the story further.

[soothsayer]

2. Dang, that's dreamy

[soothsayer]

3. Would you be inclined to give a taste to the yard sale seller?

Or not really. I feel I might out of guilt, but would somehow end up being sued by the seller.

So maybe it’s best not to.

[Vinca]

5. I probably wouldn't because I always figure they've owned the thing and have had an

opportunity to find out what it is. Plus, in this case, $35 for a bowl at a yard sale is a high price unless the seller thinks it has some value. There was a case not far from where I live where people were working as "volunteers" for a church collecting donations for a charity auction. A lady donated a painting and the "volunteers" (one or all, I forget) thought it might be worth something and took it to the city to a well known auction gallery for evaluation. The painting was valued at about $400,000 as I recall so instead of taking it back to the lady who donated it, they waited for the auction and bought it for about $3,500 and later sold it through the auction gallery. I think I have a memory of a lawsuit in that case, but in that case I think it would have been justified.

[multigraincracker]

4. Not all that valuable, but very cool.

Found a badge kind of thing that I had no idea what it was. Had a advertisement on one side and a rock like surface on the other. It was a hook/knife sharpener. From a local store ca.1920.
Got it out of the free box and donated it to a local museum.

[Vinca]

6. Update on this bowl - sold for $721,800 this morning. Yikes!

Now I'm really chomping at the bit for yard sales to start up. (Sold price includes buyer's premium. Purchaser unknown.)