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Message:: [QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1178508, member: 24633"]In the late 70's when I was living on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, I got into a conversation with the owner of a small auction house who had just purchased some of my Mom's paintings to sell at one of his weekly auctions. He related the following story to me.  He was returning home from a buying trip in New Jersey, and as he made his way through a residential section of a small NJ town, he spotted an old upright piano at the edge of the street in front of a house that had a "SOLD" sign in the front yard. He knocked on the door, asked the new homeowner if they were planning on throwing it away, and if they were, would it be okay if he took it. He was told, "Sure! Go ahead! The former owner left it here because it's broken and won't play." He loaded the piano onto his truck, and when he arrived home, he decided to see if he could fix it. When he opened the lid, he saw instantly why it wouldn't play. He found $134,000 in cash interwoven between the strings. Chris[/QUOTE]