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Storage unit finds worth a fortune

Buried storage unit treasure
Original Amelia Earhart photos: $1,000 (£614) each
A letter from Herbert Hoover and other historic documents: $10,000 (£7.3k)
Piano: up to $12,000 (£8k)
Antique guns and slot cars: $20,000 (£12.3k)
Faceless cash: $24,000 (£14.7k)
Rare Burton snowboard: $31,313 (£18.7k)
Classic video games: $50,000 (£40.6k)
Michael Jordan recruitment letters: more than $50,000 (£30k)
Elvis Presley newspapers: $90,000 (£60.3k)
Sports Illustrated magazines: $100,000 (£72k)
The Golden Pool painting: $155,000 (£111k)
Civil War antiques: $200,000 (£123k)
Original art by Frank Gutierrez: $300,000 (£188k)
A teddy bear stuffed with cash: $300,000 (£215k)
1927 Harley-Davidson 8-valve motorcycle: $407,000 (£304k)
Pirate chest stuffed with 16th-century gold coins: $500,000 (£307k)
James Bond's 'Wet Nellie' Lotus Esprit submarine: $997,000 (£663k)
Disney memorabilia: $1 million (£614k)
A safe full of cash: $1.2 million (£873k)
Action Comics #1: $2.16 million (£1.3m)
Beach Boys memorabilia: up to $8 million (£5.3m)
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Pirate chest stuffed with 16th-century gold coins: $500,000 (£307k)

Storage Wars TV stars Dan and Laura Dotson hit the headlines in 2011 when they sold a storage unit for $1,000 (£614) with no idea of its contents. The container turned out to contain an antique pirate chest stuffed with Spanish pieces of eight worth $500,000 (£307k), making it “the find of a lifetime” according to the auctioneers.

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26 November 2021

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