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petronius

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2. That was really lucky, although it makes me wonder how many times

Reply to Cleita (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 08:37 PM

Oct 2012

we didn't get lucky and something important was lost.

This was a pretty close call, I think - it would not have been easy to recognize the value of a jumble of old maps. Major kudos to the real estate agent!

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L.A. Public Library inherits treasure of maps (LA Times) [View all] petronius Oct 2012 OP

How fortuitous that the person hired to throw away the contents of the house Cleita Oct 2012 #1

That was really lucky, although it makes me wonder how many times petronius Oct 2012 #2