Is something in your attic worth $5.2 million?

The attic of George and Betty Davis held an amazing secret. Forgotten in a corner a group of executors found a rare Faberge figure that recently sold at auction for $5.2 million. An unassuming wooden box held a hardstone portrait figure of Nikolai Nikolaievich Pustynnikov, who was a personal Cossack bodyguard to Empress Alexandra Feodorovna during the reign of the Czars in Russia.

 This figure has elegant “little sapphires in the eyes, painted gold trim, gold braid, and inlayed enameled double-headed imperial eagles."

Tsar Nicholas II commissioned the famed artisans to produce the figure for his wife, Empress Alexandra in 1912, only a short time before the revolution that led to the fall of the Romanov family.
Just 50 figures were known to have been carved by Faberge; the rarity of such figures is close to that of the Imperial Easter Eggs. 

A bill of sale shows that the figure was acquired by famed collector Armand Hammer and then in December 1934 the antique was sold to Mr. George Davis for $2250.  Recently, this was purchased at an auction by U.K. based Wartski Jewelers for a total price of $5,980,000 (including auction fees).

How many decades this figure was boxed and forgotten in an attic is unknown.  How many amazing treasures are lying forgotten in attics and garages is unknown but their value must run into the billions of dollars……

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/oddnews/figurine-found-in-attic-sells-for--5-million-214652285.html;_ylt=A2KLOzJeOXlSqFUAQaDQtDMD 

A treasure languishing for millions of years!!!!

Could that pile of rocks hold a greater treasure underneath?

From an early age, Dinosaurs have really fascinated me. One of my first memories (probably around the age of 2 years old) I remember looking up at an enormous Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton at my local museum.

We have recently seen an interesting treasure concerning Dinosaurs and fossils…could an amazing fossil treasure be near you?

I was fascinated to learn that Dinosaur fossils have been discovered in nearly every country in the world. Could an amazing fossil be underneath your feet right now?

In Montana (U.S.A.) in 2006, landowners discovered an amazing find. What looked like a jumble or rocks exposed by the elements turned out to be a once in a lifetime find.

Millions of years ago a Juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex attacked a Ceratopsian (a dinosaur species not unlike a Triceratops).  While the fight likely started over a T-Rex meal, it likely turned into a titanic battle very quickly.The fight must have been long and intense as both creatures succumbed to their injuries and were buried after falling.

What could such a fossil be worth? The estimate is a starting bid of $9 million!

These landowners were sitting on a magnificent treasure for years. Have you looked around your home or property for a priceless treasure?

If you looked into fossils found near you I bet you would be amazed…..

-Nathan