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- Crew renovating an old building got a locksmith to pry open a heavy pink vault door and found shelves of dusty boxes, ledgers and receipts from the Tilden Department Store dating back to 1950 or earlier
- Thrifter beelined to a floral inlaid side table at the thrift store, told a rival shopper who grabbed the edge that she was buying it, and learned at home it was a mid century Italian marquetry piece worth over 500 dollars
- Why some records have a giant hole in the middle and others a tiny one comes down to a format war between Columbia and RCA that jukeboxes quietly helped RCA survive
- Charity auction listed a tarnished vintage necklace as an unmarked blue stone and a quick cleaning reveals a hidden 925 hallmark and blue topaz gemstones the sellers never tested
- Man spots a roadside sign for a baseball card shop in the middle of nowhere, meets the owner who opened it in 1989 and finds an honor system card room in the basement with mystery grab bags sorted by sport