7. This Week's Stories and Requests for Help/Blast from the past

Do you have an interesting story to tell? Send your story to
newsletter@tias.com and we may publish it here.  If we use your story, we'll
send you a handy-dandy TIAS pocket tape measure & magnifier
https://www.facebook.com/pg/TIASAntiques/videos/?ref=page_
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Please be sure to include your name and postal mailing address. (Valid for US
addresses only)

This is a reprint from 11/1/2002:

I am an only child, only grandchild, only niece etc.... on both sides of my
family.  .....  needless to say I am faced with going through multiple
households of treasures that have been stored away for decades.  One afternoon
I was going through a box of fabrics and sewing items that belonged to my great
-aunt who was a decorator in the 1930's.  I was picking at an old curtain hem
that was weighted in the corners - out of curiosity I opened the hem to
discover seven $5.00 gold pieces. Apparently my grandmother went through a
scandalous divorce and her sister hid a little emergency money in the curtains!
 I now am faithful to comb through everything carefully before getting rid of
it.  My latest find was my grandmothers report card from 1896 tucked in an old
Latin text book.  Mitchel R.

8. Facebook Updates
Remember that you can check out our Facebook page for some interesting updates.
 Here's the link: https://www.facebook.com/TIASAntiques If you have photos of
items you would like to share you can post them there as well. You don't need a
Facebook account to visit our page.  If you do have a Facebook account please
"Like" us!

Also, everyday we post a "This Date In History" story on our Facebook page,
along with an item for sale on http://www.tias.com that relates to the event. 
We're also highlighting one item each day that we find particularly interesting
- something that's very unusual!  Check it out!

It's always fun to see what other people own and treasure! Although we can't
put the pictures in this newsletter, please visit our Facebook page to view the
images and learn about those items.
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