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After buying a $100,000 building, a man found a secret attic full of antiques that could be worth double his property value
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The James Ellery Hale photo is valued at $10,000 to $50,000.
February 5, 2021
Lawyer David J. Whitcomb with the photographs he found in a secret attic in a building he purchased in Geneva, New York. Photo courtesy of David J. Whitcomb.
A lawyer looking for a new office stumbled upon a trove of historic photographs when he discovered a secret attic in the three-story building he bought last December in Geneva, New York. Among the finds in the hidden trove was a rare portrait of suffragist Susan B. Anthony.
David J. Whitcomb, 43, was changing a light bulb on the building’s third floor when he realized the ceiling looked strange. That was because it was a drop ceiling, installed decades ago to convert the space into an apartment unit. Whitcomb spotted an access panel, climbed up on a stack of chairs, and peered inside with a flashlight.
A US man had no idea the Geneva, New York, building he bought in December 2020 for his law office even had an attic, so he was doubly surprised to find the treasures that have been stashed there for nearly 100 years.
David J Whitcomb and a friend noticed the ceiling on the third floor looked odd after going up to change a light bulb.
They saw an access panel and stacked up some chairs so Mr Whitcomb could climb up and see what was inside, illuminated only by the tiny flashlight on his phone.
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The photos are covered in soot from a fire in a neighbouring building.(Credit: Courtesy David J. Whitcomb)