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Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.

Well, I've never sat and watched the Antique Road Show.

Not that I have anything against it, just never really have.

I've seen clips here and there, but there was one I saw a couple years ago that really stood out,

and I imagine it's been circled around, so you may have seen it.

It was a man that was an Air Force veteran that had gone to this auctioneer

at the Antique Road Show and was asking him to assess and evaluate a watch that he had bought

while on deployment overseas back in the 1970s. And he had paid $345 for it. And we knew that because he had all the documentation. He had the

watch's original papers. He had the watch's original brochure. He had the box the watch came in

and the box of the box came in and he had the receipt for how much he paid for it. And so we brought

all this and showed the watch and it's kind of like, is this thing worth anything?

I don't know.

I had put it in a safety deposit box 40 years ago.

What's the deal with this thing?

And as this auctioneer evaluated it, it came to the moment of truth.

And as they stood there together, he said, well, you have these blank warranty papers for this watch, this Rolex.

And he said, people will pay thousands of dollars just for these papers. He said, and not only that, you've got this receipt and the payment receipt and the

box. He goes, but let me show you something. He said, this Rolex you have is rare and valuable

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