My trash, another person's treasure...seriously!

I woke up this morning at 5a.m. thinking about this story and when I could post it. Well, I was actually awake this early because I went to bed at 8:30p.m. last night and my body was just tired of being in bed, or my back, I should say! The title of this post is something you hear often, but it finally happened to me. However, I was NOT on the receiving end of this treasure.


So, I was chatting with some of my friends at a b-day party yesterday about the garage sale our mother's group had hosted this weekend. "T" started to talk about her collection of Nambe ware and how cool it is (never heard of this myself until now)...silver, freeze it, bake it, things stay cold/hot longer, and how many pieces she has, which was leading us to what she found at the sale. She was so excited to quickly browse the sale first thing in the morning, only to find one of these Nambe pieces (a dish with matching lid) for only $3.50! She snagged it up immediately. "T" then states it's worth about $150 - at this moment my jaw dropped and eyes bugged out of my head, I grabbed her arm and said "that was mine!" My story is that I bought this dish w/ lid at an antique store in Wisconsin several years ago for about $5.00. I used it for potpourri or decor for a few years, then just didn't have much use for it and didn't match my decor. I had NO idea, obviously, what this thing was worth and it's cool uses. We had a really good laugh about it.


Well, the story continues. I am checking out this Nambe ware on line. To add insult to injury, this "dish with lid" I donated is the only bake ware with a lid in their entire collection and is REALLY worth $335! Big eye-opener for me. Make sure you investigate the value/uses of something before you donate it. I have to say that I am glad it "fell" into "T's" hands. She will take great care of it (has already polished it) and it will enjoy life being shiny and happy amongst it's kind at her house instead of in the dark, dreary basement of mine.