When my uncle passed away, my sister and I were in charge of cleaning his house and getting rid of all the junk.
The guy was a hoarder and he collected a number of treasures over his 85 years in existence. My sister and I honestly didn’t know where to start. The garage was just as full as the living room and the attic was twice as bad. We got rid of the trash first and then we concentrated on finding anything that was valuable. While we were in the attic cleaning, we found an interesting old oil furnace. The old oil furnace had an intricate design and it looked very neat and interesting. My sister knew a guy at an antique store and he agreed to look at the oil furnace to tell us if it had any value. A few days later, we took a break from the cleaning and went to see the collector and antique dealer. We hoped to hear some great news, but the old heater turned out to be worth 20 bucks. Even though it had an interesting and unique design, it still wasn’t worth much money. The dealer told us that it was a cool conversation piece and suggested we take it home and use it ourselves. He confirmed that the furnace was still in working shape and appeared to be full. I really hoped that my sister and I would find some treasures when we cleaned the house. It’s one of the only reasons why we agreed to the dirty and nasty job. We were hoping for a windfall, but we left empty-handed.