'Gift from the thrifting gods': $6 op-shop vase sold for $160,000
After two dedicated glass specialists came from interstate to inspect the vase, the suspicions were confirmed: the piece was very real.
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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.”