I thought that headline might get your attention. ;-)
Here's a piece from Money magazine that tells you how to find money (precious collectibles) at garage sales, in your basement, or up in your attic. Their key points:
There's some latent, if more modest, profit lurking in virtually every yard sale or pile of cast-off items.
Where are the best places to look? Professional collectors and dealers say large indoor or covered antique malls and specialty auctions, often advertised in trade magazines like Antique Week, are where they go to get "bang for the buck."
How do you distinguish the rare find among the mountains of junk? Some recommend studying one or two collectible categories--pottery, say, or prints--so you'll know a special something when you see it.
This piece is filled with story after story of people who thought something was "trash" but then found out, often through unlikely circumstances, that they had a real treasure on their hands.
So keep your eyes open. Who knows, maybe your neighbor's garage sale, your dad's old workshed, or that house you're remodeling has "buried" treasure that's just waiting to be spotted.
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