Man Unlocks A Family’s Real Estate Mystery When He Purchased A Seemingly Innocent Furniture

What Was The Dresser’s Worth?

So, as Jeff was one of the employees at Premier Estate Sales, he was able to make use of his professional expertise to give an approximation of the worth of the dresser. After all, it ended up not being just the drawer, but a secret box that held so much treasure. Jeff then suspected all of the contents inside of it, after which he estimated the worth of the drawer to be a whopping $15,000.

150 Times More

So after trying to load the dresser onto Emil’s trunk, Jeff and he ended up with the most unusual discovery. And in the end, after looking at all the prospects, the price of the dresser went up to more than 150 times what Emil originally paid for it a little while back. All thanks to the secret compartment at the bottom of the drawer, the value went up incredibly higher…

For Him To Keep?

We should remember the formalities followed by estate sales such as this. All the things listed on the sale are up for purchase. But still, there was a hiccup. Since none of these objects were considered in the sale, was Emil going to be able to take all of them home? After all, he was the one who spotted the dresser and wanted to take it home in the first place anyway.

What Was Right?

So indeed, since the purchase was already made, everything belonged to Emil at that point. And there was certainly nothing that could stop him from walking home with the dresser now estimated to be worth $15,000. Because none of the experts spotted the dresser first, it was now rightfully his, wasn’t it? Would Emil do the right thing in this situation?

Finders Keepers?

If you were in his positions, how would you go about dealing with this tricky situation? Since it was still perfectly legal, for Emil to exhibit a “finders keepers” attitude, do you think he was right to take home the dresser and everything it had inside of it? Since this was a very rare occurrence of discovering precious items inside the sale items, what was right and what was wrong?

Doing What He Feels

We can assume that most of us would go home and take everything. After all, whatever was in the drawer had not been listed and the experts were not aware of them being present, and the dresser had technically been bought, so Emil could have just taken all. However, he didn’t feel like that would have been the proper course of action. So what did he end up doing?