Confessions of a trash picker

<p>Our town has an annual spring cleaning day where anything can be put out on the curb. I call it free shopping day, as you could furnish an entire house from the stuff people throw out. Lots of people are out in trucks collecting all the furniture, but the best stuff comes from picking through boxes. I’ve brought home 3 old “banana seat” bikes and resold them for $$$, but my daughter found a jewelry box full of old costume jewelry, and inside was a 1940’s chronograph watch in perfect condition that we had appraised at $2000. Our “Antique’s Roadshow” moment…</p>