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Чрезвычайно дорогие вещи, найденные абсолютно случайно. ФотоThese people are very lucky.

To find the real treasure, it is not necessary to arm themselves with a metal detector and go round the world in search of the treasure chest. Ordinary cleaning or repair at the old country house can present its own surprises.

We have prepared for you 10 stories about people who found a real treasure right at home.

Van Gogh Painting

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An unknown painting by van Gogh called “Sunset at Montague” for many years gathered dust in the attic of a Norwegian collector. All because in 1908, one of the guests said that the landscape hanging on the wall is just a fake. The owner was so upset, he removed the painting in the attic and forgot about it. Only 100 years after the death of the collector, the painting has found a new home owner and brought to the examination, which found that it is a priceless original, written by van Gogh.

A hiding place for Alan

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Typical American family decided to save money and make repairs with their own hands. While removing the floor she stumbled upon a secret box, inside of which was $ 51 thousand, a bottle of Bourbon in 1960 and the book “a Guide for the perplexed”. It was a card on which a Vincent writes: “Alan, you need to read it.” The couple decided to find Alana and return found, but find it before and failed.

Figurine Faberge

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In 2013, new Yorkers George and Bette Davis doing in the attic of his house, I noticed a small tattered box with a small figure inside.

When the couple asked the expert, it became clear that this is a mini-sculpture of a Cossack, which in 1912 he ordered himself, Nicholas II for his wife. After 1918 the figure fell into the hands of American entrepreneur, and in 1934 he sold it for $ 2 250. All Faberge made 50 of the figures, which are considered a great rarity. But the discovery of a pair sold at auction for $ 5.2 million

Room for servants

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Archie Graham-Palmer and his wife Philippa had inherited a large house, which was built in the late XVIII century. The house was bought by the ancestors of Palmer at auction in 1830 and has long remained empty.

The couple decided to refurbish the family estate and to dismantle all the garbage in the basement. There they came across a locked door. Revealing the castle, they saw a beautiful Victorian kitchen furniture and utensils, which was intact for more than 80 years. Later it turned out that the kitchen was closed after the war because of uselessness, but it used to cook and the servants lived at home.

The hiding place of the spy

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A Reddit user under the nickname LMBRJACK found in the basement of his house a small door, behind which was another, locked on the combination lock. After he broke it, got to the room with soundproofing and lots of strange things. Among them were envelopes from different countries in different languages, decorations, banknotes and a lot of strange tapes. The owner of the house decided to give all found in the police.

The first issue of the comic

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Builder David Gonzalez dismantled walls just bought a house in Minnesota. Inside one of the walls he found a lot of papers and Newspapers, among which was a rare comic book in 1938. Valuable he was to the fact that in this publication the first time Superman appears, and the comic was produced in limited edition. Later it was sold at auction for $ 175K

Green suitcase

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A couple from the US bought a house in Ohio, built in 40-ies, and decided to bring it in. During the repair of the ceiling in the basement they found a small green lunch box. In the suitcase was a newspaper, dated 25 March 1951 and 3 of a parcel wrapped in paper. In them were 3 packs of U.S. dollars, totaling $ 23 thousand. But the surprises have not ended.

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A week later, the man decided to continue the repair and found another suitcase with the money. The total finds amounted to $ 45 thousand old rare bills.

A hiding place in case of Apocalypse

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User under the name JerryTheCunt told his story about how he found the secret room. 2 weeks after buying a house the man was cleaning out his basement and came across a few layers of plywood.

Behind the partition was a hole in the wall, inside which a man found a lot of cartridges, small coins, and tools, but there was no weapon. Other users suggested that this place belonged to a man who was waiting for the end of the world and believe that ammo becomes the new currency.

Room of wonders

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A couple of journalists, Incense, Giuseppe (Guiseppe Cadili) and Caruso Valeria (Valeria Giarusso), bought an old apartment in the city of Palermo in Italy. During repair in one of the rooms under a layer of plaster, they noticed the blue, and then gold and silver inscriptions in Arabic. It soon appeared that such a “calligraphy” was covered the whole room.

They invited experts, who found that it was the “room of miracles” — a place where in the 1800-ies were carried out magic rituals. According to scientists, this is one of the absolutely unique places which even in those days were few.

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