For next week's issue, we're keeping last week's topic going as it has   
   inspired many responses:   
      
   Tell us about a time when you stumbled upon something (valuable, or just   
   interesting) in an unusual place.  Were you doing work on a house and did you   
   open a wall up to find something?  Were you cleaning out a closet, or did you   
   open up a box or reach into a pocket of an old jacket, and find something   
   tucked away?   
      
   Send an email with your response to Phil@BigNews.biz  Your feedback helps us   
   to keep the newsletter interesting :) And thanks to those of you who have been   
   responding!  We really enjoy, and appreciate, the feedback!   
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   In response to last week's question which asked about a time when you stumbled   
   upon something (valuable, or just interesting) in an unusual place, we   
   received the following responses:   
      
   "Hi Phil. My surprise was that when my husband brought home one of those old   
   big black heavy office desks of the past this is what he found stuck in the   
   draws back seam: a souvenir elongated penny from the 1893 Colombian Exposition   
   World's Fair in Chicago!  Such a neat find which we still keep in the desk for   
   good luck.  Randee"   
      
   "Hi Phil, here is my "find" in an unusual place for the next letter.  Years   
   ago my husband and I stopped at a yard sale at a very old and rather rundown   
   house.  The people had been working several year to refurbish the house but   
   were out of money to continue.  They were willing to sell about anything.  The   
   upstairs had not been redone but they told us we could go up there and look as   
   their was some old chairs, light fixtures, etc.  There was some really cool   
   built-in cupboards that were original to the house and we asked how much they   
   would be if we came back and removed them.  They told us we could have them if   
   we removed them.  We came back the next day to take the cupboards out.  There   
   was a large pile of trash on the floor of the room we were working in and I   
   noticed a small shiny metal handle sticking up out of the trash pile.  Out of   
   curiosity I pulled it out to see what it was.  I was so surprised to see an   
   old vintage chainmail pot scrubber.  It was in excellent shape. Since I   
   collect vintage kitchen items, I was thrilled as it was something I had not   
   actually seen in my years of collecting.  I asked the homeowners if I could   
   buy it and they just looked at me with a blank expression and said "what is   
   it?" I explained what it was and they told me I could have it.  That was a fun   
   find!  It was a simple item but a great addition to my kitchen collectibles.    
   Shanna D."   
      
   "Dear Phil,  When we moved into our home outside of North Bend, WA, the former   
   owners had left their rosewood piano and requested we keep it until they could   
   find someone to move it. Since my husband had to return to Phoenix to take our   
   piano out of storage we agreed.  The movers were over a few days before my   
   husband returned.  Upon moving the piano, I discovered a Drewerys Ale Beer   
   advertisement.  A RC Mountie and another man are in a canoe with a crate of   
   Drewerys Ale in the canoe.  The swift-moving river is in the mountains with   
   pine trees.  This was done at Coshocton, Ohio by American Art Works, Inc.  The   
   original painting was done by Hy Hintermeister.  I know the trays are worth   
   about $75.00, but I have never found the worth of this painting on tin.  They   
   were done to hang in taverns or where ale was sold.  Marilyn C."   
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