Good morning all. A beautiful day in Sydney today and wouldn't I love find something like this out on the footpath in our fortnightly council pick-up junk?
The box was made in 1640 and had belonged to France's chief minister Cardinal Jules Mazarin, then British poet William Beckford and several top collectors. It went missing in 1941 and London's Victoria and Albert Museum had been searching for it ever since.
The unnamed owner - an engineer living in London - bought the chest in 1970 from a Polish doctor. He took it with him when he retired to France and died never knowing its value.
It was only when his daughter called in the auctioneer to value the old man's possession that its value became clear.
Auctioneer Rouillac says his father only saw the piece when the woman offered him a drink.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/money/money-matters/tv-stand-used-to-store-booze-actually-a-104m-japanese-ant...
Why would you keep your grog in a box under the TV anyway? You'd be forever lifting the TV up to get out another bottle 
Have a great day everyone. I'll be heading in to the city shortly to meet up with my grandson who's in town with his girlfriend. They're doing a bridge climb today.
I probably wouldn't even give it a second glance if I saw it by the kerbside
