{"id":5048,"date":"2016-03-23T13:44:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T13:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailydigest.com\/?p=5048"},"modified":"2016-03-23T13:44:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T13:44:03","slug":"navajo-first-phase-chiefs-wearing-blanket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/navajo-first-phase-chiefs-wearing-blanket\/","title":{"rendered":"He Struggles To Make Ends Meet Until He Finds Out He Owns A Valuable Heirloom. Its Price? WOW!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailydigest.com\/eu-tell-trump-to-pee-off-over-tariffs\/\">us<\/a>, <em><strong>LT<\/strong><\/em> has had some hard times in his life. Unlike a lot of us, he&#8217;s had to put up with an unfair amount of bad luck. He lost his legs in a car crash, found he couldn&#8217;t work and became desperate for money. He struggled to make ends meet and provide for his family. Until a remarkable piece of luck came his way and really saved his life&#8230; What a story this is!<\/p>\n<p>Watching TV one day, JT saw someone get something valued for auction that he recognized. An old <em><strong>Native American blanket<\/strong> <\/em>that he had\u00a0something similar to. He wondered if his family heirloom might be worth something too. So he decided to find out. And that&#8217;s when everything changed.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, his <em><strong>Navajo First Phase Chief&#8217;s Wearing Blanket<\/strong><\/em> was to make\u00a0headlines across the USA when it sold for an incredible $1.8 million dollars at<em><strong> John Moran Auctioneers<\/strong><\/em>&#8216; June 19th sale.\u00a0The figure smashed\u00a0the previous world record that stood at\u00a0$522,500 for a similar item.<\/p>\n<p>Wow. Just&#8230; WOW!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"First Phase Chief&#039;s Blanket sets record at John Moran Auctioneers\" width=\"801\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9cGlS05233Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like a lot of us, LT has had some hard times in his life. Unlike a lot of us, he&#8217;s had to put up with an unfair amount of bad luck. He lost his legs in a car crash, found he couldn&#8217;t work and became desperate for money. 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