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A woman who bought a vase for $3.99 at a Virginia thrift store recently sold it for $107,000.

When Jessica Vincent spotted a large, candy-cane coloured vase on a Goodwill store shelf, it was love at first sight. But she had no idea the thrift store find she bought for five bucks was, in fact, a rare Italian masterpiece that would eventually auction for $143,370.

"I always felt like I had a winning lottery ticket, I just didn't know the number. So, I got to know the number that day and it was incredible, staggering."

​The piece looked old amongst the clutter of measuring cups, candles and other tchotchkes.

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Jessica Vincent had just started surveying the shelves of a Virginia thrift store when a vase caught her eye. It was shaped like a bottle and had ribbons of color, aqua green and amethyst purple, that spiraled up its glass surface like stripes of paint.

Searching second-hand stores for bargains is a pastime for many people, but one lady found she'd come across an Antiques Roadshow-level find that would change her life

Jessica Vincent had just started surveying the shelves of a Virginia thrift store when a vase caught her eye. It was shaped like a bottle and had ribbons of color, aqua green and amethyst purple, that spiraled up its glass surface like stripes of paint.