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A vase purchased for $3.99 from a Virginia thrift store was just sold for over $100,000.

A vase purchased from Goodwill for just $3.99 has sold at auction for $107,000. It was discovered to have been designed by Italian architect Carlo Scarpa.

A Virginia woman chanced upon a once-in-a-lifetime find at the Goodwill off Route 1 in Hanover County: a vase designed in the 1940s by the famous Italian architect and former Venini glassworks director Carlo Scarpa. Although ready to pay over $10 for the 13.5 inch tall bottle, Jessica Vincent ul...

A Virginia woman is enjoying a dream that every thrift shop customer wishes for -- a vase she bought for $3.99 was a rare piece sold at an art auction last week for $107,100.

The vase ended up being a rare piece designed by Carlo Scarpa in 1942 for Venini, a famed Italian glassworks company.

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The vase ended up being a rare piece designed by Carlo Scarpa in 1942 for Venini, a famed Italian glassworks company.

The vase ended up being a rare piece designed by Carlo Scarpa in 1942 for Venini, a famed Italian glassworks company.

The bottle-shaped design features a swirling pattern — elegantly blown with translucent red and opaque seafoam green glass.

The 1942 Pennellate vase by Carlo Scarpa for Venetian glass brand Venini emerges from the most unlikely of places