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matcom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 10:55 AM
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Couple Gets $36,000 For Teeth They Paid 10 Cents For
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PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Two whale teeth with hand-craving etchings -- 20 cents. Selling them ten years later -- nearly $36,000.

Virginia and Paul Willards of Warrington said they learned of their find when they went on the PBS show Antiques Roadshow. An appraiser estimated the six-inch teeth dated back to the early 1800s. He helped the couple sell them this summer.

One went for $17,400 and the other for $18,560.

Virginia said she bought the teeth at an estate sale because she liked the sketchings they had of tall ships.

The couple plans to use the money to finish building a new home. Their previous home was flooded by Hurricane Ivan.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/9857345/detail.html
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 11:14 AM
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1. Teeth
Does Condoloser Rice-A-Roni know this??
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 12:46 PM
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2. ironically, I've paid probably some $5,000 for my teeth over the years
and I don't think I could even get 10 cents for one of them.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-15-06 01:52 PM
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3. FLORIDA! n/t
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