i was pissed. it dawned on me, i was really ripped off. ed decides it is time to take the fight totten me, that is next on strange inheritance. a quiz question, 3903 confederate soldiers were killed in gettysburg? how many are b
general officers. jamie: george pickett is thrilled to complete the sale. the antique appraiser and buyer russ pritchard. total amount was $87500. that seemed like a lot. jamie: items had been in family for generation, now artifacts, the cap, and sleeve, and map of the gattithe gettysburg battl are to be showcaseed in a civil war museum in harrisburg, pennsylvania. jamie: did you talk to at least one dealer to get a sense of what you had. he told me, he was working for the city, and his job was to appraise it accurate. accurate. jamie: 3 years later in 1998, ed
okay. sure. can i go out and play? whether he appreciates it or not, ed takes possession of suitcase in early 90s, his by family tradition as first born pickett male, after his mother moved into an assisted living facility, she warns her son to move it from the family home before someone steals it. i got it out of closet, i did not take time right away to to look through it i opened it, said okay, and closed it moved on. it was tucked, a again, at ed s house. he has no time to play curator. i spent time with my own children, that was more important to me than looking through stuff. ed may not take much interest but certainty. in the civil war collecting world do, rumor spread a metal case full of general pickett artifacts is still in the family
accepts a invitation to speak at the gettysburg. i asked him, how much would that be worth. he stunned me, i said the general s, he said yes. woe. that that moment the room got vie libsilent, he said it coulde worse a lot of money, 250. thousand? yes. i said, that is more than i got for everything. ed does not want to believe he was swindled, he considers russ preufrpar pritchard a frie. you trusted him so much, you let him baby sit your infant. correct. jamie: he discovers how much museum paid pritchard. how much? over $800,000.
middle. that is what he said, he could not over estimate or underestimate the value of it. russ comes up with an offer to buy most of the contents of the case, $87,500, now ed thinks he struck gold. i thought wow, that say lot of money to me. it did look fair. it seemed fair to me, that is more money than i had ever gotten in my life. he accepts and a check and signs away the item, pitchard departs with the pikit artifacts, but general pickett s grand-great grandson is in for the shock of his life, he finds out what happened to his family heirloom. all lies, he lied to me. this is next. first our strange inheritance quiz question, how many generals were killed or mortally wounded at gettysburg?