El Pasoan Owns J.R. Tolkien Book Worth $100K

Hundreds of people flooded the Convention Center in downtown El Paso hoping to turn their trash into treasure.

While some people might find out their stuff is worth a small fortune others weren't so lucky.

"She has a Tiffany lamp that she bought some time ago for $4,000. That's a lot of money $4,000, it's fake, It's worth about 300 to 500," Executive Producer Marcia Bemko said.

The highest valued appraisal for the day was a signed first edition of J.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit," which was estimated to be worth $80,000-$100,000.

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