取引 hunter finds long-lost 社債s 価値（がある） $127,000 in $40 desk he bought at auction and returns them to the 初めの owner

  • Phil LeClerc, of Massachusetts, 設立する an envelope of the 貯金 when he was looking through the dresser for a 行方不明の knob
  • He had bought the 知事 Winthrop 長官 desk for at?auction?
  • 設立する envelope of bonfs when looking for ?

By Jill Reilly for MailOnline

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A 取引 hunter more than he 推定する／予想するd from an auction when he discovered $127,000 in 社債s hidden inside a desk he bought for $40.

Phil LeClerc, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, 設立する an envelope of the 貯金 when he was looking through the dresser for a 行方不明の knob.?

He had bought the 知事 Winthrop 長官 desk at a Holbrook auction house on November 19.

Lucky find: A bargain hunter got a lot more than he expected from an auction when he discovered more than $127,000 in bonds hidden inside a desk he had bought for $40

Lucky find: A 取引 hunter got a lot more than he 推定する／予想するd from an auction when he discovered more than $127,000 in 社債s hidden inside a desk he had bought for $40

A son was selling his father's home and furniture to 支払う／賃金 for the 補助装置d-living 施設 he was moving into.

LeClerc was searching for a 行方不明の knob that had fallen into a space between desktop and the drawers when discovered the white paper envelope.

'I banged the desk 今後 and when the knob （機の）カム out the envelope dropped,' LeClerc told The 企業.

Inside was a stack of 社債s that 円熟したd in 1992.

'The first piece I saw was $500 and that was enough to shake me up,' LeClerc told the newspaper.

By the time LeClerc finished counting the 社債s, they totaled $127,000, he said.?

Discovery: Phil LeClerc, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, found an envelope of the savings when he was looking through the dresser for a missing knob

発見: Phil LeClerc, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, 設立する an envelope of the 貯金 when he was looking through the dresser for a 行方不明の knob

Six were 価値（がある） $10,000 each.

'First I said, 'Oh, this can't be real. This doesn't happen,' he said 報告（する）／憶測s the Boston Globe.

'It was really a fluke that it was 設立する. If I wasn't looking for the knob … I never would have 設立する it.'

Upon realizing the value of his 発見, LeClerc 接触するd the auction house to try to return them to the 初めの family.?

'The family had been looking for them for years,'?Marg-E Kelley, who 作品 at the auction house said.

The family which owns the 社債s requested that their 指名する not be used.

知事 Winthrop desks have developed a 評判 over the years for hiding long-forgotten items in the secret drawers and compartments that fill the desks.?

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