Pay off mortgage and start having fun!

wynnvegas

Hi Newgirly,

That's amazing. What was it that was sold? Hope they're doing something nice to celebrate.

Cheers,

Billy

mummyofonechild

Wow, was this on ebay, think of the fees :eek:

newgirly

It was an ancient chinese jade bowl, tiny as well !

It was at a specialist auction house quite a way away, as for sharing, I wish , I have told mum the next curry is on them :beer:, not sure how I will stop the kids compiling a long shopping list though.:rotfl:

Iris_Blue

That's brilliant.

Do you mind me asking how they got it in the first place?

It's really interesting on how much it's increased in value. It's a fab nest egg for them. I'm really happy for them ( and I don't even know them! )

newgirly

Hi Iris , it was bought for just under 3k in 1979 from london auction house by my late grandad, so they knew it was worth quite a bit but was valued at 3k 10yrs ago still, thats why they kept it.

Iris_Blue

Wow that's some money even back then. A brilliant investment though

newgirly

Slightly tipsy newgirly now :beer:

Popped into mum and dads , and they opened the champers dad got for his 60th which was an extra large bottle (forgotten the name!) followed by some fantastic toffee vodka.:D

Now in a very good mood, helped by the fact they have given us £1500, plus £100 each for the kids.

I think I will just give the kids most of their money to spend on what they want as they don't get money usually. I think I will stew on it for a while. But its v. tempting to book next years hol. with it. Will think about it tomorrow when not so happy night night

CathT

Great auction result. Glad you had fun celebrating and how lovely of your mum and dad.

cha97michelle

Congratulations on your windfall. Exciting stuff.

anh1904

Excellent news on the windfall for your parents.
20 fold in 32 years is an excellent return, probably even betters property I would wager.