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.
It reminded me of the guy who bought a golden egg thinking it would be worth to melt it and sell the gold. Luckily, he found out he had in his posession a long lost Faberge Egg that is worth many times over its weight in gold.
Are you…somehow unaware of how appallingly vile Goodwill is???