Michael Sparks recently went to a Nashville, Tennessee thrift shop and purchased what he thought was a really nice copy of the Declaration of Independence.  He paid a mere $2.48.  As it turns out, what Mr. Sparks actually purchased was a rare, 184 year old “official” copy of the Declaration of Independence worth 100,000 times what he paid for it.  This document was one of 200 that commissioned by John Quincy Adams in 1820.   Raynors' Historical Collectible Auctions in Burlington, North Carolina will sell the Mr. Sparks find on March 22nd.

In McDonough, Georgia, Rhiannon Barnes, a fifteen month old fell in love with a book and insisted on having it.  Her babysitter, Sheila Laughridge, purchased the book for 25 cents and gave it to the toddler.  While playing with the book outside the store, Rhiannon found a brown paper bag stuck between the pages.  Inside the bag was a tattered $1300.  The pieces of money were taken to the local bank and were exchanged for $300 and the rest was sent to the U.S. Treasury Department.