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What was the biggest windfall you've ever had?

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  • 27-11-2020 6:12pm
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    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭


    Chinese vase sold at Irish auctioneers started bidding at 500 quid (range expected 800-1200 euro), sold for 1.2 million euro!

    https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1127/1180933-auction-vase/


    Got me thinking about unexpected windfalls, I'm sad to say nothing fits the bill for me at all.



    What was yours?
    <Thinly veiled smoking out the fecker who scored big time with a bit of pottery>


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    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,878 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    what would the fees be on that?


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    whomitconcerns
    Registered Users Posts: 4,309 ✭✭✭whomitconcerns


    Mine was just about 1.2m on a vase earlier today...crazy day... What a coincidence


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    neris
    Registered Users Posts: 20,036 ✭✭✭✭neris


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    what would the fees be on that?

    Dunno but the auctioneer will be having a good Christmas


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    Sir Oxman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,492 ✭✭✭Sir Oxman


    frozenfrozen wrote: »
    what would the fees be on that?
    I see there's a purchasers fee of 25% inc vat!
    I guess there's a commission too from the seller?


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    blackbox
    Registered Users Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭blackbox


    Very poor auctioneer that estimated the value so incorrectly. Doesn't deserve his or her commission.


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    JasonStatham
    Closed Accounts Posts: 548 ✭✭✭JasonStatham


    Sir Oxman wrote: »
    Chinese vase sold at Irish auctioneers started bidding at 500 quid (range expected 800-1200 euro), sold for 1.2 million euro!

    https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1127/1180933-auction-vase/


    Got me thinking about unexpected windfalls, I'm sad to say nothing fits the bill for me at all.



    What was yours?
    <Thinly veiled smoking out the fecker who scored big time with a bit of pottery>

    It happened last week after I ate that dodgy curry. Damn, there was a lot of wind around me. Haha.


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    McGinniesta
    Registered Users Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭McGinniesta


    blackbox wrote: »
    Very poor auctioneer that estimated the value so incorrectly. Doesn't deserve his or her commission.

    Maybe it was the buyer that was mad?


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    Tig98
    Registered Users Posts: 363 ✭✭Tig98


    Being born into a good family and being lucky enough to have good friends

    Most of us will never see windfalls like that, so we need to appreciate what we do have :)


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    Archeron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,167 ✭✭✭Archeron


    Never had a big windfall but when I was about five, I won a noddy balloon in a colouring contest, and that's always stood out for some reason.


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    Smee_Again
    Registered Users Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭Smee_Again


    McGinniesta wrote: »
    Maybe it was the buyer that was mad?

    Must’ve been more than just the buyer.


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    Thelonious Monk
    Registered Users Posts: 13,745 ✭✭✭✭Thelonious Monk


    I worked for a company in London for a couple of years and when they went on the stockmarket my shares turned out to be most of the deposit on my house when I moved home. Which was nice.


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    Smee_Again
    Registered Users Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭Smee_Again


    Thelonious Monk wrote: »
    I worked for a company in London for a couple of years and when they went on the stockmarket my shares turned out to be most of the deposit on my house when I moved home. Which was nice.

    Same.

    They also tanked about 6 months later so the timing really worked.


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    Strumms
    Registered Users Posts: 24,807 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    650 Euros in a hospital charity draw about 9 years ago. It was exactly one week before I was going on holiday.


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    Purgative
    Registered Users Posts: 2,509 ✭✭✭Purgative


    We won 50 squids on the prize bonds. The best thing was that herself gets so excited when she sees that its an envelope from Kilkenny.


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