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.
This makes me think of the gold shoes that a thrift store recognized and sold for $20k. I’d much rather that money go to the shop than that lady.
Thrift stores in America are usually corporate and not for charity. Or, they pretend to be charities (but aren’t)
Goodwill is fucking evil.
There’s a lot that I could say, but it simply boils down to them always favoring their corporate and ceo’s interests over their charitable ones.
Their ceo (and branch ceo’s) make obscene amounts of money.
Theres also that case and probably even more about an autistic woman being paid like less than 25c an hour.
Probably “evil” isn’t the right word, but they absolutely do not have “good-will”
That’s pretty ugly for something worth $100,000.
Photos alway look 5% compared seeing glasswork. Could be valued for the techniques, materials, the art’s story, or even someone’s favorite kind of ugly.
If I paid $50 at a flea market for it I’d eventually feel like i got ripped off, so I see what you mean.
I assume the value is based on its history and popularity of the original artist. I still don’t think it’s anything special.
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.
Never undervalue yourselves y’all
Phht. Amateurs. I’ll buy a vase for 100 grand only to later discover it’s true worth of 3,99.
