Old Crocks In North Dakota Could Be Worth Thousands!

Sometimes we look around our homes and see the things we've collected over the years and think to ourselves, "Wow, I have a lot of junk." While in many cases we have collected a bunch of items that probably can go, there might be one thing hiding in your old North Dakota home that could be worth several thousand dollars.

According to GoodNewsNetwork.org, an elderly woman from Nebraska was clearing out things from her home. She looked at a 40-year-old crock sitting on her porch and decided she would try to sell it at an auction, thinking she might get $100 for it.

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Little did she know that her 30-gallon crock would sell for $32,000. According to the source, this particular crock was rare. It's the Minnesota Red Wing brand. It was stamped with the company name twice and had a butterfly design. It was also salt-glazed rather than zinc-glazed. Collectors went wild when they saw this unique piece. As a matter of fact, the Red Wing Collector's Society hosts a 'Crockfest' every year, displaying rediscovered pieces.

These stoneware crocks were used for storing and preserving food. According to DebrahAllLifestyle.com, people fermented vegetables, pickled fruits, and made sauerkraut in them.

Red Wing crocks were manufactured in Red Wing, Minnesota, between 1877 and 1900, according to RedWingCollectors.org. Thousands of these crocks were produced during this time period, so with Minnesota being our neighbor state, I'm willing to bet there are a few old crocks like this floating around North Dakota. You might want to look through your family's barns and storage sheds; you might discover a small fortune.