Katie Sattler admits when she first noticed the diamond from her engagement ring was missing, she panicked. The diamond is three carats with an estimated value of about $30,000. She said the sentimental value is priceless. Thankfully, the PetSmart store manager is a fellow of honor and integrity.
A Maryland woman didn't recognize the priceless painting when she bought it in a box of knick knacks for seven dollars in a West Virginia flea market. It turned out to be a 1879 Renoir, the impressionist masterpiece that's been missing since the 1920s, entitled Paysage Bords de Seine.
A Stradivarius violin – possibly worth several million pounds – has been handed in to a lost-and-found office in Switzerland office after a hapless musician left it on a train. The owner had lent the precious instrument to a musician friend who took it on a train and left it.
An old painting, which shows a woman embracing a young child, was nearly thrown out on several occasions, but Fiona McLaren, 59, from Scotland decided to seek an appraisal recently after financial difficulties forced her to look for new resources. Auctioneer Harry Robertson, the director of Sotheby's in Scotland, gasped when he saw the artwork which had been given to her father by one of his patients.
A mom racked up some good karma by recycling her son's old computer -- good karma that came in handy after she found out her son had stashed $300 inside the old PC. When they learned of the mishap, the facility that collects the used hardware from the New York landfill really wanted to solve the problem. We were very happy with Max's mom that she went the distance to recycle, so we wanted to go the distance to try to help out.
A California couple who found a wedding ring in the used car they recently purchased, spent weeks trying to track down the owner. Now a 79 year-old has been reunited with the ring that belonged to her late husband.
One night last month, Russell, who was unable to sleep, climbed out of bed and sat down at his computer to do some late night eBay searching. Russell, who lives in Southland, Texas, says that every so often he'd do a search for his 1967 Austin Healey, a beloved sports car that was stolen in 1970.
A teenager who lost his home in Japan's devastating tsunami now knows that one prized possession survived: a football that drifted all the way to Alaska. A man, who has a Japanese wife, found the ball with the youngster's name inscribed on it while beachcombing on an Alaskan island.
A little girl's Christmas wish is coming true after a letter to Santa soared 684 miles on two little pink balloons, landing on a rural California ranch. The rancher, who recognized the tattered letter written in Spanish as a note to Santa, traveled 50 miles to the nearest shopping mall to find gifts for the girl whose parents have fallen on tough times.
A Swedish man who was moving had no room in his new place for the large canvas that had hung on his wall for over a decade, but when he took it to an auction house he learned it was a Russian masterpiece that was valued at over a million dollars.
A manager of the Goodwill Store in Monroe, Michigan was cleaning out the pockets of a donated jacket this week when he found a bright blue envelope containing bundles of hundred-dollar bills. Tyler Gedelian didn't even count it before turning over the cash to police. He told WWJ-TV in Detroit that he never even considered keeping any of the money.
The occupant of a 90-year-old cottage had stashed a huge collection of maps throughout their Mount Washington, Calif home. The maps, destined for the trash, will now put the Los Angeles Public Library on the map.
A little girl's Christmas wish is coming true after a letter to Santa soared 684 miles on two little pink balloons, landing on a rural California ranch. The rancher, who recognized the tattered letter written in Spanish as a note to Santa, traveled 50 miles to the nearest shopping mall to find gifts for the girl whose parents have fallen on tough times.
A shivering local artist in North Carolina ran to the thrift store to get a sweater during an outdoor showing of her artwork. While there, she spied 2 large paintings for $10, perfect items to paint over and thus save herself the expensive cost of wholesale canvas.
Every once and a while someone does something that restores your faith in humanity. That is how Dayton-area mom, Andy Robinson of Bellbrook, said she felt when two Fairborn students found the wallet her son lost at a high school football game and didn't rest until they returned
Raised 5,000 miles apart and speaking different languages, a chance sighting on YouTube by a friend helped them to discover a lost twin they didn't know existed.
Fifty five years ago, when Joyce was a young girl, she lost her parents after their small plane crash in a remote area of Washington state. Suddenly, Joyce is reliving happy memories after recently receiving a wondrous gift from a stranger.
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