An old blanket kept in a family closet for years turned out to be a valuable piece of Native American textile history. A man in California had inherited the piece and initially thought it was just a family heirloom until it was looked at more closely. John Moran Auctioneers said the blanket was a rare Navajo First Phase chief's blanket from the mid-19th-century period, which it sold at auction for some $1.8 million, including fees.
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