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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.

After two dedicated glass specialists came from interstate to inspect the vase, the suspicions were confirmed: the piece was very real.

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...

After two dedicated glass specialists came from interstate to inspect the vase, the suspicions were confirmed: the piece was very real.

After two dedicated glass specialists came from interstate to inspect the vase, the suspicions were confirmed: the piece was very real.

After two dedicated glass specialists came from interstate to inspect the vase, the suspicions were confirmed: the piece was very real.

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.

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“I had a sense that it might be a $1,000 or $2,000 piece,” she said, adding, “but I had no clue how good it actually was until I did a little bit more research.”