Thousands of dollars being stolen

Hi, this is kinda a sad post and just me venting a little :(

Some of you know, I used to deal antiques. I worked at an antique mall and managed a goodwill. Antiques are my passion, and I’ve recently been showing you guys my vintage furniture restoration.

Well, when I moved to Southern California, I left some of my most valuable pieces in my grandma’s basement. A turn-of-the-century wedding dress that fit me PERFECTLY (I talk about it in last month’s set. It had thousands of pearls woven in, lacing in perfect condition..this dress was stunning), a deco hand carved mohair ladies and men’s chair in perfect condition, my French copper and iron wroght frame, dozens of popular N64 games, the list goes on. I planned on shipping all these things back to me during this visit.

I go to the basement, it’s empty except for all my aunt and her daughter’s crap. They sold everything of mine at a garage sale without telling me and gave me none of the money. They didn’t know the value of my pieces, the mohair chairs were stolen because they left them out at night, and some were sold for a few bucks, my wedding dress (that actually fit me perfectly and I wanted to wear someday) was given to goodwill.

I cried, honestly. That was well over $10,000 worth of my favorite pieces, and they were that expensive because they were incredibly rare. The wedding dress hurt my feelings the most, as it barely took up space and was hanging in a clear dress bag. They didn’t even ask, and thought I’d never find out. It’s not even about the money, I can’t rebuy those pieces.

All my expensive textbooks are gone, and a basket of my favorite dress clothes. You guys know how hard it is for me to find dress clothes that fit properly, or even clothes capable of being properly tailored to my measurements. I’m trying to look at it in a positive way, “I lived 2.5 years without those things, I can live 2.5 years more without them”.

Just a little heartbroken and feel betrayed today. Reminds me of why I left in the first place. Also, about 15 of my friends were supposed to meet with me for kickball and only 1 of them showed up. I haven’t been in town for 2.5 years and the person I was supposed to meet this morning also canceled late last night. This trip wasn’t as great as I had hoped.

[Hugs]