Loren Krytzer was down on his luck in 2012; not only had he just lost a leg after a near-fatal car accident in 2007, but also, he'd been relying on a monthly allowance of $200. He then saw a blanket valued at half a million dollars on "Antiques Roadshow," and realized he'd been holding on to a similar one in his closet for years. He brought it to a California auction room where it sold for $1.5 million.

The blanket in question was a Navajo blanket from the 1800s and had once been used by Krytzer's grandmother to catch newborn kittens when they were delivered.