Vase woman buys for $3.99 at Virginia thrift shop sells for more than $100,000
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A woman who bought a glass vase for $3.99 at a local Goodwill charity shop has seen the piece auctioned off for more than $100,000 after it turned out to be a rare and valuable piece of Italian glassware.
Jessica Vincent had bought the item at a Goodwill thrift store in Hanover county, Virginia, and had an inkling that it might have been worth a little more than was usual, she told the New York Times.
“I had a sense that it might be a $1,000 or $2,000 piece, but I had no clue how good it actually was until I did a little bit more research,” she told the paper after noticing a small ‘M’ on its bottom which she suspected might stand for Murano, an Italian island near Venice famed for glasswork.
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Well, I would expect someone called "Vase Women" to know a thing or two bout them.
Choked to death. I wish lemmy or one of the apps had a follow feature for moments like this; keep up the good work.