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Garage Sale Gold: How One Woman Turned $25 into a Life-Changing Fortune

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The Morning X unearths a tale of "garage sale gold" with Claire Wagand Beckman. Claire recounts how, with just $25 in her pocket, she stumbled upon a wobbly, seemingly insignificant D-shaped table at a local garage sale. Dismissed by a friend as "not even going to hold a lamp," this modest purchase quickly transformed into a life-changing discovery when Claire noticed a hidden signature. Her subsequent research revealed it was the work of a famous 18th-century cabinet maker who rarely signed his pieces, making her find incredibly rare. Hear about the "smug" antique dealer who tried to lowball her and her ultimate decision to take it to the Antiques Roadshow, where appraisers literally had their "socks, underwear and everything fell off".

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