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Thanks, General Sherman!!

March 30th, 2011 at 08:07 pm

I went out to a delicious dinner last night at my favorite restaurant. It was very busy and I saw lots of people I knew, plus 2 I play bridge with.
Almost everyone had brought in an antique to have appraised for free.
WE ate dinner first, so we did not have to spend too much time in line for the appraiser.
Dh was a little disappointed about his WWII Japanese sword. His father brought it back from the war. She appraised it at $1500 and he thought it would be worth more.

I got better news. My General William Sherman autograph was considered to be real and could fetch from $5000 to $10,000. I googled him when I got home and the signatures were the same as the letters listed for sale. Some of them were selling for $25,000. I bought this at an antique store about 30 years ago for about $100.

I had 2 no use gas days (Monday and today) plus the stock market went up today, so I will add $5 to my challenge money.

Prev. total $5040.00
today 5.00
new total $5045.00

Posted in $20 Challenge | 10 Comments »

10 Responses to “Thanks, General Sherman!!”

  1. ceejay74 Says:
    March 30th, 2011 at 08:22 pm 1301516543
    1301516543

    How fun! Are you thinking about putting it on the market? (Not that I have $25K to spend, hee hee.)

  2. Looking Forward Says:
    March 30th, 2011 at 08:38 pm 1301517488
    1301517488

    That's awesome! Should you have it insured if you keep it?

  3. creditcardfree Says:
    March 30th, 2011 at 09:14 pm 1301519666
    1301519666

    Nice antiques!!

  4. Ima saver Says:
    March 30th, 2011 at 09:32 pm 1301520723
    1301520723

    Gosh, I have had it for 30 years, so I won't insure it. I guess if someone offered me $10,000 for it I would take it. I also have another union generals signature and this one was dated and written during the civil war.

  5. LittleGopher Says:
    March 31st, 2011 at 02:05 am 1301537128
    1301537128

    You've got an eye for antiques! I have some things my dad brought from Japan when he was there during WWII, though nothing as interesting as a sword.

  6. baselle Says:
    March 31st, 2011 at 04:53 am 1301547187
    1301547187

    Wow, you don't hear many Georgians writing your subject line. That appraisal and dinner is a great idea for a fundraiser.

  7. Ima saver Says:
    March 31st, 2011 at 03:36 pm 1301585775
    1301585775

    It actually was a fundraiser for our local library.

  8. dmontngrey Says:
    March 31st, 2011 at 05:15 pm 1301591756
    1301591756

    How neat!!!

  9. FrugalTexan75 Says:
    April 1st, 2011 at 02:42 am 1301625724
    1301625724

    That is very cool!

  10. joeedward Says:
    April 1st, 2011 at 03:51 am 1301629874
    1301629874

    That is great news.

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