I,d rather be warm, than sit freezing my b****..off,....do you remember the story i told about Avril,s Auntie...burning the Ben Hogan gifted set of Hickory shafted golf clubs,...had they not been burned they,d be worth $$$$+ today....but in the winter of 47...they served a purpose,...they along with other pieces of furniture..helped keep a family warm....Now where,s my axe.....
I thought of you today when I caught a few minutes of the BBC Roadshow. A lady was there with a Georgian dining room table that her husband had found in a skip. She was thrilled to hear that it was valued at 25,000 Pd's. (Is furniture like coal...can you get more heat out the higher priced variety?) 
Sometimes, they,re better off, not knowing the true value,...cos,when they do get told do, their whole attitude changes,...from someone who enjoyed what they had,..to the person who becomes paranoid...if anyone goes near it,...I know someone, who, on being told that the 5 little "yellowing plastic Japanese figures"..that gave so much joy to her sprogs, and her grandsprogs,were in fact, 15th century Netsukes...that were worth in the region of £20,000....these same figures are now in a safe,...locked away, out of site, enjoyed by no one,.and their owner is paranoid, ..
