In a storage unit purchased on "Storage Wars Texas," Moe Prigoff and Mary Padian stumbled across one of the most famous mistakes in the history of modern news. It was a newspaper from 1948 declaring that Thomas Dewey had defeated President Truman.
The Chicago Tribune famously miscalled the election and ran to the presses as soon as possible. It lead to one of the most well-known political photographs of all time, with a triumphant President Truman holding up the newspaper with a huge smile on his face.
"The Chicago Daily Tribune sent all their employees out to gather up all these papers in the city and burn them because they didn’t want to be known for putting out bad information," an expert explained to Moe and Mary. That makes any existing copies even more valuable.
The expert theorized the paper could fetch as much as $2,000 at auction.
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The Chicago Tribune famously miscalled the election and ran to the presses as soon as possible. It lead to one of the most well-known political photographs of all time, with a triumphant President Truman holding up the newspaper with a huge smile on his face.
"The Chicago Daily Tribune sent all their employees out to gather up all these papers in the city and burn them because they didn’t want to be known for putting out bad information," an expert explained to Moe and Mary. That makes any existing copies even more valuable.
The expert theorized the paper could fetch as much as $2,000 at auction.
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- 12/3/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Huffington Post
The fun and excitement of "Storage Wars: Texas" (Tue., 10 p.m. Et on A&E) and all the other shows in the storage locker family of reality series is in the mystery. The buyers never completely know what they're going to find when they win an auction. And oftentimes, even after seeing the contents of the unit they've purchased, they still have no idea if it was a good deal or if they'd just wasted their time and money.
After dropping $500 for a unit, all Moe Prigoff knew for sure was that when it's hot outside, people are going to want fans to cool down. And he had three very unique and unusual fans in the unit. What he didn't expect when he got them appraised was to hear that they were estimated to be worth about $5,900 altogether. Talk about your cool winnings!
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After dropping $500 for a unit, all Moe Prigoff knew for sure was that when it's hot outside, people are going to want fans to cool down. And he had three very unique and unusual fans in the unit. What he didn't expect when he got them appraised was to hear that they were estimated to be worth about $5,900 altogether. Talk about your cool winnings!
Keep up with all the hidden treasures...
- 4/4/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Huffington Post
The fun and excitement of "Storage Wars: Texas" (Tue., 10 p.m. Et on A&E) and all the other shows in the storage locker family of reality series is in the mystery. The buyers never completely know what they're going to find when they win an auction. And oftentimes, even after seeing the contents of the unit they've purchased, they still have no idea if it was a good deal or if they'd just wasted their time and money.
After dropping $500 for a unit, all Moe Prigoff knew for sure was that when it's hot outside, people are going to want fans to cool down. And he had three very unique and unusual fans in the unit. What he didn't expect when he got them appraised was to hear that they were estimated to be worth about $5,900 altogether. Talk about your cool winnings!
Keep up with all the hidden treasures...
After dropping $500 for a unit, all Moe Prigoff knew for sure was that when it's hot outside, people are going to want fans to cool down. And he had three very unique and unusual fans in the unit. What he didn't expect when he got them appraised was to hear that they were estimated to be worth about $5,900 altogether. Talk about your cool winnings!
Keep up with all the hidden treasures...
- 4/4/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Aol TV.
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